A week laterEvery after class, Gabriella visits the school where her husband works dahil nga sa napili sya nitong maging model para sa isang art piece.He will draw her for an hour. Nang tinanong nya kung bakit isang oras lang, sinabi nitong baka daw mangalay sya ng sobra kapag sa isahang upo sya nito pininta, kaya pagkatapos ng isang oras ay sinabi nitong ipagpapatuloy nya ang pagdrawing kinabukasan then they will both go home together.While Ryce is busy painting her, panay ang pagkukuwento ni Gabriella sa asawa ng kung ano-ano.Ryce listens attentively kahit pa busy sya sa pagpinta."Don't you think all the flowers are pretty? I want to smell all of them!" ani Gabriella, habang nakangiti. Then she yawns.Ryce noted that he will buy his wife a bouquet of flowers later."Yeah, they are all pretty..." he agrees.He stop from painting to glance at Gabriella and admire her beauty."You are pretty," he mouthed.However, the woman didn't hear it.Ngayon nya lang napansin na nakapikit na
Gabriella slowly open her eyes when she felt someone gently shaking her shoulder.Unti-unting umangat ang tingin nya sa taong gumising sakanya at nakangiting mukha ng asawa ang unang bumungad sakanya."I'm sorry to disturb your sleep, pero masasarahan na tayo ng guard ng gate kapag hindi pa tayo umuwi ngayon." paliwanag ni Ryce gamit ang mababang boses.Gabriella just realized that she fell asleep while her husband was painting her earlier. She looks at Ryce apologetically and slightly bow her head."Pasensya na, nakatulog ako." paghingi nya ng tawad dito.Ryce shakes his head to gesture his wife that it's alright, pero dahil nakayuko ang asawa, hinawakan nya ang pisngi nito at marahang iniangat."It's okay, I had fun staring at your sleeping face earlier. You're too cute so I couldn't get mad at you...""Ha? Ano yun?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Gabriella at pinaulit sa asawa ang sinabi.She only heard him said, "it's okay". Hindi nya narinig at naintindihan ng maayos ang kasunod nitong sin
"Let me guess, you're here to ask for another mission?"Tanong ni Quel pagkapasok na pagkapasok ni Agent Angel sa kaniyang office."Wala parin bang balita tungkol kay Silent Thief?" Imbes na sumagot ay nagtanong rin ito."Wala pa. But the agency receives tons of missions and requests these past few weeks so I think you should also help doing another mission. You shouldn't just focus on Silent Thief, he's not the only criminal in the world." said Quel na ikinairap ng babae."I would accept another mission, but I'll do it after the reunion..." Gabriella replied."What reunion?" nakataas ang kilay nitong tanong."Oh, right. Hindi ko pa pala nasasabi sa'yo ang tungkol doon. We're going to have a highschool reunion. Remember Jenna? She's the one who told me about it. Sasama ka ba?"If she haven't mention it before, Quel was also her classmate back in highschool. She literally grew up sticking with him."Hindi," mabilis nitong sagot.Tatanungin sana ni Gabriella kung bakit hindi ito sasama
[flashback~]a couple of years ago...Quel's POVIt was summer vacation. Nagyaya ang parents ko na mag swimming sa isang resort. Hindi ako marunong lumangoy kaya puro kain lang ang ginawa ko. Ice cream, salad, carbonara, lumpia, halos ako lahat ang nakaubos ng mga pagkain na baon namin kaya medyo chubby akong tignan sa edad na apat.I saw other kids in my age swimming on the swimming pool pero imbes na sumali sakanila ay nanood lang ako ng cartoon habang nakaupo sa maliit na upuan at suot suot ang bagong biling headphone.I don't like going outside, I prefer staying at home. Kung hindi lang ako pinilit ni mommy na sumama ay hindi talaga ako pupunta dito.Wala akong iniintinding iba kundi ang kinakain at yung pinapanood ko, nang may maramdaman akong maliit na kamay na kumalabit saaking balikat.Umangat ang tingin ko at nakita ang isang babae na hindi nalalayo ang edad saakin."Nakita mo ba si Gabriella?" Malungkot ang boses na tanong nito. Bakas sa mata nya ang lungkot dahil hindi nya
Si Jenna and unang sumalubong kay Gabriella pagkarating na pagkarating nya sa address ng resort kung saan nila gaganapin ang reunion.Mukhang sya nalang ang hinihintay dahil halos lahat ng kaklase nya noon ay nandoon na."Hindi talaga sumama si Quel?" tanong ni Jenna sa mababang boses."Yeah. You know how busy he is..." she answered.When the others saw her, masigla syang binati ng mga ito. Binati nya rin ang lahat pabalik at umupo sa sahig kaharap ng mababang mesa.Maraming pagkain na nakalagay sa lamesa. Merong chips at mga prutas kagaya ng mansanas, pinya, manga at saging.As a proof that she joined the reunion, merong silver bracelet na iniabot sakanya si Jenna katulad ng bracelet na suot nito at ng iba nilang kaklaseng nandoon. It's cute because all of them are wearing the same bracelet."Omg! So the news are right, you are indeed married! Your ring is so beautiful!"Nakangiting pahayag ni Elena pagkakita ng singsing sa kaniyang daliri. The woman held her hand para makita ng maay
Kasalukuyang nasa harap ng computer si Ryce habang binabasa ang profile ng dating kaklase ni Gabriella na si Jenna.Because something about the woman was bothering him, he decided to do some research and found out that she is working as a personal body guard of Arnaldo Sworche—the owner of Sworche company na pang-apat sa pinakamayaman na kompanya sa bansa.Ryce knew who Arnaldo Sworche is. Minsan na itong humingi ng tulong sakanya bilang Silent Thief na nakawin ang Emerald earrings na pagmamay-ari nang anak ng presidente ng Lionheart Empire.Of course, he didn't agree to do it. He knew that Arnaldo Sworche is a greedy and disgusting old man.Bukod pa doon ay hindi sya yung tipo na basta-bastang nagnanakaw nang walang sapat na rason.Just like the time when he plan to steal the diamond necklace at Hyakidoro empire.That necklace was originally from the mother of a teenage girl named Anne. Her mother was killed dahil gustong bil'hin ng Hyakidoro empire ang kwintas pero hindi ito pumayag
Agent Angel always prefer doing her mission alone.On this mission, she needs to arrest Arnaldo Sworche. Everyone knows that the old man is a criminal, pero dahil marami itong pera ay palagi itong nakakalusot at nakakalaya.The old man murdered 3 innocent teenagers and he also raped a minor, which is unforgivable, but he never get arrested until now just because he has a lot of money.Kung hindi ito kayang parusahan nang batas ay sila ang gagawa. Iyon ang motto ng kanilang agency. She hates injustice. Ang dahilan kung bakit pinili nya ang ganitong trabaho.'Target spotted. Arnaldo Sworche arrived at the building with his Porche car at 7:40pm.'Inilabas nya ang kaniyang baril para pandepensa sa sarili kung sakaling lumaban ito.The target get out of his car kasunod ng kaniyang body guard na babae.Gabriella's eyes grew bigger when she recognized the old man's body guard. Her forehead wrinkled and her mouth slightly parted.Why is Jenna here? Why is she the body guard of that old man? S
It happened almost a year ago.When Agent Angel's mission was to arrest a drug addict woman at a masquerade party. The woman noticed Agent Angel and she found out that she's there to arrest her, so she used a little girl as a hostage and forced the girl's mom to come with her to the parking lot or else she will kill her daughter with the knife she's holding.Pagkarating sa parking lot ay pumasok ito sa kotse kasama ang mag-ina, and to continue her mission, Agent Angel follow their car.Naghabulan ang dalawang kotse ng mahigit tatlumpung minuto hanggang sa nawalan ng kontrol ang kotseng sinasakyan ng tatlo at nahulog ito sa may bangin at saka sumabog.Gabriella remember that scene clearly as she have witnessed it with her own eyes. She remember how her hands and legs shake in anger, fear and regrets...She have regretted accepting that mission. She did regret that she didn't wait for another day to arrest the drug addict woman. Dapat ay hindi sya nagpadalos-dalos na sundan ang kotse at