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“Come to think of it, why did you make an exception on my, or rather mine and Aaron’s case?” Arthur blurted out of the blue. His eyes never leaving the screen of his laptop, his fingers still furiously typing the digits and letters on the Excel sheet. On his side is Excami, holding papers upon papers and is joined by only paper clips and not staples. She looked up the moment Arthur asked the question, eager to know the reason why her brother did such a thing.
In their family, everything and everyone must be fair. In terms of moral compass: be a true neutral, or impartial, so to speak. One must always hear the sides of both parties in order to arrive on the most just decision. Lest, anything that is aligned with injustice will be just saying that they do not care about family teachings. And it includes the exceptions… though it rar
SSHS 18“And, done! Finally, we can now submit this to the Guidance Office for them to compile a complete report and for the police to officially mark this case a ‘closed’.” Excami exclaimed from behind her brother who was printing out the file. A while ago, both siblings were alone in the Student Council Office early in the morning, about 5 am on friday. Apparently, Hestia sent a recorded message to Damian detailing the motive from Arthur that she asked yesterday, and also a document with the transcript of the voice mail in case she wasn’t audible. And so, that early morning, Damian and Excami came to school a little early just to write the report.No, they were eager to write the report. Good thing Hestia sent those at 4 am or else the siblings might not sleep at all if she sent it the last night.
SSHS 19Freya slowly looked back at her junior, and was taken by surprise by her question. It was something, a topic that is so private that little to none knows about. Only those who are close to her. ‘Excami and my request.’ thought Freya, stitching the puzzles and figuring out how Hestia was able to procure the question. Still, she didn’t answer the question her junior asked. Even if the said junior has the look of curiosity and determination in her eyes to know the truth… she figured that it’s best if a few people know about the reason why.Wanting to avoid the question, she just gave Hestia a sweet smile and turned the handle of the nurse’s office, greeting the nurse inside with a warm and wide smile as she entered and u
SSHS 20Damian dreaded this day. Or this week rather. If only not for a company billionaire actually visiting the school and begging the school and also the faculty members to let him hold his charity event at the school, he won’t be in here greeting the guests as they enter the grand stadium where the event was being held. He welcomed each guest with a smile and a proper hi or hello, some even insisted on shaking his hands as if he’s some celebrity or politician. He really dreaded this day.The decoration can be described as lavish but not too much. The decorator just put three chandeliers— all glittering from the ceiling as lights were shone on them making them look like diamonds shining in the giant room, satin fabrics hangin from the walls and draping to the floor like a waterfalls, all the fabrics were in the hue of bl
SSHS 21The two whispered in unison as they stood there in shock. The guards that were with them held the culprit tightly, two guards were needed to hold the culprit down as another one tried to put hand-cuffs which is hard to do— after all, the culprit was so flexible, the guards almost let go of her when she twisted her body along with her hands.“How could you do this, Mrs. Letrain?” Damian asked to the coach that was being held down by two guards. She looked at him from her peripheral vision and scoffed as a response. No, she won’t speak to anyone, even to the Student Council President. He’s just a student after all, barely holding any authority to this school if not the faculty and the dean actually backing him up. She doesn’t recognize the Student Council as anything but a plaything for the students to try
SSHS 22Another week for the students of La Florence Academy, another week of rigorous studying and achieving the top, another week of socialising with others and building connections, and another week of knowing the latest news that the birds have sent out and about. And the highlight of the news for this week is the Student Council Vice President not present on the school grounds, and no one has seen her since morning. Now that is intriguing.“Has anybody seen her?” asked one of the students that is currently roaming the grounds of the Academy.“No, and neither does any of our group.” Another student replied. Apparently, it’s lunch time and everyone, instead of actually eating their lunch, arr
SSHS 23 The atmosphere was indeed heavy, and over all inducing the two young spies’ anxiety. But they have to face this, this can be considered as a learning experience after all. “I have heard that your first mission was a success and it was done in a fast manner. For rookies, finishing a mission in less than a month really is a great feat, and with that I congratulate you.” The senior spy spoke in a gentle manner at first, with regards to congratulating Hestia and Albert with their first mission. It is indeed true, mostly, rookies like them would take one to one and a half months to finish the mission given, and yet they were able to do so in a fast manner. The two were only able to bow their heads as a reply to the compliment, they were too nervous to speak.
SSHS 24 It has been two weeks ever since Hestia was excused from school. It has been two weeks ever since anyone saw her walk down the pavement of the school roads with her usual ice cold eyes and stone like face, yet there was a hint of smile that graced her lips from time to time. It has been two weeks since the charity event. It has been two weeks ever since the Vice President of the Student Council has done her duties. Today marks the half of the month of September, which means th
SSHS 25 All stood shocked as they saw Hestia in the open doors of the Student Council Office. They all stood there, unmoving as if their limbs were frozen still, like unbendable steel that is so solid it cannot even be moved, like something in thor gears are stuck. And oh, their faces— all mouths were wide open and were like that, their eyes were popped open and they all looked like they had seen a ghost. The only thing needed is for their face to turn into a pale white and the expression of ‘seen a ghost’ would be complete. Only that, there’s no ghost, just Hestia. Just Hestia with her face, where an expression lies like it was stitched or tattooed. Her eyes held nothing but cold, and it was somehow emotionless, her eyes laid just still and looking at the three peo
SSHS 247After the Thanksgiving dinner that night and that mission, the two rookie undercover spies went on with their days. They went on being the ‘normal’ third years that they are and continued being the third years that they are. No more missions were given to them after the mission about the Montague couple and they do not know if the headquarters of the ISO where sympathising with their shock or if there is really no more mission for them to do. But either way, they are glad that they were able to finish the mission in such a short time and also experience being students as they are.They went on and experienced things as if they were normal people and not some spies who were trained at the very young age. Not some undercover people who are in there for the sake of completing their mis
SSHS 246After the game it was already time for dinner, Damian and Excami won because none of them were able to find out what kind of thing they had and they were all tagged out of the game. It was fun for the most part but what everyone waited for was the thanksgiving dinner and it was satisfying. They enjoyed every bite and they waited for the dessert because it was the star of the dinner the dessert.Then after eating, they lounged a little longer by the dinner table and talked about all the other things, like the fun times that they had in school, the love story between the Montague couple how they met how they fell in love and then almost talked about how they conceived the children but thankfully damien and Excami stopped them before it happened. The Montague siblings almost asked about the families of Hestia and Albertand what kind of stori
SSHS 245Sometime later, it is already the Month Of October and things have been going smoothly both for the Montague siblings and for the two rookie undercover spies and for the Montague couple. for the course of the month of october, Hestia and Albert had been invited for dinners and lunches by either Damian or Excami and would always result for a dinner together with their parents and with that the bond between all of them had grow and become stronger and they were more close with each other than ever before.But there is something that the two rookie undercover spies can not pinpoint at all. because most of the past missions they have been assigned to, they are always making the opportunity to get close to the target; they are always making the opportunity to do something, to create a movement, a pattern, a path for their mission t
Sshs 244The next day, Hestia and Albert walked side by side to their classroom. Apparently, the whole school knew of the incident yesterday: Mrs. . Montague pulled them out for the whole day and never came back until the wee hours of the night. Some people tried to block them and ask a ton of questions about what happened yesterday; questions like: what happened? Where did you go? What did she say? Was she generous? Was she kind? Was she loving and sweet and like a saint when she visited back at the beach house? What did you talk about with her? Such a ton of questions were asked to them and yet they remained silent about it. No comment, no answers, just complete silence as they went through
SHS 243 They ate in silence, up until dessert. No one spoke a word and it stayed that way until they were brought into the library. No one spoke as each of them were encouraged to pick a book in the vast collection of books inside the library. As they sat into the chairs available at the library, only then did the conversation start at the pretence of wanting to know what book they found. “How about you, Hestia? Albert? What book did you pick?” Hestia and Albert then lifted up the books that they picked. Mrs. Montague cooed at the books in their hands and proceeded to analyse them. “Wow! You live up to your personality. Unlike someone else.” Mrs. Montague threw in the shade as she briefly looked at her children who were silently reading with their father on the other side of the library. It was not quite far, but it seemed that the Montague siblings were so immersed in what they were reading that they did not notice the shade that was thrown at them by their
SSHS 242 As the three of them sat in silence without any of them taking a bite of their food, they tried to process the information that was at their table. The Montague siblings have been showing two different personalities and all between being inside the school and at school. If at school, they were glorified as students who are the top role models; a fun and energetic one and a gentle ruler, both were on ground and knew how to touch some grass. At home, they are the arrogant siblings who think they are better than anyone and will not even go down to their current level. It was as if they know the a person with the same name and yet still different by how they act.&nb
SSHS 241 A new school year started right before their eyes. Without any mission to worry about, time passed by the two rookie undercover spies and with barely any notice, they were in their third years. There were a lot of things that happened but they were used to it and it passed by them like a flash of the camera and after that, it was already in the middle of the month of September. The voting for the new Student Council began and the whole school was bussing with noises and the representative of the running Student Council President was shouting and getting people to vote for their candidates. “Please vote for…” one student shouted. “No, please vote for…” another student shouted. It was the start of the shouting battle between the two parties running for the Student Council President position. It created so much commotion that Damian had to step up and break the commotion apart. “Enough with this! This is so immature of you! Can’t you go and make your da
SSHS 240 As the surroundings dimmed into darkness, the light sensors in the gymnasium began to light up. Freya’s eyes adjusted from the dark and into the light that the sensor lights brought up. She shielded her eyes with her hands from the sudden light and that was Albert’s cue to remove himself from the sight of the Senior Cheerleader and go behind her. This is not to catch her off guard--- oh she was already caught off guard by the time she mentioned the Pandora’s Box--- but it was his way to not let Freya do anything anymore that will put herself into more danger. It is better if she just surrenders to them in a plain and simple manner.&
SSHS 239 “By the way, how were the Montague siblings? I have not heard from them after that incident with Arthur.” Albert asked. The two rookie undercover spies were roaming around the campus, taking a leisure walk as they passed by some of the students who were headed for their extra curricular activities. The two of them do indeed have some activities too but it was all done. Hestia is done with her paper works and scheduling for the Student Council and Albert was also done with his portfolio for the Photography Club with the theme of ‘After Christmas’. There was a moment of silence to the part of Hestia before she answered the inquiry of her spy partner. “They have been normal, acting as they always have as far as I am concerned. Although Excami now has her guard up always and was weary of everything and everyone, she is as cheerful as ever. Well, it is Damian who changed. He became more strict and protective of his sister, and he also became colder.” Hest