“NADIA, I need your help.”Cath video calls Nadia using her computer through a secured IP address that she has way back to her detective years. Custom made for her by the district seven’s police department IT specialist. “Wait.” Nadia holds her horses for a bit with Nadia’s expression that telling that whatever she will about to say, is something way serious and dangerous. “With this IP address, what are you shoving yourself into right now Cath?”Nadia’s worried tone which Cath doesn’t need to further explain the basics upon knowing what she is up into. Which is not that even hard to read. “It’s been a month since you use this IP address to call me. A month after that last big news that almost cost you your life with Jun, and now?”A bit hysterical, yet Cath couldn’t blame Nadia and her worries, especially after the last mission that almost took their lives. “Aren’t you supposed to make an article about Sam?”Nadia asks of her and bit inquiring about her progress that the truth i
“ONE more thing Nadia.” She opens, drawing a favor that Nadia could not say no with. “I need you to cover for me, and it’s about Sam.”“Let me guess.”Nadia stops her with a knowing look and drops the deduction that Cath couldn’t deny that Nadia can and will always guess it right and immediately. “Sam is thinking that you are cheating on him, right? No, I am right.”Nadia emphasizes, that Cath’s silence and a bit of a roll with her eyes are enough for Nadia to confirm what she just thinking. “I couldn’t blame him.” She added. “You are being secretive in a way where you couldn’t tell him what is wrong.”She nailed it, yet not that hard knowing the circumstances and what just Cath had told her. Besides, it is kind of Cath’s habit that Nadia is all used for. “I understand you and support you with that, but I also know what’s running inside that head of Sam right now.”Now Nadia warns, quoting the fact that Sam will not stay silent on the side. “Worst-case scenario, it will be a ‘man’
“CATH, can we talk?”“Talk? Aren’t we talking right now?”Cath teases Sam but just buys some reasons to evade him without him thinking suspicious of her. Especially since she needs to take things quickly as possible and secretively from Sam. “Cath.”Sam calms himself by thinking rationally just like what Brian told him about. But forgot that he should not confront Cath in any way for Brian will do it for him. A thing that Sam immediately failed to do, due to his dwindling patience about the matter. “I need to talk to you about something.”“Can’t it wait?” Cath pleaded with her tone with a little sweetness and caressing. “I’m sorry that I couldn’t talk to you today, I need to send the kids to school and asks about the progress of what happened.”“Is that really is it about?” Sam cut Cath’s words that Cath is not that oblivious to know what Sam is truly thinking. Sam’s suspicious that Cath needs to calm him down.“Of course, why?”Cath chuckles, taking it passively and evading the to
“ALRIGHT!”Nadia brace herself and march her way to their news company editor in chief who is known to the rest of them as the dragon lady for being strict and only having the eyes for quality articles. “Don’t worry Nadia, I am sure she already decided that what you just send us is the perfect news article that this company needs.”She assures, tapping herself on the back after sending the email to their editor-in-chief. That she made sure that everything is written on point and not just convincing, but a catch that Shiela will never say no with. “You can do this, for Cath.”She marches directly towards the office of their editor-in-chief. “Come in.”Shiela immediately let Nadia inside, knowing what she wanted and after reading her email that interested her more than anything, but with a little flaw. “Nadia.”Shiela’s way of greeting and at the same time intimidating her journalist and writers. For in the field of news and correspondence, time is gold. “I have read the email that
“ADRIELLA, could I ask you about Governor Charles Gideon?”Cath immediately asks with a casual tone and expression that doesn’t buy anything from Adriella. “What is it that you want to know from that person and why?”Adriella typically asks with her eyebrow raising and looking suspiciously at her. Enough when she asks about the only person Adriella rather not want to talk about for years. “Never mind, I do not want to know.” She stops Cath from explaining which is convenient for Cath and thinking that asking her for a thing or two wouldn’t hurt. Even though it is about the most unlikely person that she ever meets. “Neither Sam nor Lindsey know a lot about me and Charles. As I do not want to even hear his name, but I believe you want to know because of the twins?”She half-nailed it. Cath agrees for it is the easiest way to progress their talk and make Adriella share what she knows without causing any fuss. “Very well.”Her calm demeanor and words that a bit rings a red flag at Ca
CATH knocks on the door and someone inside opens it for the two of them. “You are here both here, Mrs. Lawrence, Madam Lawrence.”The school principal addressed the two of them with her welcoming smile. Gently gestured with her hand and pointed to the chairs on the right side and in front of her table. “Are we late?”Adriella asks, not to address her concern about time, but to take the attention of the unlikely person that she doesn’t want to see right now. “No, not at all.”Governor Charles Gideon’s reply. Sipping his tea along with the entitled parents of the other kids who bullied the twins. “I never knew that you are a dotting father to your kid. In your hectic schedule, you still have the time for this kind of matter.”Adriella’s reply means deeper than what she just said. But at that moment, only the two of them understand what the other is saying. Cath is the exception, upon knowing more than she currently should. “He is my only son, and besides how could I say that I care
“CONGRATULATION. You won.”Governor Charles said to Adriella with a sly smile that contradicts what he just said. “I won? Are we playing some sort of game, or perhaps gamble unto something Mr. Governor?”Adriella replies that are both hitting the target and grilling Charles in his own words and a little psychological game that Adriella is all used on him. “Just like you always been.” Charles laughs both in amusement and dismayed toward Adriella. Wherein the two of them are too hostile towards each other that they aren’t hiding it from anyone who could see. Just like how anyone could read the atmosphere in between them without even trying. “You never change Adriella.”“Believe me, I haven’t.”Adriella’s reply knocks something of like a code to Cath. Making her suspicious of Adriella and added with the few red flags that she just had a while back. “Do you?”Taken a back and which Cath observes Chares intently. His expression changes for a few moments, looking in a warry way towards
“WHERE are you?”Brian demanded an answer and fast, after knowing that Sam didn’t arrive at the company and already past eight. “Just put everything that I needed to review and approve on my desk. I will be there at the company soon.”Sam’s command and not even a reason that Brian wanted to hear. All after not listening to Brian to stay calm and reasonable from his speculation that Cath is cheating on him. “Are you at the twins’ academy?”Brian concluded that it wasn’t that hard to confirm that he is right from Sam’s silence from the other line. “I need to hang up the call now, I’ll just see you at the office.”“Wait, Sam!”Sam immediately ended the call, hanging up on Brian that pisses Brian a bit, but calm his nerves knowing that he couldn’t stop his boss and best friend. Yet, he still could do something to prevent the worst-case scenario that everything this is about to fall into. “Damn!” Brian curses, fixing his glasses, and closes his eyes firmly for a few seconds. “Alright.”