Trabaho

Chapter 27. Trabaho

(That Bad <and Hot> Night...)

WHILE on their way, Rexton was reading the file that Dice had sent to him. He immediately called him to ask where did he get that file, but, he already knew the answer to that. It's from AIA's internal system itself, the one that they hacked just a few hours ago.

"May ise-send pa ako sa iyo. You should be more alert tonight. I heard you're heading at The Eve?"

That was the club where Sunshine decided to party.

"That's part of your childhood friend's plan. Sinadya niyang dalhin ang mga kasama roon dahil alam niyang makakarating sa iyo, at pupunta ka nang personal..."

"She would never do that to her friends." He's still being in denial.

"Apparently, she's done it already. Kaya ka nga papunta ng club, 'di ba?" sarkastikong sagot nito sa kaniya.

Minura niya ito.

"And I'm guessing this isn't an official mission. But what Ms. Mendoza know is it's a high-profile mission. Mukhang nabilog na ang ulo ng babae mo na may anomalya sa kompanya mo. Wait, I saw a new file about her mission about you." Mukhang ipinagpatuloy nito ang pagtatrabaho pagkaalis niya ng hideout. He's with Timo now, too, but he wasn't giving him any attention at all. Dice continued, "I only retrieved some few files, but I'm guessing that this one is urgent so I'll be sending it to you."

Nangunot ang noo niya. "Are you implying it's manipulated?"

"Yes. Damn, man, I'm scanning the file right now. This one is altered—you know Wang Xi very well, right?" The fast typing sound of the keyboard could be heard in the background.

"Of fucking course. I'm still keeping an eye to them." Kahit wala nang ebidensiya ay malakas ang kutob niyang magkakaroon ulit. Na makikitaan at makikitaan nila ng butas ang WX Ent.

"Ms. Brianna Mendoza knows that those anomalies are happening inside your company. The prostitution, and you, forcing your talents to have sex with you."

He cussed aloud. Was that the reason why he noticed she started asking a lot of things about the company before? Hindi na lang niya pinansin dahil inakala niyang kuryoso lang talaga ito. That she's only catching up with him, too.

He suddenly remembered that BDSM room he had in his office. He clearly remembered that's where and when did he notice she became more curious about Montreal Agency. Natigil naman iyon pero nitong nakaraan ay nagsimula na ulit sa pagtatanong-tanong kung sino raw ba ang gusto niya sa mga talents, models at mga artistang hinahawakan ng kumpanya, o kung sino na ang mga nakarelasyon niya.

Iyon pala, iniisip nitong may kabalbalan siyang ginagawa...

"Sasakyan ko ang mga nalalaman niya. I'm fucking going to give her what she wants... what she needs..."

"Bobo ka ba?" ramdam niya ang inis ng kausap niya sa kabilang linya. "You should trap her. Make her our spy instead—"

"Fuck you. Hindi ka kasali sa trabahong ito."

"Then, I'm telling Herrera you're doing a job on your own accord."

"Fucking tell him. The fuck I care." Sinong tinakot nito? It was Bree whom they were talking about!

"I'm just saying we should take advantage of the situation. Especially when we're one step ahead her."

"Ako ang tatrabaho nito. Gawin mo na lang ang trabaho mo."

"Alright. Masyado namang mainitin ang ulo mo ngayon, dela Costa. Pero kailangan mong kontrolin iyan."

Malutong na minura niya ulit ito pero hindi ito natinag.

"I'm sending you the other file right now. There's a video attachment, too. And... it's already sent." His tone of voice became more serious.

He put the phone on loudspeaker and checked his email. "What in the video?

"Watch it. I didn't watch everything because I immediately installed a bug so i could send it to you now. It's from Devon Alistair Cristobal's personal computer in AIA. Nadamay sa pag-hack kanina."

He scowled. What was that all about? "Is it a copy?"

"But, don't worry, that's an original footage. It'll be destroyed once you're done playing it, and, voilà! It'll disappear into thin air like it never happened."

Damn it! Ngayon niya napagtagpi-tagpi kung paanong napasok si Bree sa ganoong uri ng trabaho—dahil sa matadang hukluban na iyon. Now, he wanted to strangle that bastard to death. When he had him investigated, he came up clean. Ngayon ay napatunayan niyang dinoktor ang mga impormasyon tungkol sa gagong iyon.

"Calm down, man. You need to fucking calm down."

Nagtaka siya. "Why?"

"Just because..."

Iyon lang at pinatay na nito ang tawag.

Umikot ang paningin niya nang makita nang husto ang thumbnail ng naturang video. Nanginginig ang kalamnan niya nang i-play iyon—at ilang segundo pa lang ay halos pabagsak niyang hinagis ang cellphone nang masigurong si Bree iyon, at ang putanginang lalaking kasa-kasama ng babae mula noon—na hindi kita ang mukha sa video dahil nakatalikod ito—habang si Bree ay nakahiga sa kama... nakaposas... Hubo't hubad na 'ata habang hinahalik-halikan ang pang-itaas nitong katawan...

"Putangina!"

Nang hinagis niya ang cellphone sa sahig ng kaniyang sasakyan ay iniisip niyang sana'y nagkandalasog-lasog na iyon. Napayuko siya't napasabunot sa sarili habang pilit na kumakalma. Halos manlabo ang paningin niya dahil sa namumuong luha sa sobrang galit na naramdaman.

He couldn't play the whole video. He couldn't watch it. Because he would be forever scarred seeing Brianna having intimacy with some fucking guy.

Mapapatay niya ang Devon Cristobal na iyon kapag nakita niya ngayong gabi. He was fuming mad because in the video, it's obvious that he didn't get Bree's consent to film. He's not certain if he's that bastard in that video, but he already assumed since it was found on his computer.

Rexton only watched the first minute—no, just first few seconds only—but he already had a hunch that that video would be used against Bree when the time comes. At kahit paano'y nakahinga siya nang maluwag na napasakamay niya iyon bago pa kumalat kung sakali.

He called in Phoenix to double check if the backups were already sent to The Eve Club. Because if that wasn't Bree's official mission, she may didn't have any clue about it, and might be thinking that they're all safe in that club despite of the club's dirty jobs, kaya malakas ang loob nitong isama ang mga ka-banda. But, when he said dirty, he meant dirty, rough, and everything about sex.

Timo glanced at him and back on the road. Parehas na namamaga ang mga kamao nila dahil sa pagsusuntukan kanina, at paniguradong parehong mamamaga ang mukha nila maya-maya o kinabukasan.

"You fucking know that Brianna is an agent at your agency, yet you chose not to tell me," akusa niya rito sa mababang tinig.

"Why would I bother telling you?" malamig ang tinig na sagot nito.

Galit na galit siya, pero mas pinili niyang pakalmahin ang sarili para maisakatuparan ang namuong plano sa kaniyang utak.

"What are you going to do now?"

"I'll still give her what she needs tonight."

"You're going to fuck her," the latter assumed.

"I'm not." He smirked.

Hindi ito naniwala. "Agent Athena is like your sister already."

Agent Athena, huh? "I never treated her that way."

"Obviously, you want her more than she wants you."

Napawi ang ngisi niya. "She doesn't want me the way I want her, dude. She only want to fuck me, just as what she does with her other fucking friends."

"So, are you sure you're going to fuck her tonight?"

"No. I'll turn her into a sleeper..."

I DON'T give a damn if who you are tonight, Agent Athena, Minerva Wilsons, or just simply Brianna Lei Mendoza. I'm going to make you mine for real, and no one could ever touch you again.

Iyon ang nasa isip ni Rexton habang minamasdan ang nagsasayaw na si Bree sa gitna ng dance floor. Kahit suotin pa nito ang eye mask na kumikintab-kintab ay makikilala at makilala niya pa rin ito. Ilang sandali pa ay nagtama ang paningin nila at sinubukan pa nitong mag-iwas ng tingin, marahil ay para kunwaring hindi siya nito napansin.

But he fucking knew why now. While on his way on the bar to guard Sunshine members while they were partying, Dice sent him an urgent file. And to his surprise, it has Bree's photos in the agent's profile in AIA. He read her profile and he didn't want to believe what was he seeing.

His Brianna Lei, a secret agent? Fuck. That's more than what he could imagine.

Kaya ba palagi na lang itong nawawala na parang bula noon? Kaya laging nagtatagal sa ibang bansa? Kaya kung minsa'y nababalitaan na lang niyang nasa ospital ito dahil sa aksidente?

Napamura siya. Kahit ayaw niyang paniwalaan ay maraming pruweba na nagpapatunay sa sikreto nitong pagkatao.