"Maeve?" Napabalinga ko sa pintuan at nakita kong nakatayo si guild Doon.
He was wearing his white formal attire. His hair was fixed sideward, but some strands fell on his forehead.
His gaze landed on the frame I was holding.
"Why didn't you tell me?" My voice shakes.
"Tell you what?" He took a step forward.
"You knew my mother?" He stopped a few meters away.
He stared at my eyes, "I do."
My eyes narrowed, and I placed back the frame on the small table.
"What's your relationship with her?" I needed to know, I want to know.
"She was... The love of my life." Tears fell down my cheeks.
After all, my mother was the one he's talking about? The one who's been haunting him?
"We're both assasin in this organization. My grandfather was the owner of this order. Maexe and I were partners she's the leader of the elite team when in our time." My whole world fell apart.
I became like my mother?
"Maexe was sent a mission to execute carpio, she didn't succeed because she fell in love with him. I love your mother, but as I said, I was defeated by love. Because she loves someone else." Tears now streaming down my face.
"Your mother was proud of having a child with your father because she loves him so much. I don't know why carpio killed her, if it was out of anger or for some reasons."
I slowly nodded.
"But you wanna know why I brought here?" Napaangat ang tingin ko sakanya.
"I brought you here because I wanted to take care of you, treat you like my own daughter, and I guess I never failed. You were miserable when I first met you. Your eyes were like your mother when I saw her." He took a step closer.
"Maeve, I may not have confessed my feelings to your mother because I didn't have the chance to. But at least I somehow took care of someone so precious to her. And for me, it is the mission I have fulfilled fully and a promise i have kept in my entire life."
"It was an honor to love you as my daughter, and it was also an honor to love you, mother."
Tuluyan akong napaiyak at niyakap nya ako.
The reason he said that he brought me here because he saw himself to me was a lie.
He brought me here to take care of me in a way he only knows.
He didn't bring me here to help me with my revenge, but to take care of me.
As his promise to my mother and a mission my mother gave him.
And he didn't fail.
I treated him as a father figure. He didn't only take care of me but the whole elite team and the whole assasins of this organization.
He was our father figure.
"Stop crying," he caressed my head.
I nodded and slightly pulled away from the hug, I wiped my tears with my hands.
"Para kang mommy mo pag umiiyak, tahan na." Napatawa ako ng bahagya sa Sabi nya at inabutan nya ako ng tissue.
"Thank you."
"No need to thank me, but what are you doing here in my office?" Kunot noo nitong tanong.
"Ah, I was about to ask if How's the status of carpio's investigation?" Tanong ko.
"Actually, about that, he suddenly vanished last day. May kumuha sakanya, but we didn't know who it was. We're still investigating." Umupo ito sa swivel chair nya.
"Vanished? May kumuha? Do you have any lead?" Kunot noo kong tanong.
"In the camera, a van who took him was taken. We tried to locate the plate number, but it was a fake plate, which is why we're still investigating." Napatango ako.
"How about vlad?" Tanong ko at nag Iwas ako ng tingin.
"No lead, they were hideous. They changed the location of their hideouts. These past few years have become more dangerous so we distance and quit investigating." Napatango ako.
Pagkatapos noon ay lumabas na ako da office nya. Nag si-sink in padin sa utak ko ang mga nalaman ko.
After all my mother loved my father, maybe my father loved her too? But I needed to know why he killed her.
I'm dying to know.
I headed to the dark alley to finish my last mission. It was just a simple mission.
Mission to take down a group of gangster, and here's their location.
Nakaupo ang mga ito sa kotse, nasa anim lamang sila. Ang dalawa ay may hawak na baseball bat at ang apat ay nagsisigarilyo.
They spoke in Russian, "What do we have here?" The one holding a baseball bat spoke.
Hindi pa man ako nakakakilos ay napakunot ang noo ko nang may sunod sunod na pumutok ng baril.
Hindi saakin at hindi sa mga lalaki na ito, sapagkat sabay sabay silang natamaan at bumagsak sa sahig. Sa likod ko galing ang nagpaputok.
Kumabog ang dibdib ko nang maramdaman ang presensyang ng taong iyon, it was intimidating, dangerous, and dark.
Unti unti akong humarap sa taong iyon, I met his grey eyes. It was more cold, distant, and piercing at me.
Amoy na amoy ko ang pang lalakeng pabango nito. The scent that had been haunting me everywhere.
Nanghina ang mga tuhod ko ngunit pinilit kong binalanse ang katawan ko, napalunok ako ng bahagya at sobrang kaba ang nangingibabaw saakin.
It's been a year, and he became more intimidating and more dangerous.
His hair was messy, he's wearing his corporate attire, and his light grey eyes were piercing at me. His men are behind him, holding their guns while his hand is in his pocket. Nakasampay lang sa balikat nya ang coat nya.
Napaatras ako nang humakbang ito palapit saakin, ang mga tauhan nya ay nanatili sa pwesto nila. Sa pag atras ko pa ay naramdaman ko ang pader na tumama sa likod ko.
"Why did you come back?" Malamig na tanong nito.
I glared at him, Is he asking me that because he doesn't want me to come back? Or because he doesn't want me to see him with other women?
Or maybe both? Did he truly forget about me?
Nakaramdam ako ng inis.
"What is it to you?" Malamig kong tanong pabalik.
Kahit na gusto ko sya bumalik saakin ay may part na gusto ko na lamang sya palayain.
I love him, but our situation is difficult.
"What is it to me?" Inilagay nya sa magkabilang gilid ko ang mga bisig nya, caging me in his arms.
I missed him, and I missed his presence.
"Do you think I didn't know? That you came back here for revenge?" I clenched my fist.
"So what?" Inis kong tanong.
"You think I'll let you? Hell no." He hardly said, and his jaw hardened.
"He's no longer your ally. Stop getting in my way, Dimitri." I called his second name.
I saw frustration in his eyes, I know he hates being called by his second name.
He held gaze, "I fucking let you hid my son from me, I've been watching you for fucking years. I let you live your life with my son, because I think that would be good for both of you and I thought you'll forget about revenge. So what do you think is it to me?" Madiin at malamig nitong Sabi.
Napakunot ang noo ko.
"Do you think I'll let you go and hurt you because of some fucking ally? Fucking hell, no. I let you go because I don't want you to die. I pushed you away because if the other bosses of the bratva finds out that my woman is an assasin they will haunt you down. And I wouldn't sacrifice your life."
"I fucking ruined the bratva and massacred all the bosses after they've been planning to haunt you down when carpio told them that the woman I introduced to the organization was an assasin."
Then finally, I saw emotions in his eyes. Determination, love, anger, hurt.
"Why would you do that? Just, just for me?" Naguguluhan kong tanong.
"Fucking hell, Maeve. I would fucking break any rules for you, I would fucking massacred everyone who will try to hurt you. I would fucking ruin everything even the organization my clan built for decades, if that means being with you and protecting you. I would fucking kill for you."
"Am I still the one you love?" His gaze softened.
"You will always be the assasin I will love for the eternity, Karma." He lowly said.
"If you think i have forgotten about you, you're wrong. Because I'm always thinking about you."
Tila nagwala ang mga kalamnan ko at may kung anong sumisigaw sa utak ko, sobrang bilis ng tibok ng puso ko.
"I missed you, I fucking missed you it hurts."
"come back to me please. I'm sorry baby, come back please. " he suddenly plead.
Naninginig ang boses nito, mas lalong kumirot ang dibdib ko nang lumuhod ito sa harap ko.
"Fuck baby, you take everything from me the time you left me. Please come back." Paos na Sabi nito.
"I'll make it up to you, im sorry I pushed you away. I'm sorry I hurted you. I'm sorry I wasn't there when you were suffering. Please, I'll do anything just... Just come back." His eyes went teary.
Kasabay noon ang pagbagsak ng mga luha namin dalawa.
He's on his knees, begging for me to comeback.
After all the betrayal I did, he still love me. He still want me.
"I'll make it right, just come back to me please." He Begged.
"Get up please," I sobbed.
I held his cheeks, "Come back to me. Silver is looking for you. And i-i missed you so much."
He stood up and pulled me in his arms, we both cried in each other's arms.
"I fucking love you," I closed my eyes as I heard those words again.
But this time, it feels so right.
"I love you too, vlad."
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