Kabanata 9

“Boss, a car is out,” the man called his boss on his phone while following the car on the road from Romanov territory. Madaling araw pa s’yang nakabantay sa labas at hindi sa parte na nahahagip ng surveillance camera ng bahay. Hindi niya alam kung bakit ito ginagawa ng boss, pero sabi nito ay magmagtyag lang siya at sundan kung mayroong lumabas galing sa loob.

[Follow them discreetly. Don’t do anything yet and report to me who are the people inside,] sagot ni Emil sa kabilang linya bago ibinaba ang telepono sa mesa. Nakapatong ang kanyang paa sa ibabaw ng mesa habang naka-clasp ang kamay na nakapatong ang siko sa armchair ng upuan.

His eyes formed into a crescent moon when the details about the woman from the auction showed up.

Rousanne Cabrera. Maliit nga talaga ang mundo.

Wala itong kaaalam-alam sa nangyayari. What if he tells her? Nah, he will just spoil the show. He wants to watch the secrets slowly unfold while he sits there, making plans on how to kill two birds in one ston