Synopsis (Part II)
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She gathered her strength to talk. “What are you doing?”
“You're very familiar with this g*n, right?” He teased.
She also ignored his response. She stood up. “Why is it pointing at me?”
“Hmm. You gave this to me two years ago. This is supposed to protect myself, right?” Then he laughed. “You even trained me how to aim a target with this gun.”
“Your training isn’t finished yet. This is not the time to joke.” She is serious.
“Why? Are you the only one who has the right to rob life?” His stares are mocking. “The Nakada Yakuza of this country?”
“What are you saying?”
“What I’m saying is that..I am actually a..”he looked up. “A starfruit?”
(Being a starfruit- a Tagalog idiom, meaning; he has two/multiple faces or a traitor.)
“I said, what are you saying?” She is confused.
“Do you really think I could love a woman like you? “he said looking at her eyes.
Maureen was hurt.
“What are you saying?” Her voice began to get broken.
“Come on, Mau! Guess the situation already. You are not dumb!” he shouted. Maureen jumped in shock.
What?
She'll take it that, based on the way you pointed the g*n at her, he is not real? Everything is not real?
What he showed to her was not real?
'That you're just fooling me?'
What is the meaning of this? What the hell?
She became hopeless.
'What am I supposed to do? Do you really expect me to become fast phased in this situation?'
Will he leave her also?
“Now your crying,” then he laughed again.
His laughed made her filled with resentment.
Using her foot, she grazed his foot to remove the g*n from his hand.
She was shocked because Anton quickly swung and blocked all the movements she made, as if he knew martial arts very well!
She didn't teach it. At their workplace, even at their headquarters in the organization, he always says that he doesn't know self-defense. Anton was offered, but he always refused for his 'weak body'. Also, he preferred to be with Maureen, he wanted to be attentive to her all the time.
When Maureen realized how lame that was, she was weakened, causing her to lose her balance in attacking Anton.
She smiled bitterly.
So, this is the real reason for hiding what he really wants.
She was hurt, she made a fool of herself there. Hell! She didn’t notice any errors.
It was very good acting!
Anton is wrong. She really was a fool and dumb.
Where are our men-- That’s right!
“Help!” She couldn't believe herself calling for help.
“Oh? It’s very rare for you to call for help.”
She kicked his gut.
Because of that, she got away.
She ran to where their convoy was. Where dozens of bodyguards are there. But she froze when the bodyguards who always protected her, positioned and pointed their guns at her, their boss.
What..is..happening?
She starts to burst out.
"What are you doing?! I am the one paying your salaries! I picked you up, dressed you up, gave you a purpose! And this is what you are going to give me back?!” She shouted out of frustration.
She heard steps at his back.
“How does it feel to be powerless?” It's Anton again.
“You..” She looked at him with contempt. “Are they on your side now? Are they following you now?”
“Yes,” he answered with mockery. “Why? Because YOU have nothing left!” He slapped her face. She fell on the grass.
His Anton could never do that.
“From this day forward, you have no allies now, Maureen.”
Her eyes widened.
What she did was cry in despair. “Why are you doing this to me?!” She cried.
Anton sat and he pulled her chin to him to see his face full of confidence.
“Blame your Family.”
“What?”
He stands up. “Bring her to the house and lock her up.”
She was weak as his traitorous men picked her up mercilessly.
They put her in the dark and cold room.
They made her starve and only gave her a glass of water.
She didn’t know how many days had been or whether the night had passed because time seemed to run slowly in the room.
All she did there was cry, regret, and reminiscence how did things had turned down without her knowing.
Her company was bankrupt, the Yakuza turned their backs on them, and her traitor lover. She has nothing else now.
She was just looking at the biscuit given to her by the stranger who went to the funeral.
“I have no control now over everything." She’s shaking her head.
Finally, she had a chance to get out. He was dragged by his men into their van. They didn't tell her where they were going. She was very upset because Maureen and Anton had only known each other for a short time.
Why do they seem like puppies here?
What happened?
“How dare you use our property?” She said angrily to them. They all looked at her.
Their appearance intimidated her. It's like they harbored some anger towards her and they just had a chance to let it out.
‘So you’ve been keeping your anger at me for a long time?’
“Where is the property you are referring to, here? The bank has taken it back, hasn't it? Because of the nastiness you and your father have done, all your karma has returned,” answered Rony. Her trusted driver.
How dare this lowly creature...
She raised her eyebrows.
"Really? Like?"
"Just like you accused Fernandez of burning your warehouse so we could give you the land for free?"
Her expression changed.
“How could you know that?”
“You should thank Anton for me, Ms. Maureen”
She became disturbed.
She closed her eyes.
By the time she opened her eyes, she had already untied both her hands. It was as if the wind took the g*n from the person next to her. She shot the man next to him, so the other men looked and aimed at her.
She smiled. Maureen confirmed that they didn't want to kill her yet. So she also easily got the g*n in front of him.
She slowly opened the door of the van. She was very thankful because no one was following them. But she knew that back-up would come soon, so she ran into the forest. She didn't know where to hide. Anton knew where Maureen could go. Damn it.
He really is clever!
She wonders in the forest. She knows that she is already being sought.
It was raining so hard, she was under a tree, taking shelter.
Her feet and legs were dirty, and there were wounds on her feet from wandering into the forest. Her clothes are still from the mourning clothes to the funeral. Her face is already dirty, she has not cleaned her body yet. And now she is eating the gristly biscuit from her father's funeral.
A far cry from the sophisticated and elegant that the crowd always sees and envies.
"I found the wrench, boss!"
She woke up when she heard a voice.
“Copy!”
Someone saw her!
She must run for life!
Her chest was pounding loudly.
‘I can't let them catch me!
I will still take back what they owe me!’
At the end of the forest, it was dark, but because of the light of the moon, she saw a tunnel and lonely road.
They are getting close. 'I must run whatever happens!'
When she had already crossed the asphalt road, she saw a light that eventually blinded her.
Something ran into her, huge and forced.
It was fast, and a few seconds only when she realized that she was lying on the ground now.
At first, she didn't feel the pain, but gradually her body hurt a lot. She can’t move.
She looked at the side with her eyes. She saw a lot and felt warm blood.
Then, she saw a big car a meter in front of her head. The light from the car is still blinding her.
I was hit?
All her life memories flashed before her.
Am I going to die this easily? Why, heaven?
It’s unfair. I can’t die yet.
Before she closed her eyes, Anton appeared before her blurry sight.
She could hear a faint noise.
“Why did you run into her without my permission?! She still needs to sign the transfer of ownership with her own signature!”
“It was an accident. We didn’t see her well in the dark.”
“What dark? It is already dawn!”
This bastard.
I will never trust anyone again.
The last thing Maureen did in this world, she echoed what Anton said to him.
“From this day forward, you have no allies now, Maureen.”
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