Revealing Secrets

“Happy birthday to me,” Hailey whispered to herself. It’s her 19th birthday and she doesn’t have anyone to celebrate it with. Ten years ago, she would’ve had a glamorous and extravagant party, but that was years ago, when her father was still alive. She had her life already planned out, but everything went downhill when her father died. Suddenly, she was no longer the princess of the house, she was no longer her mother’s daughter, and everything was taken away from her. While looking at her pitiful state, she only had one thing in mind, she needs to run away before she gets completely broken. * * * At the roar of the car’s engine, people’s shouts and cheers filled the stadium. “READY!,” the woman in a skimpy skirt shouted. “SET!…GO!” and the cars went as fast as they can. “Drake! I’ll give you a prize if you win!” the same woman shouted as she passed by her. She gave the woman a smirk and a thumb’s up as he drove fast. When he got to the finish line, a triumphant smile crept to his lips. The next car just reached the finish line when he got out of the car. “Sorry dude, better luck next time,” he said with a smug smile. The other man glared at him, got in his car and drove away. “AND THE WINNER IS DRAKE VALMER!!!,” the announcer shouted. The crowd cheered. The woman in a skimpy skirt went up to him and gave him a kiss. Luke had on a smug smirk as he went up the stage. People in the racetrack knew him as Drake Valmer. But his real name is Luke Colton, and nobody knows that. “Where would you like to claim your prize? My apartment or yours?” the woman asked in a seductive voice. Luke just smirked and put a hand around the woman’s waist and walked down the mini stage. They got in his car and drove away from the stadium. They stopped by a hotel and checked in. He didn’t want to bring the woman or any woman for that matter, to his house or any of his properties. As they got in the elevator, the woman started kissing him and had her hands roaming around his body. With a smirk, Luke responded to the woman’s touches and touched her back. By the time the room’s door was closed, they started removing each other’s clothes. The woman started moaning Luke’s name or what she knew as his name. Luke ripped of the woman’s shirt as he kissed her neck. “A little wild, aren’t we?” the woman remarked and moaned as Luke started sucking her breasts. Luke’s hands roamed around the woman’s body. He touched the waistband of her skirt. But before he was able to pull it down, his phone rang. Startled, they stopped what they were doing and Luke picked up the call and groaned when he saw who was calling. “What the hell man,” Luke told the caller. “What do you want? And hurry up, I’m in the middle of something,” he added before the caller could speak. “Aw, man. Is that how you speak to your best friend?” the caller said. “I don’t have time, what is it?” Luke asked in irritation. As he was speaking to his friend over the phone, the woman crawled to him and started undoing the buttons of his pants. Luke almost moaned as the woman touched his shaft. “What the hell man, are doing what I think you’re doing?” Blake asked amazed and disgusted at the same time. Meanwhile the woman already opened her mouth and took his full length in making him stifle a moan. “I’m really not in the mood to be disturbed right now. So, tell me why you called!” Luke said trying to not moan as the woman did what she was doing. “Ugh, you’re going to hate me for this,” Blake, the caller muttered. “You need to come here; you’ve got an assignment.” “Put it on my table, I’ll look at it tomorrow,” Luke said and was about to drop the call. “Boss is here,” Blake said before Luke could end the call. Luke stilled and ended the call. He pushed the woman away and started putting on his clothes. “What? Why?” the confused woman asked. “I’m sorry, it’s work. Thanks for the service by the way,” he said as he went to the door. “What the hell!? Asshole!” the woman said. Luke rolled his eyes. “Whatever, you’re not that good anyway,” he said then shut the door. As the elevator went down, he can’t help but wonder how important the assignment was that even their boss was there. The elevator dinged and the door opened on the fifth floor, but no one got in, the same thing happened on the fourth and third floor. ‘Weird,’ he thought. When he got to the parking lot, he got in and started his car. He was about to drive when the right door of the back of his car opened and a woman wearing nothing, but her underwear got in. Luke thought that it was the woman he was with a while ago. He turned off the engine and spoke to her. “Excuse me miss, I’m really sorry about earlier but, I really have to go,” he said. The woman looked at him and to his surprise, it wasn’t her. It was a different woman. Very different. “Help me please,” the woman begged. “Get me out of here I beg you,” she said with tears in her eyes. He eyed the woman for a moment. There was no doubt that she was beautiful. She had the longest hair he had ever seen, big blue eyes, fair skin, pink lips, and most of all, she was almost naked. Luke’s eyes travelled down her wrists and saw bruises. Even though it was dark, he can clearly see them. The cuts and bruises on the woman were clearly not self-inflicted. She looked at him with pleading eyes. Fear enveloped her whole being when they heard another man’s creepy and loud voice. “Come out, come out wherever you are!” he said in a singsong, creepy voice. The woman on Luke’s backseat was already crying and hugging herself in fear. Luke knew that they can’t escape the man. He was clearly checking every car. “Listen miss,” Luke started but, before he could finish, the woman interrupted. “Please don’t give me back to him. I’ll do anything you want just please, take me away from here,” The woman begged. “Relax, I’ll help you, but you have to calm down first, okay?” Luke said. She nodded at this and started to stop crying but she was still shaking. “Wear this first,” he said as he took off his shirt and gave it to her. The woman hesitated for a bit before taking it and putting it on. “Now, I want you to crouch down on the as low as you can,” Luke said which she immediately obeyed. As she sat on the car’s floor, Luke found something to cover her with. He found his coat and covered it above her. Luke turned on the engine again and the car roared to life. The mad man’s attention went to his car. He saw him approaching so he lowered down his windows. “Are you looking for something?” Luke asked. “Yeah, did you happen to see a woman in her underwear around here?” the man asked him. “We went pretty wild and she had this crazy idea,” the man added with a smirk. If he didn’t see how scared the woman was a while ago, he would’ve given her to him. Luke played along with what the man was trying to make him think. He had to act cool and fast, or the man will find out. He put on a playful smirk. “I see, you got yourself an adventurous partner,” he said with a laugh. “You bet,” the man said. “Anyway, have you seen her? She’s wearing white lace lingerie,” the man added. It was indeed the woman in his car. But he doesn’t plan on giving her to him. He knew he had to save the woman from whatever trouble she had herself in. “Sorry man, I didn’t see anyone around here,” Luke answered. “but I heard the elevator open,” he added. The man put on a creepy grin, thanked him, and turned around. To give off the cool vibe, Luke called the man’s attention. “Hey, you know what, stop looking for that woman,” He told him. The man had his brows drown together in confusion. “What do you mean? Were you lying?” “No, but I have a better idea. There’s a woman in room 345, she’s wearing nothing,” he said with a smirk. “My boss called so we couldn’t go all the way, you can ask her to join. If you know what I mean,” Luke added and gave him a wink. The man’s creepy grin returned, and he walked away, fast. He knew that he could have put that woman in danger but, he had to save this woman in his backseat. Besides, the woman wasn’t satisfied after what happened. She’ll go out and look for somebody anyway, he just made it easy for her, she didn’t have to get out of the room. He sped off. When they got away from the hotel, he told the woman that it was already over. The woman slowly got up from the car’s floor and sat on the seat. She was still shaking and silently crying while hugging herself. Luke just kept quiet and let her be. A moment later, the woman cried herself to sleep. He suddenly had this urge to protect her even though she was stranger. He reminded her of someone. When he got to the building’s parking lot, the woman was still asleep. She looked like an angel, a broken angel and he didn’t have the heart to wake her up. Instead, he locked the doors to make sure that if she freaks out when she wakes up, she wouldn’t get out. He stared at her for a little while before entering the building. He could hear his two friends arguing inside his office. “No, man. He was having s*x. The woman was probably giving him a head when we were talking,” he heard Blake say. “Maybe he was just in pain,” his other friend, Matthew said. “Seriously man, you weren’t born yesterday. You clearly know what he was doing!” Blake said in irritation. He was already at the and was smirked when he saw how annoyed his friend was. “I swear if he doesn’t get here in ten minutes, I’ll--” “You’ll what?” Luke interrupted. Startled, Blake sprang up from where he was seated and threw the cup, he was holding at him. He easily avoided it and sat on the couch while laughing. “What the hell man,” Blake complained. “That was the most disgusting thing I ever heard! And where is your shirt?” “Ugh, stop the drama Blake,” Matthew groaned. “What do you mean stop the drama. I heard him moan! Not in pain. He was moaning while his d**k is in a woman’s mouth! Or maybe not in her mouth, but it was definitely in a woman. And he’s half naked!” Blake said as if what happened to him was a crime.He forgot that he was doesn’t have a shirt on when he got out of his car. “Whatever man,” Luke said as he rolled his eyes. “It’s not like you never had s*x before. And, my shirt’s on a woman’s body,” he said wiggling his eyerbrows at him. But of course, he asn’t going to tell them who the woman was or how he met her. “That’s TMI, Luke,” Blake said and grimaced and sat grumpily on the other side of the couch. “I swear I’m going to rip your lips off your face if you don’t stop pouting. What are you? A girl?” Matthew said. Blake gasped and looked at Matthew like he was going to kill him. Before Blake could do anything, Luke stopped them. “Guys, stop it,” He said. “Why the hell did you call me here at this hour?” Blake sighed and looked at him. “Luke, you always keep on interrupting me when I’m expressing myself. How could you? I thought we were friends,” Blake said dramatically, placing a hand over his chest. Luke rolled his eyes and looked at him sternly. “I swear Blake, if you don’t stop I’m going to kill you,” he said to which Matthew agreed with. Blake sighed and had his head down. “Whatever,” he said nonchalantly after a while. Luke and Matthew just rolled their eyes at their ‘abnormal’ friend. Blake walked to his table and picked up folder. “Here,” Blake shoved the folder to him. “Boss said, it’s supposed to be a joint mission but I knew you wouldn’t agree with the partner he chose for you so I, your ever so loyal and faithful friend, made a decision for you,” Blake said. “I agreed with it,” he added then ran to the door and held the knob. He really made sure that he could escape when Luke finds out who the partner was. Rolling his eyes, Luke opened the folder. His face contorted in confusion and then anger. “What the f*ck! Blake f*****g Harrison! I’m going to kill you!” he shouted. Blake laughed, opened the door, and ran fast. Luke just sat on the couch and covered his face with both hands. A little while later, he let out frustrated groan. He looked at his seat and saw Matthew sitting on his chair. “Were you on this too?” he asked him. “Because, I swear, I’m going to bury both of you alive!” Matthew just laughed. “I know you won’t do that, Lukey baby,” he said, teasing him. Luke rolled his eyes. “You were on this?” “Uh-huh,” Matthew replied. “What the heck man!” Luke exclaimed. “Have you lost your mind?” “Come on Luke it’s not that bad,” Matthew said with a smirk. “Whatever. Tell boss that I’m doing this alone,” he said as he took the folder and got up to leave but was stopped by what Matthew replied. “Well, if you can duplicate and have a female version of yourself to be introduced as your wife then, okay. No problem,” Matthew said. Surprised, Luke opened the folder and read the mission’s content. “F*ck!” he cussed. “Anything but this!” “Well, will you stay here and let me explain the rest?” Matthew asked with a playful smirk dancing on his lips. Luke sighed. “There’s no way out of this right?” he asked. Matthew shook his head and answered, “Nope,” popping the ‘p’. Left with no choice, Luke sat on the couch and listened to Matthew. “Sarah, your partner, was already briefed about this,” Matthew started. “I bet she is,” Luke muttered sarcastically. Matthew clicked on a remote control and the screen in front of them turned on. He clicked another button on the remote and two pictures of a man and a woman showed up. “They are Amanda and Donovan Keller, they have been running an underground illegal business that has been going on for years. All of the agents we sent to gather some evidence or shut down their business failed,” Matthew said. “Obviously,” Luke retorted. Matthew rolled his eyes at him. “Stop being bitter about this and just listen, okay?” Matthew said. “What you need to do is act as a newlywed couple--” “What? Are f*cking serious?” Luke reacted. “Will you just shut up and listen?” Matthew said annoyed. “The plan was, you’re going to act as a newlywed couple for a year or until you find enough evidence.” Luke cussed and looked at him straight in the eye. “Was?” he asked. “Yes, was. Now, you get to do this s**t for 5 months,” Matthew said. “F*ck,” Luke cussed. “That’s f*****g torture. I want to talk to the boss. Where is he anyway?” “He left, you were taking a lot of time.” Luke sighed. “I don’t have any other choice, don’t I?” he asked, defeated. Matthew laughed at his friend before answering him yes. “I swear, if she will keep on doing this, I will have to resign,” Luke said angrily and stood up, ready to leave. “Wait,” Matthew stopped him. “We’re not done yet,” he said as he clicked on the remote again. A picture of a little girl appeared. “You might want to sit down for this.” Luke obeyed without a word and went back to sitting down on the couch. “This little girl is Hailey Anderson, the daughter of Amanda Keller and his former husband, the late Henry Anderson. You might remember him, your first case was related to him,” Matthew said. Luke nodded and motioned for him to go on. “This photo was taken 10 years ago, she’s 9 in that photo. Nobody knows about her existence aside form her former nanny and a few people. We can’t find anything about her. We don’t even have any idea of what she looks like now, it’s as if she disappeared. Aside from that photo and those few people that was with her during her childhood, nothing else could prove her existence,” Matthew said. Luke just sat there, taking all the information in. After a while, he finally spoke. “So you want us to find her,” he stated. Matthew nodded. “Okay, I’ll do it, but only because of that girl,” Luke said. “Whatever floats your boat, Luke,” Matthew said. Luke got up from his seat and went to the door and left without a word. Something’s bugging him. It seemed as though he had seen that girl already, but he just can’t tell where and when. He was just sure that he saw her already. ‘It’s probably someone from my past missions,’ he thought. ‘but, which one?’                                                                                 ~~~*