Chapter 5

Its Monday and I am on my way to my work.

Arriving at my workplace, there are people outside who are holding cameras

I got confused

Oh, media? For what? I thought

While entering I asked the guard

Mr. Albert, what are the medias doing here?

Atty. Gil, did you not hear the news? The guard asked me

I looked to Mr. Albert confused

What news? I asked him

Before Mr. Albert can tell me everything, Atty. Tim and Atty. Rose appeared in front of us

Atty. Gil, we had an urgent meeting!!! Come on! We need to move fast. Atty. Rose told me

We walked like a mad man

I am not feeling good about this

We arrived at the conference room

To my surprised everyone is there

What’s happening?!

Atty. Tim, Atty, Rose and I sat down

Atty. Fernandez, the senior lawyer of the Forex law firm stands in front of us and spoke to us

Good morning, Everyone! I know all of you in this room heard the news.

I tapped Atty. Rose and I whisper to her

What is Atty. Fernandez talking about? I did not hear the news.

Atty. Rose whispered back

OMG! It’s all over the news! Are you out of your mind?!

Before I can say to Atty Rose back, Atty. Fernandez speak again

Mr. Roland Forex the only son of Mr. Edmon Forex got involved to an illegal gun manufacturing.

My mouth drops open

Did I hear it right?

This is insane!!!

Atty. Fernandez continue to speak

As you all know, Atty. Tim, Atty. Rose and Atty. Issa are his assigned legal counsel. So, I would like to have a meeting with you three before you can face Mr. Roland Forex. This is a hard case. You three will defend him no matter what happen.

I don’t know what to say or feel

Damn, this is not good!!!

Why did he enter an illegal business??!!

Is he crazy for money and power??!!

Ok, everyone! Even if the three of them is the legal counsel of Mr. Roland Forex we need to help them and work on this together if needed. Let’s end the meeting here.

Atty. Fernandez announced.

Everyone stands up and leave, except the four of us

Atty. Fernandez spoke to us

Mr. Roland Forex can’t come here because of the media around our office

So, I will give you the data and documents about the case

Atty. Fernandez handed to us the documents

The three of us has copies each

The three of you will work on the case. After you gather and read everything you can report to me, so I can guide you.

All of us nodded our head

Tomorrow I need your report at 8am sharp.

This is an urgent case and we need to move fast

Ok, that’s all.

Atty. Fernandez left the room and the three of us remain in the room to study the case

We decided to assign our work so we can move fast

If we will not do it in this way, we will not be finished this in a day

Its 12 noon and we don’t have plan to stand and get our lunch

I’m hungry! We should eat so that we can absorb everything. Atty. Rose told us

She is right!

Empty stomach, the brain can’t function well

Atty. Tim decided to buy our lunch and we can eat inside the conference room while reading

We don’t want to waste any time

Its past 1 am and we are still here in the office

Only the three of us, Atty. Rose, Atty. Tim and I

We are discussing everything we have read, and Atty. Tim is typing everything what we are discussing in his computer

We also record it

The team decided to go home when we finish everything at 4am in the morning

We are so tired, and we need to go to the office again at 7am to prepare our report to Atty. Fernandez

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My alarm rings

I want to sleep more

But I have no choice, I get up and off my alarm clock

Its 6:30 in the morning and I need to get ready

I did my morning routine and drink my coffee without having normal breakfast

My head hurts because of lack of sleep

I’m in the office and sit on my cubicle

I arrived at 6:50am

And I am the only one in the office

Where are they? I asked myself and looked on my wristwatch

While reading some of the documents I heard something weird sound

Tap tap tap tap tap

What’s that? I thought to myself

Tap tap tap

Who’s there? I said not loudly enough

I stand and I remain silent to hear where the sounds are coming from

I slowly walked through the floor

If not here in the office cubicle maybe in the computer room? I thought to myself

Tap tap tap

The sound is loud now while I walk slowly

The door in the computer room was slightly open and there is no light. The computer room is dim

Tap tap tap

I see a shadow. Oh no! What is this person doing here?!

I slowly enter the computer room and I looked for a weapon to protect myself.

I slowly glance to my left and right

The only weapon that is available in this room is the keyboard

There are no other things here except computer sets

I slowly pick the keyboard of the computer

I am near to the person and his appearance is getting clearer

The person in the computer room is a man wearing a cap, black jacket, black pants and black shoes.

He is seating in front of a computer

I can only see his back to me

I don’t know what he is doing

I can’t see the computer screen

Waitt…. Is he a killer or what? I should have called the guards. I thought to myself

I’m in the panic mode

But I really try my best to be calm

I am getting nearer to him and I’m ready to attack this man

I slowly lifting the keyboard

You can do this! I cheer myself

He was about to turn her head when I throw the keyboard to his head non-stop

Pak pak pak pak pak

Ahh, ughh! Whaaa---aat! The man told me

Pak pak pak pak

The man keeps groaning

Whaaa-at the h-e-l-l! The man shouted

Who are you?!!!! What are you doing here?!!! Are you stealing our data???!!

I manage to talk while I am throwing the keyboard to his head.

He didn’t answer

He kept his hand above his head to protect himself

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