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Vincent's Point of View

I'm here now at the house of Boss RD's friend. If I am not mistaken his name is Jake. A week after it all happened I still felt like I was in a dream.

"How is she? Has she eaten yet?" I asked when I saw Jake came down from the stairs, he came from the guest room where Dainty was staying for also a week now.

Jake shook his head and smiled sadly. "No. Until now she has not left the room."

"She didn't even go to RD's burial to take a peek or even say goodbye." Jake added and sighed again.

Yesterday the three of them were buried. And two of them are my co-workers and friends. I never thought that this would happen and that I would be alone starting now.

"What happened was really shocking and sudden to me and also to her so let's just let her mourn right now." I answered.

"Even me, man. I am so shocked too. I always know that RD is a good person, I never thought someone would do this to him." Jake added and shook his head. Even Jake is so affected, I can't blame him, Boss RD and him looks close.

I looked up to see where Dainty's room was and I'm not shock to see that it is close.

Boss RD is right, she will be affected by this mess.

"They've always been together, even before. So it's really hard for her. You see, they live in the same house, some think that the are married or a couple or something." Jake said while laughing a bit and also looking in the direction I was looking.

"All right, man. I'll go to work now." Jake said again but this time he is bidding his goodbye and picked up a bag pack on the couch.

I was shocked but I did not let him see my reaction. "It is okay for you to leave us here at your house?"

Jake laughed and patted me on the shoulder. "Of course. You know, Dainty, she is used to stay here even if she lives with RD. When RD isn't at their home, she comes and sleep here. She is like my younger sister. And I also trust you because you told me earlier that you're a friend of RD, right? And I know that the person around RD are kind. So I don't have a problem leaving you here." I couldn't help but smile.

There are still people like Jake. I am not used to this kind of treatment of other people, especially to those person like me.

I nodded and smiled warmly before he said goodbye and left.

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It's already nine o'clock in the evening I am here in the kitchen. Jake is still not here and Dainty is still not out of her room. The surrounding is very quiet. So I feel more sad.

I was eating when suddenly I saw a shadow from behind and is approaching me. So I immediately took my gun out of my pocket and aimed it at whoever was behind me now.

"Dainty!" I shouted and immediately put the gun back I was holding in my pocket which was aimed at her head.

"What --- what are you doing? Are you hungry already? I'm sorry, you surprised me." I said in shock and handed her the sandwich on the table.

But she did not say a word. She even didn't seem so scared when I pointed a gun at her. Instead, she walked to the opposite side of the refrigerator to get something to drink.

She did not even react to what I did.

"It's good that you came out of your room." I said to break the silence and she just looked at me.

"Maybe you're hungry? Let's eat, I prepared some foods." I added and showed her the food on the table. She did not look at it, she just shrugged so I scratched my head, feeling nothing but embarrassment.

"What's your work?" Dainty suddenly asked as she looked at the glass she was drinking from.

The hell would she ask me that? And it's so sudden that I did not even have the time to hide how surprised I am.

"What do you mean?" I asked when I calmed down and bring back my emotionless face again.

She seems to be scarier than Boss RD. But I'm not scared at her, she just really looks scarier because she's not smiling and she sounds so cold.

"Tell me, what is your connection with RD? Why did you suddenly show up when there was a commotion? In fact, what are you planning? Your name is Vincent, isn't it? You are connected to that Ken Montero? How did you know him and why are you here? Are you planning something again?"

She seems to know what is going on. Did Boss RD tell her? I sighed, I don't keep I can keep my secret from this woman and she's doubting the hell out of me so I should tell her to clear my name.

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"I'm a secret agent." I started speaking after a short while.

Dainty is on the other side of this table and is eating the sandwich I gave her earlier.

You seem to be hungry now, huh?

"I'm working with Kenneth and Ricko. The three of us are always together on our missions. But we're not working under the legit authorities." I continued and gulped. I was a little overwhelmed when I mentioned the names of my friends, no, they are like my brothers.

Dainty was speechless because she was busy eating but she motioned me to continue talking.

Please tell why am I following this woman's order.

"We work under a secret organization that Mr. Kendrix Montero owns." When I said that, Dainty was a little taken aback and drank some water first. Then I saw her rolling her eyes while whispering something.

"Is it because his life is always in danger that he build up that secret organization?" She asked confidently.

She really knows something.

"Did Boss RD told you that? You seem to know a lot." I asked and gulped again because of the mention of Boss RD's name.

"RD told me a lot about his life and I didn't know that was the last one that we will talk, --- Wait, you know you're the one who should be talking and not me."

I laughed at what she said. She's pretty okay now, unlike these past few days where you can't talk to her or even come near her.

"As I say, I am a secret agent. And I once accompanied Boss RD and Mr. Kendrix on a mission."

Dainty's eyes widened and she moved her chair. She sat on my left to draw closer to me. This woman is interested with Boss RD, huh?

"Really? Oh my gosh! That's why RD knows how to shoot!"

"Yeah and he's the best shooter among us. He's even better than Mr. Kendrix. So I'm sure that whoever was behind all of this, they really planned this well. They hid the bomb without us knowing." I said and gritted my teeth after.

Dainty suddenly calmed down as if she's deep in thought.

But she may not know many information about this because when Mr. Kendrix will know that Boss RD told her some details, Mr. Kendrix will make a way for her to just keep her mouth shut.

And knowing how heartless Mr. Kendrix is at times, I'm afraid that Dainty will be able to witness that.

"But I noticed, you don't seem to be affected. I mean two of your colleagues are gone. But you still managed to laugh." Dainty said and eat the chips that I was supposed to eat.

"That's part of our job. We need to control our emotions. For the sake of the mission. We are not allowed to be swallowed by that."

"Oh my, what a torture! That Ken Montero is a rude boss!" She gasped so I sighed and chuckled a bit. Why do I feel like she hates Mr. Kendrix?

"That's true. So it's hard for us to be trusted by someone. People like us who killed a lot of people are just hiding by pretending that we are a good person but in fact, we are not, we are like a devil dressed up like an angel. So I am really glad Jake entrusted us with his house for a while. I never thought I would meet someone like him." I said and smiled warmly at the thought of a person trusting someone like me who killed a lot of person.

Dainty was suddenly startled again so I examined her whole face. What is the problem with this lady? She act like a cellphone that's lagging and she doesn't function well like an old computer.

"Jake...Jake is...Oh my." She whispered while gasping. I furrowed my brows and waited for her to say something again. I started thinking too but my mind does not cooperate with me now.

"Hmm? What's with Jake? Does he know something?" I asked when she did not utter a thing.

Dainty gasped again before answering me. "Jake arrived before someone shot us and also before the explosion happened!"

And we were both stunned and puzzled. Jake? Is he hiding something? But he seems to be nice.

Then suddenly, my bosses voice echoed inside my head.

"You should not trust someone until you know all about them very well."

"Sometimes, the nicest person are the worst."

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