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STEPHEN's POV

I re-read what's written on each page and with every word that I was reading was bringing additional rage and pain inside my chest. I've never thought that I had the capability to feel such kind of wrath towards someone in my life.

I just went to the TBJ's headquarters for two reasons and that was for the sake of our mission and to do a personal investigation that might help me into my three years of searching the truth and justice.

Before we executed our mission, I already had an idea what could I possibly discover there but I've never thought that I could gain a very information that involved my parents as well.

Who would have thought that I would discover what really happened to my parents? Everyone made us believe that they died because of a horrible accident but now, I already knew that that was nothing but a big lie.

I stared at the USB flash drive that I was holding. I got it inside one of the envelopes that I stole from the TBJ headquarters.

I couldn't stop the forming of tears in my tear ducts upon remembering what was inside that flash drive.

The moment that I saw it, I knew I had to see what's saved inside it so I connected it on my laptop and what I saw shocked the hell out of me.

It was a video of how they killed my parents. I didn't know why they're keeping it inside that vault but I'm glad they did because I managed to get a hold of it and discovered the truth.

I wiped my tears in an angry manner and then put all the papers and the flash drive back inside the envelopes. My hands were trembling in so much emotions that I was feeling. I wanted to fly into a fit of rage.

"I'm sorry, dad, mom, because I didn't even have any idea that you were killed back then. If I have just known about it, I would've done something long time ago to seek justice for the both of you" I touched their names that were engrave on their gravestones.

After I saw that video, I didn't know where else to go until I ended up here at the cemetery where my parents were entombed.

It has been many years since I last saw them and I could feel the longing for them. My chest tightened upon remembering all those precious memories with them that I have been keeping inside my heart.

"Don't worry because I will avenge your death. Now that I have discovered that the one who killed you and the person that I have been looking for for years was the same, my revenge that I have prepared for him will be worse. I will make him suffer and make sure that he will feel every pain slowly and surely until he will be the one to beg me to just kill him right away. He's done a lot of damage to our family and I'll make sure to do the same to him in double" I promised through gritted teeth.

My fists were clenching so tightly that they even turned red.

"T, Badger is asking for you to report at the headquarters. I think he already has an idea that the information that you gave him wasn't complete. We've been calling you these past few days but you weren't picking up" I didn't bother turning my head. I just remained sitting there while touching my parents' gravestones.

Yes, I submitted the other envelope to them except the remaining two because all the information that I was looking for in order to execute my plans were all there. Now, I don't have time to have second thoughts because everything is clear to me now.

I have to get the justice that they deserve and I will do it no matter what.

"Are you even listening to me?"

"Get out of here, Cy. I am not in the mood to go to the headquarters right now" I said with a stern tone. He became quiet for a couple of seconds but I could tell that he was staring at me.

"Look. I know that this is not the right time for me to nag you about work but you should go and talk to boss. I don't know what to say to him anymore. This is our job, T, and it's your obligation to turn in all the things that you recovered from our mission to our superiors" I jaw flexed.

"I know what I'm doing, Cy. You don't need to preach me. You know very well that this is the right time for me to execute my plans. Now that I already have the complete information, I will began moving. I don't have doubts in my mind anymore"

"But what about work?" he asked.

"Tell them that I'll take a vacation and if Badger doesn't allow me to, I'll quit the organization" I heard Cyrus gasp in shock. I met his gaze. He was staring at me with his eyebrows knitted together. He looked like he didn't expect me to say that.

"You know that my personal vendetta is way more important to me than anything else especially now that I've learned that this guy that I was looking for for three years was the same b*stard who killed my parents. No one can stop me of my plans now, Cy. I've been waiting for this for a long time already" he didn't answer right away.

He heaved a sigh before he spoke.

"What about, Kelly?" that caught me off guard. Until now, I haven't been able to think clearly of what I might do. One thing was clear to me and I was beyond mad of everything and I need justice.

"These past one month, I was torn between my mission and my love for her. Even though I already had the feeling that she might be involve with them, I didn't entertain that thought because I was blinded by my feelings for her. But now, I have to forget about her because she's one of them, Cy" I answered coldly.

"Did you even try to talk to her and hear her explanation?" I shook my head.

"I don't think I am ready to hear her explanations"

"It's unfair to her if you won't even give her chance to explain herself before judging her. So what if she's a member of that organization? She has her own reasons for sure and you should give her the benefit of the doubt"

"She wasn't honest to me from the beginning and I feel betrayed right now" I uttered in a low voice.

"But you did the same to her, right? Everything that you showed to her from the beginning were all lies. You made her believe that you love her"

"That's not true!" I burst out loud and that shocked me.

"Really? Then you really love her?" Cyrus asked with an expression as if daring me to answer the truth. I opened my mouth to falsify it but I just couldn't. I chuckled bitterly. Who am I kidding?

"Yes, I love her but I can't trust her anymore. Everything about our relationship was a lie from the beginning. I lied to her and she lied to me as well. I don't even know if she really loves me or not. Maybe she's the same as me. Maybe, she's just doing this because of her job" I said bitterly as I laughed humorlessly.

I stood up and then began walking away from there.

"Kelly has been worried about you. She kept on asking me about you because she wants to talk to you. She looked so sad when I saw her a while ago, T" my steps came to a halt upon hearing that. My heart was slowly melting just by the thought of her being sad because of me. I took a deep breath and then started walking away from there without commenting to what Cyrus said. I didn't want to imagine the sad face of Kelly but my brain refused to do so.

I could feel my heart tighten seeing her sad face in my imagination. Damn it! Are you really sad right now, xuxu?

I groaned inwardly. I didn't know that I could love a woman like this. I've been loving her for years and even though I tried my best to forget about her a lot of times, I didn't succeed. She never left my system.

When I finally had the chance to own her and make her mine, the happiness she brought me felt like I could forget everything and just love her. I thought we had a chance to be happy but after that mission, everything became vague and chaotic.

All I wanted to do was to avenge my love ones and I got afraid that I had to fight Kelly as well just to achieve the justice that I was seeking.

I was about 6 meters away from Cyrus when we suddenly heard gunshots. Thankfully, they didn't get me the first shot that's why I had the chance to move and dodge the next ones.

I ran as fast as I could towards my car and hid there.

"Cy, come here!" I yelled at him. Thankfully, they didn't get him either. We both took out our guns but then the gunshots suddenly stopped. There was a deafening silence for a couple of seconds.

Then we heard an engine of a car getting started all of a sudden. I tried to peek to its direction and I saw a heavily tinted car around 50 meters away from us.

I was about to stand up but then the car moved in a fast speed and drove away. Cyrus and I shoot at it as it goes away from us but it looked like the car was a bulletproof.

"Get inside the car!" I ordered to Cyrus as I opened the car door. I started the car engine and quickly maneuvered the car out of there the moment Cyrus got inside as well.

I drove as fast as I could but the car that I was planning to chase after was already out of sight.

"Sh*t!" I hit the steering wheel with my fist in rage.

"I think the TBJ is already hunting you down" Cyrus said but that only doubled the unexplainable rage in my chest.

"I'll kill them first before they would succeed on killing me" he heaved a sigh.

"I think you need to lay low for a moment, T. Your enemies are hunting you down"

"I'll drop you to my suite and look after Kelly for me" I said instead of commenting about what he said.

"What about you? What are you planning to do?" I shrugged my shoulders.

"Just like what you just said, I'll lie low for now"

"Please, T. Don't ever do anything on your own. Just give me the signal and I'll help you with your mission" he offered. I knew that he would help me. He had been helping me ever since the beginning.

"I'll let you know when I need your help" he nodded his head.

"Just a piece of advice; talk to Kelly about what happened in TBJ's headquarters before everything between the two of you get ruined" I didn't answer but deep inside of mine, I was already thinking about what he said.

I dropped Cyrus in his place and then went for a drive. I didn't have a particular place to go to in mind. I just wanted to think. My mind was full of many things. About my plans, my parents' death and Kelly.

I went to a bar and then drank to my heart's content but my mind was still unstable the next day. The confusion was still there and Kelly was still on my mind. She'd been calling and texting me but I wasn't answering any of her calls or texts.

I went for a jog that morning even though I had a hangover but when I finished jogging and went back to my house, an unexpected guest was waiting for me in front of the gate.

She was wearing a smile on her face.

"Hi, T. Missed me?" my eyebrows scrunched upon seeing her.

"What are you doing here, Ingrid?" her smile became sultry. Just like before, she still looks sexy and beautiful. But not as beautiful as Kelly, my mind shouted and I groaned inwardly.

She sauntered towards me while gazing at me in a seductive manner. She wrapped her arms around my neck.

"I've missed you, T. You haven't been visiting me for months now"

"Ingrid, you're too close" I tried to untangle her arms around my neck but her next move caught me off-guard.

She kissed me on the lips. 

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Do you have any idea who killed Stephen's parents? 

  What do you think of this chapter? What will happen next?  

The big revelation of Stephen's real identity is coming soon so stay tuned! 

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