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THE LYING GAME | XM AGENCY SERIES

CHAPTER TWO – DIVERSION

ELI

            I was sitting quietly on my couch inside my room while holding my phone and checking my emails.

            List of meetings that my secretary sent me. Inquiries on how to get my services. I smiled when I saw there were lots of them. I just needed to check what was interesting from these. I browsed the news and I saw the case that I just won.

            Siguradong lalo lang makikilala ang pangalan ko dahil high profile case iyon. Jeffrey Ronquillo was a well-known fitness enthusiast and a bar owner. Kaya nga nang pumutok ang balita sa nagawa niya, talagang pinag-piyestahan iyon ng media. Ako ang lahat na gumawa ng paraan para lang mamatay ang issue na iyon. He got money, I used it. Paid those reporters to come up with a different news. I made it clear that everything happened was just an accident. He was paying me well and I would make sure that he won't be doing any jail time. That was my job as his defense lawyer.

            I let out a moan and leaned back on the couch. I threw away the phone on the near bed and I thread my fingers through the woman's hair kneeling in front of me and gagging on my cock.

            He let go of it and looked at me. She teased the tip of my length and played her wet tongue around it. "Did you like what I did?"

            I smiled and didn't answer. I held her hair and pushed her head down between my thighs as she slides her mouth over my aching cock. I pushed her mouth deeper until I felt my cock was touching the back of her throat. She was gagging and tears were pooling in her eyes while she was trying to look at me. I didn't move my hand. I kept on pushing her mouth until she let go of it and she was gasping for breath.

            "Are you trying to kill me?" she wiped her mouth as saliva pooled around it.

            "You said you wanted rough. And I am not paying you to complain. It says in our contract that I can do anything to you and you said that you will do anything for me," I answered casually while stroking my hard cock.

            She changed her mood. I knew she was aware what was stated in our contract. That was one of my policies every time I was getting a service of paid women. I wanted everything to be written in a contract. What I would do, what she could do, what I expect, how much they were going to receive. That was me. I am detail oriented so nobody won't be suing me.

            "B-but... I-I can't breathe." Her voice becomes soft and her hand began to slowly stroke my cock while she moved her head closer to my length again. "I'm sorry." She was looking at me while her eyes were pleading. "I can do anything, Attorney. Rough. Wild. I will do it." She put my cock again inside her mouth and began to suck and lick it.

            Fuck. That was so good. After weeks of defending Jeff, I deserved to have this kind of release. I already fucked her. So many times. I fucked her on the wall. I fucked her from behind, I fucked her mercilessly and I knew her pussy was swollen already but I needed more. I needed to fuck more so I could relax and calm my mind.

            She took my cock deeper in her mouth. I didn't need to bury her face because she was doing that. She kept on gagging but she was no longer complaining. I held her hair, grabbed a fistful while I am fucking her mouth. It was so good. I knew I was coming soon.

            "I am going to come and I want you to take it in your mouth." I told her while she continued to bob her head up and down. "You are going to swallow it." I commanded her.

            She nodded her head while my cock was still stuffed inside her mouth. I began to fuck her mouth. I didn't care if she was gagging and the tip of my cock was hitting her throat. I am close. I am going to come and she cannot stop me from this.

            I groaned when I felt my release. I fucked her mouth harder while my cum was spilling inside her mouth down to her throat. I was looking at her and I saw her swallowed everything. She was sucking my cock milking every last drop of my release.

            I blew out a breath and she slumped herself on the floor looking freshly fucked. I smiled while I was panting and looked at my phone that was now ringing. I took my phone and I saw an unregistered number. I knew who was this.

            "Yeah?" Iyon agad ang sabi ko habang nanatili akong nakasandal sa couch na inuupuan ko. Napatingin ako sa babae at kita kong nahiga na siya sa carpeted floor at walang pakialam na hubad doon.

            "You won another case."

            I heard a faint laugh and I would never get used to that laugh every time I was talking to this man. His laugh was like the devil's, who would do something terrible to people. Even if we worked together so many times, I can't. I just can't get used to him.

            "I had too. People are expecting me to win all the time." Kaswal kong sagot at nanatiling nakatingin sa babaeng nakatingin lang sa kung saan.

            "I am in your kitchen." Sabi pa ng kausap ko.

            "What?" Napaangat ako sa kinauupuan ko at agad kong dinampot ang boxer shorts ko at isinuot iyon. Dinampot ko din ang mga damit ng babae at ihinagis dito. "You need to leave." Sabi ko sa babae. "Now."

            "I need to leave?" Paniniguro ng kausap ko sa telepono.

            "No. Not you," asar kong sagot at pilit kong pinapatayo ang babae at pinagbibihis na kahit takang-taka itong nakatingin sa akin. "I want you out. The money is on the table. Get out." Sabi ko at dali-dali akong lumabas sa kuwarto at tinungo ang kusina ko.

            Napahinga ako ng malalim nang makita ko si Ghost na nakatayo sa counter at may nakapatong na coffee mug sa harap niya. Dinampot pa niya iyon at humigop tapos ay naupo sa stool na para bang pag-aari niya ang bahay ko.

            "I love your coffee." Sabi pa niya at muling humigop doon. "This kopi luwak is my favorite."

            "How did you get in here? I told you never to do this. If you want to visit, you can tell me. You cannot just barge like this in my home. Paano kung may ginagawa ako? May kasama ako?" Asar kong sabi sa kanya.

            Umangat lang ang kilay ni Ghost at napatingin sa labas ng kusina dahil nakita niyang may babaeng nagmamadaling lumabas sa bahay ko. Napapangiti siya at napapailing.

            "Cute girl." Komento pa niya at muling uminom sa hawak na coffee mug.

            Napahinga na lang ako ng malalim at marahang hinilot ang magkabilang sentido ko tapos ay naupo rin sa stool na nakaharap sa kanya.

            "Are you bored that's why you keep on popping here unannounced? How do you even know the combination of my locks?" Reklamo ko.

            Natawa siya. "You really going to ask me that? I am the fucking Ghost. I can go wherever I want."

            "Wala ka bang case? I mean, after what you did with Riel, you got nothing to do anymore?"

            Napapailing ako. What he did to Riel I think was a low blow. He kind of played with that man's life. Ghost knew everything about Riel's life and he let Riel to uncover the truth by himself. Ghost could have told Riel the truth but he let that happened. Kaya hindi ko rin masisi si Riel kung bakit nagalit sa kanya. He played fucking God to everyone around him.

            I looked at Ghost. He was fifty plus age but still, he looked like he was on his prime. He could still get women half of his age. Even younger. But I knew his life. I knew what happened to him. I knew that he devoted his life by saving the innocent after his wife died. After he killed his own wife. I knew that for so many years, he got a tainted relationship with his son. Recently na lang naman sila nagkasundo ni Declan. Naging close nang magka-apo na. Akala ko nga 'nong nagka-apo na, titigil na sa mga ginagawa niya. But he just got worse. He became more savage. More brutal. More heartless.

            I knew what he did to those people that he thought needed to be punished. I was a part of it. He taught me to be a part of it. It was unconventional, inhumane, drastic. But like the saying goes, it takes a monster to destroy another monster.

            "You've been busy." Komento pa niya at kinuha ang telepono tapos ay nagpipindot doon.

            Napakamot ako ng ulo at tumayo tapos ay tinungo ang ref. Kumuha ako ng isang Corona beer at binuksan iyon tapos ay uminom.

            "Yeah. I needed her to make me relax. After so much work, I needed that." Sagot ko at muling uminom ng beer.

            "I am talking about this." Inilapag niya ang telepono niya sa harap ko at nakita ko doon ang isang article tungkol sa isang lalaking natagpuang patay sa loob ng sarili nitong kotse. Ayon sa investigation, namatay ang lalaki dahil sa atake sa puso. At ang pangalan nito ay Jeffrey Ronquillo.

            "Jeffrey is dead?" nakakunot ang noong sabi ko habang binabasa ang article. Nakalagay doon na walang foul play na nakita ang mga pulis sa pagkamatay ng lalaki. Namatay daw sa natural causes kaya wala nang imbestigasyon na ginawa. Nabalita nga lang dahil kilala ang pangalan ni Jeffrey dahil sa katatapos na kaso nito na naipanalo ko.

            "Cut the bullshit, Eli. I know you did this." Dinampot ni Ghost ang telepono at ibinulsa tapos ay tumingin sa akin at halatang naghihintay ng sagot. "What did he do? He is not innocent?"

            Doon nagbago ang reaksyon ko at napangiti ako. Inubos ko ang laman ng hawak kong bote ng beer.

            "He got away from the crime because technically, it was an accident. He didn't know that the woman was suffering from heart attack. He panicked." Seryosong sabi ko. "But he confessed to me that he is roofing women and raping them. He got videos of what he did to those women. Women who didn't know what happened to them. No recollection that they were sexually assaulted by this monster. Videotaped them in their vulnerable state." Napahinga ako ng malalim at sinalubong ang tingin ni Ghost. "You said no mercy for people like him. Mabait pa nga ako. I gave him an easy way out. Gave him high dose of GHB and let him die from heart attack."

            Napa-hmm lang si Ghost at tumatango-tango tapos ay napangiti. "I thought you well. Kaya sa mga apprentice ko ikaw talaga ang paborito ko. You do things without hesitation. Sulit ang pagpapaaral ko sa iyo."

            "And I am thankful for all your help." Napalunok ako at nabuga ng hangin. "If it's not for you, I am dead."

            Kumumpas sa hangin si Ghost. "You deserve a life that you are enjoying right now. You are a famous criminal defense lawyer. Your name is sought by rich people who doesn't want to have jail time. You don't need to thank me. You did that to yourself. And your father deserved what I did to him. I am not sorry."

            Hindi na ako sumagot. Ayaw ko nang maalala pa ang nakaraan kong iyon. Tapos na iyon. Ghost helped me to recover and here I was, living a different life. Away from the abusive life that I had when I was in my teens.

            Nakita ko siyang may dinukot sa bulsa niya at inilagay sa harap ko ang isang piraso ng papel.

            "He will need a lawyer."

            Taka kong kinuha ang papel at nakita kong pangalan ang nakasulat doon.

            Joseph Vicente.

            "He is the one who ran over River." Umangat pa ang kilay niya sa akin.

            "What? This guy? And you want me to defend this asshole?" Nanlalaki ang mata ko kay Ghost. "Did you tell Riel?"

            Umiling siya. "He is happy with Meara, with his brother River, they got their little family and beginning to pick up their lives, I don't want to bother him with another burden anymore. That's the least I could do for him."

            Sinamaan ko ng tingin ang pangalan na nakasulat sa papel. 

            "You want me to defend him? Ghost, what the hell? You saw what happened to River. He almost lost his life and you want me-"

            "I have another plan for this guy." Putol niya sa sinasabi ko. "You don't trust me on this? When did I let you down?"

            Hindi ako nakasagot. Tama naman ang sinabi niya. Kahit kailan, hindi pa ako binigo ni Ghost sa mga sinabi niya.

            Napabuga ako ng hangin. "What do you want me to do?"

            "His family will call you. They don't want jail time even for a second. They are rich, powerful, with lots of connections. I know Riel is just busy right now but for sure, he will find out who did that to River and he will have a hard time to track down that guy. We are going to do that for him." Seryosong sabi niya.

            "All right. You're the boss." Tonong talunang sabi ko.

            "Go get them, tiger." Nang-aasar pang sabi ni Ghost.

            Maasim lang akong ngumiti sa kanya at napahinga ng malalim.

            Fuck it.

            Another case, another monster to defend.

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