“Sir thank you for helping us, you are so kind and handsome.” A lady thank Kienzo for so many times.
“Please, accept these as our payment in exchange for helping us.” A white hair lady gave him a fresh bunch banana that she gets from their backyard.
Kienzo accepts that and he gave that to his secretary.maraming salamat po sa pagtulong sa amin. Napakabait mo po.’ Pasasalamat ng isang ginang kay Kienzo.
“ attorney, thank you so much, we owe you a lot.” She keeps on thanking him from the bottom of her heart.
He won their case.
He accepted their case and they even gave them a discount on paying him.
“I have to go. I still have things needed to do.” he looked at the teenager daughter of that old lady, “take care always and don’t go out late out night if you don't have someone you’re with.” he advised the daughter.
That daughter got snatch and about to get rape, she even got a knife stab near in her heart because of trying to rape her. That incident bring trauma on her.
He should remind his wife to take care and never go out at night.
The family bid their goodbye to him.
The case is finally done and solved. Those bastarrds are already in the jail.
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“Lorex I don’t want this anymore, let go of me!.” I weakly beg him to let of me. We are already in the bar and he have a rich friend.
Lorex was rich and have a lot of money but because of not using them well and because of being addict he had a lot of debts like me, we were relationship before, having a lot of debts right and left. The difference of the tow of us, there is Weltry that is helping me all the time and on the rescue.
“Shut up!” He hold tightly my wrist.
“Lorex!.”
Attorney never treat me like this, and he is not hurting me physically. He did not never hurt me emotionally too.
“Change life, it’s never to late, Lorex.” I am trying to convince him. He have no future in this kind of addiction.
I look at the whole place of this bar and I saw bunch of addicts having fun including prostitute women.
“What are we really going to do here?.” I asked him, and why did he brought me here with him?
“Help me to sell this white powder, we will earn a lot of money here. And try to refuse or i will hurt you.” he warned me.
That friend he told me left us here.
“Are you stupid?! You want me to sell those?! And whom I am going to sell those?! I don’t wanna go in jail, Lorex.” My voice is trembling. Have mercy on me, I will be a good woman in my next life, I swear.
I saw in other table that they are closing a deal. I had been in jail and I don’t want to experience it again..
“Lorex, I don’t want this.” I am really scared and I am thinking about attorney.
I don’t wanna be on earth anymore.
“You won’t be in jail,” he assures me, “we won’t get in Jail and I will take care of you.” He hold my hand, “there is a organization that is going to protect us.”
What this addict man is talking about? He is crazy. A crazy and addict Lorex.
“You’re not hundred percent sure about those.”
“Are you seeing this bar?” I have eyes and not blind.
I roamed my eyes again in this bar.
“Someone is behind of this and this is not part of the government. This bar is almost thirty-years. This is bar for doing illegal things. This is where it happens when it comes to drugs negotiating in drugs.”
All people are look rich and they are not look a cheap addict.
What did I love an addict?
There are scary men with guns sat on our table and they have a big bag and my eyes widened when I saw what’s inside of it.
The gave Lorex a huge money.
Lorex got that money and he is happy to left that bar.
“I’m going home.” I told him. He is holding the attache
“Okay, let me send you off.” He let me ride his car.
Just like before, he stop me far from the condo, he let me because he already have a lot of money and he get what he wants. He is going to use drugs tonight again.
I touch my cheeks that have bruises.
I step backward when a fast car passes by me and he almost hit me. He is so near and might bumped on me and I might get dead.
That driver is asshole.
I am going home to my love.
I got home back so fast because I rode a taxi and Lorex stops me near in the condo. That Lorex is asshole, he have a money and he abandoned me just like that. Sometimes he was asking money on me when he have nothing.
“Where the hell have you been?” I jump when attorney welcomed me with a raise voice and scary aura.
“You scared me.” I place my right hand in my heart. I just entered the condo and he asked me like that.
I kissed his left cheeks.
“Sorry is I just get hime. Bolat and me didn’t notice the time, we really had a great convo.” I reason and look away.
I can’t look at him and he might know that I am lying.
He stare at me seriously. “I talk to Bolat and you’re not with him.” he is suspecting me into something.
How did he met Bolat? They haven’ talk in person.
“I have my ways to call him.” my heart beat fast.
“And what’s that? Why the hell you have bruise in your face?!” I jumped again when he raise his voice.
Is he mad?
He pulled me and let me sit besides him. I am avoiding his gaze but he catch my stares.
What should I reason?
“Claire.” He called my name in a warned tone.
“It’s already two am in the morning. What are you doing? Where did you go?” I look around again.
“Damn! Look at me!” he warned me angrily.
He darkened his stares and he clenched his jaw. His clenched his fist.
“Are y-you mad?” I stammered.
“I had been calling you many times and you didn’t answer any one of my calls. You even hide to manong Rodger!” He angry said.
How am I going to tell him?
I don’t think any valid reason.
“Uh,, a while ago.” I feel nervous, “i was applying for a work. One more work and I don’t know that I get lost.” I bit my lower lip.
“Do you think I’ll believe you?!” He shirked.
He is glaring at me and he is clenching his fist. His veins in his neck showed up.
“Okay, okay! I got home late because it’s too far.”
He close his eyes deeply and mess with his hair, “why are you finding a work?! I told you, don’t work!”
Why is he getting mad? In the morning he was sweet on me.
“And look at your face! Do you think I’ll believe you?! Claire it’s almost morning and you have bruises in your cheeks! If you apply for a job what’s those in your cheeks?!, huh?!”
I can't stop myself to cry.
“I am finding a work because I need to pay you, I haven’t pay any cent and I have a lot of debt.” I am so stress about my debt.
“Damn it! You don’t need fucking pay me! I married you because I want!” he said frustrated, “now, tell me. What happened? why you have bruises huh?!” he made me face him and his expression is just the same. He is not calming yet.
I am crying because I can’t tell him about Lorex..
“Damn it Claire!” he cursed.
This is my first to see him like this.
“Are you going to tell me or I’ll find a way to know about it?” he challenged me, “damn it!” He added.
“Nothing! This is nothing and because of my stupidity!” I yelled.
He take a deep breath and he held my face and look at those bruises.
I move when he accidentally harm my wound in my arm and he even curse more.
“From now on I prohibited you from working.” he is clenching his jaw. He stand up and entered the CR and when he gets back, he is holding a box of first aid kit.
He undress the jacket that I am wearing.
“I need money… I have a lot of debt to Weltry!” I became more depress.
He look at me, “don’t think about them. I’ll handle.”
He get a cotton and put betadine.
“but.”
“Claire.” he warned me.
“I need to pay and I need to fix our annulment paper… if it’s not because of you I won’t experience a peaceful
“Stop crying.” He set aside the cotton and wiped my tears.
This man destined woman is so lucky. I can’t own him because we have agreement. After we apart, I hope he won’t find a woman that easy. I am gonna miss him for sure.
“I can’t let you go anymore.” My heart is aching every time I am thinking that this have a ending.
“Then don’t leave me… again.” he murmured a word in the end but I didn’t hear it.
“Don’t leave.” he sounds begging.
“Claire, don’t leave.” Why he looks scared that I am going to leave him? He must be happy because I am stop to trouble him.
“But we have a agreement.” He close his eyes deeply.
“Fuck it! Damn it! Stop thinking about those stuff! Just fucking stop and love me!” he said angrily and he look stress.
“Why?... did you already love me??” I ask slowly and I wipe my tears.
“Claire, god knows.”.
“I love you… too.”.
He held my both cheeks using his hand and look direct into my eyes, “just listen to me please?” he begged, “just stay here. I want you to be safe. Stop thinking about your debt I’ll handle them and I want you to do is wait me to come home.”
“I won’t going to pay you?”
“Fuck the money!” He hissed.
“what?!” I pinch his waist.
“Yeah, in one condition. Don’t fucking leave me no matter what happens.”
I smiled at him widely, my tears didn’t fell because of what he said, that he is going to take care of my debts.
I nodded my head as a answer.” that a promise?!” I raise my left hand that I am making a pledge.
He suddenly pulled me for a hug, he hugging me tightly that I might left him. My attorney is becoming sweet.
I feel guilty because of Lorex.
How am I going to tell this to attorney?
“Then, kiss me.” i pouted. He kissed me.
“That's all?” I’m feeling Disappointed, before when he kiss me we ended up in the bed.
“We need to treat your wounds.” She seriously said and apply a betadine the cotton again.
“We are legally married right? Are we not going to have a honeymoon?”
He suddenly cough. Is there a wrong in my question? I am more than ready. I love him so much and I am really ready. Bigla siyang inubo.
“We already did.” He seriously dumped the cotton on my wound.
I shut up and I let him to treat my wound when he suddenly speak.
“Are you ready with that thing? I don’t want to force you especially I respect your decision.” I am melting in his stares again.
Get a man that stares you like a you are ice cream.
Attorney why are you always stares me differently?.
I nodded slowly on him, “my birthday is near and you haven’t water me.” I pouted
“Okay.” he shortly answered and continue on what he is doing.
“ hmmp!”
“You’re not gay right?” I am starting to tease him again.
I suddenly laugh when he rolled his eyes on me.
Kienzo is the only man that makes me happy. Because of him I am forgetting my problems.
Lorex addict is my one and only problem right now. I need to dispatch that addict.
I love Lorex but I love attorney more, and my eyes love him too. Who wouldn’t get fall in love with him? He is kind, witty and , smells goods, have a lot of money and tall.” I won in a lottery.
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“Sir, this lawbreaker doesn’t want to speak.'' Rodger showed him a picture of a man, “it seems that we won’t force him.” he added.
“How about the people who saw the accident?” Kienzo asked while looking at the man pictures. He already in jail and until now he don’t want to speak.
“They don’t want to talk… they are scared to be a testimony. Maybe we need to close this case.” manong Rodger suggested.
“I need justice for my wife. I am a lawyer yet I can’t give her a justice.”
Everytime manong Rodger is going to report to him, the scenario is always like this.
Kienz doesn't want to stop.
“Sir Kienzo, what are we going to do? They paid them to not to talk.” Manong Rodger scratch his head.
“You know what sir Kienzo? You should stop this and because on ma’am Calire. And we really have a difficult to convince them to justify and send that congressman into the jail.
Kienzo leaned on the swivel chair and think.
“If they found out about your secret, Ma’m Claire life will be in danger again.”
“But that’s my wife. We are talking about my wife.”Kienzo insisted.
“Okay Sir, I won’t talk again.”