FORTY SEVEN
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I am already thirty minutes late and now I am rushing myself to go and check in the building. I am walking half running as I enter and everybody is looking at me.
You know that there's no bus passing around here right? You have to walk out of the subdivision and that's a long way to go! You're going to be late…
You're going to be late…
You're going to be late…
Oh crap.
“Hey, Mr. Salvador, what happened? You're late” one of my bosses went near me and asked me. Damn, I feel ashamed of being late. It is my first time.
“I am very sorry sir Alex, I ran some errands on the way here” then I scratched the back of my neck.
“Is that so? Okay now, hurry you have to clean up the mess in the CEO's office. I have heard that our boss is having some tantrums right now and there's spilled coffee on the floor. Actually, she was in a bad mood when she went inside the building” and I think I know why. It's because of our argument earlier. Now I have to see her because she made a mess. I am not actually planning to see her now, not at this time but…
*sigh*
Looks like I don't have a choice. She'll do everything to make me see her.
“I'll go there right away sir”
“Okay, good. And… Please don't be late next time, okay?”
“Noted that sir Alex” and with that, I immediately walked and went to the small room where the cleaning materials were located. I quickly get my mop and some rag. Right after that, as I left the room, I was surprised when I met Dianna…
It seems like she is waiting for me… but I just looked at her before I walked away. I ignored her. I don't want to talk to her.
“Thanatos, wait!” but then… she chased me and tried to stop me by holding my arms.
Still, I ignored her. I shove her hands in me before I continue walking away. Damn it.
“Thanatos… let's talk, please”
“I am already late with my work. I need to go” I said without looking at her.
“It's just for a few minutes… please”
“There is nothing to talk about.”
“There is. You know that” damn it, she keeps on insisting. I don't even want to face her right now.
“I don't want to talk about it”
“Let me explain… please”
“Go talk with Nemesis. You two always get along, right?” I seriously said, giving her a hint that I am somehow mad because of what they have done.
“I am sorry, Thanatos. I know you knew already. She called me, that's why you are late right now”
Oh great. So she even called to inform her huh?
“Yes. And I will be in trouble if I still haven't gone to the CEO's office to clean the mess there”
“I understand, but… Thanatos… whatever Nemesis have told you, that's all true”
So that's what this is all about. They are going to convince me about the pregnancy thing of Makaria.
“You expect me to believe that? Despite what you two have done? You made me a fool”
“I am sorry, Thanatos. We're just worried about you”
“Don't be. You don't have to. You're good at secrets by the way. I become so stupid” then with that, I left her there. I just can't believe that she and Nemesis are working together. I have never even suspected that. She looks so pure and innocent but…
I didn't even notice that she's just pretending to be like that but well in fact, she knows everything about me.
About Nemesis…
About us non-human beings
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---FLASHBACK---
“If you really want me to believe you, then tell me… how did you know all of those things that happened to me… that happened to us? You are not even around me for a very long time so how?”
“I… I told you it doesn't matter, Thanatos!” she's getting so frustrated about telling me the truth! She can't hide it because it is obvious.
“It matters to me! So tell me. If you don't, then there's nothing for us to talk about”
Then I immediately turned my back to her and started to walk away. But… she held one of my shoulders to stop me.
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“It… is because of… Dianna”
What?
My eyes started to widen as I heard that name. I quickly turn and look at her. I can't believe this.
“What are you talking about? What about Dianna?”
“Don't be mad, okay, I am just worried about you because you are new in this kind of set up and you are not a Grim Reaper anymore. You can't even remember most of the things so I needed someone to look after you” She can't even look at me while she is explaining. I don't know what to feel about that. I am in complete confusion.
“What? I… I can't understand”
“Dianna… she is… she is different. She is human but… different”
“What do you mean?!”
“She has third-eye. She can see ghosts, and she knows about grim reapers and other spectral entities. That's why I ask her for help with you. Because I know somehow she can guide you… other than me. You don't want me to be with you anymore”
What the?!
I can't believe this… I can't believe what I am hearing right now.
“You and… Dianna? All this time? She is just an intel? She is pretending not to know what's happening to me?!”
“Thanatos, please understand. I don't have a choice! I can't just leave you alone like that! Admit it, she is a big help to you right? You felt comfortable with her compared to you with me” she tried to touch one of my hands but I shove it away immediately.
“I… I… I don't know what to say. I feel betrayed or something”
“We are just trying to help you! Please listen to me”
I am trying to absorb everything that I have discovered just now. I… I don't know…
I am so dumb. How can I not notice that?
“I can't… I just… so… what's this… all this time you know what's happening to me? She is reporting everything to you? Without me knowing”
“Y-yes…”
“Damn it! How stupid am I! So the first time I saw her… it's not just an accident?”
“I am… sorry Thanatos.”
Everything is just part of her plan. It is not an accident.
“Oh crap! I am even having a very hard time not telling her about me because I don't want her to be included in my mess but… all this time… she knew” I started to touch my head. I feel like I wanted to smash it right now!
“Thanatos, don't be mad at her, okay? I told her not to say that to you. I am the one giving her orders”
“And she agreed to do your orders for what? What's the price?!”
“I am giving her an allowance”
“Damn it! So it's all for the money?!” So what's this? It seems like I am an object that can be bought by money.
“Look, Thanatos… She needs money for her mom!”
“What?!”
“You don't even know don't you? Her mom is sick. Her mom was confined in a hospital a few cities away from here. It is for a few months now. She is just sending money to the hospital to sustain her mom's needs”
Damn it! There's a lot of things that I didn't know! Dianna is living alone. I have never asked if she still has parents or where they are. I have no idea!
“She didn't told me about that”
“Of course she won't. Because she is busy looking after you”
“She doesn't have to! Thanks to you” then after that I turned my back again to her and I start walking.
“Thanatos… I hope you understand why I did that. You are my mission here and I need to fulfil that”
“I need to go. I am already late” I continued to walk without looking at her. She keeps on talking even if I am moving away already.
“Thanatos, what I said about Makaria… that's true. All true”
“Bye!”
---END OF FLASHBACK---
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Damn it! I don't know what to believe! I am full of confusion right now! I cannot distinguish the lies from the truth…
If Nemesis is right, that Makaria isn't really pregnant, then what about the pregnancy test that she showed me? It's fake?
Where did she get that?
Damn it! How can I prove to myself that she is telling the truth or not?! Should I ask Makaria? But… would she admit everything if I do that?
I am not quite sure about our setup already. I am always having doubts about her for the first time that she said that she is pregnant. But when she showed me the proof that she was talking about, I had no other choice but to believe it. I just buried those doubts of mine in the abyss. But now… I don't know. I really don't know.
I am now just standing at the door outside her office. I am hesitant to go inside. I need to go, I know but something is pulling me away.
Damn it I am in chaos!
“Mr. Salvador?” Then suddenly, I heard Eva's voice from behind. Oh I bet I look so stupid here.
“Y-yes…?” I asked without facing her.
“Why don't you come in? She is waiting for you inside”
“How many years have you been working with her? With…Ms. Antoinette?”
I know it's out of the blue but… I have to ask this, for my peace of mind.
“It's been five years already, why?”
“Is she capable of doing… such crappy things like…pretending and lying to make someone look like a fool?”
“What? W-what do you m-mean?” as I looked at her, she became tense. She can't look me straight in the eyes.
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“Is she pretending to be pregnant?”
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