Chapter 9

The next day I did not enter, I followed what Saint said. He already hacked the locker room's CCTV. He also did not enter and stayed beside me, all afternoon staring at the monitor. I even saw Allison vandalizing my locker. But I just ignored that.
Saint also got a CCTV copy yesterday. A whole day copy of CCTV yesterday, but we didn't see any students pass by our locker area and drop a letter. Saint repeated the CCTV copy several times yesterday but still nothing.
He even called Pierce and I knew any minute he would come. Saint said Pierce is an expert when it comes to reviewing CCTV clips or any recorded items.
"Damn this! This is making my head ache." Disgusted, Saint said and dropped his hand on his table.
"I don't see anything wrong with this footage." He said irritably.
Soon we heard a knock from the door. He immediately stood up and walked towards the door. He pressed a button and Pierce's volume appeared on the small screen. He's still in uniform, so you mean he's taking cutting classes just for this?
Saint let Pierce enter the room. Pierce looked at me for a moment and immediately turned his gaze back to Saint. He is not wearing his eyepatch, and I can't help but to keep staring at his beautiful eyes. Red and brown. They're so pretty.
Pierce sat down infront of me. Saint forwarded the footage to Pierce's laptop. And exactly Saint sitting next to me was the ringing of my cellphone that had previously been connected to Saint"s laptop.
I looked at my cellphone while Saint focused on his laptop. I just received a message and I know Saint already knows that.
From: Unknown
SereniTea near Mega Mall. 1PM Sharp. If nothing else then don't expect any answers.
I was surprised when my cellphone suddenly shut down. I looked at Saint and I could clearly see he was serious about what he was doing.
He took my cellphone from my hand and broke it. Did he just break my phone with his bare hands? He removed some parts of it and drowned it in a glass of water that was on the table.
"I tracked the location. And this is making me crazy." Saint gritted his teeth and clenched his fist.
"Why, what's happening?" I asked nervously, is my brother so smart that he can make Saint angry?
"Your sibling is hella genius, Klea. The number he used for texting is fabricated, he or she fabricated your number. So when I tracked the location of the texter, our location came out." what the hell? how is he or she smarter than saint?
"Saint, I have it." We both looked at Pierce, it looks like the CCTV footage is our last hope.
The two of us immediately stood up and approached Pierce.
"As you can see, around 2:30 PM, GYM time. No students went through Sabrina's locker. Because all the students are in the gym ..."
"But when 2:35 PM clicks, you can see a janitor walking through the locker areas. I watched it over and over and I saw something." He said and paused the footage, where a janitor was sweeping in front of my locker.
He zoomed it and enhanced the quality and my eyes widen. "There's a thread ..." I whispered softly.
"Yeah, there is. It looks like the person who put the letter in your locker passed the letter above. You know there are big pipes above the locker area. And the person who put the letter in your locker went in there, he taped the letter at the bottom of the thread. And gently, he inserted the letter while the janitor was cleaning right in front of your locker. "
"And he immediately pulled the thread along with the tape to make it appear that the village letter had been inserted by going through your locker." I was stunned by what Pierce said.
"It looks like you're having a big trouble protecting this lady, Saint. Why won't you just hand her over to the organization? I saw how strong she feels around that can be her asset." Pierce said.
"No. I promised Dad, Dad promised Tito Kristopher that we will protect his daughter no matter what happens." Saint said sternly as he walked back to the front couch.
I sat on a solo couch at the end of the table.
"Yeah, but this one. This one is effin 'smart Saint. Can you beat this?" Pierce's challenge.
"No one has yet escaped from my hands Ignatius." Saint said while calming himself.
"So, shall we go with Sabrina tomorrow?" Pierce asked.
"Of course. It's in SereniTea, I'll wear a bear mascot for not being obvious." I couldn"t help but laugh softly.
Saint? wearing a bear mascot? Isn't that cute?
"And since I'm just a Mafia Prime I'm probably not very well known. I'll pretend as a costumer, I'll arrive there three hours earlier than the meeting time. I'll bring the others so it's not obvious." Saint nodded at what Pierce had said.
"So, The Saint is out and Hellion is in?" I was suddenly startled by Pierce's grin as he looked straight at Saint.
"Hellion is always in here, Midnight." Saint said with a darker aura.
Damn this, this is making me super nervous.
Saint said nothing while driving towards SereniTea. He just looked straight at the road, I looked at the backseat of his SUV and there was a big teddy bear costume that I knew he would wear later.
He parked the car at the Mall so that my brother wouldn't see us. I took a deep breath and got out of the car. I looked at Saint and he looked at me.
We stared at each other for how many seconds but then he immediately looked away. He turned his back on me and was about to take a step when I immediately called him.
"Saint!"
He stopped. "What?"
"Please, be safe." I said softly but it was enough for him to hear that.
"What would you do if something bad happens to me?" He asked me but he still turned his back.
"I might have gone crazy, I've known you for a decade and more, and I can't forgive myself if something bad happens to you when you're still protecting me." I said.
"Same. Be safe too." He said and we parted ways. I walked closer to SereniTea as she headed towards a comfort room.
When I entered I noticed that they were already there Pierce, they were sitting at a table that was also near a table in the window with a woman sitting alone.
That woman turned her back on me but just seeing her back I can already feel my body tensing up. No! Don't show you're nervous, she is smart Sat. I know, she knows how to read people.
I looked at Pierce and saw his eyes pointed at the woman. I took courage and walked closer to the table, I sat down in front of the woman and I seemed to stiffen at the person I saw in front of me.
"Hi, Sabrina. My little sister, my twin." I have a twin! I expected a sibling but not a twin!
"Maybe us having the same face and genes is enough proof that I am your sibling?" He said with a smile. I looked outside and saw there was a large bear handing out free balloons to the children. Saint.
"Who are you?" Unbelievable question from him.
"Oh, I am Savienna Kristen Lacsamana." Savienna? Sabrina? Are we really twins?
"So, Sabrina. How's life without problems?" He smiled at my question.
"My life isn't that comfortable as you think, Savienna." she smirked. He took a cellphone from his bag. She scanned something and show it off to me.
It's me laughing with the Journalism Club. "Having friends? That's nice."
She showed another image. "Having an admirer, who is already courting you? Nice."
And another. "Oh, this ... when you were kidnapped. It's still nice because Hellion came and saved you, like he always does."
I couldn't wait for him to show me another picture of my face.
"What do you need?" I said emphatically, she laughed at what I just said.
"It's easy to talk to you ... I need the life you have now. Will you give it to me?" There was a challenge in his voice when he asked me that. She wants the life that I have? What does he mean?
"I see you're confused. Because little Sabrina, you don't like the life I grew up with." He said with a smile. He said in the letter that Mommy was with him.
"Where's Mommy? Where are you hiding?" I asked him angrily.
"Oh, that's right Mommy you really are the dumb one between us two. You really are clueless aren't you?" He has a smile I can never put on my face, because it's scary to look at.
"Do you want to know what happened to me?" She said again.
I sighed. "Tell me what happened to you, and I'll give the life that you just wanted."
"Great! But first can you let Midnight and his friends leave us alone?" My eyes rounded up because she said, Midnight she meant Pierce right?
I looked at Pierce's table and also saw his unbelievable expression with his friends. I signaled them to go out and Pierce only nodded in response.
"As you can see, Sabrina. I am smarter than you, and plus I know all the mafia in the underworld. You can't trick me with that basic trick." Only Saint is invisible. And I knew he could hear our conversation because there was a mic attached to the collar of my dress, connected to Saint"s earpiece.
"I know Hellion is just here somewhere, but he is the top mafia boss. I don't expect him getting caught like Pierce." he said simply.
"Just tell me what happened to you." I said irritably.
"Short tempered, i see." She said, I glared at her and she just laughed. I still can't believe that she is actually the exact copy of my face, but her hair is a little different because it's wavy and brown. While mine is straight-black.
"Let's start from the very beginning ..."
"As I told you, you didn't kill Daddy. And who? I know that was your first question, it's me who did it Sabrina. As you can see, I really envy you because you're the one in their powder Daddy. But I still thanked Mommy for turning me to a better version of you. "
"How can you do that? We are still three that time!" I couldn't help but raise my voice to her, she laughed again.
"Yes we are three, but we think differently. When you were three years old only dolls were played, while when I was three I already did my first kill which is Dad. That's how it is Sabrina ... your Ate Mary maybe didn't explained this to you but ... "
"Once a mafia boss has twins, it's not possible for the two to take his position, right? So that mafia boss needs to decide which one will have the normal life and which one will suffer and it looks like you're lucky Sabrina." He smiled at the promise.
"No child would want to practice and do things that only adults do" What? I can no longer understand him.
"I am trained the moment that I am already capable to talk and walk, they already trained me to be a mafia. And I really hate that, I loathed our father for not picking me. So with a mature mind with a young age. I killed him. How? " He smiled and said.
"I used sniper gun, and that time? Mom is also pointing a gun at Dad because they have a fight, our dumb mommy thinks that she shot him. But nope, I am the one who did that. And she grabbed you and said something to you, it's been shown that you shot right? " He said with a smile and I nodded.
"He did that because a wife can't kill a mafia husband, Mom is already devoted to him once they are married. They get married in the organization and in the church. Can Dad die? Mom also has to die."
"And Mom can't let that happen, so she told you that. But I really can't seem to escape what I did ..." he said laughing.
"Why?" I asked.
"She came to me, she made me believe she would give me a normal life. But no, all she did was to make me suffer! She found out I killed Daddy and she was furious because you might not follow what she said. and you tell that to the organization. So, she locked me up in the basement. She only feeds me when she wants, most of the time she beats me and she is always saying that I need to be stronger than you to get what I deserve is mine that should not be yours. "
"At the age of seventeen I graduated at the organization with the evaluation of 98.1" Saint is still higher.
"They want me to be a Mafia Boss, the third highest Mafia Boss. But I can't accept being third. I want your position, but the organization won't give it because they know you're alive and you killed Daddy." He says laughing.
"All I want you to do is, tell the organization that it wasn't you who killed but me. Can you do that?"
"All I want you to do is, tell the organization that it wasn't you who killed but me. Can you do that?" Savienna asked me while looking straight into my eyes.
Tell the organization that I didn't kill Dad? So does that mean I will be free? Won't the mafia bosses bother me? Will I live a happy life just like Dad wanted?
And whether I"m going to agree to Savienna"s wishes, I"m not sure if she"s going to use it for good or bad. What if she just wants power and wealth? Like anybody wants? And what if Mommy just told him to do this?
"It's up to you, Sabrina. Plus, don't you want a peaceful life? The life that other mafia bosses don't chase after you? And, Psalm your guy can court you anytime." He said with a smile.
"And I have to tell something girl thing ..." she said and motioned her palm beside her mouth as if she was whispering something to me.
"I really like Hellion, and when you agree with what I said he'll protect me too like he protects you." He smiled and put his hand back.
"It's a win-win situation for us Sabrina, we can have benefits if you'll agree. For you, you'll have the life that you always wanted, normal and stuff. And for me? I'll get the position I always wanted, next to Hellion. Also I would love to stay by his side no matter what. " Immediately my blood boiled at what he said.
"No. I won't agree with what you said." I say emphatically. I saw an awe in her eyes and she laughed again.
"Why? You don't want a normal life anymore?" His tone was sad as he spoke. I can see myself in that expression, always sad.
"Yes of course, I want to. But, I want to be the heiress too." I said. But that's a lie, I am not fitted to be the heiress! I am a mess!
"Okay! You have your decision, but first I want to stay by your side. Like, can we stay at one house? I don't want to go home, Mommy will beat me up." She laughs and says, why is she always laughing? Was he too happy with what was happening?
"But, I trusted your words Sabrina. Since you declined the position that I wanted, and you said earlier that when I told you what happened to me, didn't you say you would give me the life I wanted?" He said with a smile. Oh crap. What kind of twin is she? What continent of the world did he come from?
"All I wanted is a life like yours, normal and comfortable. I want to go the an elite school, make friens, have an admirer and stuffs." She said smiling.
Somehow I felt sympathy for my twin. She lived in hell for two decades and more, she was locked up in the basement, treated like an animal, and got beaten up by our mother. And, he is also my brother no matter what I do.
I rested deeply and nodded at him.
"You agree? Really?" He smiled at my question. I nodded at him again, when I looked outside I saw that Saint was no longer there.
I can clearly see his SUV in the distance. He talked to Pierce and the others with him.
"But, I have a condition." I told him.
"Spill it, I'm all ears." The excitement in his voice was indescribable.
"Just behave, Savienna. Okay?" She winked at me.
"You got it!" She said. "But Sabrina, I am serious about taking all you have. That includes Hellion."
"Hellion isn't mine, you can have him." I shook my head and said to her. I don't get it, but with the two of us, it looks like I'm still the older one.
"I know! And I have one last thing to say, you aren't fitted to be the heiress. You can't even kill." He said with a smile. Yes, Savienna I know that I am not fitted for that kind of society.
Maybe normal life has always been my first choice. Since I can't do what they do. I didn't even have the proper education for being a mafia boss. I don"t know if I will be eligible.
Just what if, I'll attend their school. What will they say if I don't get a 98.0 or more evaluation?
Other mafia boss will think I'm a failure and really not fitted in their society. While as for Savienna? She has the confidence to do the job.
The passion to do the job, but I also don't know why I can't give him what he asks.
Savienna? As the Lacsamana Heiress? I'll think hard about letting that happen.
"Are you sure about this Sabrina?" Pierce asked. He is now driving towards the mansion, while Saint is in the passenger seat and I am in the backseat. Saint and I were in the SUV while Savienna was in the van.
They already disarmed her, because she has a lot of things she can use against us. Peirce's friends were in the van and Pierce made sure that Savienna could not leave immediately.
"We can stay at the headquarters, maybe he can do something with you at the mansion." This is the first time I saw Pierce being worried. Usually because he just has a poker face and doesn't talk much.
"I did a background search with her earlier while you were talking, and I just found out that she's a notorious serial killer and an assassin." I gasped. A serial killer and an assassin in one identity? How can that be?
"Besides, she's the best serial killer and assassin. Do you know how many kills she did in her entire life?" Pierce asked me.
"How many?" I asked.
"56 politicians. 134 drug lords. 12 mafias. 76 criminals. And ... 1 mafia boss which is your father." Oh my god, Savienna is hella scary! I shouldn't have just agreed for him to live in the mansion.
But I can't take it back because I said so, because. I feel sorry for him because of what he went through, and I don't want to be greedy and I also want him to experience a comfortable life.
"She seems harmless to me." I say weakly. I didn't think Savienna's hands were so sinful.
"Don't worry, Ignatius. I won't let anything happen to anyone inside the mansion." Saint said that I was immediately reassured.
"Yeah, Saint. I know you can handle that psycho but that's also smart, his 98.1 evaluation is just near you." Pierce reminded.
"I'm sure she has her limits, the only thing I don't want to happen is her hurting Klea and Ate Mary." Saint said. Right, I wonder what Ate Mary will say when she sees Savienna.
"The organization will go mad if anything happens to the heiress. Besides, even if Sabrina says that Savienna actually killed their Daddy, Sabrina will be forced to study underground so that her evaluation can be released and they will find out who is better. they deserve it. " Pierce said.
"What if ... just what if we have the same evaluation status?" I asked out of curiosity.
"Well that's simple all you need to do is to kill each other. But I'm sure after graduating in the organization? You can beat that psycho." It's simple.
I was already worried about the decision I made. Is it right for Savienna to stay with us on the same roof? What will happen?
"I won't let Klea go to that kind of school, you know what you're going through when you study in the organization, right?" Saint said emphatically. Pierce just rolled his eyes.
"Yes, what ever. But that's also for the better." Pierce said.
"In level 1 of learning she needs to kill five people by using a throwing knife with a distance of 8 meters, she needs to aim at the head to really die. And I know Klea can't kill." Saint said. What? I thought studying there was just like normal school but advanced. Is there a massacre going on?
"Chill kalang Saint, did you know that in level 1 training there I almost missed it." Pierce said while laughing. He just laughed which is really weird because I don't see him smiling.
"I sucks at level 27." Saint said.
"What's up at level 27?" I asked Saint he turned slightly to me.
"Killing 100 people in just 10 minutes. With a knife." Saint replied.
"Ah, I remember that! I almost collapsed at the end because I didn't expect people to fight." said Pierce.
Will a hundred people fight the village? And they have to kill in ten minutes with a knife? That's impossible.
"And that's why, I don't want Klea to learn there." Saint said.
"But you know, he can pass right ㅡ" Saint cutted him off.
"Just say another word and I'll shoot you." I just laughed because of what Saint said.
If you find it that hard to study the underworld, then Savienna is really strong then? How can I be smarter and stronger than her?
To be continued...