ALLISON’S?
DIARY??
(Secrets ??)
CHAPTER 10
BY BLESSING SILVER
?Jonas POV?
“What do you want, Jonas?” He asked, not looking up from the laptop in front of him, as his fingers danced continuously on the keyboard.
“To resign” I answered simply, making his gaze dart sharply to me, filled with curiosity. “I don’t want to do this anymore”
He gave a short hysterical laugh “Okay I don’t think I completely get you. By resign, do you mean take a break or a brief vacation?”
“Not a break nor a vacation but an end to me working for you” I said and his expression went blank, his brows furrowing deeply.
“Since when have you been thinking about this? And why would you suddenly want to resign, is it something about the other members?”
“First off, yesterday. And me resigning, Is solely my decision and no one’s fault. I’ve decided to spend the rest of my life the way I want, I mean; to explore, travel around and mainly live the more that there is to life. All my life, I’ve never had the chance to and I don’t want to end up like this” I said.
“Jonas,” he called calmly, giving me a direct look. “Decisions like this isn’t something you should make in just few hours. I understand you perfectly but I think what you need is a break. Lately, you guys, especially you have had so much on your plate, it’s been hectic and I understand. With all those blood and fights and deaths. No matter how powerful you are those things will surely get to you and trust me when I say I’ve been there, you just need some time off, I’ll get you a first class ticket to Paris, you can take a week off and-
“Gavin” I cut him off. “I don’t need a break. I want to cut off from this completely. I mean, somehow I’m still a part of it all cos I did some of those jobs myself but I don’t want to do it anymore. You’ve been a great boss, Gavin, my decision has nothing to do with you or anyone. Most of my life, I’ve worked for you. It’s getting really hot in my head and I’m ageing too, you know I wouldn’t do this forever and trust me, those hours were more than enough to think about it. I’m resigning”
“Jonas-
“Gavin. You won’t be able to stop me, you know that right?”
“How can you talk about something so vital, this way? You should’ve waited for a more convenient time”
“I didn’t think there was a better time than now. I just made the decision and thought I should make it known ASAP”
“You just thought of-” he stopped and sighed loudly, placing a palm on his forehead. He positioned himself to give me a full look. “Jonas, I want you to think more about this-
“There’s nothing else to think about. You told me you wouldn’t stop me when it’s time”
“Yes but I didn’t expect it to be this quick and unexpected”
“Quick? After Twelve years?” I asked, crossing my hand.
“Jonas, please. Just go into more thought, this isn’t the right time for this. There’s so much on me now and having your resignation at the top of the plate will just drown me completely”
“Gavin. I want to live a normal life”
“You can’t live a normal life, you know that. What you’ve done-
“Is inevitable, I know. And I’m not trying to erase any of them. I used to believe that my life was all about killing, lying, covering shitty mistakes, hiding and destroying but I’ve realized that it’s not all about it. I’m a bad person, we all are and I’m not going to deny that, I just want to pause it forever and experience another part of life with what’s left of me. I didn’t tell you so you could refuse, advise me or try to change it. I’m telling you so you won’t get too surprised when you suddenly can’t find me” I said, gave him a brief look and turned to leave.
“Jonas?” He called and I stopped, turning to look at him.
“How about a final request? Obviously, I can’t change your mind but to me you’re a gem. You have no idea how important you are to me and this.. resigning stuff is too unaware. Won’t you at least give me the grace to a final request?” He asked.
I turned, our gazes making contact. I lowered my gaze and walked out.
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I slammed the reader on the table.. just when I thought I’ve left it all, I’m being catapulted back to it. How do I ever get out of it if I keep doing more bad stuffs, why does this have to pop up?
It’s like being with the squad.
Now thinking about this, the only two options are; getting rid of Allison as instructed or destroying the card and cajoling her into forgetting about this. Weighing them, I realize everything is leading me back to that ruthless Jonas. That body I pulled off.
“Arrgh!” I grumbled, pulling really hard at my hair.
I picked up the memory card that originally came with the drive, I slot it back into it.
Let’s see how the right thing goes.
I packed the other useless cards back in the box and left it in the drawer. I stared at the reader for a brief moment, sighed loudly and walked out with it.
“Oh.. Jonas. Your laptop, I think it’s fully charged!” Allison said, coming to meet me.
“Oh really” I said, walking to the plug. The light indicated that it truly was fully charged so I unplugged it. I turned and Allison had a hyper inquisitive look at me. I went to the couch and she followed, I sat, carefully leaving the laptop on the table and opened it.
As I connected the USB drive, I noticed as my hand trembled a bit. It’s the first time, I’ll get this nervous and scared about something and for what reason; her?
I sighed softly and connected the reader. Using the cursor to my files, it showed up immediately and the card had just three videos in it.
Three videos and nothing else?
He must’ve saved it specifically for whatever secret he must have.
“There” Allison pointed to the first video that displayed, “try that one” she said.
As I worked on the mouse, I suddenly developed sweaty palms and I felt very unusual and weird. I clicked on ‘play’ and the video occupied the screen of the laptop but then it stopped just as soon as I tapped on it; revealing some writings.
“It has a virus” I explained and noticed how her countenance changed. I didn’t know if to feel relieved for myself or sad for her.
“What?” She gasped. “Do you think they might gotten to it, somehow and tampered with it?” She asked.
“I don’t know” I answered. Her face fell, sadness enveloping her. “Let’s try the next one. There’s gotta be something.. Anything, please!” She said.
“Sure” I said and clicked on the next video, it displayed and stopped almost immediately, repeating exactly what the first one had done.
“No! No! No!” Allison suddenly yelled. “This can’t be.. there has to be something! You can’t do this to me, please!” She said to the laptop like it could hear her, hitting the headrest with her palms as tears began forming in her eyes.
I shut my eyes, mixed feeling enveloping me before opening them. Allison suddenly looked at me with a placating expression and led the cursor, operating the mouse. She went to the third video, muttering pleading words as she clicked on the video. It loaded for a while and almost immediately, Gavin’s face appeared, the video played!.. My heartbeat took a leap and her face brightened up.
He took out a mask, the usual mask we used on every of our operation and pulled it on.
“This is it!” Allison said. “This is exactly the mask they wore that night!” She said and I felt my body growing hot.. Gavin was talking to us and the whole scene hit me like a want of deja Vu. Almost immediately, they came into view; the squad but without me and they had their masks on. I didn’t bother listening to whatever he was saying as I already envisioned the next scene and just as I thought, Shane took off his mask and Trevor followed, Allison suddenly gasped again..
“It’s him!” She said with so much anger, as tears poured from her eyes.. “that bastard killed my parents!” She said, pointing to Trevor, her body shaking violently as she cried..
I quickly held her, comforting her with my palm and words as her head rested on my chest, tears pouring from her eyes.
I stared at the screen and just immediately, I came into view, Fretting, I quickly switched off the laptop..
“We’ll do this when you’re calm” I assured Allison whose cries filled the room, my own heart thumping.
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BY BLESSING SILVER
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TO BE CONTINUED
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