Lu went icy, he was shocked to the core but he didn’t let Ugo notice. His expression was still clueless as he stared blankly into the man’s face. He gulped from the bottle of tequila and nodded slowly like he was analyzing what Ugo said.
He wasn’t trying to give Ugo the clear impression to make him watchful, but he was actually acting to believe him so he would keep his personal watch on all of his men. He pointed at the couch opposite him them at Ugo who just sank his butt without hesitation.
“Do you trust the rest men?” He whispered. His gaze locked with Ugo who he noticed visibly trembled a little before composing himself “At first I didn’t believe my Pet when she said she saw someone talking on the phone”
He paused, his intense stare homed on Ugo’s now red face as he fumbled with his awfully short nails. Lu filled the cup, offered it to Ugo who hesitated before taking it then gulped the whole of its content.
“She couldn’t see the person’s face” Lu continued “Just the back” he filled Ugo’s cup again and sigh “The person’s description does not match with Rocco” he studied Ugo’s expression for a few moments “Can you be of very good help to me?”
Ugo remain still, thinking of his possible response, he straightened his shirt then drop the cup “I am meant to serve you”
Lu smiled, he offered to fill Ugo’s cup but the man covered it with his palm, a fake smile plastering his face.
“It’s about choice” Lu stated “You know I just lost my second hand and I will need to have someone by my side” he dropped the bottle and re-light his tobacco “Can you help me stand as the second man now?”
Ugo smiled, he cleaned his palm on his trousers nervously with his eyes fixed on the ash plate on the top of the table. For a while he stared blankly, wondering what the reward of the second hand might be. At last, a breath taking smile appeared on his face and he looked up to his boss.
He should have wondered how Lu became so patient. Unusual of his boss, a man that could pull his trigger on anyone if the person delay his message or keep him waiting for a while. He rubbed his hands together and sigh.
“Sir, I understand you but I don’t want to be hated too” He paused to swallow saliva “some people hated Rocco, they think you show him a different kind of love than us. I will like to serve you but can we please make it secret?”
Lu wondered, he tapped out ash from his tobacco and kept staring at Ugo’s face. So far he had noticed many changes that we haven’t been discovered for long until now. With a faint fake smile on his face, he poured Ugo another fill and clicked his bottle on it.
“Congratulations, Ugo,” He said “Just make sure you give me updates constantly” he smiled as Ugo gulped his whole drink and held the cup, this time he didn’t want another cup “How did you know Rocco was in my room at the Convert?”
Lu asked the question that had been threatening to come out if it doesn’t get lead, he rested in his chair and pretend to think.
“I saw him talking to a woman and she handed him her phone” Ugo explained, “I should know better when he starts talking about the video” he cringed visibly at the end of his statement.
Regret displayed on his face as he said the last word, it was like he never wanted to say it but couldn’t take back his words.
“What video?” Lu became interested.
“Oh!” Ugo said nervously said “He uh! He kind of said he saw you or something” Ugo fumble with his words, his tone sounds like he wasn’t sure of what he was saying.
Lu sigh deeply, he quenched his tobacco and stood up instantly. He walked to the bed where Alita lay, sleeping peacefully with a piece of wet cloth on her forehead. The tips of his fingers brushed her face and her eyes flickered but didn’t open, he smiled at the fact that she was awake but was pretending to still be asleep.
“He saw the video when I first gave my pet her first assignment” he smiled proudly watching the reaction on her red cheeks “How is he now?” suddenly began to act concerned.
Ugo stood up, he walked close to Lu, and stood a few inches behind him. His hands were crossed behind his back as he kept taping his left foot on the floor.
“The video footage at the guest room only captured till where he tried to shoot you and you defended yourself,” Ugo said smartly, he lower his head as Lu looked at him and gave an approving nod “his left thighs is wounded so he won’t be far or moving fast for now”
Lu’s smile made his face look brighter as he tapped Ugo’s shoulder.
“You have a lot of tasks ahead of you” he announced to him “Make sure to watch otherss well and do not forget to watchh your back for the bad men”
About seven minutes after Ugo had left, a sly looking young man arrived, he looks like he is in his early twenties or not even up to twenty yet. A weird-looking eyeglass covered the rare color of his brown eyes. His smile look cute and breathe making him look like a Disney prince, his hair didn’t make it fair as it had brown natural curls that hung right above his eyes.
He took the couch opposite Lu and brought out a laptop from a bag you wouldn’t know he was carrying. He quickly typed something in the laptop before showing it to Lu with a proud smile on his face.
“I freeze the whole camera connected to your phone” he showed the screen to Lu.
Small clips of different video footage filled the screen but they were not moving. He zoomed on the clip from Lu’s room and show it to Lu who had a disgust and an angry expression on his face.
“How often do you watch my room, Jordan?” Lu asked, his glare turned intense as Jordan wouldn’t say anything “Just ignore for your good” he finally said.
Jordan smiled, as he nodded, he turned the laptop back to him as he began to run his fingers on it. It was almost like he didn’t know what he was pressing but just jabbing random keys until he hit the last button and giggled.
“All cleared!” He said happily.
“What is cleared?” Lu asked a bit confused “I didn’t ask you to delete the history, I asked you to trace it so I can know who hacked through my camera”
Jordan’s lips curved in a sly smile as he clicked on a selected video and played it to Lu. He kept chewing on his nails as Lu watched the video over and over again making sure he wasn’t mistaking the face for someone else.
“That can’t be me!” He exclaimed as he kept watching himself sneak into his office and plugged a drive into his laptop before quickly plugging the same drive into his phone.
“Who so ever did that is good,” Jordan said “But I promise boss, I will make sure to crack deep until I get the original video”
His happy face vanished as he noticed his boss still sad and worried face. He took his Lu’s phone, plugged it into his laptop, and typed random things on it.
“We can make the person see what you want them to see while only you can see the original footage from today” he dropped the phone back in the table he had taken it from “I can lock the person out but if we do, we might never find the person” he added.
Lu nodded in agreement, he crossed his legs and relaxed on his couch “Are you suggesting we set a trap for the Rat?”
“Absolutely,” Jordan said “I don’t know if you can think about the people that you meet in your office three weeks ago” He closed his Laptop and smiled “Maybe you can get the intruder single-handedly”
“Before that” Jordan adjust on the chair “Click in the start button to unfreeze the record” with a clear smile on his young face he stood up “Since you asked me to go I will be at my office till you remember what you called me for”