The Broken Scalpel [Ace Lucifer's Series Two]

[5] Fifth Scalpel

Random thought#2

We are risking the lives of the fisher men, our fellow Filipinos just to get that island. It's ours. It's part of our home, but then, don't we realize that as we cheer, as we got angry because China has been stealing it us, we are destroying our own as well?

In shorter point of view, kinukuha ng China ang parteng iyon na saatin, para palaguin. Para pagyamanin, pero tayo naman...unti unti nating sinisira ang sariling atin, na hindi naman natin ninakaw. Ironic, pero hindi lang sa iisang paraan pero sa napakaraming paraan.

Illegal logging.

Improper waste.

Stealing.

And us, being un-united.

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Jaxon was intently staring at Macey while she was doing her job. Titig na titig siya mula dito mula sa sofa na kinauupuan niya. He saw how her hands moves professionally and expertly. For a surgeon with an urgent surgery like this, he didn't expect that Macey could do this alone. Madalas ay kailangan nito ng first, pero nakayanan nito mag-isa.

But then, if Macey would need a first, would he help her?

Jaxon stilled. Would I?

He sighed.

From a small distance, he can see how focused she was. Her thin lips, her eyes that almost not blinking and her pointed nose that wasn't almost breathing. And then he observed her for hours, tinitigan niya lang ito. Testing if she'll break her concentration but he failed. Alam nitong nakakatitig siya dito, pero hindi ito nagpatalo sa kanya. Until she was finished to get the bullet out of Easton's body, that was Macey's cue to give her attention to him.

Tumingin ang dalaga sa kanya na nakapag-paayos ng upo niya at nagkapag paiwas ng tingin niya. "This is your office?" tanong nito sa kanya.

Pairap niya itong tinignan. "Does this room look like an office to you?"

"I was just asking, duh." Taray din nito sa kanya. "Anyways, I saw a blood bag there. Your friend needs a blood transfusion so I used it." Tumingin ito sa orasan. "He'll wake up...I mean he should make up within twenty-four hours, you can observe him, kaya mo naman na sigurong gawin kasi..." napatigil ang dalaga sa pagsasalita, na nakapagpakunot ang noo niya.

So, she knew?

Gaano ba siya nito kakilala at pati ang pagiging doctor niya ay alam nito?

"Kasi ano?" tanong niya at tumayo. Lumakad siya sa dalagang hinuhubad ang mga ginamit nito sa ginawang pagtanggal ng bala ng kaibigan niya, inayos din nito ang ibang gamit. "Don't mind those. My secretary will be here to clean that."

Macey followed what he just said. Hinubad nito ang robang suot, kapagkuwan ay inilapag nalang nito sa isang gilid tsaka kinuha ang bag nito. Nahirapan pa itong kunin ang bag dahil may sumabit sa paanan ng lamesang pinagpatungan ng bag.

"Tsk." Hinatak ni Macey ang bag niya kaya natanggal nito ang sumabit na kung ano.

Napatitig si Jaxon sa bagay na sumabit. It was familiar to him.

Napakunot ang noo niya nang makilala niya kung ano ito.

Earplugs. Those earplugs that he broke a while ago.