Page 12 of Light in Your Eyes
"I know that this is a lot to take in, but unfortunately, Layla, he chose you."
"My client—"
"You won't be working for Andy Wilson," Cole interrupts. "You will be working for a very important person in our family, and when I say 'family', it means our organization. His name is Kellan Romero."
My heart almost stops because of this nonsense. Kellan Romero? I never heard of him.
"Well, I suggest you stop the car because this is definitely a huge misunderstanding," I say firmly even though my voice shakes at the end of my sentence.
I can't help it. I'm in a car with strangers, and someone just paid me a ridiculous amount of money I still don't know what for.
"I will return the money," I say, ignoring how my heart sinks at that statement.
Just when I thought I could help Nana and Archer, myhope was crushed.
"And you will accept it because this is not the job I signed up for. There must have been a miscommunication with the agency." I swallow. "Unless this is some kind of kidnaping."
Cole's expression instantly turns serious. "We are not kidnaping you, Layla. There's a lot to explain."
"Please do."
"This is indeed the job you were hired for," Cole says. "You signed up for live-in care, and I believe that the agency told you that your client lost his eyesight."
"Yes. I was informed of that."
"You will be working for Kellan," Cole says. "He's twenty. Blind since he was nine. He needs help."
Something stings inside me after hearing that the person lost his eyesight when he was only a child. He was too young when he experienced such tragedy.
While I'm digesting this information, I realize that the same fact was uttered about this client I'm supposed to work for. The agency indeed told me that he was only a year older than me.
"But why was it stated that his name was Andy Wilson?" I ask. "Does the agency know his real identity?"
Cole shakes his head. "Because of our working environment, we couldn't disclose it. Such information about Kellan Romero being blind might be portrayed as a weakness that could be used against us by our competitor. We prefer to keep things strictly confidential to outsiders. We have a team that always makes sure of that through the administrative process."
Cole's explanation only adds to my curiosity. If KellanRomero and their organization are that important to where they can't even risk outsiders taking advantage of the classified information about his disability, why haven't I heard of him?
It's like I'm working for an under-protection family member of a military general with potential enemies, but the existence of that family itself is questionable.
Was it even legal what they did to the agency?
As though Cole can sense the burning question in my head, he adds, "You'll find out more about who we are and what we do when you arrive." He clears his throat, looking to the front. "Soon."
"Will I be involved in something illegal?" The question slips from my tongue.
Cole shakes his head again. "Nothing you will do can be categorized as illegal."
"I was told that I'll be helping a blind person, but the agency said that I would only get more details from you."
Cole nods. When his eyes find mine again, I notice how serious he is about this. I swallow the nervousness rising in my throat. Maybe I'm indeed going to do a very important job, and that's why they paid me really high. I just wish they weren't so secretive about this at the beginning because it makes me question a lot of things.
"First, the person who hired you was not Kellan himself," Cole says.
His sentence startles me.
"Then who?" I echo.
"Jaxon Romero, Kellan's older brother. He's the one who hired you."
