Chapter 2 - II An Artist Agent

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In front of a building a woman got out of a black car, she was wearing a light blue knee-length dress with a lilac-colored jacket and black closed shoes, similar to stilettos in style and shape of the heel, but with a height of 5 cm.

For accessories, she wore a pair of round pearl earrings and a silver necklace with a pearl in combination with the silver ring and bracelet she wore, with simple makeup and jet black hair pulled back in a wavy high ponytail.

Walking towards the entrance of her handbag she took out a card with the name "Rose" and then showed it to the guard before entering, although the guard knew who she was, she had to follow the rules of the company.

In the distance, the woman looked at a couple of men in suits as she signed in at the front desk.

Agent Licia, what is your situation? _

_ Targets in sight _ she whispered towards the communicator on her right earring, as she heard some footsteps near her she smiled and turned around casually seeing a man in his 40's with black eyes and hair as well as a dark complexion wearing a suit.

Miss Rose, it is an honor to have you here, the president would like to speak with you before your presentation_

The honor is mine, thank you for the invitation. Please would you be so kind as to show the way?_ she smiled charmingly as the man nodded contentedly taking the lead in the right direction.

After a few minutes and on the second floor, the man said goodbye in front of a door. Opening inside, he was met by his representative and the President. After entering, the door closed.

_They both arrived, the agents are at their posts ready for action_ he spoke to his representative, also an agent of the organization.

Well... I expect you to comply with what was agreed_ spoke the President of the Company, a man of 56 years of age, grumpily.

As long as you fulfill your part, so will we _ spoke the green-eyed woman _ in case you don't or betray us, you know what will happen to you _ she smiled mockingly showing white teeth, while she took her right hand and with her index finger passing it a few centimeters from his neck as if it were a knife, giving him an obvious warning. The man touched his neck fearfully but nodded.

At that moment a light knock was heard at the door _ President, everything is ready, only you and Miss Rose are missing_

. We will go in a moment," answered the President, "You may leave," a few footsteps were heard walking away.

The woman let down her hair as she took off her jacket revealing the lace of the top of her provocative dress. Handing the objects to the "representative".

_Well... let the mission begin _ mocked the woman leaving the office with an almost maniacal smile that changed to a sweet expression.

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On a stage, the woman smiled and looked at her companions with a meaningful look. She was over 30 years old but looked as good or better than a 20-year-old, walking to the center of the stage she waved animatedly before starting her presentation.

She was an artist known as "Rose: the flower of the gods.".... She sang, danced, painted, composer, actress, and an instrumental artist, etc. ( as an agent she was trained in different areas and her artistic skills were the best ). There was no artistic category where she was not the best, her presentation today would be in the instrumental and singing category.

Sitting in front of a beautiful golden harp her fingers were elegantly delicate producing a sweet and enchanting melody.

A "violinist" was her accompanist and then all the others: string, wind, percussion, and others. That presentation was a symphony orchestra, but the most striking instrument was the harp, which had a divine aura.

Suddenly a singing voice called the attention, the harpist began to sing with a muffled and sad voice that with each note was revealing the joy and happiness making wide use of her extensive vocal range.

"This is not my goodbye,

but neither is it my return.

Life is not light,

Death is not darkness.

She is the beginning of pain and suffering,

but her twin is the end."

As she sang the lights went out darkening the whole place, only illuminating her, distracting the spectators with all their attention on her. The other agents sprang into action. Leticia got up from her seat and stopped playing while singing and then danced around the "violinist". The audience seemed mesmerized.

The President smiled enjoying his wine and the performance, it was ironic that the woman who threatened him was now an angel on stage. Suddenly he sighed as he remembered what would happen, he would be the assassin of his brothers, he had hired an organization with several hundred million to take them down.

He tried to gain his father's appreciation and through his achievements, acceptance to run the company, but his father preferred his two younger brothers who did not have the skills to keep the company afloat. As Charles Darwin's saying goes "Survival is for the fittest", he considered himself the fittest to take the place, his current presidency was temporary since as soon as his father died, his second brother would take the place, and as vice-president, his third brother. He would remain as a simple executive in the areas of finance.

Unlike them, he had studies and skills that they did not have, in addition to a family that prioritized everything and for their sake, he had to ensure their comfort and future. Her brothers were known as a couple of womanizers who were surrounded by prostitutes every night, they did not know how to run a world-class company and their studies were inadequate.

Leticia was her real name, which was changed to Rose as her new identity. She was the biological daughter of a Costa Rican (American) woman but was raised in the United States, and a Korean man. Her real name was Leticia Cheon "千". Her real parents died when she was 1 year old, she and her parents were listed as missing and then deceased. The organization had found two bodies and a baby still alive. A miracle after the plane crash en route to South Korea, that before arriving at the airport, the plane was struck by lightning.

Because of her features a couple of agents: she was (Mexican) and the Korean, who adopted Leticia and gave her the name Rose Jeon "전" by orders of the leader of the organization. Of course, Rose was trained as an agent since she was 4 years old, her artist skills allowed her to accomplish high-risk missions. Her skills were not only lethal and terrifying, she was worse than the devil on earth.

She stood up and stopped playing and then danced around the violinist, the presentation had a message: "Life and death were united" referring to the fact that in one moment you can live and in another, you can die".

Leticia's dance was a mixture of the characteristic steps and movements of traditional Korean dance, she wanted to transmit the true identity of life and death, through her culture.