(ENG - IND) Butterfly's Fate - Completed

(ENG) Chapter Seven - Good Night

Ban Na Ton Chan....

Before visiting the public hospital, Phana first set foot in the local police station to check the case files for the twin deaths that occurred in that small town. After that, he tried to contact family members of the victims to find background information about the accident and witnesses.

He met one of the families of victims who committed suicide in 2013.

"My daughter's death was caused by a curse because she refused to marry a man who supposed to be her husband by fate..." said the father and sighed.

"I don't believe in curses..." said Pha.

The old man laughed and said. "You must be from other cities..." he guessed. "Everyone here believes in that curse, this village is doomed by the spirits of Ying and Khan who want to take revenge..." he said in a lower volume like a whisper.

"Ying and Khan?" Pha repeated questioningly and immediately guessed that the two names belonged to twins who committed suicide and becoming a butterfly's curse tale.

"We don't talk about it and it's forbidden to say out their name ..."

"Who started all this?" asked Phana. "I mean...where did this tale come from?"

"Nobody knows, but since the Phee Sua tragedy 40 years ago, many babies in this village died before they were born and those who survived were cursed and died 25 years later..."

Phana didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he didn't want to argue, so immediately changed the topic.

"Do you know the reason your daughter killed herself?" asked Phana. "Have you ever seen your daughter meet strangers or experience strange things before her death?"

"My daughter is a good girl, she was working at the town hall and meets lots of people every day..." The old man's expression began to change. "Until she met the bastard who shared the same fate as her, she chose to end her life rather than marry that jerk..." he said emotionally.

"I heard that your unlucky future son-in-law also died of poisoning on the same day..."

"He deserves it..."

"Do you know who poisoned him?"

"I don't know, and I don't care ..."

Phana then showed a photo showing scrapes on the face of the male victim caused by the nails, he then pointed at the strands of female hair on the floor next to his fingers. Next, he also showed a photo of the female victim, where there were bloodstains in her nails.

"This proves that the victim had been in physical contact with the person who poisoned him before he died..." said Pha, citing his analysis. "The culprit is possible to be a woman, has long hair and nails, and the one who had a strong motive to kill him..."

The old man widened his eyes in disbelief. "Did you want to say that the culprit is my deceased daughter?" he asked in a high tone.

"Unfortunately there are no DNA reports that can prove the owner of the blood and hair..." Phana said sighing, then thought for a moment.

"How dare you accuse my daughter without evidence!!! I can sue you for that!!!"

"But, even without evidence, I could tell what happened at that time..." he then spoke to himself. "Besides that, the location of the scrape and its characteristic matched the fingernails..."

Pha tried to describe it by acting out the scene.

"Enough!!! Even so, nothing will change, my daughter has died and your accusation has no point!!!" he said emotionally.