Green Harbor

CHAPTER 3

"Zelena," Katha shakes her twin's sleeping body.

Her twin rubs her eyes and turn to the other side. "Katha, you know I don't have a job anymore."

Her sister stops shaking her at once and scoff. "Heck yeah, you do." She turns to look for the remote to Zelena's TV.

Zelena opens one eye to look at the TV. "Katha, turn that off."

Katha sighs. "So you really don't care?"

"Care about what-"

"Cayla is at the police headquarters. They are asking for your presence, too. Get dressed, Other Me, you're meeting a murderer." Her twin pulls at Zelena's arm.

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Driving first thing in the morning to the police headquarters was now a part of the Luka family's routine ever since the killing of Gregory Luka. But this is so much different for Zelena. She was on her way to meet a suspect.

When she arrived, the muffled voices behind a door had lessen her fatigue. Zelena opens it and finds Cayla sitting in front of an officer. The officer stands from his seat to shake hands with Zelena and give her a summary of what's happening.

"Miss Luka, I'm officer Javier. Earlier this morning, someone handed a bottle of chloroform over to us," The officer hands the bottle to Zelena, who is standing pale next to the table. "They said it was found in a garbage bag from the office of Miss Villamor."

Zelena turned to Cayla, who was sitting with her face colorless from shock. "Miss Villamor?"

The suspect lets out a breath as though to not lose her temper. "Officer, I already told you. I had nothing to do with the death of Mr. Luka, he was a business partner of my father!"

Before Zelena could answer back, officer Javier offers her a seat beside him while he looks down to a notebook he's been writing on. "Miss Villamor claimed she invited Mr. Luka to a dinner, seeking help on a new novel of hers. Can you confirm that Miss Luka?"

Zelena nods, her heart heavy. "That is true, officer."

"And you gave her your father's phone number, did you?"

Zelena nods again. Officer Javier leans forward on the table, looking straight at Cayla. "Tell me, Miss Villamor, did Mr. Luka use his own car to pick you up?"

"Yes, Sir."

"Was there a driver? Did you know who it was?'

"No."

"Superb. Meanwhile, the team are trying to piece together the story for days now but I lost interest. I'm having trouble understanding -" He places two printed footage from a surveillance camera, and another from the crime scene. "- How Mr. Luka's plate number wasn't similar to the car that allegedly took you home."

Zelena couldn't believe her eyes. "So- Are you saying, Cayla transferred to a new car after crashing my father's-"

"I did not do such thing!" Cayla raises her voice.

"No one was there with him but you! How else could you-"

"Everybody, calm down!" Officer Javier slams a hand on the table, before slowly leaning back to his chair. "We can't jump to conclusions yet. The driver is missing, we can't really confirm anything. The Green Harbor Murderer guy does seem to know his place." He crosses his arms. "I'm beginning to think this whole Green Harbor guy isn't even just a guy. It must be a whole group."

Katha was right. Zelena does have a heck of a job here now.

Officer Javier eyes the two women closely. "Now listen up, kids, you have to do whatever I say. Both of you had things to deny and things to confirm, but none of you will get what you want if we point fingers," He hands Zelena a brown envelope containing the photographs.