TALES OF AGONY

002

THE STORY BEHIND THE MAD MATHEMATICIAN

While I was cleaning in the library, I couldn’t help but swear every time I removed the dust.

"Dammit! I wouldn’t be cleaning up here if Jimmy hadn’t been stupid," I whispered angrily and I continued to pick up dust on the book shelves.

I just stopped whispering when a thick notebook caught my attention. The notebook is obviously old, the cover is dark and has "CHRONICLES" written on it.

When I opened it suddenly a picture fell. I picked it up and I was shocked at what I saw. They are three people in the picture, two women and a man. I am not mistaken that the one on the right is my mother, in the middle is my father and on the left is a beautiful woman with long white hair and she is carrying this notebook.

I can't determine who the woman on the left is, maybe she was a friend of my mother and father when they were studying here.

When I opened the notebook it was full of dust so I coughed.

"Personally owned by Celeste Martinez," I read in a whisper.

I kept turning the pages, it was all about codes, formulas, and math solutions. It's just a diary but with a mix of important studies.

When I opened the page again I saw another photo. The one in the photo is the woman holding or owning this notebook and the man with her I can’t determine who he is because his head was cut off in the photo and only his body is visible.

When I looked at the back of the photo, something was written;

"Dear 90101107101

Math has many problems and i can solve them, but when i loved you i saw many problems but i couldn't find the right formula to solve them. I'm sorry.

I can forgive you but I will never forget the pain you left me. But despite what you did to me i will still love you till the last digit of pi my 90101107101."

After i read that, i feel sadness and pity for the woman. I don't know what really happened but I can feel her grief.

I was shocked when suddenly someone called me. " Christina, are you done cleaning?" the librarian asked me.

"Not yet, ma'am," I answered.

"Okay hurry up, malapit ng magsimula ang second class mo," she uttered and she would have turned her back on me when I stopped her.

"Ahm m-ma'am can I borrow this?" I asked her as I showed her the notebook I was holding.

"Sure."

"Thank you ma'am," I happily thanked her and bowed as a sign of respect.

"Bilisan mo jan," she said and turned her back on me.

I looked at the notebook I was holding and smiled. "I want to know your story Celeste," I whispered.
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While my father and mother and I were eating, I put the picture on the table.

"Who is she?" I asked in astonishment while I point to the woman in the photo.

Because of my question, they stopped eating rice and there was a look of shock on their faces.

"W-where did you get that?" My father asked me in shock.

"At the library, just answer my goddamn question mom,"  I said in an annoyed tone.

"She used to be your dad's friend. She's  mathematical genius, no one can beat her," she uttered.