Content Warning:
This story contains violence, drug use, psychological manipulation, obsessive behavior, and themes of trauma and mental health struggles. Reader discretion is advised.
Case 6: The Horrifying
Admirers (The Revelation
Chapter, Part Five)
ROSALINDA
Kanina ko pa tinatadtad ng mga mensahe si Ajax, ngunit hindi ito nagre-reply. He's online, pero parang wala siyang balak mag-reply sa bawat mensaheng sini-send ko sa kaniya. Napatingin ako sa'king kasama na nagsimula nang mainip.
"Kailan natin siya kailangan, ngayon pa talaga siya hindi sumasagot," inis niyang ani saka inagaw mula sa kamay ko ang aking cellphone. Palihim ko namang dinakma ang cellphone niya mula sa kanang bulsa nito; mabuti na lang at mayroon siyang data. I tried to search for the website mentioned in the diary, but I found nothing. Ngunit hindi pa rin ako tumigil sa pagse-search nito.
"Did he reply?"
"Wala pa rin akong natatanggap na reply mula sa kaniya." Padabog siyang umupo sa kama. "Ano bang ginagawa ng lalaking 'yon, at hindi niya masagot-sagot ang mga mensahe natin?"
Sa hindi ko maipaliwanag na dahilan, nagsimulang kumalabog ang puso ko't dahan-dahan itong umiingay. Napaano na kaya ang lalaking 'yon?
Nagpatuloy ako sa pagbabasa ng diary, baka sakaling may makuha pa akong impormasyon tungkol sa website. Walang mangyayari kung magpapatuloy ako sa paghahanap ng website na 'yon. At the end of searching, I still can't find it.
Pero habang binabasa ko isa-isa ang mga entry, wala pa rin akong nakikitang mahalagang impormasyon. It's just a bunch of normal entries about what happened in her days.
"Rosa!" Pasigaw na tawag niya sa'kin. Dahil sa pagtawag niya, taranta akong napalingon sa kaniya. Mabilis siyang lumapit sa'kin saka ipinakita ang screen ng aking cellphone. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko dahil sa nakita.
It was a message, along with a video and pictures.
Ajax Ramos
11:35 AM
Ajax:
Darling, are you sure that you are with Ajax these days? You must have forgotten your recent memories, correct?
Ajax:
Well, let me remind you about that day when I got surrounded by many policemen. But, before that, what happened? Oh, I remember! You said that you couldn’t find Ajax, right? And he did indeed go missing, but why did he suddenly just show up?
Dahil sa mga message na 'to, hindi ko mapigilang mapatingin kay Raleigh. "I do remember that day... Sabi mo na hindi mo siya makita kung saan. I thought he was okay, that he was alright after that happened. We even met at the cafeteria and I saw him smiling as he always does. That day I thought to myself that nothing happened to him."
Nagpatuloy ako sa pagbabasa ng mga mensahe.
Ajax:
The REAL tech specialist can't help you for now; he's busy doing his stuff. How about I send you the location of where they abducted Doyle, hm?
Ajax sent the location.
Garden Memorial Park.
A cemetery?
Tumayo ako saka dali-daling naglakad palabas ng kwarto, dala ang diary. Agad namang sumunod sa akin si Raleigh.
"Raleigh, let's call the police—"
"Shall we go by ourselves?" putol niya. "I don't think we can trust them for now," seryoso niyang ani saka bahagyang tumingin sa'kin. "We are not going to do anything impulsive; we’re just going to observe the cemetery from afar." Dagdag pa niya, at wala na akong nagawa kundi mapatakom na lamang ng bibig.
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