A renowned M.I. Detective was suddenly dragged by her mom to get back to his home country and study in an environment different from where he has been trained since he was a child. Much to his surprise, what welcomed him there is not exactly as the...
Wednesday. Two days after the murder of Chris Drebber.
(On the media playing: Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven)
"You really amazed me with your keys Mai."
The girl playing the keys stopped for a moment to look at the guy who has just entered the room.
"Thanks but I don't need any of your compliments Eder," she coldly responded.
The guy named Eder just chuckled as he sat on the sofa. Mai on the other hand, continue playing the piano.
After few minutes, three other guys entered the room together with a brown-haired woman who looked like a foreigner.
I looked at each of them to confirm the faces of the suspects I got from the police files. The girl playing the piano is Mai Kojima, 19 years old, half-Filipina half-Japanese, the victim's cousin. The tall brown-haired woman who has just came is Rachel Alcala, 19 years old, half-Filipina half-German, girlfriend of the victim. The one sitting in the sofa is Eder Strangerson, 20 years old. He's one of the childhood friends of Chris Drebber together with two other guys namely Nicolo Trevelyan and Gray Kojima, Mai's brother. And lastly, Chris' brother Carl Drebber, 19 years old.
So all the casts are here. I cleared my throat so as to get their attention.
"I guess everyone's here so sasabihin ko na kung bakit kayo pinatawag dito," panimula ko. They were all looking at me, waiting for what I will say. Kinuha ko yung papel na nasa bulsa ng jacket ko't pinakita sa kanila.
It goes like this:
Six is more. I want less. White should it be instead of red. I am the one who killed Chris, catch me if you can. Sender: LINKEN
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"Ohh.. creepy, what's that mean?," Eder asked.
"As you can see this is just a printed copy of the message made by the culprit sent via e-mail. Natanggap ito ni Inspector Dy last night. Siya yung may hawak ng kaso ni Chris Drebber. And this is the reason why all of you have to stay here in the safehouse."
"So ibig mong sabihin posibleng may mamatay pa sa'min? This is so ridiculous! Mas gusto ko pang magstay sa bahay kaysa naman dito na nanganganib pala ang buhay namin!" Rachel burst out.
"Wow ha? Parang di mo boyfriend yung namatay ah! Wala ka man lang pakialam kung mabigyan man ng hustisya o hindi ang pagkamatay niya?" Pagalit na sabi ni Nico.
"FYI! EX-boyfriend ko na si Chris! One week na kaming hiwalay bago pa siya namatay!"
"Hush guys... mahiya naman kayo kay--ano nga name mo?" Tanong sakin ni Gray.
"I'm Euclid, Euclid Shellingford. Inspector Dy is my uncle at humingi siya ng tulong sakin para samahan muna kayo dito habang wala pa siya. Maya-maya ay pupunta na rin siya dito."
"Oh I see... akala ko pulis ka rin eh"
"Nah... college student lang din ako tulad niyo. Actually, we're on the same school--Elite's Academy."
Tumangu-tango naman siya.
"Ahm excuse me, hanggang kelan kami dito?" Tanong ni Carl.
"Hanggang sa mahuli na ang pumatay kay Chris Drebber," sagot ko.
Tumahimik ang lahat. Napansin kong punung-puno ng emosyon ang mga mukha nila. Well, I can't blame them. Close friend nila ang naging biktima at two days pa lang simula nang mangyari ang krimen.
Now that I finally got my hands on this case, I won't let that culprit do whatever he/she wants to do. I'll make sure that the truth will come out in the end.
