AGTML

Chapter 27

A Ruined Relationship

“You wanted to talk right? So here we are…” Elmo impatiently said.

“Moe, where were you really last night?” Julie started.

“I am with Jean. It was impossible for you to call him that night because his house was robbed and his phone line was dead.”

“But I was sure I talked to him Moe.”

“So you are insisting again that I am still lying is that it? If you don’t trust me, then go ask Jean by yourself. We will just go in circles here Julie.”

“Then who was it that I talked to?”

“Hell I know?”

“But his voice was exactly Jean’s.”

“Julie a lot of people has the talent to mimic anyone’s voice, especially phone voices…”

Julie went silent.

“Are you done? Now it’s my turn to ask.” Elmo said.

Though Elmo hasn’t started yet, Julie felt goose bumps in her as she waited Elmo to start.

“What was the nature of your Job in PSJ 6 years ago?”

“Huh? Moe what does it have to do with our…”

“ANSWER MY QUESTION JULIE!” Elmo suddenly exclaimed.

“I-I w-was in charged in looking for clients and assure that they remain rendered with our services.” Julie said feeling intimidated.

“How many clients have you handled before?” Elmo started interrogating.

“I don’t know. More than 20 I think. Why?… Moe you are making me nervous.” Julie started to shed tear.

“Why are you nervous Julie? Are you sensing now why I am acting like this?”

“No… but Moe… you’re scaring me.”

“Only a person who has a clear conscience doesn’t feel fear Julie.”

“What do you mean?”

“Your beauty was indeed a distraction; you are like the vermillion tinge in a red painting. The redness is perfect for the color itself was made of blood. Same with your past Julie, you are smeared with blood.” Elmo glared.

“Moe, I don’t understand what you are saying…”

Then Elmo threw on the table the blood smeared document of his mother.

“That is the last thing that my mother held before she committed suicide. She ended her own life because she obtained an astronomical debt from an insurance company after she rendered their services. My mother went insane Julie. She became insane and killed my family. My mother wouldn’t have folded to pressure if the insurance hasn’t been harassing her with a lot of threats and demand letters.  It was a perfect massacre Julie, and it happened right in front of me.”

“Moe… I am sorry to hear that…”

Then Elmo gave Julie the reconstructed document and the corporate copy of PSJ.

“I want you to compare and look.”

Julie slowly opened the documents and read the letters one by one. Then Julie’s eyes grew bigger upon seeing her name as the agent dealing with Elmo’s Mother.

“Now Julie, don’t lie to me, is that you on the paper?” Elmo asked as he increases his tone.

“Y-yes…” Julie started to cry again.