I heard a soft ring so I tried to open my eyes and reached out for my phone.
“Hello?” I answered.
“Euclid!” nailayo ko bigla yung phone sa tenga ko. Dapat pala tiningnan ko muna kung sinong caller para nakapaghanda ako.
“What now, Nickan? It’s still 6am! 9am pa klase natin!” I told her with a very lazy tone.
“This is serious Euclid! Allen Dale Torres has been found hanging on his room this morning!!”
“WHAT?” napabangon ako bigla. “How come?”
“Uncle Steve called me right after he went on the crime scene. And guess what Euclid... he has left a suspicious message!”
I gulped.
“What kind of message?”
A moment of silence has gone by but I haven't heard her reply.
“Nickan? Are you still there?”
I heard her sigh.
“JTR... ang huling post niya sa fb… around 11pm last night… Thank you JTR. That’s the message.”
“JTR?”
“Yeah...”
“I’ll go to the crime scene. Text me the address okay?”
“Okay,” after that I ended the call.
JTR…
Jack The Ripper…
The name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. Tss... una Moriarty, ngayon naman JTR.
Dali-dali akong naligo at nagbihis. Kinuha ko na yung mga gamit ko at nagtuloy sa kotse. Binasa ko yung address na sinend sa’kin ni Nickan at pagkatapos ay nagtuloy na doon.
“Hindi! Hindi pwedeng patay na ang anak mo! He killed my daughter! He killed Jaimie! Ang kapal niyang takas an ang kasalanan niya!” galit na galit na sabi ng ginang.
Bumaba ako ng kotse at naabutan kong inaawat ito ng mga guards ng pamilya Torres.
“Euclid!!” nilingon ko si Nickan na kasama ni Inspector Steve.
“Anong nangyayari?” agad kong tanong sa kanya.
“Yung girlfriend kasi ni Allen na si Jaimie, natagpuang patay sa condo unit niya kagabi. At ayon sa mga CCTV sa elevators, ang huling bumisita lang sa biktima ay si Allen. Tapos sa cellphone ni Jaimie na nakita sa crime scene, may nakita silang unread message. Nang buksan ito ng mga police, they found out na galing pala yung text kay Allen.”
“Anong nakalagay sa text?”
“See it yourself, Euclid. Ito yung cellphone ng biktima,” inabot sa’kin ni Inspector Steve yung cellphone na nakalagay sa plastic. Tiningnan ko yung inbox nito.
From: Allen
10/22/201*
01:40am
Im d 1 hu killed Jaimie. She’s a bitch dat’s y I killed her. And now, Im gonna kill myself.
“So you see Euclid… lahat ng ebidensya ng pagpatay kay Jaimie ay nakaturo kay Allen. And he even texted Jaimie’s number para ipaalam na siya nga ang gumawa ng krimen before committing suicide!”
“But Allen is not the type of person who will kill himself just because he killed his girlfriend. Sigurado bang walang foul play yung pagkamatay niya?”
“Yeah… sabi nung mga pulis na nakausap ko kanina, nakalock daw yung room ni Allen pati yung mga windows at wala din silang nakitang trace na may pumasok sa loob ng room..”
BINABASA MO ANG
Euclid Shellingford (Volume 1)
Mystery / ThrillerA 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...
