From the journal of Patient Sixteen written under the initials of CTL and JNNdated in 18 June 2001; voice recorded by Dr. Quirrero
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JULIENHAS been gone for almost three months without any traces.
No one knows where she is. She is not answering any of Juliet's texts and calls, nor to their mother. She disappear like she always did when they were young, when their father always pointing out her sexuality, and when all she wanted to do is to run away from the cruelty of in contrast with her belief.
Juliet had no one to ask about the whereabouts of her twin. She have no one. No friends, no best friend, just colleagues which all of them doesn't even know the existence of her twin aside from Rad.
[Pause] [Soft giggle] ❝Why did you stop from listening, Detective?❞
[Silence] ❝What did you do to her?❞
[Laughs hysterically] ❝What? I haven't done anything, Detective. I just helped her out. It's my job. [Clanking metals on the background] And I told you to continue to listen. I'll let her words show you why she ended up doing whatever she did.❞
[Dragging of chair on the background] [Distance voices] [Beeps of the recording]
"Love? Are you alright? Are you still thinking about Julien?"
Juliet heaved out a heavy sigh after shutting her eyes tight. She is lost of her train of thought that she almost forgot she is talking to her boyfriend on the phone.
"Sobrang nag-aalala na ako, Dame. Hindi ko alam kung saan siya hahagilapin," she softly answer after a beat, her voice is full of weary.
"She is old enough, Liet. She knows what she is doing. She will come back home soon, okay?" Pang-aamo ng kanyang nobyo sa kanyang nararamdaman na may kasamang malakas na pagpukpok na tunog mula sa malayong distansya na umaalingawngaw sa kabilang linya.
Hindi na nag-abala pang sumagot si Juliet at pinakinggan lang ang ingay sa kabilang linya. Alam niyang maraming inaasikaso ang kanyang nobyo lalo na't ang sabi nito ay nasa isang construction site ulit ito sa municipalidad ng Calatrava. Wala siyang plano na maunang magpaalam at ibaba ang tawag dahil nagugustuhan pa niya ang ingay na naririnig sa kabilang linya na tila tinatabunan ang ingay ng kanyang isip.
"It's almost lunch na, love. You should eat. I'll call you later again, okay? And I'll be having lunch with a friend," muling umalingawngaw sa pandinig ni Juliet ang maskuladong boses ng kanyang nobyo.
"Okay, bye," mabilis na sagot niya at hinintay ang tunog ng pagputol ng tawag.
Hindi na siya nag-abala pang tanungin kung sino ang makakasama nito sa pananghalian. Hindi na bago sa kanya na may palaging kasalo itong kaibigan sa pagkain lalo na kung ito ay nasa pinupuntahang construction site. Bukod pa doon, kilala niya ang mga kaibigan nitong nasa kaparehong field ng trabaho nito at nakakasama pa nito sa mga site.
