Project LOKI ③

Chapter 41: The Drama Queen III (Resolution)

LORELEI

COULD THIS night get any better? I was not expecting Loki to show up at the crime scene. Akala ko'y kasama na niyang natutulog si Jamie doon sa hotel suite namin. There was no way he could have found out about the murder, unless someone told him.

"Interesting deduction, but absolutely wrong." The arrogant detective's tone was obviously condescending and he wasted no time to take a jab at his brother. Minsan na nga lang magpaka-detective ang kuya niya, bigla pa niyang susupalpalin ng kanyang "nope, you are wrong" statement.

"I thought you were already asleep." Luthor's cold gaze stared at him, slightly surprised to see his brother still up this late.

"Thanks to Hugh's message, I escaped from the grasp of Hypnos," Loki said, walking toward our spot with a menacing grin across his lips. "Daddy's bodyguard knew that this case might interest me so he decided to forward to me the photos he took from the crime scene."

At ang buong akala ko, kumukuha ng litrato si Hugh para may initial documentation siyang maibibigay sa mga pulis kapag dumating na sila. Thanks to him, I would be in an awkward situation.

Loki was looking at my direction, but I avoided his gaze. I couldn't stand a second looking at the eyes of a man who broke my trust. I could have walked out of this room, but there's a case to be investigated. Solving the crime was far more important than my beef with Loki.

"You said that my theory is wrong," Luthor put his hands behind me, addressing his younger brother. "How can you say so?"

"According to your theory, the killer threw a rock at window to create a hole then threw the key next," Loki answered, approaching the shattered glasses. "But do you see any rock near the window or anywhere in this room?"

Sa paggala ng mga mata namin kanina, wala kaming nakitang bato o kahit pebble man lang. Normally, I would have been amazed by how Loki debunked the theory, but not now. We were not in good terms so I had to keep up a skeptic facade.

"The culprit might have broken the window glass before he left this room. Through that method, he wouldn't have any difficulty on throwing the key back here from the outside," Luthor jerked his thumb toward the window area.

"Wrong!" His younger brother pointed at the shattered glasses. "If that person broke the window from the inside, these shards should have been on the other side of the window, outside. But since these fragments fell inside this room, the force would have come from the outside. Do you agree with my deductions, Lorelei?"

Oh, he's asking me? Parang business as usual lang ulit. After what happened a few hours ago?

"There's something red on the right hand nails of the victim," I intentionally ignored his question, raising the chairman's stiffening hand. I leaned my head closer to it, trying to identify what the red pigment was. Posible kayang dugo ito na tumalsik mula sa katawan ng biktima?