Magwayen

XXVII. CONCLUS1ON

Magwayen’s Point of View

        Dumating ang senior detective inspector sa silid kasama si prinsesa Niamh at iba pang guro sa academic realm. Nagtipon tipon kaming lahat doon at biglang pumasok si Azai, Mcline, Savier, Prime, at Jenicka sa silid. Ngunit ang lima ay naka posas at bawat isa ay may pulis na naka alalay.

    “I know all of you are smart. Choose your pick,” kalmado niyang utos at pinapapapili kami isa-isa kung sino nga ba ang alam naming mamamatay tao.

    Unang lumapit ang babaeng pula ang buhok kay Azai at tinuro siya. Sumunod naman ang babaeng naka salamin at si Savier naman ang itinuro. Si Czar ay iginiit na suicide umano ang nangyari at ayon naman kay Morlan ay maaring si Azai talaga ang killer.

    “Who’s your pick, young lady?” naka ismid na tanong ng matanda sa akin. Lumapit ako sa gawi ni Prime at itinuro siya, sabay sabay na kumurba ang mapanglait na ngiti sa mukha ng dalawang babae na nakasuot din ng trench coat.

    “Begin your deduction debate,” madiin na sambit ng matanda at tinignan kaming lima. Hindi nagpaligoy ligoy ang babaeng pula ang buhok at agad nagsalita, “I therefore condemn Mr. Azai Arcibal as the murderer to this crime. Siya lang ang maaaring makagawa nito because obviously he was the last person to enter this room before the victim committed suicide. He might have threatened miss Leanne and made her jump out of the veranda.”

    “I highly disagree! Hindi ka ata nanaliksik ng maayos. Azai arrived at this unit around 9:59 am,” singit ko naman dahil hindi ko hahayaang may mangdiin sa taong mahal ko lalo na’t alam kong hindi siya ang may sala.

    “Wow! First name basis? Boyfriend mo ba si Mr. Arcibal?” taas kilay niyang sumbat

    Oh I wish!

    “Hindi, sinasabi ko lang ‘po’ ang alam ko dahil mali ang mga paratang niyo.”

    “You can’t trust his words. The CCTVS on the elevators and hallways doesn’t work at the meantime, the only working CCTV was the camera in the lobby. So he could have speed up and did his magic words to persuade the victim.”

    “What proof do you have?” usal naman ng senior detective inspector.

    “The text message. Napansin kong ang pangalawang text na natanggap ni Mr. Arcibal ay kakaiba kumpara sa unang text format. It was jeje and informal compared to the first one. I already asked your team sir to run a fingerprint test on the phone and they did find Mr. Arcibal’s mark in that phone. Meaning he could have threatened Leanne to call his ex Savier and make it look like a suicide then he used her phone to text himself. He then kept threatening Leanne and pushed her out of the veranda that’s why she dropped horizontally on the ground and not vertically because it was a murder, it was not her will to jump.”

    Napaisip ako sakanyang sinabi, may tama siya sa ibang parte ngunit kulang kulang ito at mali mali naman sa iba pang bahagi. Pumalakpak ang senior detective inspector, “You’re good,” usal niya at kumurba ang malaking ngiti sa babae, “Good in making stories. Maybe you should apply in the editorial department as a feature writer and not in the academic realm as a detective, don’t you think?”

    Natawa ako ng bahagya pero mahina lang, that was a harsh bushy feedback pero hindi ko naitagong sumaya ng bahagya dahil ngayon posibleng matanggal na sa balikat ni Azai ang sala sa pagkamatay ng dalaga. Ngunit nanlumo ako dahil naalala kong meron pa pala si Morlan upang igiit kay Azai ang kaso.

    “Sir, please reconsider. The fact that Mr. Arcibal’s fingerprint was found on the phone was already a big proof that he’s the killer. He didn’t have any reason to have his fingerprint there unless he was the culprit.” Tumango naman ang matanda at tila pinag-iisipan ito.