SELA'S COLLECTION OF CLICHÉS III

Chapter 29

Aya's POV

Wala parin kaming kahit anong nakikitang maaaring makatulong sa pag-iimbistiga namin.

Buzz buzz

We checked our phones pero hindi samin yun.

Buzz buzz

Buzz buzz

It's Sela's phone. Nasa ilalim ng unan niya.

Bingo.

We tried to open it pero may password. We tried possible names gaya ng ex flings niya. Pero walang nagwork.

Makakalimutin si Sela so madalas ginagawa nyang password yung pangalan ng mga naging special someone niya. Nasa phone nya lang talaga ang sagot sa aming mga katanungan.

Think Aya, think.

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Sela's POV

Nakakalungkot kasi hindi parin ako dinadalaw ni Abby, miss na miss ko na siya.

Oo nga pala yung phone ko naiwan lang sa bahay. Wala naman sigurong makikialam nun. Saka kung meron man di nila mabubuksan yun, maliban nalang sa laptop ko na walang password sht.

Chill Sela, chill. Wala lang yun. Wala namang pakialamera sa pamilya kaya wala kang dapat ipag-alala.

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Aya's POV

Halos mabaliw nako dito sa kakaisip ng password ni Sela. What could it be?.

"Aya look." Tawag sakin ni Ate Iya.

"What?."

"Her laptop is not locked." Sabi niya kaya lumapit ako. Hindi nga nakalock.

Sinubukan naming e check ang files na nakasave sa laptop niya, karamihan dito ay work or business related maliban nalang sa isa. There's a file entitled Stella's Collection of Cliches.

"Buksan mo dali." Sabi ko.

So binuksan nga niya.

"Oh, it's a story." Sabi ni Ate Iya.

"We don't have time to read all of that. Search for ano uh--plot. Something like that."

"Hmm wait. Pakion nga muna yung wifi."

"There. Ano na?."

"It's says here that it's an LGBT themed story about two female best friends falling for each other."

"Okay?. Hmm."

"Uhm, how can this help us with the case?."

"Well, we all know that Sela is straight so why is she reading this kind of stuff?. That's the question."

"Are you saying she's secretly gay?. Aya, baka naman open minded lang siya."

"What if she isn't?. What if she really is gay?. Hmm her social media accounts, open it."

Good thing because her browser saves her accounts so we can easily access it.

"So she's tagged by this Sheki girl along with their other girl friends, wait is that Abby?." Sabi ko. Nagulat lang ako na malaman na she's still seeing that girl. Sa birthday ni Abby, and dun sa sinasabing outing niya with her new friends.

"She didn't mention that Abby was there with them didn't she?." Sabi ni Ate Iya. I mean why would she keep it from us?.
She even posted pictures with Abby, just the two of them eating, talking and taking selfies in the couch. She set it on only me. What's going on?.