CHAPTER 1: PERSON
“Detective Lux.”
I stopped typing on my laptop when someone calls me. My brows furrowed and turn my head to see who it is. And when I saw the police officer that I summoned I smiled and sign him to be seated.
“Thank you for accepting my invitation, officer.” I said politely.
“It’s okay, I have many time to spare.” he said. I nodded and sat down on my chair right in front of him. I compiled all the papers that contains the file of the investigations I have to do right now. I summoned this police officer to ask a few questions regarding in the fraud investigation that my superior gave me.
“So let’s start. According to the investigation that you had you interviewed the people involved?” I asked.
“Yes.” he nodded.
“What did they said?” I asked curiously.
“Mr. Rosario’s mother told us that it was been a week since her son went home. So it made her worry and file a blotter to find her son. But a one group of people told her that they seen her son and ask her to gave money for an exchange of her son.” the officer said.
So it’s definitely a fraud but the thing is how did they know that Mr. Rosario was missing?
“Do you have a clue where is Mr. Rosario right now?” I asked.
“As of now, we haven’t. But someone called us that they had seen Mr. Rosario one time in a mall talking to unidentified person.”
I nodded and think deeply. There is a possible that, the person was his last companion before he went missing. This isn’t just a fraud it’s a Missing Person Investigation. Someone abducts that person without everyone knowing.
“Thank you for your time Officer.” I said and offer a hand shake. He accepted it and politely went out on my office. I sat on my chair and massage my temple.
I just finish my previous mission and my superior gave me another one. Its tiring and I want a good sleep. I closed my eyes intently but something came up on my mind.
Is there a chance that the group who trick Mr. Rosario’s mother was the one who abducts Mr. Rosario? Why would they know that Mr. Rosario was missing right? But there is a chance that they heard it on someone so it’s also impossible. But I need an assurance.
I stood up and get my things and went out of my office. A busy firm welcomed me as I went out. There are many crimes these days that we needed to solve that’s why this firm was so busy.
“Detective Lux!” Inspector Kyline called me. I turned to her and I saw the papers she’s holding.
“What?” I asked.
“It’s a hospital records of Jean Fajardo who died from an accident last week.” she said. My brows furrowed. Why the hell would she tell me that? It’s not my mission to think.
“Why are you telling me these?” I asked sarcastically. I saw her being awkward for a moment. I don’t want her to feel intimidated but I can’t help it. I’ve been stressed these days and I have no time to spare.
“It’s because I think Jean Fajardo didn’t die on the accident.” she said that made me stop for a while. What? Jean Fajardo was a daughter of a business tycoon so her accident was viral on the news and her case was assigned to our firm. But…I stared at the paper she was holding and I immediately get it and read.
It says that the cause of accident was Strangulation that cause an increasing hypoxic state in the brain.
It made me stop. It means she was already dead when the car was being driven. Then who the hell drove that car during the accident if she was already dead?
“Also, the Diener said that her body was already 24 hours dead. If she died during the car accident she should be dead 19 hours ago instead right?” she said.
Then who would dare to kill the business tycoon’s daughter? I clicked my neck and stared at Inspector Kyline.
“Jean Fajardo was obviously murdered.” I stated. Inspector Kyline looks shock. She also didn’t expect that a simple accident would turn to a murder case.
My mind is clouded of cases while I’m driving towards the mall. I want to ask for a CCTV footage of the mall where Mr. Rosario were last seen. Damn it! I feel like I’m being surrounded of murder cases.
Well, I’ve been doing this for the past four years. And I have reason why I chose this path. I have regrets when I was young and there’s a culprit I wanted to catch. I’ve been finding him since I started to be a detective but there’s no cases that connected to the crime 10 years ago where Reybert Smith was murdered.
I’m having thoughts of maybe there’s an organization that Reybert was a member. I remember the men he talks to before he went inside the abandoned building and I have ex-peculation that the culprit was one of them and his superior was Reybert. That’s why even though the culprit was too intimidating to Reybert, Reybert still have a confident to punch the culprit because he was the boss. But the culprit chose to kill his boss in order to escape with the money he stole from Reybert.
That was all my expeculation for the past years. I keep thinking about it but no matter how I dig about that case there is no organization that connects the name of Reybert especially that I don’t even know the name of the culprit.
When I came out of the car my phone suddenly rang. I answered it when I saw that it was my mother.
“Hello?” I answered. I am walking towards the mall while my phone is on my ear.
“Majesty Greyish, why did you turned off your phone the whole day yesterday?” my mother asked mad.
“I’m sorry mom. I was so busy yesterday and I have to turned off my phone to focus on my works.” I said.
“I told you to stop that work already! You’re harming your health!” she almost shouted in the other line.
“I’m okay mom. It’s okay-”
“Don’t you ever turned off your phone again or else I will fly back to the Philippines to drag you out of there!” she said and turned off the call.
I sighed heavily. After my father’s death mom decided to live with my aunties in Canada and I chose to stay here because of my studies. I was a college student when my dad died because of a lung cancer. At first mom don’t want to leave me alone but since I encourage her to continue her plans it made her leave. I’ve been living all by myself for the past years and I understand why my mom was very worried about me. But this is my work though. I like it even though it’s always making me feel stress.
I went to the staff room of the mall to ask about the CCTV footage. Of course they ask my identity so I opened my wallet to let them see my professional license of being a detective.
“Is this the footage of October 23, 2018?” I asked to the personnel.
“Yes detective.” he said. I nodded and watch the footage.
It’s true that Mr. Rosario went to the mall while holding an attache case. He went to a fine restaurant and someone approach him and let him sit in the table they asked.
“After they talk Mr. Rosario went-”
“Wait! Stop right there.” I demanded. My heart is thumping so fast because of what I saw.
I saw Jean Fajardo across the table and Mr. Rosaio stop right in front of her and gave the attache case he was holding to Jean Fajardo! What the hell? They knew each other?
“Do you have a CCTV footage of the parking lot?” I asked the personnel.
“Yes ma’am but Mr. Rosario weren’t there-”
“Let me see the footage.” I said.
“Okay Ma’am.” he said.
If my hunch is right. Mr. Rosario went missing after the accident happened to Jean Fajardo. According to her hospital records, Jean Fajardo’s cause of death was strangulation. And until now Mr. Rosario is still out of reach.
There is something fishy. They knew each other so their case are connected. Is it possible that the person who did this to them was just the same person? He or she planned it to the victims for a definite reason. And what is that reason? What did Mr. Rosario and Jean Fajardo possibly did before they went missing and killed?
“This is the CCTV footage of the parking lot, ma’am.” he said.
Like what I think only Jean Fajardo was caught in the CCTV camera but the car that Mr. Rosario used was there just beside Jean Fajardo’s car. They are connected and there is something urging me to find out this case.
I’m about to leave my chair but my eyes went to the footage again when it blurred and back to normal and there something caught my attention. From what I remember there is no person that was standing right there behind Mr. Rosario’s car. But…who is that person who was standing right now, wearing a black hoody?
“D-Did you…see that person?” I asked the personnel and point out the person but my eyes widened when the person disappeared!
“What person, Ma’am?” the personnel asked. I cannot speak because of shock. Am I being paranoid again? Am I seeing non sense things? Damn! I need some sleep tonight!
CHAPTER 2: The Black HoodyI feel like my head is tearing apart because of the headache I’m feeling. It’s already midnight but I couldn’t sleep. What happened earlier makes my mind clouded. Was it just my hallucination? I stared at the flash drive on my study table. I asked a copy of the CCTV footage and it’s all inside of that flash drive. I sighed heavily and stood up. I sat in front of my study table and turned my laptop on. I held the flash drive and put it in the USB port.I manipulated my laptop and open the files where the footage is. I heaved a deep sigh while opening the video. But after watching it simultaneously there’s no man in a black hoody came out!I was just hallucinating!?I sighed heavily and closed my eyes. Majesty stop thinking about non sense things! You have piled up cases that you need to solve but you just keep thinking about the man in a hoody jacket?Morning came and I fee
CHAPTER 3: Dark HadesMy brows furrowed as I staring at the guy who was standing right in front of me. I couldn’t see his eyes because the hoody he was wearing is covering his face. The wind blew between us but I remained looking at his tall and masculine figure. My heart is beating faster as well. I can’t help but to think that there is a reason why he’s now here. If I am not mistaken he was the guy I saw in the CCTV footage.“Who…are you?” I asked. I saw how his head move. My heart is thumping so fast because I am so eager to see his face. I want to see his face and even though I’m not familiar with him I have great feeling that he is somehow connected in this case.I stepped forward but I stop when my cell phone rung. I looked at my phone and I saw attorney An’s name. I press the answer button and put it on my ear.“Hello?” i asked.“Detective Lux? I heard that you went back to the dump sit
CHAPTER 4: His name“Dark Hades…is my name.”I couldn’t help but be amazed at his face. I am so mesmerized that I couldn’t find the right words to say. I didn’t know that there is a person that could be this handsome. How is it possible?I was taken abacked when he suddenly walk towards me. I didn’t know what to do so I unconsciously step backwards.“W-Why did…you run away the last time…we saw each other?” I nervously asked. I’ve never been this nervous before. It’s a different form of nervousness. I am nervous not because I feel in danger but because of his presence. His different presence.He stared at my eyes that I almost choked on my own words. Damn! Why am I like this over a man? I cannot believe this!“Because it wasn’t yet the time.” My brows shot up at what he said.“What do you mean?” I asked confused. He craned her neck like he wants to examine my w
CHAPTER 5: CoffeeI slowly walk towards him. He is standing at the entrance so I have to come nearer to talk to him. When I we got nearer to each other I pulled his hand and dragged him outside where there’s no people that could see us.“Did you already know what happened?” I asked confused. Impossible! Is it just coincidental that he went here while an incident was happening?He just looked at me with his serious eyes. He was so tall that I still need to look up to him to see his eyes. I stepped backwards and stared at him suspiciously.“How did you know that it would happen?” I asked. But I got irritated when he didn’t say anything.“Why couldn’t you answer me?!” I asked mad.“You need me right?” my eyebrow waggled. I was taken aback at what he asked.“What do you mean?” I asked a bit distant.“Since you need me you can’t ask too many
CHAPTER 6: IncidentThe only thing that I could tell is…it was so awkward!Damn! I was the only one who’s drinking the coffee and he was just there sitting in front of me while staring! Damn! It was so weird and my damn heart almost went out of my chest.He’s so weird!“Are you sure you don’t want anything?” I asked after I sipped on my coffee. Because it’s almost midnight the customers of this café is wasn’t that crowded.“How many times did you ask that already?” he raised a brow. I blinked twice and I feel so embarrassed! How many times do I have to embarrass myself in front of him?“It’s just weird…that I am the only one who’s drinking the coffee.” I said slowly. I looked away and just sipped on my cup. I am totally felt so awkward. I didn’t know him that much but I can tell the he’s not an ordinary person like the others. There is something in him that’s different.
CHAPTER 7: The past“Another incident has occurred…” he whispered. My eyes widened and because of shock I pushed him away and look at him with my eyes narrow.“D-Dark? What are you doing here?” I asked a bit nervous of his sudden presence. I’m not ready to see him yet but no one knows how much I also want to see him. I’m weird right?“There’s…a car accident happened.” He said while staring at me with his mysterious eyes. I looked away and I heard the loud siren of the ambulance approaching. So it was true? There’s an accident?“That’s why you’re here?” I asked unconvinced. He nodded and looked at me. I sighed heavily and walk towards my car I glanced at Dark who was just watching me. I am really trembling at his eyes. There’s a part of me that wants his eyes for me but there’s also a part of me that I didn’t want it.“You won’t get in, right?” I asked him while opening my door of t
CHAPTER 8: VanishI can’t believe that I actually remember where I first saw that tattoo. I can’t be mistaken. I saw that tattoo on Reybert’s wrist. I immediately stood up and took all the old files of Reybert’s case. I hid it in here in my office. When I found it I open the pages where the police recorded his transactions. They did not suspect this transaction because they thought it just part of Reybert’s vulcanizing shop but I wasn’t convinced that it was just like that.I checked all the files and I saw that most of his transactions are always named by Eric Garner. My eyebrows furrowed as I read every details of it. It says rubber export. I heaved a deep sigh and stared at the name Eric Garner. I searched him on the Social Medias but there are so many results. But one thing caught my attention.There’s a man who’s so familiar to me. I clicked his profile picture and my eyes widened when I remembered his face!Th
CHAPTER 9: Stay“What do you mean by that?” I stood up and looked at him with my confused eyes. I don’t understand him. What did he mean by he needs to vanish from here if I already know the truth? And what truth is he talking about?He also stood up and put his hand on his pockets. The smile he had earlier turned into seriousness again. Why do I have this feeling that there is something strange is happening? I know that he is already strange from the very start but the way he looks at me, the way he talks it gives me worries.“I wasn’t supposed to be with here, or even to be with you. But I don’t know why I keep returning to you. But this time you have to listen to me. You have to hear the truth, from there the case would be solve and you only have to do is to find evidence.”I sighed heavily and shook my head. What is he talking about? Did he know alr