Chapter 5
"Hi, how are you can you see me? Can you hear me?" I whispered as I glanced at his grave. Wishing I was the one who was sleeping peacefully down there and not him.
"It suits me better down there, I'm all mess up, Dravo, wish nothing of this happened," I cried as I thought back to how I found Dravo's dead body in my apartment.
I was almost finished with my chore from my part-time job when he called me, saying he would pick me up and he has something to tell me, he got a copy of my apartment's key so I told him to just wait for me there and don't bother to pick me up, I could go home alone, and so he did, he was an obedient boyfriend that's why I fell in love with him even more.
Well, the moment I reached home, the door wasn't like but the light was off, which was dubious for me, but I didn't bother to overreact, I thought that he may be just wanted to surprise me, (that was foolish thoughts of mine) I was all excited to enter the door but nothing happened, no surprise and no one ever switched on the light for me, until I slept on the door and something a bit sticky was on the floor and I felt nervous.
I stood up instantly and switched on the light, and there I saw myself standing on drops of blood, and when I followed the blood...
I cried as I tried to recall Dravo's face... Dravo has already no face at all, I couldn't recognize him at first but I recognized his clothes. His face was whacked too bad, and I couldn't move and scream at the same time, no matter how much I attempted, I just couldn't do it, all I had inside me was fear, shock, and pain, then when I got afraid that the killer must be still somewhere around, I gave my best effort to ran outside even if my feet were numb, and then I called the police.
It always gave me chills every time I remember that night, and all I could blame was myself, I wished I just let him pick me up, he might be alive today if only I did.
"I'm sorry, Dravo," I sobbed the whole day until I got tired of crying until I had no more tears left to cry, I was exhausted that I didn't notice that the light was gone, it was all dark.
I had no energy left when I walked back home, but my body just went all alive when I saw cops in front of my apartment.
"What happened?" I thought and I hurried near them, I was afraid that something has happened again.
'What happened?" I asked the cops and they faced me at the same time.
"Miss Ash Sharen?" one of the cops asked me.
'Yes, I am, may I know what happened?" I was nervous.
"Well, a schoolmate of yours just died and...," he said, and before he continued I cut him off, "What happened to Amanda? No, no," I cried and the police held my shoulders and said, "Ms. Ash, please calmed down," he said and I couldn't breathe properly, "What happened?" I interrogated.
"The name wasn't Amanda," he said, and I got confused then I remembered Christian.
"Oh, no, is it Christian?" I asked and they all looked at me.
"Her name is Camille, ma'am," the one answered and my eyes widened.
"Camille?"
"Yes," he said.
"What happened to her?"
"We found her dead near your school, and she was stabbed by someone, according to the autopsy, she got 37 stabbed," he explained and I trembled.
"37 stabbed? Who the heck will do that?" my voice was cracked, I couldn't think.
"Exactly, ma'am, that's why we're here," he said and what did he mean that's why they're here? I lifted my eyes on him and said, "That's why you're here? Are you accusing me?" I couldn't believe this!
I was cursing inside of my head."Calmed down ma'am," the other one said.
"How can I, I did nothing wrong," I said.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but we want to invite you to our office," he said.
'No, why me?" I asked.
'We just going to asks you a few questions and we hope you to cooperate, please, ma'am, just give us some of your time, this is for the investigation," he said and I teared up, how did I become a suspect? But I couldn't do anything, I went to the police station with them, I did it for Camille's sake.
"Where were you this afternoon," the one in blue clothes with a badged in his chest, names, Kevin, asked.
I couldn't say a word, like should I tell them that I was on my boyfriend's grave after the principal kicked me out? Should I tell them that I was there crying the whole day and wished to be dead? And so I did, they needed fact and I just said the truth.
They asked me a lot of questions, and let me go, then when I came out from the interrogation room, Amanda hugged me.
"I heard what happened, I went to your apartment and found out you are here, did they hurt you?" she asked and I shook my head.
"Thanks God," she whispered
We went home but before I entered my apartment I asked Amanda to left me alone.
"Are you sure?" she said.
"Yes, Amanda, I just wanted to be alone," I weakly said and she frowned.
She held my hands, "Okay, but give me a call if something happened, okay?" she looked at me worriedly, I just nodded and she faded away.
I felt dried up and broken, who did it to her? Is it him? But that's impossible he only killed man's who come near me.
I went to my shower and just drowned myself in there, my head was full enough to think a lot, I couldn't handle the pain and tension.
After bathing for almost four hours, I dried myself and went inside my room, blower my hair tried to act normal as if nothing happened, that nothing has died, assuming that it was all a bad dream, but I failed I knew that I was only fooling myself, then I sobbed on the floor.
"What was really going on?" I cried.
Chapter 6***Ding dong***"Who is it?" I yelled when I heard the doorbell ringing, I got, messy hair, exhausted and my head was in pain, I ended up falling asleep last night while crying.The ringing stopped before I could open the door, and when I peeked in the peek-whole there was no one outside, just a deserted street. I unlocked the door and stepped outside to looked who it was then, something nudged into my foot and when I looked down at it I trembled instantly. It was another present from that man again, I wonder why did the delivery man didn't gave it to me personally, didn't he need my signature for proof that the delivery was received?Nonetheless, I was standing for a few minutes, I didn't want to get the gift, I was about to throw them out to the trash can near the road, but then something caught my attention, there was an envelope inside the bouq
Chapter 7Police were having a gawked at the letter I submitted to them, and I was here sitting on the bench seat, waiting for what they think about it, but what made them stay inside that closed door for such a long time, it was a piece of pretty strong evidence, and I could finally find justice for Dravo.I was impatient that I craved to go inside that room, then suddenly, one of the officers went outside and I hurried to ask him, but he said that we need to wait to their private investigator and I was like what the heck? Did they spend too much time inside that room just to say this to me?I chuckled, "Are you kidding me?" I glared at him and he just stared at me, it's annoying when they were giving me an empty answer.I couldn't wait about it anymore, I almost made a fuss when someone came in from the entrance which disturbs my boiling blood.I turned around...He was wearing a plain V-neck white shirt tucked in bl
Chapter 8 Kenneth's Perspective I was out for investigation and I also went to asked the medicine forensic expert who analyzed Camille's body, but there were no fingerprints in every part of her body, no finger pattern found on her things nor clothes either. And what strange was, there was also no mark of strangulation from the killer or any possible sign that the victim may be fought back to defend herself, which I wonder why? A person would always fight back when someone is attacking him or her, but that victim, they found no marks from her, knowing that the stabs were in the front part of her body; which only means that her killer was facing her, so she could actually fight at least a little, not unless she knows her! I massaged my forehead in too much frustration. "Mr. Sheldon are you okay?" asked Sir Kevin, one of the police on our site. I leaned my back against the chair and a long, deep sigh
Chapter 9"Hey, Ash, you can do it," Amanda texted, and I wasn't sure but I was used to be being with her in school. Well, I transferred into a new school and thanks to that private investigator who made the case privately. I also found a new part-time job, lucky me.I started from the scratch but somehow in my brain and heart, I wasn't still happy because I knew he was just around me, that he was somewhere near me."...Nice to meet you all, again, I'm Ash Sharen..." that was the last part of my speech when I introduced myself to these new people that I would encounter in the future.All eyes were on me, while the principal let me sat on the back, fifth row, second in line.The principal went out already and I sat peacefully on my seat, when the man in front of my table turned his chair to face me.I widened my eyes in surprised, then he scanned my face, and then wink."What is he trying to do? Fli
Chapter 10One normal day, everything was always the same. People were busy with their own life without even noticing that many people were losing their breaths one by one around the globe. Well, that what living is... Despite all the things that happened, after a few days or months, we will continue tomorrow as if nothing happened. We will go back to where we are used to be.How I wish I could stop all of those criminals, I wanted to hold them in my hands, choke them until they no longer live, but with the power of the law, criminals only suffer a lifetime of inprisonment when they had the right to die. But with the power of money or riches, some criminals would never face both things. Unfair humanity, right?Well, let's go back to where we were... I was on my way to the office when I saw people huddled in one spot, I was curious what happened, there might be another street performance back there. I was about to ignore it because
Chapter 11"Dear God, for our beloved Patricia, grant to her eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.""And to the people that Patricia left behind in this world remember, that God is with us, as he says... 'Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction wit
Chapter 12I kept following the man, but he was too fast, but I won't give up even if my feet go numb and tired, I won't even care if my feet bleed. I would never let him go away, I won't let him kill innocent people anymore, never... never.I glued my eyes at him and kept chasing him."Sh*t," I uttered when I slipped on the ground. I was not being careful. I hurriedly stood up and I saw him entered a narrow street and I followed after him, but I stopped when there were two directions in front of me, left or right? The place was dark that I could barely see anything but a beam of lights from afar.I couldn't decide which way I should go, which way did he run through? What if I went in the wrong direction? I might lose him."Sh*t, Kenneth! You can't let him go!""Ahhh!" I shouted as I kicked the garbage on the floor when I heard a man groaned. I paused...I chuckled and looked at the garbag
Chapter 13When Amanda gain her consciousness, I hurried to investigate, but of course, I made sure she was able to talk, I know it was traumatizing. I was her before I became a private investigator, I had the same experience as her. Survival isn't easy, one wrong decision and turns you are going to the road of hell. Glad she survived. As I opened her door, she was sitting on her bed.Her head turned at me, and I smiled with worries in my eyes, "How are you?" I asked softly, and she glanced at my face, she was pretty."Who are you? Where is Ash?" she raised a question. It's funny that she asked Ash first instead of her mom. I looked at her, "Your mom just went to her work," I replied. "You didn't reply to my question," she said and lifted her one brow as she sharpened her eyes at me. She was different, haha, she has a lot of strength in her voice, and what's that fierce?I honestly admit, t
Chapter 14"These are your two cappuccino with additional syrup shot, one toasted sandwich, and one order of grilled sandwich. Hope you enjoy your snack, ma'am, sir,"said the woman whose hair was on a bun, smiling at us as she put down our orders. I glanced at her, and my eyes rolled down on her nameplate, it was a weird name for me, though my name also sounds like a dude's name but at least mine could also fit for girls..."Nice name you have there, Richard," Mr. Kenneth whispered and the woman chuckled. "So he also notices her nameplate?" I thought.The woman smiled and answered, "Oh, my name is not Richard, actually, hmmm..." she coughed, "I'm new here, and I'm just using my trainer's nameplate, temporarily," she added."Now it does makes sense."Mr. Kenneth chuckled and actually, I never thought of having a snack with this guy. But I couldn't refuse when he invited me earl
Chapter 13When Amanda gain her consciousness, I hurried to investigate, but of course, I made sure she was able to talk, I know it was traumatizing. I was her before I became a private investigator, I had the same experience as her. Survival isn't easy, one wrong decision and turns you are going to the road of hell. Glad she survived. As I opened her door, she was sitting on her bed.Her head turned at me, and I smiled with worries in my eyes, "How are you?" I asked softly, and she glanced at my face, she was pretty."Who are you? Where is Ash?" she raised a question. It's funny that she asked Ash first instead of her mom. I looked at her, "Your mom just went to her work," I replied. "You didn't reply to my question," she said and lifted her one brow as she sharpened her eyes at me. She was different, haha, she has a lot of strength in her voice, and what's that fierce?I honestly admit, t
Chapter 12I kept following the man, but he was too fast, but I won't give up even if my feet go numb and tired, I won't even care if my feet bleed. I would never let him go away, I won't let him kill innocent people anymore, never... never.I glued my eyes at him and kept chasing him."Sh*t," I uttered when I slipped on the ground. I was not being careful. I hurriedly stood up and I saw him entered a narrow street and I followed after him, but I stopped when there were two directions in front of me, left or right? The place was dark that I could barely see anything but a beam of lights from afar.I couldn't decide which way I should go, which way did he run through? What if I went in the wrong direction? I might lose him."Sh*t, Kenneth! You can't let him go!""Ahhh!" I shouted as I kicked the garbage on the floor when I heard a man groaned. I paused...I chuckled and looked at the garbag
Chapter 11"Dear God, for our beloved Patricia, grant to her eternal rest. Let light perpetual shine upon her. May her soul and the souls of all the departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.""And to the people that Patricia left behind in this world remember, that God is with us, as he says... 'Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction wit
Chapter 10One normal day, everything was always the same. People were busy with their own life without even noticing that many people were losing their breaths one by one around the globe. Well, that what living is... Despite all the things that happened, after a few days or months, we will continue tomorrow as if nothing happened. We will go back to where we are used to be.How I wish I could stop all of those criminals, I wanted to hold them in my hands, choke them until they no longer live, but with the power of the law, criminals only suffer a lifetime of inprisonment when they had the right to die. But with the power of money or riches, some criminals would never face both things. Unfair humanity, right?Well, let's go back to where we were... I was on my way to the office when I saw people huddled in one spot, I was curious what happened, there might be another street performance back there. I was about to ignore it because
Chapter 9"Hey, Ash, you can do it," Amanda texted, and I wasn't sure but I was used to be being with her in school. Well, I transferred into a new school and thanks to that private investigator who made the case privately. I also found a new part-time job, lucky me.I started from the scratch but somehow in my brain and heart, I wasn't still happy because I knew he was just around me, that he was somewhere near me."...Nice to meet you all, again, I'm Ash Sharen..." that was the last part of my speech when I introduced myself to these new people that I would encounter in the future.All eyes were on me, while the principal let me sat on the back, fifth row, second in line.The principal went out already and I sat peacefully on my seat, when the man in front of my table turned his chair to face me.I widened my eyes in surprised, then he scanned my face, and then wink."What is he trying to do? Fli
Chapter 8 Kenneth's Perspective I was out for investigation and I also went to asked the medicine forensic expert who analyzed Camille's body, but there were no fingerprints in every part of her body, no finger pattern found on her things nor clothes either. And what strange was, there was also no mark of strangulation from the killer or any possible sign that the victim may be fought back to defend herself, which I wonder why? A person would always fight back when someone is attacking him or her, but that victim, they found no marks from her, knowing that the stabs were in the front part of her body; which only means that her killer was facing her, so she could actually fight at least a little, not unless she knows her! I massaged my forehead in too much frustration. "Mr. Sheldon are you okay?" asked Sir Kevin, one of the police on our site. I leaned my back against the chair and a long, deep sigh
Chapter 7Police were having a gawked at the letter I submitted to them, and I was here sitting on the bench seat, waiting for what they think about it, but what made them stay inside that closed door for such a long time, it was a piece of pretty strong evidence, and I could finally find justice for Dravo.I was impatient that I craved to go inside that room, then suddenly, one of the officers went outside and I hurried to ask him, but he said that we need to wait to their private investigator and I was like what the heck? Did they spend too much time inside that room just to say this to me?I chuckled, "Are you kidding me?" I glared at him and he just stared at me, it's annoying when they were giving me an empty answer.I couldn't wait about it anymore, I almost made a fuss when someone came in from the entrance which disturbs my boiling blood.I turned around...He was wearing a plain V-neck white shirt tucked in bl
Chapter 6***Ding dong***"Who is it?" I yelled when I heard the doorbell ringing, I got, messy hair, exhausted and my head was in pain, I ended up falling asleep last night while crying.The ringing stopped before I could open the door, and when I peeked in the peek-whole there was no one outside, just a deserted street. I unlocked the door and stepped outside to looked who it was then, something nudged into my foot and when I looked down at it I trembled instantly. It was another present from that man again, I wonder why did the delivery man didn't gave it to me personally, didn't he need my signature for proof that the delivery was received?Nonetheless, I was standing for a few minutes, I didn't want to get the gift, I was about to throw them out to the trash can near the road, but then something caught my attention, there was an envelope inside the bouq