DETECTIVE FILES. File 3 (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 50: DOUBTS AND DRUGS

Chapter 50: Doubts and Drugs

Halos hindi ako makapaniwala sa lahat ng narito. Lahat ng ginawa ng Genesis ay may kinalaman sa akin. This photo is no doubt me. Ang nasa larawang kuha mula sa footage ay ako base sa damit. But... but what am I doing there?

Wala akong maalala na nagpunta ako roon! At hindi lamang iisang larawan ko ang mula sa CCTV footage. There are a lot of them! The whiteboard says that Marcus is not the real Plumbite. He was poisoned upang isipin ng mga pulis na bahagi nga siya ng Genesis at sinadyang lasunin siya upang patahimikin.

But that's not what the new investigations are about. It's about me, being the real Plumbite. Nasa malapit lang ako nang malason si Marcus. May kinalaman ako sa lahat ng mga nangyari. I always had access to the cases... but am I really....

No! Hindi ko alam... Naramdaman ko ang mainit na likidong dumaloy sa mukha ko. Is it possible that I am chasing someone who could possibly be me?  I mean yes, it's the organization but there's someone who will follow the command. I always wonder who is the Genesis's eyes and ears in Bridle ngunit paano kung ako pala iyon?

Ngunit paano naman naging posible iyon? It's unlikely to happen unless I have split personality which is a very lame theory! Of course I don't have a dissociative personality disorder!

Biglang bumukas ang pinto at iniluwa doon sina Math, Gray at Jeremy.

"So inosenti nga ang tatlong nagpakilalang suspect sa— Amber?" Napahinto si Math sa pagsasalita nang makita nila ako. Napadako ang tingin nila sa akin, sa folder na hawak ko at sa white board na nasa harapan ko.

"B-bestie...."

"Anong ibig sabihin nito?" my voice cracked when I said it. It was like I was stabbed with something so painful. Pamilyar ang sakit na nadarama ko. It's the same as the pain that I felt when Dad died. So painful that I felt like I'm dead. I think I just died. Again... For the second time.

"Amber," bahagyang lumapit si Gray sa
akin at napaatras naman ako. "Amber, we're sorry for not telling you."

"Na pinagdududahan ninyo ako?" How should I call this act of conspiracy against me? It's like watching everything you built torn down into tiny pieces. Love, friendship — everything I established for the span of time that I am with them!

"Amber... we just look on every angle at sa ngayon ay..." He paused and sighed. "Sa ngayon ay ikaw ang tinuturo sa imbestigasyon."

"That's bullshit!" Kasabay ng bawat salitang binitawan ko ay ang hikbi ko. This is the most bullshit thing I have ever heard today! Kinagat ko ang labi upang pigilan ang mga paparating pa na hikbi. "Ikaw Math! At kahit ikaw Je? Bakit hanggang ngayon ay hindi niyo pa rin sinasabi sa akin kung bakit nasa dorm kayo nang araw na iyon? Hindi kaya't isa sa inyo ang tunay na bahagi ng Genesis and you're misleading everything to me!"

"Bestie..." There are only few times that I have seen Jeremy as serious as this. "Math and I followed you."

Now everything is getting complicated. I want to break down... Nanghihina na ang tuhod ko dahil sa mga nasaksihan at mga narinig ko. "F-followed me... Where?"

"Sinundan ka namin. Nagtataka kami kung bakit nasa boys' dorm ka nang araw na iyon and then the next thing we know, death happened", paliwanag ni Math.

"I never..." I cannot find the right words to say. Alam kong kahit anong sabihin ko, hindi nila maiintindihan ang ibig kong sabihin. How could they do this to me? Bakit... bakit ako pa?

"Listen Amber," bahagyang lumapit si Gray sa akin. "We have basis... At alam naming hindi mo iyon kayang gawin..." He reached for my hand ngunit agad akong napapiksi at inilayo ang sarili ko mula sa kanya.