Celestial (C-RIES #3)

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◻ Tia ◻

July 8,2022

"Fine then. I'll believe what you're saying. You're seeing the spirit of Aries despite him being on a comatose. So tell me, how did it happen?"

So Liam's mother is not dead at all. She just went abroad with her son on a different man. Her mother just left him here in Brisbane.

God. How painful it is for him to be left by his own mother.

If this is a normal situation right now I would sit here and listen to his problems but then I need to deal with Aries' problems first.

I told him the whole story about Aries' situation. I told him how Aries' spirit followed me in the apartment, how we asked Aunty Flor of what are the things we should do, and how we should find the person who tried to kill him.

"Teka teka," pagpipigil sa 'kin ni Liam. "You're telling me that you need to find out who tried to kill Aries before the next supermoon which is next week?"

"Oo at hanggang ngayon hindi padin namin alam kung sino ang may pakana ng pagkaaksidente niya."

"Why? Aries can't remember what happened before he got comatose?"

"Hindi e. Hanggang May 16 lang ang naaalala niya nong birthday mo. After ng mga nangyari ng May 16, wala na siyang maalala. I guess that's because the first supermoon this year happened last May 16."

"Kung July 13 ang susunod na supermoon, may 5 days nalang tayo. Sinu-sino na ba ang naimbestigahan mo?"

I was silenced for a moment when I heard what Liam asked. Ginamit niya lang naman kasi ang salitang 'tayo'. Ibig sabihin, naniniwala na siya sa 'kin.

"I'm done with Marcus, Hazel, Phoebe, Vince, and Kyle. I'm also done with... you."

"So that's why you were doubtful of me?"

"Nong una oo pero sabi sa 'kin ni Aries naniniwala siya sa 'yo kaya ito ako ngayon, sinasabi sa 'yo ang lahat."

"Bakit? Sa mga nauna bang naimbestigahan mo, walang kahina-hinala?"

"Lahat naman sila kahina-hinala pero ni isa sa kanila, wala kaming may napatunayan na may gawa sa aksidente ni Aries."

"Then it could mean that none of the five is behind Aries' accident."

"O baka hindi lang talaga namin nalaman ang lahat tungkol sa kanilang lima? Baka may tinatago padin sila."

"Pwede din. Mukhang kailangan ulit natin silang imbestigahan."

Dahil dito ay nagkasundo kami ni Liam na pupunta siya mamaya sa unit namin ni Aries. Titingnan namin kung posibleng may naiwan kami ni Aries sa listahan ng mga suspect o may nagsisinungaling lang talaga sa mga nauna naming inimbestigahan.

"Thank you, Tia."

Habang nagkaklase ang professor sa harap ay napatingin ako kay Aries dahil sa sinabi niya. I answered him with a reassuring smile.

I told you. I would do everything to help you.

Nandito na ako sa kusina ng unit namin ngayon kasi nga pupunta dito si Liam kaya kailangan kung magluto ng kakainin namin.

Pakiramdam ko nga ngayon nalang ako nakabalik ng kusina kasi puro nalang delivery foods ang kinakain ko. Tamad naman kasi akong magluto tsaka nong buhay pa si Aries- I mean nong hindi pa siya nacomatose- siya naman ang nagluluto. Binibigyan niya lang ako.

Hehe. Binibigyan niya ako kahit di naman kami gaanong nagpapansinan nong hindi pa siya comatose.

"Ilagay mo na ang hiniwang baboy, Tia," utos sa 'kin ni Chef Aries kaya dali-dali ko naman itong sinunod.