DETECTIVE FILES. File 1 (Published under PSICOM)

CHAPTER 11: AB ISLAND (Case Closed)

Gray let out a smile. "The culprit is the one with the most dangerous weapon," deklara ni Gray.

"What? Ngunit paano nangyari iyon? Wala namang tama ng baril si Ronnie!," nagtatakang tanong ni Jeanet.

"I didn't say that he used his gun. I just said that he is the culprit," wika ni Gray. He crossed his arms as he looked straight at the suspect which is Ariel.

"Could you explain to us kung bakit siya ang salarin?," wika ni Inspector Rusty. Malamang maging ito ay naguguluhan.

"Pinuntahan niya ang biktima sa kwartong ito. The victim offered him a drink ngunit hindi niya iyon ininom. He lured out the victim to the shore by saying something like may sasabihin ka sa kanyang importante kaya napapayag naman ang biktima. When they arrived at the shore, he committed his crime by drowning the victim when he has no capacity to fight back," Gray said at gulat na gulat naman ang lahat.

"Paano naman naging ako? Jeko has the stun gun right? Hindi ba't ginamit niya iyon kay Ron bago si —" Napatigil siya nang mapansin na sa kanya na nakatingin ang lahat.

"How did you know that the stun gun was used? We never told you that," Gray said with his usual smirk.

"Narinig ko lang iyon sa inyo kanina!," natatarantang wika ni Ariel.

"Nope. We never mentioned that a stun gun was used. Ngayon pa lang dumating ang report ng coroner na gumamit ng stun gun ang

salarin. You know that because you did it right? You stole Jeko's stun gun to immobilize the victim. Ang stun gun na iyon ay designed to make someone unable to move by the electric shock. You used that and drowned the victim," Gray said.

Hindi naman agad nakapagsalita si Ariel. "Do you have any evidence?"

"Maliban sa sinabi mong ginamitan ng stun gun ang biktima, he was drowned right? Ikaw ang gumawa nun. Dinala mo siya sa hindi masyadong malalim na bahagi ng dagat, marahil ay hanggang beywang. You drowned him and ran back to the hotel at dahil basa ka, you have to change right? We found your wet shorts at maging ang mabuhangin na tuwalya na ipinampunas mo sa paa mo. Not only that, a bellboy saw you with the victim came out of this room. You threw away his phone and got his wallet para lumabas na pagnanakaw ang nangyari diba? You even messed up the room —

"Iba ang nanggulo dito for a different reason," deklara ko. Napatingin naman silang lahat sa akin.

"Anong ibig mong sabihin?"

"Mr. Ariel killed the victim ngunit iba ang nanggulo dito. That someone messed this room to find something. And it was you, Miss Jeanet," wika ko at mas lalong nagulat ang lahat.

"Do you mean they're accomplice?," tanong ni Detective Tross.

I shook my head. "No," binalingan ko ang hindi makapagsalita na si Miss Jeanet. "You want to break up with him because you have relationship with Mr. Jeko, right? Ngunit kahit hindi pumayag na makipaghiwalay ang biktima, you can just ignore him but you still stayed at hindi tuluyang nakipaghiwalay and keep your relationship with Jeko a secret. It's because the victim blackmailed you. He might have something in his laptop kaya hinalughog mo ang kwarto nang walang tao rito. Nakita mo ang mga gamit niya sa ilalim kama at kinuha mo ang laptop niya at binura lahat ng file. Kahit may password ang kanyang laptop, you were able to open it and have it formatted. You are an IT graduate kaya madali lang iyon sayo but you leave an evidence. Sa sahig ay ang natapon na kaunting alak. It looks like it's been wiped off it's dahil hindi sinasadyang naupuan mo ang kalahati niyon habang hinahack ang kanyang laptop," paliwanag ko. Miss Jeanet was too shock to react.

"Kaya ba nagkunwari kang nahulog ang iyong contact lens dito sa sofa upang tumayo kami at makita ang ebidensya? I know you're not wearing any contact lenses," wika naman ni Jeko at tumango ako.