Over a decade has passed since the resolution of the M case. What happens to the members of the QED Club after? Is their bond as strong as when they were still in high school? Or did they start to grow apart?
FUTURE OF THE QED CLUB is a special volu...
A/N: We're back to Lorelei's POV! Our journalist is in action!
DISCLAIMER The succeeding chapters will involve legal and criminal proceedings. I am not a police or a lawyer, but to the best of my knowledge, I will try to write these parts as close to the real procedures. Nevertheless, I will be exercising my dramatic license to modify some of these existing conventions to fit the narrative. I hope you all understand!
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LORELEI
I WOKE up to the morning light permeating through my window. I don't draw my curtain close every night para salubungin ako ng liwanag tuwing sunrise. Maganda rin kasi ang view kapag gabi. I could see the landscape of Clark City. Nagmistulan nang natural alarm clock ko ang sikat ng araw. Imposibleng hindi ako magising dala nito.
Since I started working, I got my own place at Clark Towers, a high-rise condominium at the very heart of the city. Nasa nineteenth floor ang unit ko, number 1912. It's a studio-type room which was perfect for a solo occupant like me. Wala pa naman akong balak na mag-asawa kaya satisfied na ako rito. Ang importante, may sarili na akong place.
I used to stay at my aunt's apartment near Clark High. Doon ko naging roommate si Loki. I was uncomfortable at first lalo na't hindi ako comfortable sa presence ng ibang lalaki. Loki minded his own business, I minded my own. So staying with him under the same roof was tolerable... until the time came when we had our first real conversation. He showed off the sharpness of his observational skills and I didn't appreciate it.
Sometime that same year, I transfered to a condo unit where Alistair was also staying. My late father bought that unit for me. Inisip kasi niya na mas safe ako kung kasama ko ang aking childhood bestfriend. I had no intention of moving to that place, but something happened so I decided to live there until I finished college at Clark University.
I rubbed the sleep off my eyes before I got off my bed. Nagtungo ako sa mesa at kinuha ang remote control. I stretched my right arm and pointed it at the TV installed on the wall. Nagliwanag ang screen nito at ipinakita ang isang sikat na newscast program tuwing umaga.
Since I started working at Clark Converge, naging habit ko na ang manood at makinig ng balita kagising ko at bago matulog. Alam ko na nga halos lahat ng mga nangyayari sa iba't ibang bahagi ng Pilipinas, mapa-pulitika man 'yan, ekonomiya o showbiz.
Ginawa kong radyo ang TV. Pumunta ako sa tabi ng couch, umupo sa sahig at hinaplos ang ulo ng pusang natutulog sa maliit na bed. His fur was as white as snow, that's why I named him "Snowball." Sorry if I wasn't that creative with the pet name, but it's the most appropriate based on his appearance.
"Good morning, baby~" I greeted him. Humikab muna siya habang nag-uunat ng mga paa. Snowball stood and let out a soft meow at me. Idinikit din niya ang kanyang mukha sa kamay ko.
I had a pet cat before. Her name's Freya. Actually, hindi lang ako nagmamay-ari sa kanya. She's the adopted cat of the QED Club. One day, she was badly injured so I decided to bring her home and nurse her back to health. Kinailangan ko pang ipagpaalam sa tita ko kung pwedeng sa apartment muna siya habang nagpapagaling. Since then, Freya stayed with me, then with Tita when I moved out.
