No Escape Series #2: No Resolve

Chapter 07: What Happened Two Days Ago?

WHAT HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO?

Rhian was stunned as she looked at Vahnʼs face, but she shook her head when she realized what he said was Wednesday because, as far as she knew, a day had passed since she was caught by an unknown person. “Ano bang sinasabi mo, sir? Alam kong linggo kahapon, and Iʼm even with my friends, didnʼt I tell you?” sabi niya. “Three days canʼt go by without me knowing.”

Vahn also shook his head. Kinuha niyang muli ang kaniyang phone at ipinakita ang exact date sa kaniyang calendar. “See? Itʼs Wednesday.” Rhian grabbed the manʼs phone and looked at it closely, and the calendar didnʼt lie. He just frowned and couldnʼt believe how many days had passed since he landed in that secluded place.

“Это невозможно!” (Eto nevozmozhno!” means, “Itʼs impossible!”) bulalas niya. “Ano na bang nangyayari ngayon?! Bakit... sa pagkakaalam ko, noong linggo lang akong kasama ng mga kaibigan ko, and during those days everything happened, but why... why... what happened to me on Monday and Tuesday? Bakit Miyerkules na agad ngayon?!”

Hindi tumugon si Vahn sa mga sinabi ni Rhian; instead, he was thinking about them, especially with the situation of the woman in front of him now. Two days had passed since he was in that secluded place where he almost ran over the girl.
 
“It doesnʼt make any sense to me. According to your statements kagabi sa akin, during the week you were with your friends. Alam mo, ang daming mga pangyayari sa mga sinabi mo na hindi ko pa rin ma-analyze,” sabi ni Vahn. “First of all, you said you just woke up na nasa ilalim ka ng hukay; secondly, you thought that the unknown serial killer might have done that to you, pero bakit hanggang ngayon buhay ka pa?” pagpapatuloy niya.

“Third, this, now that you say those things happened last week, but you thought it was Monday, but in reality, two days have passed, and this is your third day, miss.” He looked at the woman again, observing her body as if she might have been tortured without knowing it, but from what he could see, the woman seemed to be fine.

“Maybe that unknown serial killer just locked you up for two days, and that night, saka ka lang niya itinapon sa hukay para...”

“Pour mʼenterrer vivant.” French of, (To bury me alive,) pagpapatuloy ni Rhian sa sasabihin ng lalaki, but thatʼs not what Vahn meant, because that unknown serial killer may have thought that the woman was dead, so that killer just thought of digging up the ground and dumped the corpse. “Are you sure you donʼt remember what happened to you two days later? At sa loob ng dalawang araw na iyon?” tanong muli ng lalaki sa kaniya.

She rolled her eyes. “Kung natatandaan ko, mahihirapan ba ako ng ganito at pahihirapan ko pa ba ang sarili ko na sabihin sa iyo ang lahat?” Her words have a point. If she could remember what happened during those two days, she wouldnʼt hesitate to tell everything to the person in front of her now.
 
She thought of another way to find out what really happened. She looked at Vahnʼs phone and begged her to borrow it again. “Pahiram muna saglit; Iʼll just call one of my friends and tell them that Iʼm okay.” Vahn just sighed, then raised his hand at pinahiram niya ang kaniyang phone.

Dali-dali namang i-dinial ni Rhian ang number ng isa niyang kaibigan. Naka-dalawang dial na siya, pero hindi pa rin nito sinasagot ang kaniyang tawag. Maya-maya pa ay may narinig siyang boses sa kabilang linya. “Hellow? Who is this?” Boses iyon ni Nikki, pero bago pa siya tuluyang makapagsalita ay narinig na niya ang boses ng kaniyang mga kaibigan na tinatawag ang pangalan ni Nikki.

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The events happened before two days passed. Sunday afternoon, habang nanonood ng telebisyon ang magkakaibigan sa loob ng boarding house, the commercial came on, but the news was the first thing that dawned on them.
 
Their attention was aroused nang marinig nila ang newscaster na inuulat ang kaganapan sa isang parke, dahilan ng mga umatakeng riding-in-tandem at mayroon itong nabiktimang isang tao, and according to the news, many people heard the gunshot, so they immediately ran. “What the fuck? Guys, look at the tv, hindi baʼt diyan natin ibinaba si Rhian kanina?” sabi ni Nikki na nakatutok lamang sa screen ng TV.