The adventures of the QED Club continue as the Moriarty mystery thickens.
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LORELEI
I BLEW the steam off my mug of hot chocolate as I stared at Loki's web of conspiracy on our apartment unit's wall. Na-update na siya ngayong gabi. Out of twenty-five, only four faces were familiar to me.
"Are you planning to make a collage or something?" I asked, looking at him over my shoulder. He sat slouched on the couch, reading The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie.
Ilang oras na ang lumipas mula nang makakuha kami ng importanteng clue mula kay Adonis Abellana. Agad na kumuha ang roommate ko ng kopya ng Clarion at isa-isang sinearch ang mga estudyanteng nasa masthead nito. Dinownload at ipina-print niya ang kanilang mga profile photo galing sa social media.
"One of them is definitely related to Moriarty. Now, we need to figure out who among them should be added to my spider's web," he replied, turning the page of the book. "If I were Moriarty and I have to pick one agent in the student paper, I'd choose someone with authority—an editor."
Hinawakan ko ang retrato ni Augustus Moran, ang editor-in-chief ng Clarion. Among all the writers and editors on our list, he seemed to be the best choice to be Moriarty's asset. Meron siyang final say sa lahat ng ipina-publish at kaya niyang kontrolin ang impormasyon.
How about Agatha Cortez? Sa mga taga-Clarion, siya ang unang um-approach sa amin at nag-offer na i-publish ang mga case na sinolve namin ni Loki—with Augustus' approval whom I had not met back then. She also brought two cases before our club.
There was also the features editor who introduced herself as Felicity Ferrer. Kaninang umaga pa lang namin siya nakilala. Wala akong naramdamang masamang aura sa kaniya. Never did it cross my mind na puwede siyang maging tauhan ni Moriarty.
Kasama rin ang babaeng iniligtas namin ni Alistair sa Petrarchan case. I forgot her name, but I could easily recognize her face. Sabi ni Agatha, maayos na ang kalagayan niya matapos siyang abusuhin ng kaniyang boyfriend.
Wait! That reminded me of something. Noong pinuntahan namin ang apartment kung saan siya ikinulong, agad na nakabalik ang boyfriend niya at tinangka kaming saksakin. Mabuti't na-disarm siya ni Alistair bago pa siya makapanakit sa amin. But a question lingered: Bakit parang alam niyang nandoon kami sa apartment para iligtas ang inabuso niyang girlfriend? Did someone tell him? If someone did, bilang sa mga daliri ng kamay ko ang nakakaalam ng impormasyong 'yon: Alistair, Augustus, Agatha, and me.
The rest of the editorial staff, hindi ko na kilala. We could not also discount the possibility that Moriarty's agent was someone not too prominent para maiwasan ang paghihinala sa kaniya. Or it might be the other way around. We needed to find a way para ma-eliminate ang lahat ng unlikely suspects.
