Chapter 45: The Scarlet Thread VII (Trail of Blood)

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LORELEI

THE GIRL smiling before me is Hel. I don't know what her surname is. I don't even know if Hel is her full name. Maybe it's short for Helena or Helaine? Kung kasing three letters lang ang pangalan niya, ang tamad yata ng parents niya para makaisip ng unique name.

Admittedly I don't know much about this girl. Ang tanging alam ko lang ay isa rin siyang amateur detective na minsa'y pa-singsong kung magsalita. While Loki and the rest of our QED team consult for the campus police—well, at least, before Inspector Morgan Morales became the chief—Hel works as a consultant for the Angeles City Police Department, under the supervision of then-campus police chief and now Officer Gareth Estrada.

From what I heard from Officer Estrada, she's claiming that she's able to talk to the dead. So she's some sort of a psychic. Loki was skeptic, of course. He never believed in the paranormal. He thinks that people who believe in ghosts are stupid. Baka naisip niyang gimik lang ni Hel ang sinasabi nitong pakikipag-usap sa mga patay.

"Bakit ganyan ang tingin mo sa 'kin?" tanong ni Hel. She tilted her head to one side as she flashed a curious face. "We've met before, haven't we~? Hindi mo na ba ako natatandaan?"

Yes, we did meet before, during the Bascoville incident. Remember that case na may touch ng horror at supernatural? Student council president Emeraude's relatives were being haunted by a grim reaper. May mga nag-aakala na may sumpa ang bahay na kanilang binili at tinutuluyan kaya sila namamatay isa-isa. It turned out that the curse wasn't real and one of the relatives was conjuring a fake image of the grim reaper by using a drone dressed in black cloak.

Come to think of it, that's one of the cases Rosetta referred to us. Doon ko rin narinig ulit ang tono ng "Mary Had A Little Lamb" kapag dina-dial ang phone number ni M. Akala ko noo'y si Jamie ang kumontak sa kanyang boss. Well, it could have been her. It could have been Rosetta. They're both working for the same person after all.

Speaking of Jamie, doon din siya nagsimulang maging mabait sa 'kin. Hindi dahil nauntog ang ulo niya nang malakas sa pader o nagka-amnesia siya dahil sa sobrang takot sa fake grim reaper. On the night of the sleepover, she asked me if I had any romantic interest in Loki. I told her na wala, na kaibigan lang ang turing ko kay Loki. He's like that whiny little brother to me na kailangang bigyan ng lollipop kapag nagto-throw ng tantrums.

Since then, nabawasan na ang pagiging hostile ni Jamie sa akin. She began to treat me as her best buddy. Parang sa isang pitik ng mga daliri niya, nagbago na ang pakikitungo niya sa 'kin. Why? Because she no longer saw me as a threat. Whatever she's feeling for Loki, she thought that I'd be in her way. Joke's on her because I was never in her way. Truly, your enemies can be your allies once your interests are no longer in conflict.

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