Black princess! [3]

Galit na galit na nagtatalak at isa-isang pinalo ni Chief Go ng news paper sa ulo ang kanyang mga nasasakupan.

"Are you telling me that there's just one suspect—"

Anitong naihilamos ang palad sa kanyang mukha.

"And she's a—"

Hindi pa sya natapos may sumabat na ng "Girl" at ang iba naman ay "Woman!"

"Damn it! Ano ba talaga?"

Anyang isa isa na namang pinagpapalo sa ulo ang mga ito.

"Sir, sabi ng witness—"

"Sir we are currently interrogating the witness isa ho ito sa mga naroon and probably tauhan ni Ronald!"

Hindi na inantay ni Chief Go ang iba pang sasabihin nito at nagpatiuna na sya sa paglalakad. 

Nakita niya ang lalaki sa interrogation room habang sila naman ay nakikinig sa kabilang kwarto.

"Tssk. .tskk!"

Anyang napapailing ng makita ang stado nito na tila nawala sa sarili. Nakatabon ang mga palad nito sa taynga at nanginginig sa takot. Habang nagbibilang.

"Lets start!"

The police officer signal them to start.

"Ano ang yong pangalan?"

"Panga. .pangalan ho? Pakiusap wag nyo ako patayin may pamilya ho ako!"

Napailing nalang ang police na nagtanong rito.

"Naalala mo ba kung ano ang nangyari?"

"Sab. .sab. .sabi niiiya sasa akin magbibibilang dadaw akko hahangang iisasandaaan!"

"Tapos?"

"Sasasabi niyya pagdidi daddaw sisiya makkalabas tatatawag dadaw aako ng popolice!"

Biglang napalingon ang police na nagtatanong sa kanya sa gawi ni Chief Go.

"Ikaw yong tumawag sa amin?"

Napatango naman ang lalaki.

"Nakita mo ba ang mukha?"

"Mamaaganda!"

Anito na umaliwalas ang mukha.

"Sa CCTV footage Nakita namin syang lumapit sayo, ano ang kanyang sinabi!"

"Sisinaabi niiiyang—"

Bigla nalang nitong seninyasan ang police na lumapit, alanganin naman itong lumapit sa lalaki.

"Babablack pipprincess!"

Bigla nalang napatayo ang police ng marinig ang sinabi nito at dali daling pumunta sa kabilang kwarto. 

May ibinulong ito kay Chief Go.

"We have to investigate the other witness!"

Utos ni Chief Go sa kanyang mga nasasakupan.

Ang sumunod na isinalang ay ang babaeng na abutan nilang nakatali sa loob ng suite ng naturang hotel.

"Pangalan!"

"Ilang beses ko bang sasabihin sa inyong wala akong kinalaman!"

"Pangalan!"

Tila napipikong tanong ng babaeng police na naka asign na magtanong.

"What a nasty temper!" 

Anang babae na marahas na napabuga at binulyawan ang babaeng police.

"You and that bitch are really the same!"

"If you're not going to shut your mouth, I'm going to make sure that you're going to rot in here—Name?"

The female police officer asked her impatiently.

"Erlinda Cruz!"

"What are you doing in that hotel?"

The woman glared at the police officer sharply.

"Seriously! I never seen such a bitch like her. .haist if I ever see her—"

"Are you not aware she killed the man you are working with?"

"Ro—Ronald Mondejar?"

Anitong namutla ng marinig ang sinabi ng naturang police woman.

"Do you recognized this?"

The police woman showed her a picture of a headless man lying dead. Bigla itong napaatras at nahulog sa silya dahil sa pagkagulat.

Bigla nalang itong nasuka ng makita ang naturang picture.

"Is this Ronald?"

"Ye. .yess!"

"Nakita mo ba ang istura ng babae suspect?"

Follow up question ng naturang police sa kanya.

"She. .she doesn't have a common face, maganda at may taas na nasa 5'7" nasa mga 17 or 18 ang edad—"

"Menor de edad?"

Sunod sunod na napatango ang babae.

"Anong ginawa niya sayo?"

"Pinalo niya ako sa ulo ng sinabi ko sa kanyang magtrabaho sa akin—"

Bigla itong natigil ng may maalala. 

"Kilala sya ng ni Honey isa sa mga babae na naroroon ng gabing iyon!"

"Ito bang Honey ang sinasabi mo?"

Anitong sinenyasan ang isa sa mga police na iharap sa kanila ang isa pang witness. Nang makita ni Honey ang naturang babae nag iiyak ito.

"Kilala mo ba ito?"

"Sa pangalan ng ho!"

Anitong napasinghot.

"Ilang taong gulang kana at pano mo nakilala ito?"

"19 ho may nag rekomenda po sa aking ng part time job, akala ko po matinong trabaho yon pala—"

"Sinungaling ka! Ikaw pa nga ang nagmakaawa sa akin na tanggapin ka!"

Malakas na bulyaw ng babae, binalingan sya ng babaeng police.

"You know that you'll be facing a multiple charges. illegal recruiter, prohibited drugs and human trafficking plus violation against minors—take her out!"

Utos nito sa naturang police. Ng mawala na ang babae saka naman nito binalingan si Honey.

"Naalala mo pa ba ang mukha ng babae kahapon?"

Biglang natahimik si Honey, she's a kind who instantly remember faces even in one glance. 

She remember her beautiful deep set almond eyes, na nagaapoy sa galit. She's scary but nevertheless whoever she was isa lang ang alam niya, iniligtas sya nito ng gabing iyon.

"She knocked me off kaya't hindi ko talaga nakita ang kanyang mukha!"

"We saw you inside the cabinet, are you not going to press charges against her just incase?"

Umiling si Honey.

"But I want to press charges against that woman, may iba pa pong mga minor de edad na kinukulong nila at I heard that they're going to be ship abroad!"

"What?".

Nagulantang na tanong ng naturang police, she switch the botton and call the other room. 

"Please verify the location which the witness give—that's all!"

Baling nito sa kanya pagkatapos makipag usap sa entercom.

"Send her in the hospital first!"

"Yes Ma'am!"

Now all the agents of Department of investigation unit were sitting in the conference room, while Chief Go is discussing the situation.

"According to our initial investigation, the suspect is said to be minor according to the witness. Here's the problem! We dont have any trace of unknown finger print plus she knew exactly where's the camera!"

Chief Go said in a matter of fact tone, nang makita nilang pasimpleng naglalakad ang babae. 

"Next she's a pro—look how she stub that man in his neck, it was in his fatal point!"

Napasinghap silang lahat ng makita ang pagbulusok ng dugo mula sa leeg ng lalaki. Pero talagang hindi nila nakita ang mukha ng babae kahit paman marahas nitong pinahid ang dugo sa mukha.

"The big question here are, why did she spare the girls and that woman after knocking her off, saka itong lalaking ito.!" 

Chief Go pointed the man which Sophia spared.

"As we all see, we don't know exactly what's going on there but one thing for sure, that man is telling us the truth—"

"There's only one thing that possible in this case!"

Biglang sabat ni Det. Sembrano. 

"The suspect is only after Ronald Mondejar and besides she probably knew, no one will remember her even if they've seen her face because of the shock!"

"That's possible too!"

Sang ayon ni Chief Go. 

"Then when she entered she doesn't have any weapon with her, lahat ng ginamit niya mula sa kutsilyo at baril ay pag mamay-ari ng grupo ni Ronald!"

Ipinakita ni Chief Go sa kanila ang bawat sugat at tama ng bala sa ibat-ibang bahagi ng katawan ng nasawi.

And they all noted that all their wounds are in fatal point.

"The weapons that being used are all in here." 

Chief Go showed them all the weapons being used in the crimes scene.

"Guns, cutting knife and pen—pen is not even considered as weapon but she really knew how to used it, see how fast she was?"

Tutok na tutok silang lahat kung paano sinaksak ng babae ang naturang lalaki in one move na kagyat nitong ikinamatay.

"We don't have footage inside but whatever happened in there I'll leave that into your imagination—now the biggest mystery of this crime is—this!"

Chief Go showed them the headless man which the woman identified as Ronald Mondejar. It was really grotesque, nakakapangilabot.

Nahinuha nilang kung sino man ang may gawa noon ay talagang nakakatakot.

"Where did his head goes? As we see after that, she casully walked in the lobby disappeared in the stairs for 10 minutes. .even if she went back to finished the business, the police were on their way to the crime scene. It's impossible not to notice her and even if she does come back 10 minutes is not enough, as this two idiots here—"

Chief Go paused and beat the two police officer with news paper in their heads.

"Said that they've seen a model,instead!"

Natawa naman ang mga police na naroroon.