Finding Avie's body

Chapter 49

Pagkatapos nilang kumain sinet-up na ni Chase at Diego yung monitor at yung mga files nila. Niligpit naman ni Alexis at India yung mga pinagkainan, walang helper dito sa pinaka central office sa HQ nandito kasi nila pinagmemeetingan lahat ng mga maseselan at importanteng mga kaso.

Unang mag prepresent sina Alexis at Chase. Mabilis na nagbigay ng mga folder si Alexis habang si Chase naman ay nagsimulang magpresent.

“This is Alexander Siegfried De Torres’ house on Montana Heights isang exclusive subdivision for elite people in the Philippines. Hindi kami basta basta nakapasok sa subdivision dahil sobrang higpit ng security nila.”

Sabi ni Chase habang ipina-flash sa screen yung airial view ng bahay ni Xander.

“But Alexander also owns a condo unit beside Bella Towers kung saan huling nagcheck in si Avie, nalaman lang naming to nung nagverify ako ng lahat ng property holdings ni Alexander. We visited personally the condominium and sneaked in their control room to check kung kalian huling pumunta si Alexander doon. And as we expected it was the night before Avie’s accident.”

Then Chase showed certain pictures na kuha sa cctv makikita don sa unang picture yung oras kung kalian sya pumunta sa condo nya at kung kelan sya huling lumabas which is 2 am on the day of the accident. I couldn’t help but feel scared, slowly pakiramdam ko na nasa kanya yung katawan ko I don’t know if this is what you call gut feeling but I certainly feel that this guy know a whole lot of things at Malaki din yung posibilidad na nasa kanya talaga yung katawan ko.

“He works in a Museum in Colorado. Based on the call that I have made on Denver Arts Museum he was supposed to go back this month but Alexander suddenly filed an indefinite leave. Kakauwi lang nya dito sa Pilipinas two weeks before the incident, wala akong matrace na galaw nya dito sa Pilipinas bago yung paguwi nya it means matagal na hindi talaga nagstay dito si Alexander sa Pilipinas. His usual morning routine starts at 6 am, nagjojogging sya around the subdivision then umaalis sya ng bahay around 10 am then he usually ride a train. Iniiwan nya yung sasakyan nya sa isang pay parking space malapit sa mrt train station. Pasado alas sais ng hapon saka sya uuwi galling ulit sa train station. Based also on the cctv footage nag-grogroceries sya twice a week.”

Chase said while handing the photos of Alexander pushing a cart on a grocery, he was wearing khaki sorts and plain shirt and slip ons. Parang galing lang sa bahay.

“This week may mineet si Mr. De Torres na isang babae sa isang high-end and very exclusive bar in Makati, alam ko iniisip nyo na nakilala ko yung babae but no. Kagaya ng sabi ko sa inyo pogi lang ako pero hindi ako genie. Pumunta roon si Mr. De Torres at around 1 am and left at 2 am. Noong gabi ng pagkamatay ni Mang Cando, lumabas ng tatlong beses yung sasakyan nya pero dalawang beses doon ay hindi sya yung may sakay ng sasakyan kung hindi yung 18 year old nyang pamangkin na si Tomy Moon, pamangkin nya sa ate nya na nakapangasawa ng isang Korean.”

“Hindi ko mapinpoint kung sino sa kanila yung may sakay nung sasakyan noong gabing yon nung namatay si Mang Cando, but definitely this Alexander might have been there that night. He is our first suspect in his case, dahil nakita natin yung sasakyan nya na lumabas minutes after magkaroon ng kuryente. Kailangan nating mahanap ngayon kung saan sya pumupunta tuwing alas dyis ng umaga.” Chase said while ending the presentation.

“Bakit hindi nyo pa nilakad?” tanong ni Drake sa kanila.

“Sir sinubukan naming pero malakas yung pakiramdam ni Alexander, nalilimang nya kami at saka ang nakakapagtaka sa tuwing malapit na kami sa kanya bigla syang nawawala na para bang nakikita nya din kami. This guys isn’t working on his own.” Alexis said.

Damon played with his pen and throw it beside Chase’s ear, nagulat nalang ako nung makita kong may dugo yung pinakagilid ng tenga ni Chase I don’t know kung sinadya ba nya na daplisan lang si Chase o talagang sumablay sya.

“Chase you are well aware that your life depends on this one right?” Damon said to Chase while clearing his throat.

Iritang tinapunan sya ng tingin ni Chase.

“Alam ko fckyou!” sigaw naman ni Chase kay Damon.

“Kasalanan ba naming na may sa maligno ata to na akala mo may mata sa likod? Saka I am telling you this guy there is something wrong with him. Hindi ko mapinpoint pero nung umaga na sasakay sya sa tren nasundan ko sya, imposibleng makilala o mamukhaan nya ako dahil naka loose jacket ako cap at facemask. Nung nilingon nya ako at tinapunan ng tingin parang nanlamig yung katawan ko,” Alexis said.

 India chuckled a little bit making Alexis very annoyed. Etong dalawang to talaga parang aso at pusa.

“That’s because he knows how to use hypnosis.” India said.

Gulat kaming lahat na napatingin sa kanya.

Diego stood up and inserted a drive into Chase’s laptop, mabilis naman na tumayo si Chase doon at umupo sa sofa at saka kumuha ng chips para manginain.

“Tapos na ba kayo?” tanong ni Diego kay Chase.

“Oo, I’ll have someone put a tracker on him or his car. Kailangan nating malaman kung saan yung mismong lugar na pinupuntahan nya every 10 in the morning. Yun lang yung pinaka unusal na ginagawa nya sa maghapon he isn’t a party guy kaya kailangan din naming alamin kung sino yung babae na mineet nya don sa bar. But the rest is history. The floor is yours,” sagot ni Chase at saka pumikit at umarte na matutulog.

Diego started presenting, while India gave the folders to Drake, Wayne and Damon.

“As you all know Alexander Siegfried De Torres came from a wealthy and powerful clan of De torres, sa  Greenlights Montesorri sya nag-aral noong elementary, Cheyenne Mountain Highschool noong Highschool and he move to L.A to study in BREN university.” India said while pointing on the screen she also gave them photos of Alexander during his recognitions and graduations.

“But we found out na tranferree lang sya sa Cheyenne Mountain Highschool noong third year highschool. Dito sya sa pilipinas nagaaral noon sa St. Bernadette Children’s Academy sadly, wala kaming makuhang impormasyon kung bakit sya nagtransfer wala din kaming nakuhang information sa mga nagging kaklase o kakilala nya sa St. Bernadette.” India showed them a photo of Alexander wearing a uniform used in St. Bernadette Children’s Academy.

“Moving on, dahil sa pagkakaalam ko ay tinrabaho na ito si Sir Drake let’s move forward sa nagging buhay ni Alexander sa ibang bansa. He was an odd man for the rest of his classmates and batchmates. We were able to reach one of his batchmate on BREN University, ang sabi nya Alexander is very intelligent but also weird. He likes and fancy weird stuffs kaya nga daw hindi sila nagtataka everytime na may pacontest sa history or archeology lagi syang kasali at nananalo. Alexander have no criminal records on Colorado. Malinis at planstado but we were able again to track one of the skeleton in his closet.” India said and showed a picture of a woman to them.

“This is Danika Sanders, his former lover. Who accidentally died because of drunk driving. As you can see this woman kind of look like Avie. I got a picture of her and Avie and put it in a college, its on page 4 as you can see kitang kita yung pagkahawig nila.” India said and pointed on my photo and that of the other woman.

“Sabi nung kaibigan ni Danika Sanders, nakatawag pa si Danika sa kanya that night before she died, ang sabi lang ni Danika sa kanya ay akala daw ni Xander ay sya yung babaeng yon na hindi naman nya kilala. And Danika’s friend thought that Danika found out about Avie. Her friend believes that Danika wasn’t drunk that night. Hindi nya din daw alam kung bakit biglang ganon ang lumabas sa imbestigasyon sinubukan din daw nyang magsabi sa pulis pero ang sabi sa kanya ay drunk driving ang kinamatay ni Danika kaya hindi na nila binuksan pa ulit yung imbestigasyon sa kaso.” Diego said while showing the picture of the incident.

Kaparehas ng nangyari sa akin, naaksidente din sa sasakyan.

“And there is one more interesting thing about Alexander, he studied hypnotism. Although walang ebidensya na ginamit nya yon kay Danika we couldn’t really tell right?” sabi ulit ni Diego.

“We also found out that Alexander is obsessed with old things,  para syang sumobra sa pagiging old school can you believe he spent 35 million dollars just for a ring that is used by a king of Egypt way way back? Ganon sya ka obsessed sa mga bagay na sinauna. Maaring may kinalaman din ito sa pagiging malapit nya kay Avie, I heard that Avie has a century old ring that was given to her by her mom.” India said.

“Yes I have that ring, pero kinuha sakin yon ni Alanna, hindi nya binalik sakin. Tandang tanda ko pa bata pa lang kami non, alam nyang ingat na ingat ko yung singsing na yon pero pilit nya pa ding kinuha.  Sinabi nya na sasabihin nya kay daddy na ipatapon ako sa labas ng mansion kapag hindi ko ibinigay sa kanya yon. I don’t remember her giving it back to, kaya baka hindi related doon.” I said to Drake.

Drake just nod at me, acknowledging what I said to him.

“And lastly, this one is very unsual for a normal people to do. He collects rare eye colors. Yes may collection sya ng mga mata na may magagandang kulay. He even preserve it in their mansion at isa yon sa mga ipinaglalamaki nya.” India said while ending her presentation.

“Yung mga mata b ani Avie ay contact lens lang or talagang mata nya iyon?” tanong sa kanila ni India.

“Its her real eyes.” Nanlulumo na sagot ni Drake sa kanya.

Napa upo nalang din ako sa narinig ko kay India, yes I also have rare colored eyes, pag tinignan mong maigi aakalain mon a brown gray ang mata ko pero habang natutukan ito ng ilaw at ng sinag ng araw makikita mong gray na gray talaga yung mga mata ko.

I always get compliments about my eyes, lagi akong natatanong kung anong contact lens yung gamit ko. Oh God don’t tell me its my eyes that he really wanted? Ano ba talaga?