Unexpected Love

Chapter 1

I'm here at the crime scene.

Habang tinitignan ko ang kapaligiran ng apartment ng biktima, Chief Williams calls again.

"Nathalie, you there?"

"Yes, sir!"

"Brief me, anong nangyari?"

"Razen Stevens, 29 years old, murdered in his apartment. Sending you the photos now."

"Hmmm..."

"Paki tignan po yung pictures, Sir."

"Yes, there was a struggle obviously ... Tignan mo ang lahat ng ito."

"Oh, that was already there before the murder... The victim was a musician, you know, a reckless type.."

"Oh, well that explains it. No criminal with any self respect leaves a mess like this. Any leads, anything of significance?"

"Yes, sir. Yung mga kapitbahay niya ay narinig nila ang huni ng b***l at 3:53 am. When we busted in, we found the victim on the floor at ang kanyang roommate ay nakatayo right next to him. The roommate seemed to be in shock. His hands were all red, so I arrested him immediately. It turned out to be a red paint only, though. The guy is a painter."

"A painter and a musician, sharing an apartment... pwedeng magkaroon ng disaster."

"We identified the murder weapon sir, and no such g*n was to be found in the apartment."

"Yung roommate ba ay witness or suspect?"

"For now, we are treating him as a suspect. Yung tingin nya kasi at yung red paint could have been part of a plan, an elaborate plan either."

"Exactly, Nathalie any other leads?"

"Whoever shot him, also shot at the laptop, as you can see sa mga photos na sinend ko sayo."

"The victim's phone ay hindi din mahanap."

"Can our computer guys hack his f*******: profile?"

"Di niya ginamit iyon."

"OK, we will figure something out. I need you to find out the details. Saan siya nagtatrabaho, who he was seeing, and anong uri ng kaibigan ang mga kaibigan niya."

"Of course, sir. I'm on it!"

"Just watch out, not to fall in love with some of his friends! I've heard those artists can be very charming."

'What to say?'

"Chief, I thought kilala mo na ko. No affairs on the job, also I don't fall in love easily."

"You know I'm just kidding."

"Can we go back to the murder, please?"

"All right, what's the plan?"

"I'm going to interrogate the suspect. We'll see where it gets us."