GRIEVOUS VENGEANCE

CHAPTER 7

"Let's talk to my father again," Janine suggested. "He is now the investigator in today's murder case related to cyber bullying." Mark agreed, so they called Janine's father and asked him to come to Mina's wake. SPO3 Alistair arrived immediately after half an hour.

"We will trace her IP address. Hopefully she's not using a proxy server." Janine's father called his colleague. "Cruz, could you trace the IP Address of CoolDoreen, one of Mina Garcia's bashers on ChitChat. Hurry up. Call me as soon as you trace her."

A few hours later, Janine's father's colleague called back and found the girl's IP address. It was already dark, so using Mark's car, they hurried to CoolDoreen's house located in a nearby province. It took them two hours before reaching the house of Mina's next target.

"Doreen Mariano, seventeen." Janine's father glanced at his wrist watch. "10:20 PM. We are ten minutes early." They knocked on the door of the house. No one answered but they heard a scream from the inside. SPO3 Alistair kicked the main door and it broke the lock.

They went inside and there they saw Mina, coming out of the laptop monitor and pointing her hand to reach the neck of the frightened girl. "Go away!" the girl screamed.

"Mina!" Mark shouted. The woman's scary face turned to them. Her eyes are pitch black and her skin is pale. Traces of dark veins all over the face. One of the eyes is popping out of its socket.

She seemed to realize her brother was there. "Mark..." A deep voice came out from her. Her eyes dimmed as she stared at her older brother.

"Mina. No. Stop that. It's not you," Mark's worried plea to her younger sister. He came a little closer to talk to her sister.

A few tears fell on Mina's eyes. "It's their fault that's why I died. I did not commit suicide. I didn't realize I took the wrong medicine in ample amount because of my depression and anxiety, because of what they did!" Tears welled up in her eyes. She looked sharply at the woman in the corner of the living room, great fear shown in her face. "I had no intention of killing myself."

"Mina, not this way. The time will come when all those who bullied you will get their karma. Do not get your hands dirty with the blood of creatures like them. I know you, you are my sister. You are a good person and they do not know that because their minds are narrow," Mark's tearful plea to the sister.

"How? How will they pay for what they did to me?" Mina said angrily.

"I will find the IP address of all the cyberbullies, and we will charge them. Like this, we found her." Then he pointed to the terrified woman on the floor.

"Mina..." Janine called her, to try pacifying her soul. "I know you do not know me, but you are a fan of my sister and her friend. They cried when they found out you died. Even though many bullied you, but you should not give up for those who love you. You have your fans, your older brother, your uncle and your mother. "

"M-Mina, I'm sorry if I bullied you. I'm really sorry. I was wrong," Doreen's shakingly said in apologetic tone. She got to her knees to ask for forgiveness.

"Mina, your heart is big for everyone. That's what my sister's kindness I remember. Are you still my sister I love dearly?" Mark wiped the tears that ran down on both of his cheeks.

"Brother," Mina cried. She nodded.

"That's enough. I want to keep the goodness of your heart in the afterlife. Have a rest, please. We'll see you again when the time comes." Mark tried to touch his sister's face but it just penetrated.

"Yes, Brother. I'm sorry. I'm sorry if I upset you. Tell Mama, I'm sorry. I love her very much." Gradually, she disappeared into the air.

Mark approached Doreen, holding her on both shoulders and supporting her to stand up. "Be quiet about what happened, okay? And stop bullying if you don't want it to happen again."

Doreen nodded quickly, again and again as her tears flowed.

"Doreen? What happened? Why is the door broken?" Her mother rushed into the house and then came over and hugged her child.

"Ah uhm..." she hesitated to look at Mark and the others in their house before answering her mother's question. "A-a man came in here with a bad attempt, they saved me." Then she sank into her mother's chest and cried.

"Poor, my daughter. Are you hurt?" She hugged her child and kissed her forehead. "Thank you so much for saving my daughter."

They said goodbye and Mark, Janine, Jackie and SPO3 Alistair left the house and went to the car to go back to Mina's wake.

"'Dad? How do I see Mina's next victim?" Janine asked her father curiously.

"We still don't know yet, but you had the same experience when you were still a child." Janine's father messed up her hair. "Come on, let's go home."

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"It was discovered that an unknown man was entering the house of cyberbullies to kill those who had an account on the social media platform ChitChat. A girl we hid under the name CoolDoreen was rescued from the hands of the person who wanted to kill her. police are tracing all account holders of the said website to warn them to beware of the serial killer of cyberbullies.The police are also taking action to shut down the said website whose the main purpose is to encourage bullying the actress Mina Garcia and other targeted celebrities. The police found out that the former owner of the website, Greg Del Mundo, courted Mina but she turned him down several times so he made social media to ruin her. The police and the actress' camp will study the case that can be filed against Del Mundo. I am Jennifer Sanchez, reporting. "

Mark sighed as they watched news, then he turned to Jackie and Janine. "Thank you again."

"It's nothing. You're always welcome, especially with Janine. Isn't it?" Jackie teased her friend, Janine glared at her.

Mark laughed. "There's nothing wrong, Janine. We're both single, right?"

The girl's cheeks turned red because of what the young man in front of her said.

"Ask permission from us and her mother before you court our girl." Janine's father teased the two. "But I root for you, don't worry."

"Dad!" Janine called out her father.

"Hey, my best friend is blushing." Jackie tickled her best friend. The two chased each other in the living room of Alistar's house. Mark laughed while watching the two of them.