Color of Red
III

Triangle

"Mom? I'm not a kid anymore to surprise me like this! " I said while laughing. Kakauwi ko lang sa bahay then I saw our light's off. Every year, my mother does this.

"Mom?" I called her again, but no one answered. This time I turned on the light, but still no mom surprised me. I ran towards our second floor and saw my mom's office open.

When I noticed something in her door, my stomach dropped. I smiled and let my fear dissapear. Maybe this was a prank? I opened a door, and yes, mom did surprise me. Surprise me with her body covered in blood.

"He has hemaphobia that causes him headaches."

I woke up feeling the headache like the doctor said. I saw Destry worriedly talking to the doctor, but it seemed like she didn't understand the situation. Damn, why do I have a stubborn partner? Tsk.

"Ano ba'yan Cheif? Mas uunahin ko pa ba 'yung tangnang 'yon kung si gago nahimatay sa harap ko?" I hissed at hearing that. Her job is to take that criminal. Wala siyang trabaho na kailangan gawin sa akin. Our fucking priority is that faggot. Damn that stalker, I didn't expect him to really stab our client.

It's just too late when I realize that there's blood in our client's body. Damn, why did my eyes turn to our client's body? How many times do I remind myself that I should look to Destry? But everything turns into misplace when I look at our client's body covered with blood. I suddenly remember my past, just like before, where I couldn't do anything and just watched the culprit run.

"Sa wakas, gising ka na." When I saw Destry offer me a juice, I looked at her. Is she kidding me? "Do you know how much I hate red? Then you will give me strawberry juice." I sarcastically said, while looking at her strawberry juice. "Binibigay ko ba sayo? Pinalalagyan ko lang ng straw sayo." I just looked at her and put the straw in her cup. It looks like it's really for her because she's happily drinking that juice.

"How's that stalker?"I asked while massaging my temple. Destry just looked at me and gave me a peace sign. Yeah, she should be sorry for not chasing that faggot. "Bad news! Hindi ko nahabol 'yung stalker." I knew it. I saw her face before I lost consciousness. I saw that she had already chosen me over the suspect.

"Good news naman si Coulter ang nakahuli sa kaniya. Buti na lang nasakto doon malapit ang shooting ni Coulter." I smirked when my Plan B worked. Maybe I failed my Plan A, but I kind of expected I would collapse after seeing the blood. That's why I made Plan B.

"Hmm, I contacted Coulter yesterday. He's also expecting that he is the one who will chase the stalker." I contacted him yesterday, telling him that was my Plan B. If my Plan A fails, he will do Plan B, which is to be the one who corners the stalker, but it seems like Coulter will also be the one who chases him because Destry chose not to chase that criminal. But thankfully, Coulter's schedule of TV shows is fit today.

"Kaso si Rain malala natamong saksak.
Mukhang gilgil talaga sa kaniya ang hayop na 'yon." That's what I thought.

"Be ready, the court trial is at quarter to seven." I saw how her reaction changed, and maybe didn't expect that the crime of the stalker was already in court. I planned all of this, anyway.

"Meron ka'daw Hemaphobia. Takot ka sa 'kin?" Tsk, stupid. "Hindi mo get? Hemaphobia 'yung apelido ko Hima. " I fucking get it. Now I know why she looked confused earlier while the doctor was saying I have hemaphobia. She didn't know what that was. "Ang engot mo, sis! Fear of Blood 'yon!" Damn, now she's here.

"Eh? Sino ka ba?" Damn, these two stupid women. "Lucretia Misty Erchavez! Call me Lusty. " I saw how Destry's eyes were big. Well, that's her chief's sister. "Just tell me what you have to tell me. You know I don't waste time." I know Lusty will tell me something.

"Do you remember anything? I mean, do you remember kung bakit ka nandito? " I suddenly realize something. Lusty is here to ask me if I still remember everything. "I still remember everything." I saw shock in her face. I was also shocked. Damn, how is it possible? I knew I would lose my memory that day, but to my surprise, I still remember what happened.

"Ano 'yung huli mong naalala?" I look at her, and my mind suddenly remembers the last thing that happened before I lost consciousness.

"It was Destry. She was holding my hand."

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"Ngayon na lang ulit akong nakapuntang court." Destry looks amazed while looking at our court. I sit in front while looking at one of the lawyers. It's Lawyer Eliora. I gave her a stalking case at first because she, like me, thought stalking cases were nonsense for us who were always in murder cases. But after I explained everything, it looked like I had convinced her. She's the lawyer for Rain Mendoza.

"Paano mo nga pala nalaman 'yung sa mangyayari doon sa event?" It's already obvious. At first, the stalker sends a poem about Hero and Launder. The Neptune word has a red mark. And as I said, Hero and Launder is about killing someone, which means the stalker wanted to kill our client on Neptune Day.

"Kaya mo tinanong kung merong event that day?" I nodded and smirked. Neptune is connected to Greek mythology through Poseidon. And Poseidon's day is January 31, and the event is also January. "Pinagtataka ko lang, mahal niya si Rain, why did he try to kill her?" Tsk. Who said that?

"Seems like suspect number five is the stalker." I said while smirking. I saw our client attend to this trial. She hadn't recovered yet but seemed like she wanted to see him one more time. "Mukha nga." Destry said while glaring at the stalker.

"Shan Mendoza is guilty of four crimes. Blackmail, Conspiracy, Mauling, and Parraside. "

Right, he's also guilty of conspiracy. Nakipagsabwatan kay Sando Ruiz, and clearly blackmailing our client. While mauling is attacking our client, that causes a bloody injury and also a parricide for trying to murder his cousin.

"Also, guilty of Homiside after killing Sando Ruiz." Lawyer Eliora said that made me smirk. So, he's the one who killed Sandro? Maybe he's scared. I let our client know the news para makarating kay Shan. And when Shan knows, he knows he needs to take action. He will only talk to Ruiz but end up killing him unintentionally. Maybe because of the sudden black vision? He also makes a copy of Ruiz's video while masturbating and says Rain's name, at pinagmukha niyang sa kaniya iyon. This stalker is brilliant.

"Putangna, siya pala ang pumatay?" Akala ko ikaw? " Yeah, I know Destry. But I also stated that I had a hand in his death. I  give him two choices that time: he will cut his dick and I will let him live, or I will set him free, and someone will kill him outside the jail. But it looks like he really loves his dog. My plan worked. I also triggered Mendoza to take action against Ruiz.

"Oh? He's disgusting! He had a secret desire to see his cousin. I said loudly, making all the people in court gasp. also reported from outside. I laughed when I saw his reaction was priceless. "Nakakadiri ka!" All the people here are shouting at Shan that he's disgusting as fuck. I look at our judge and tell him not to do anything because the show is about to begin.

"Putangna! There is no taste in my mouth! Ginawa ko 'yon kasi galit ako sa kaniya! Mang aagaw siya!" Shan suddenly burst, and that made me laugh. Damn, this is exciting. "Ano 'daw? Sino namang inagaw ni Rain? " Destry whispered.

"Hindi ko matanggap noong nalaman kong ikakasal na sila ni Arthur, so I make a move! Galit na galit ako dahil inagaw niya sa akin si Arthur."

"Putangna, bading ang hayop." Destry whispered something that made me chuckle. It's obvious that the one he likes is our client's boyfriend. Shan looks at Arthur differently, like his eyes spark, while he looks at his cousin like he wants to murder her.

"Kung ganoon alam ni Coulter na bakla si Shan." I nodded. He knows that's why he's joking about Shan being a gay ginagawa niyang biro pero totoo'yon. And also the clue that Coulter gave to Destry, isang rainbow nagsisimbolo sa LGBTQ, their flag that is colored rainbow.

"Wow. Ibig sabihin pati 'rin' yung envelope na pinapadala sa bahay ni Arthur? Para sa kaniya pala talaga! " That's also right. As she can see, Shan gave our client a red envelope, and it's all about threats. But, all of a sudden, the threats turn into confessions, at pinapadala sa condo ni Arthur. It's not for our client, it's for her boyfriend.

"Fake news pala sa red."

"You forgot, red also symbolizes jealousy and anger."