Chapter 525: 525
My interest got piqued by her statent but I already know the nas of the main guys I was looking for. Before she even got to say their nas, I went ahead of her, “Wu Ching, Jason Lim, Peter Colangco, Herbert Tuan, and Garbo Marcelo. Which one of them was present here? You know, before they took off.”
Donabelle’s eyes widened and she just bitterly smiled, “G-Garbo Marcelo and Jason Lim… we call him Mr. Lim…”
“And the other three?”
“Herbert Tuan is already dead but I don’t know and haven’t t or even heard the nas of the other two…”
“He’s dead? What happened?”
“H-He… he just never ca back from a run. A few of his n died too and… and… the fights started after that.”
“Fights? You an an inner conflict between them?”
‘Is it the sa ti when we’re in the City of Manila? Hmm… I guess the president already took care of one of them…’
“Y-Yes…”
“If they started fighting one another, how co did they leave hand-in-hand? If it was , I would be offing the other one or handing them as a bargaining chip.”
“I… I don’t know… We were just… your guys attacking the harbor and us being outnumbered might’ve changed their minds or sothing…”
“I see… anything else to tell ?”
“Are you really not gonna kill us?”
“I already told you, if you haven’t had a sip of-”
“I didn’t! I swear! I could do many things! Many, many~ things… whatever you want I co-”
“Stop.”
“Please, check my body again… I could strip down if you want! Here! Look at ! I don’t have the black lines they’re talking about too! I’m not burning up too! I’m normal! Just take !” Donabelle exclaid, stripping all of her clothes in front of before I managed to stop her.
Each of her clothing was now removed, and her bare body was on display. I felt nothing but pity the mont I laid my eyes on her because she was hiding more wounds in deeper places. Besides the burn marks from the cigarettes, bruises and other wounds were present which I surmise didn’t co from a deadhead. Instead, they all ca from the people who abused her and twisted her mind to such a degree.
There was a mont when she flipped and tried to seduce once more but when she noticed that I wasn’t interested and just pitying her, she just switched back and cried as she put on her clothes.
“Donna… I’m gonna tell you again. After a few days, if we see no signs of you turning into one of them, you only have one thing to pass on. I’m gonna verify the information you gave and I hope you’re telling the truth. Those two things will decide whether you live or not and I hope to see you in a better shape than now.”
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“Furthermore, I could tell that you need help. I’m gonna talk to each one of you first and I’ll bring all of you to stay at my place for the mont. You’ll be given all the basic necessities and after a ti, depending on yourselves, you’d be part of my group. First-”
“Really?! That’s great!”
“Listen, I want you to have a talk with soone.”
“Soone? Who?”
“A professional. She’s helped a lot of people deal with stuff and I’m sure she could help you in your situation. In our world today, almost no one would have this chance and I hope you make the best of it. We’ll talk again once everything is accounted for. Again, do you have anything else to tell ?”
“…”
“Okay, see you-”
“Wait…”
“Yeah?”
“Thank you… could I give you a hug?”
“Hmm? No, sorry. How about this? Let’s start with an upwards nod first, yeah?”
“Hahaha… sure… for the record… I never drank from the faucet since yesterday… I have my own bottle that I haven’t finished…”
“Hmm, that’s good. We’ll see.”
“Still don’t trust , eh? I hope you do soday…”
“Of course.”
“So, upwards nod. Like this?” Donnabelle nodded upwards.
“Yep.” I returned with my own.
Donnabelle just faintly smiled after that and I called for the soldier watching outside. She was soon escorted to the rest of the group and soon, a much older lady walked into the room I was in. She was also wearing a fresh set of clothes but she was nervous as she laid her eyes on .
‘Let’s see… Ilda Vargas, 68 years of age… used to be married to Reynaldo Vargas who was not here… a housewife and a mother of two which were also not present among the group outside…’
“Please, sit down.”
“You… you look young… are you really a soldier, young man?”
“Not exactly. Can I please know your na?”
“My na? Umm, I’m Ilda Vargas…”
“Age?”
“68…”
“Civil Status?”
“I’m a widower… I was married to Reynaldo Vargas for close to 30 years…”
“I see… can I know what you used to do before it started? You know, the end of the world?”
“I don’t really have a job that ti. I used to be a school teacher but I resigned to take care of my kids…”
I began to ask questions which I already know the answer to and this ti, it went smoother than expected. Everything checked out and I started to ask questions to which correlated to the information Donnabelle gave .
“Tell about the people who used to be in charge here.”
Ilda looked down as her eyebrows scrunched up and said, “Ah… there’s this cop I saw in the news before and a Chinese guy we always call Mr. Lim. There was this other one but he never ca back. I think they c-call him He… Herber? Herbert? I’m not really sure but he’s half-Chinese and half-Filipino…”
‘Checks out…’
“I see… can you tell about the work they make you do here?”
“? It’s all housework… I’m in charge of cooking food, washing dishes, laundry, cleaning, and etc. but it’s several tis harder… I have a few people with so it’s bearable, to say the least… I’m lucky they never made kill… those poor fellows outside…”
“Poor fellows? You an the dead?”
“They’re really poor fellows, aren’t they?”
“In a sense, yes. But if you think about it, it’s better to lay them to rest, right? If we let them as is, they might hurt more of us and make it harder for the ones trying to solve this thing.”
“Hmm… I guess you’re right about that, young man…”
I tried to ask more questions but Ilda didn’t know as much as Donabelle because she was mostly inside one of the warehouses, doing the work she’s been told to do with the others. When I asked her about what she knew about Donabelle personally, all she told was she would do odd jobs here and there. She told that Donabelle would sotis disappear for a day or two and would co back with bruises that needed to be tended to.
“I see, thank you for the info. As we agreed upon, we’ll first make sure that you’re not-”
“I know, young man. But let tell you, if it’s my ti, it’s my ti. No one can change that… wouldn’t you agree with at least once?”
I just smiled as I let a soldier escort her outside but that was when I heard people working on the front gate that was destroyed. I was looking through the window from the second floor and I could see everything from up here. The n that Morales called to get here brought several tools and building materials to construct a new gate and I stepped outside to get a better look.
Jose tapped from behind, “What are you doing here? Done already? I rember you have more to talk to, right?”
“Yeah, just curious about the type of gate you’ll be building.”
“Nothing too fancy. We just need to make a simple and sturdy one before the sun sets and we’ll just make it better tomorrow. Worst case, we just patch it right in and have a few vehicles block the entrance.”
I scratched my chin as I looked to the side, “Ah, then I suggest making a poor man’s airlock then. You could use those shipping containers on those trucks as a makeshift funnel on the outside if you line them by the side of the entrance and start to weld a few hinges for the gate. You could use those shipping containers as platforms too or if you’re adamant about it, stack two at each side and just make use of a ladder to get to the top and have so people watch over it.”
“Yeah, that could work.”
“Cool, happy to help.”
“No, you’re helping us make it. Most of what you said flew over my head so tell my n to do the heavy lifting.”
“I still have to-”
“Stay here for the night then. I need to talk about sothing important with you too.” Morales suddenly popped from behind us.
‘Great…’
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