Lady Sherlock: The First Unofficial Case

85: Finally Lifting

#NOTE: EVERYTHING TYPED HERE IS FICTION. PLEASE READERS DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND ALL THE THINGS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR!

"Ctar!"

A very loud rumbling sound was heard from out there. It rained down, it cleared up all the dirt in the world.

Both Haz, Whisk and the people around them looked at the big glass windows of the shopping mall. Little surprise. In such broad daylight, the canvas-like sky painted in gray was filled with black-and-gray clouds. In the end, everyone went back to doing their own activities, not bothering about the natural phenomena that had just occurred.

For Haz and Whisk, the rain only reveals more of the mystery that was hiding. The case they are dealing with, for example. The more they try to find out who did it, the more it feels like the pseudo thing wants to laugh at them.

Impossible. But for a moment, Haz and Whisk must take a break from the fullness of the case with the perpetrator who is hard to find. They are busy with their own thoughts and guessing. What they could find.

Haz's thoughts about Iris, Ric's girlfriend.

If the woman named Iris is Ric's girlfriend, then she should also be made a suspect for what happened to Ric ... Somehow, when I met him I immediately felt uncomfortable. I'm gonna find out. First ....

As Haz unlocks the lock screen of his phone he just picked up from his pants pocket, a phone call from Jel again comes in. It was different than before. He felt a little relieved—in other words, he was already ready to hear what Jel was going to say. Not forever can he avoid something. There are times when it must be faced so that the problem can be solved.

Buyar had Haz's plan to ask the Vinzeliulaika twins, maybe they knew who Iris was, or if Ric, their sister had told them about her. The long-haired woman had to solve one problem first, which was: The problem with Liulaika Jelkesya—actually she did not think it was a problem, she did not think it was a problem, but it did develop into a problem because he was constantly avoiding, making the misunderstanding more complicated and inevitably he had to find a solution.

"What's wrong?" ask Whisk. She was a little anxious when Haz's look immediately turned into fear mixed with a hint of suspicion and pity.

"Nothing, just a call from Jel," replied Haz. He let out a long sigh and thought of what he would say as the opening greeting. He felt awkward, at once foreign ....

"Do I need to lift it for you? Or if you don't want to see the phone first, you can disable your android. Your choice is only three: to lift it; not to lift it; or, to let someone else lift it."

What the Whisk said was the unavoidable truth. Haz must choose between three options that will both plunge him and give him a headache. Haz chooses to slide the green button, raising a call from Liulaika Jelkesya.

As he lifted her up, no words could be spoken from his lips. His voice seemed to be stopped and sandwiched between the soft bones in his vocal cords. As a result he also raises a voice that seems smooth—whispers— to disappear altogether. Whether Jel heard it or not, he didn't want to know about it. What is clear is that he must immediately clear up all the misunderstandings that are happening.

"Hello?"

Whisk pointed to one of his ears, hinting to Haz to give one of his bluetooth headsets, perhaps calling not Jel, but Alkaf who wanted to find trouble with the long-haired woman, again.

Even the sound of the crowd shopping mall is more audible than the greeting thrown by Haz. But it was fortunate that it turned out that the one who called was really Jel and he listened to Haz's greeting.

Haz did not answer. He just waited, until Jel said his next sentence. But no other sentence was heard afterwards, so inevitably he had to answer it.

"Yes." Yeah." Haz answered short, too lazy to reason, let alone reason at length.

Haz doesn't want to remember what happened yesterday. Nothing calms him or comforts him when he is sad and not okay. Only the Whisk, the one who tried to comfort him by being sweet and sincere.

"Do you want to forgive me?" ask Jel from across there.

"Of course" replied Haz.

"really? You're not angry?"

"If you ask me angry or not, of course you yourself also know the answer, Liulaika Jelkesya. But, yes, who has passed let it pass. No need to feel guilty. No need to discuss. You've apologized."

"But, a-"

"There's no buts. I have forgiven you. I need more time to think. I'm still busy here. I hope you can understand how I am doing, "cut Haz down quickly. He is most lazy to hear people who are wishy-washy and use the word "but". Everything that starts with that word will never end well. Things will get worse because of it.

"alright. I-i understand. I hope your feelings improve quickly. After that, call me again. I'm not gonna bother you right now. Whatever you do in your place, move on. I'll hang up."

Finished speaking, Jel actually hung up the phone straight away. He no longer bothered Haz.

Haz, who was holding his breath, was able to breathe a sigh of relief right then and there. He thought Jel would not understand and immediately let out what was in his mind like the woman usually did.

"Haz, do you really forgive him?" ask Whisk when the call ends.

Haz looked at Whisk with a puzzled look, answered the question and asked back, "Of course. Why are you asking me such a ridiculous thing?"

"There's no particular reason, I just want to know, maybe you're just saying it on the basis that he doesn't ask questions" Whisk said.

Haz and Whisk climb up from the escalator, towards the 7th floor, the place to be visited by Whisk. With Zenneth with the two of them, maybe they will be in the shopping mall all day. Till late night.

"Of course that's another reason. The main reason was because I had forgiven him. I can't linger angry with others, it can drive me crazy. And ... There's something I have to do again: call Rika's sister and Riko's sister. I want to ask them something."