Murderer

CHAPTER 49 - Christian Secrets

Christian slows down the car after making sure Citra loses track. He turned to a place, where he already had an appointment with someone.

The atmosphere on the outskirts of the Alehanua river was indeed very quiet, he stood staring at the stream that was not too heavy. Until the roar of the motor sport was heard from behind.

The bike stopped right next to Christian's car and the rider in a leather jacket and black leather pants approached with a brown envelope. The man approached without taking off the helmet he was wearing.

“Who are you?” Christian doesn't even know who he's meeting with. Only a text message from an unknown number entered his phone and asked to meet at this place.

The guy laughed, “Stop meddling with the case, let the other prosecutors handle!” The voice of the man was disguised as it was covered in a helmet.

Suddenly, he punched Christian in the face and the fierce fight was inevitable. Christian who was attacked suddenly was not able to compensate for this stranger attack.

The man pulled out a knife and he started attacking Christian with the knife. Strangely, the attack that the person did did not intend to injure a vital part of his body. After injuring Christian's thigh badly enough, he immediately went to bring the envelope that was actually targeted by Christian.

It was a DNA test result between his stepfather and also the image he asked Bara to investigate and somehow this person could have the results of the test. Christian himself has absolutely no memory of his past, he only knows that he is the son of Evelyn and has a stepfather named Darius.

Darius is so mysterious. His mother married him when Christian was sitting on the bench of Junior High. One day she asked Evelyn about the boy on her face who had a burn scar in the photo, and Evelyn said it was her.

“Mama was worried that the burn scars would bother you when you were an adult, so Mama decided to take you to Korea for plastic surgery.”

Evelyn's explanation felt absurd to her now, she had no childhood memories at all with Evelyn or her real father.

Christian opened his eyes, the room was slightly bright due to the reflection of the moonlight from the cracks of the mirror on the wall. The wound is still sore. Right now, only Citra was the only one who could help him.

Christian's hand reached into the pocket of his pants, he tried to turn on his cellphone which had died due to hit during the fight. The flame! Christian cried out in his heart.

He dialed Citra's phone number, but was inactive. Many times he tried and failed, until he decided to give up. He returned to his tired body.

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Dito escorted Citra to a hotel close to the police station, as she could not stay at her parents' house, which was still lined with yellow police lines. Citra was not wanting to rest, but Dito told her to clear her mind for a moment before joining the investigation.

When he arrived inside the room, Citra reached into his pocket and took his phone. It turned out that the object died because it ran out of power, he forgot to bring a cellphone charger. Finally the flat object, he just put it on the table.

The image of her resting on the bed, the hazel iris stared at the ceiling of the room. Anto's shadow suddenly flashed through his mind.

“My door was not broken, Anto himself opened the door. Did Christian go to the house when I lost him?”

“Can he get that relief? Then, Anto hand ... according to Rianti and Bara, it is the work of an expert.”

The image dialogues with itself. He did not understand why the perpetrator seemed to be targeting the people closest to him. God's Hand, Citra believes all these cases are related to the revenge site.

Unsettled, she got up and took a shower to refresh herself. Afterwards, he ran to the police station and hoped to find answers, while borrowing a charger from one of the officers there.

He also hit Dito who was about to go out to buy coffee in the minimarket 24 hours in front of his office.

“A—ku bu—tuh char—ger.” With a loud breath he asked Dito for a charger. The slightly stocky man undoes his intention to buy coffee and invites Citra in.

Several old policemen who recognized the famous policewoman who was reckless and stubborn in solving the case, greeted Citra. Actually, the case of murder by mutilation he had faced here, just when he had just become a police officer.

The case, to this day is still a frozen case, the victim is also a homeless person, he lost a leg and his body hangs with his hands tied up. As usual, having no identity and family, the case ended up being closed just like that.

“You remember when you argued with Commander Norman? Your attitude is exactly like this.” Dito slightly rekindled Citra's attitude when they were both new cops.

A wry smile was seen on Citra's face, she had indeed made a fuss with the commander when handling the frozen case of homelessness.

“File the case ... The file still exists?” The image has a premonition if the case also relates to the red thread of the God's Hand site.

Dito nodded. “There is in the document room.”

“Please connect to the charger for me.” Without waiting any longer, Citra handed over her phone and rushed towards the room that held the document.

He left Dito in front of the door of the room.

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The sound of footsteps suddenly faintly sounded from out there and made Christian wake up. He forced himself to stand up, but earlier he had sent a short message to Citra.

Slowly Christian moves in so that the owner of the move is unaware of where he is currently hiding. Is he going to kill me too? That crazy guy and his mom! He inched away with a sneak while avoiding the flashlight light that had infiltrated from the opaque window glass.

Christian finally managed to get away from the flashlight, but he still walked carefully. He managed to find a new hiding place and hoped that the person would leave immediately.

The footsteps slowly moved away and made Christian breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps it was just a person who happened to pass by. Feeling that his hiding was already insecure, he thought about immediately leaving this old former clinic behind.

This man's hand touched a necklace that was coiled around his neck. The necklace he found in Evelyn's desk drawer.

The round pendant necklace contained a photo of a boy and behind the pendant was a carving of the name 'Gerald'. I don't know why Christian's memory at that time became chaotic. Shadow about children of his age who play in the spacious courtyard, church-shaped building, then a couple of married garment owners.

It was his real memory, before the accident happened. He is not Christian but Gerald, one of Benedict's orphanage children who was adopted by a garment entrepreneur. Their car plunged into the river, killing both of their adoptive parents, and he lost his memory. Afterwards, Gerald recognized himself as Christian.

Not wanting to waste any longer, he prepared to leave the place. Gerald's steps were still limping, his legs feeling numb at this moment. However, when he reached the basement ... his waist felt pierced by a sharp object from behind.

Blood seeped through the torn clothes due to the knife. Gerald felt the horn was pulled by the perpetrator, then returned to hit his body and now right hit his heart. Before Gerald's consciousness disappeared, he had seen a cruel grin from the face with a burn on his cheek.

“Christian ..” Gerald whispered the name on his last breath and he fell.

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