Dusk

It's empty. The catacomb was as quiet as death... The name on the epitaph was dreamlike... Friedrich C. Reyes... "

"HERE LIES A MAN WHO THOUGHT THAT LOVE COULD HEAL ALL PAIN"

He was wrong, you thought. He died when some holdup guy stabbed him to death when he refused to give the laptop he was carrying. The killer is still at large.

You shed some tears. You were close with Rich (that's what you called him). You still remembered how he told you his dreams. He wanted to be known as the best sound engineer here in Asia. He had some music clips emailed to you and you really thought that they were good. You also remembered how he hugged you when you told him how wonderful his compositions were...

Ah, such a waste of life... You could not imagine the pain his parents has gone through with his demise. You, as a friend had even suffered a great sense of loss... how much more with them?

"I brought you something Rich..." you whispered as you placed TRYK, his favorite comic book. You said a little prayer and turned your back from his tomb...

Your foot steps echoed as the afternoon turned to dusk. You arrived at the gate and that was the time when you saw him.

"You're Liza?" he asked with a sad expression. After your nod he continued, "How are you related to Friedrich?"

"He's...was... a close friend..." you choked.

"I"m sorry," he said and handed you something. He left hurriedly as you opened the envelope. There was key inside and the name ROSE PENSION HOUSE was etched on the key's side. You tried to call the man but he vanished...

You arrived at the pension house with Kim. You asked him to accompany you. The front desk personnel said the name of the person who is registered to the room was Marvin Tan. You suddenly knew it was a fake identity...

The door opened and on top of the bed was Friedrich's laptop.

You moved closer and saw a note posted on it: GHOST!

Was the killer haunted by Rich's ghost? Or there was something else... You cried as you looked at the object of your friend's death.

(photo:jeremylent.wordpress.com)