Paradoxon: Fix In Posterum
The fix 40

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"She died a few years ago," the woman before her explained, making Trish startled and seem to lose her hope in an instant.

"What?" Her speech was wide-eyed. His face that originally seemed radiant now turned moody when he found out if the reporter he was looking for was dead.

"Yes, you didn't hear me wrong. He died a few years ago, I heard he died because his heart disease was getting worse and he died in the hospital at that time," said the woman who then moved from her seat, put some dirty bowls in front of Trish towards a large table that looks like a bar table there. The woman kept her dirty bowls there.

It didn't take long for Trish to get where the editor came from and the name of the reporter who wrote it, because with the help of his acquaintance who is an evolver with the power of hacking intelligence. He can quickly figure out all the information Trish needs. One day he was looking for additional information he needed. Trish enlists the help of one of the police officers to find information about the personal data of the reporter she is looking for. It is not easy for Trish to get information about the reporter she is looking for, the article related to personal data information would be very difficult to give to just anyone, he said, especially if not with a clear purpose in the eyes of the law. But after trying as hard as possible, Trish finally got the information about the reporter.

And after knowing the information, Trish then tried to go to everyone close and know the reporter to ask a lot of things about the reporter he was looking for.

After coming to one by one people close to the reporter, the end of his Trish got another piece of every puzzle that he had been trying to break right. Until the end, here he is. At the place where the close friend of the reporter who wrote the article lived. The woman, who is his best friend, now works as a fast food restaurant owner whose location is in the suburbs.

"really? Then do you know which hospital he was in and when he died?" Trish asked him again. The woman was silent for a moment, trying to remember first before replying.

"Ng. I don't know which hospital he died in, because he was very ill and had to be hospitalized for several months, and it just so happened that I got a job doing an out-of-town interview that I had to leave for a few months. At that time no one told me if she died and I only found out after I came home and accidentally met her husband on the street" she explained.

"really?"

"Yes." Yeah."

"Then what about her husband? Does he know about the article he wrote?"

"Of course he knew, because back then. When he wrote the article, many people criticized and asked the editor to remove the article. His article was indeed removed after he had to be trapped first in the problem and trial due to his writing. But if I think about it, there is nothing wrong with the writing he made. Though his writing is in accordance with what is happening, but the community seems to assume if discussing it is something taboo, therefore, there are so many people who ask for the editor to remove it. And there's even a petition signed by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world asking to be removed, and the articles permanently removed from the web," obviously that woman again. He then grabbed a lap there and approached a table that looked the dirtiest. The woman then wiped her desk.

While the woman is busy with her work, things are different with Trish who is now busy with her thoughts. "It's really strange, if indeed the article has been permanently deleted but why is it still there? Even after sixteen years have passed?" His inner.

"A-ah, that's all I'm curious about."

"Where do you know about the article?"

"That's not important. Oh yeah, then what about where her husband lives now? Did you know that?"

"His husband had also died a year after the death of his wife. You know about a suicide in one of those hotel buildings a few dozen years ago?"

"A fewteen years ago?…" Trish was silent for a moment trying to remember. "Oh yeah, I remember," he said later when he remembered the case.

"It was a case of the death of her husband."

"really? So he killed himself?"

"Yes, because according to the bird news I got. His work did not go well, he was frustrated and he was devastated by the death of his wife. To the extent that he was insane and had attempted suicide several times but failed, and after his tenth suicide attempt, he was completely dead."

"Ah, I see.." Trish responded, now the situation is getting more complicated. Not only about why the article can still exist today, but also because it is possible that his efforts will be in vain because of the two people who will be the source of his information, he was dead, even before Trish asked him his name directly.

"Oh then..What about the other family? Do you know about them? It may be relatives, relatives or...His child may still be alive today?" Ask Trish carefully. The woman was silent, and she stood up straight. Next to his hands ruffled waist, he then fell silent for a moment while shrinking his forehead.

"If I'm not mistaken, they have a daughter," her final when she starts to remember something. Hearing that Trish immediately gave a smile, he seemed to get a bright spot that would lead him to the answer he wanted.

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