The Goddess of Don Pablo
Chapter 25: Who did it ?

Fergus got off at a stop just off the alley to his flat. He walked through an alley that was just passed by a small sedan car. The area is indeed a simple flat-flat residential area that is terraced. The average flat is no more than 7 floors. Residents living in these settlements are mostly lower middle class people, the majority of whom are immigrants and mixed population.

Ferguso walked leisurely but his eyes stared in all directions. Just as he was passing by a group of young people aged around 14 to 16 years old were engrossed in a joke, his ears caught a conversation of them that caught his attention. He paused for a moment to sharpen his ears listening to their conversation.

" They said the fire was not due to an electrical short circuit..But maybe someone cooked something and forgot to turn it off.until the fire snatched and grew.." said one of the young men among them.

"Stupid you !!! if someone cooks something and they forget to turn it off, is not someone supposed to smell the charred smell and the fire alarm diflat must be lit..and.it is impossible to propagate almost to one floor of the flat.." replied one of his friends chimed.

"Ah, come on.You two know so well! Don't the police know the cause yet ?! Anyway.lucky the fire did not hit our flat !Try you think, if only we did not come out immediately because the fire alarm that sounded.certainly we were burned to the ground.." replied another person again.

"Oh yes, he said there were casualties from the fire ? at night when there was a fire I saw a hospital ambulance was on the parking lot. And they seemed to be carrying someone on a stretcher into the ambulance." his friend replied to his friend.

" Yes, my father said an elderly man who lived on the floor right after the fire broke out, was burned to death.Since he was a little deaf, he did not realize the fire had struck his room." replied his friend.

Ferguso who heard their conversation was interested in listening to him. After Ferguso believes the children are just ordinary teenagers gossiping about a fire that happened some time ago, he approaches them, in search of information that might be useful to him.

"Hi ..can I follow you to chat with you guys ? " said Ferguso approached the horde of teenagers there.

The three teenage boys who were sitting on their backs to Fergus were shocked.

"Who are you, dude ?" ask one of them.

"Oh, I happened to pass by and heard a little bit of your talk about the fires in there ..You are one of the residents there ?" mr Ferguso pointed to a row of flats some of which had been burned to the ground.

"Oh.no.we live in a flat.."the young man answered again, followed by a nod of signs approving the words of his friend, and they showed their hands to a row of flats that were right opposite the flats that had been burned.

"Do you know the beginning of the fire ?I mean..you saw how the fire happened back then ?" ask Ferguso back.

"Hmm.I only remember.at that time the clock showed about 11 pm more..I was awake from sleep.until I heard someone shouting fire..I saw from the window of the room, a puff of black smoke was coming from one of the floors.Furthermore the courtyard was filled with people scattering out and some of them brought buckets of water to put it out..unfortunately, the fire at that time struck quite quickly to the floor...But fortunately a fire engine soon came out of the fire and they managed to put it out before the entire flat across it burned down...We who live opposite the other side also scattered out at that time because of the sound of sirens that sounded fast." replied one of the teenagers explained. Fergus nodded his head.

"Do you know the cause ?" the question returned with curiosity.

"Hmm.we do not know for that matter.but someone who lives on the floor of the flat testified to the police who came that he smelled smoke from the hallway of the flat on the floor. But at that time he thought someone might be cooking/burning something so that it might smell to the room.he did not suspect a fire at that time...But he only realized there was a fire when someone who lived on the same flat floor shouted a fire at that time..By the way.you who are you ?a cop who's investigating a fire or a journalist who wants to write the news ?"ask the teenager curiously. His friend who was sitting next to him had nudged his friend's arm while glancing to signal to his friend, that the question was not polite. Fergus saw. He just smiled.

"Oh ..so..welcome back, Sir.I hope you are not surprised to see the changes that occur there.." replied the young people mince words. Fergus just smiled. He could see they were just ordinary, polite teenagers.

"Ok.thanks.." said Ferguso briefly. He walked by leaving the three teenagers. They saw him for a while until he passed from before them, and then they went back to talking to another topic.

Ferguso. Hmm.the hallway on his flat floor is the source of the fire. About what happened at that time ? Ferguso's mind begins to imagine everything that might be the cause of the fire.

Ferguso's own flat or room appears to be on fire. But fortunately only the front of the living room seemed to burn with some poles and doors that collapsed on fire and some kitchens that looked slightly blackened but not to charred. However, his bedroom was not burned at all. Only the walls looked a bit blackened almost on fire. Until some of his goods and furniture can still be saved. This may also be due to the building construction is quite good. They have automatic fire alarms on every flat/room in their kitchen. Where in the event of a fire in the kitchen, the fire alarm will sound automatically and trigger water to spray automatically to extinguish the fire.

Ferguso was still thinking hard, If the source came from the hallway on the floor of his flat.How can the fire be there ? Could it be that someone deliberately burned down the hallway while everyone was sleeping ?

When he was busy thinking while walking, he did not feel he had arrived in front of his apartment room that did not have doors. Fergusus was silent for a moment. Look at the hallway of the room. Almost the entire floor of the room was burned at the front of the door. Until he could see the neighboring rooms on the floor. On the front it looks collapsed and burned. Wood debris and walls were scattered. Some of the stairs to the floor of his flat were visible signs of burn marks.But it can still be used to go up and down. He looked around him blank. It seems that all the residents on the floor have gone to evacuate. He looked into the room across from her. There's no one. Some of the furniture still looks there is a good and worth using.But still lying there. At the end of the hall looks black and black charred and perforated. Debris was scattered there.

Ferguso Room is number 3 from the end of the room.The floor there are 12 rooms flat.6 rooms on the right side and 6 rooms on the left side facing each other. At the end there is a ladder that connects one floor to another. On the other side of the stairs there is a small elevator for those who want to use the elevator. In the next section, across the hall Ferguso room, to the end of the hall there is a public bathroom and a special room to store various cleaning supplies.

Ferguso saw that the passage seemed clean, as if it had not been burned at all. The fire is just like passing through the hallway that contains the room only up to the stairs. While the hallway there is no sign of burning at all to the end of the hallway.

Could it be that the source of the fire came from this hallway of his room ?How did a fire come out of this hallway all of a sudden ?No way! This must be because it was someone who deliberately set it on fire ? But what is the motive ? Why didn't the fire come from one of these diflat rooms ?If this was Fernando, why didn't he just break into his flat room and burn him alive ?If this guy wanted to kill her, why not break into her flat room ?the doors of Ferguso's flat are just ordinary doors. Someone like Fernando can certainly gouge it out easily...Fernando's posture is also much higher and larger than Ferguso's...Only with one fist Ferguso sure he can definitely be knocked down by Fernando.he is not someone who is good at martial arts..

Ferguso began to appear doubtful about his accusations against Fernando..Was this just his suspicion of the man exaggerating ?and..it just so happened that fire made him relate everything to the man ? Or...could there be another perpetrator who intends to kill him ?

Ferguso grew increasingly confused in his mind. He could not find a perfect alibi.

Fergus enters his room. He checked one by one his things..And...Fergus was flabbergasted when he entered his bedroom. He saw the drawer door of his wardrobe open. Wait !How can the closet be open ?He clearly remembers the first time he returned to his flat. He only took a few clothes off because of panic.He had not had time to touch the other items. Suddenly Fergus immediately remembered something.

Fergus ran towards his wardrobe. Ransacking the entire closet and the rest of the bedroom..Right, he lost something.

He lost his daily agenda. Contains personal life and work-related matters.

Damnit damnit!! objurgation. He was more and more convinced that someone was stalking him and intended to kill him. Someone has preceded him.Who is he ? Fergus began to grow angry until he kicked the closet. He sat in his bed, pulling his hair with his own hands. He's drowning.

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