As Risa was being taken away by the cops. She was in the state o extreme depression.

As the cops left Momo alone in the room, fall on her knees with despair on her face.

Minutes later, she had gathered energy to move. She fixes herself, sat down and made a phone call.

After the call, she pauses for a minute and recalls what happened then suddenly she rushed to James.

"You!!!" Momo shouted in a wrathful voice, pointing toward James while charging him then she pushed him so hard that he stumbles to the person next to him.

"You're the one who gave Risa's note to the police! Right!?" Momo charged in furiously but was stopped by the other employers around them.

"You're insane! What the heck are you talking about! What you're saying!" James shouted and stands up.

"You liar!" She exclaimed and prepares to attack James again.

"Momo!" Shouted by the woman who's standing far from them.

It was Mrs. Reese and her husband Mr. Harley.

"Stop already!" She shouts again and instructed her husband to get Momo out of there.

"You heard her guys, so quit it!" Mr. Harley said then grabs Momo's hand.

"Let's go, Momo." Mr. Harley said and the employees let her go.

"Serves you right!" James shouts and fixes himself.

Momo escapes from Mr. Harley's hand and was about to charge James but Mr. Harley stopped her again by pulling get arms.

Mrs. Reese glared at James furiously.

"Please, both of you stop it already. Let's talk about your problem Momo." Mr. Harley begged and Momo calms down as they went to the conference room.

Inside the conference room, Momo explains about what happened to them. The couple knew also about Risa's Curse as they were the ones who raised Risa when her parents left her.

"So did you got Risa back after pushing that guy?" Mrs. Reese asked, Momo bow down of shame realizing her mistake and starts to twitch her fingers.

"Honey, Momo had enough already. Don't scold her anymore. Let's help her instead." Mr. Harley said and Momo looked at him with teary eyes.

"Look. Momo, I know how you feel, but it is not right to blame others, especially when didn't prove that he did it." Mrs. Reese said, holds Momo's hands and Momo nods her head.

"I know it's him. Risa always keeps it safe to her and it started to gone when James bumped her." Momo burst to sadness and start to cry, Mrs. Reese responded with a sigh.

"Momo, we don't have any strong evidence that he did it on purpose. No one saw him or caught him in the act. Even the cops didn't tell you either, right?" Mrs. Reese said.

"It's all in the past now. What's done is done. Honey, Momo, what matters most is where they brought Risa and how is she doing." Mr. Harley said. Mrs. Reese pulls out her phone and starts dialling.

"Mrs. Reese, should we contact her mom. She might come in rush to search for her." Momo said but Mrs. Reese thinks it is not a good idea.

"She won't. I know her. She will not prioritize Risa over finding her husband." Mrs. Reese said and still try to call the number.

"We can still give it a try if she answers." Mrs. Reese said and Momo smiled with a bright of hope on her face.

"I will try to call my police friends if they know anything." Mr. Harley said and also started to make calls.

Mrs. Reese's is dialling her phone and ringing.

"She answered! Hello?" Mrs. Reese exclaimed and they got surprised.

"Hello? Reese? What's wrong? why did you call me?" a woman's voice answered the phone and Mrs. Reese gives an okay sign to them.

At the Canadian Embassy where Officer Ron brought Risa.

Before they get out of the car.

"Put this on her." Officer Ron handed a black cloth and the cop covered Risa's head.

"You handcuffed me and now this cloth. What? Am I a criminal now?" Risa asked.

The cop beside Risa opens the door, they get out of the car. Risa felt the sun lighting her up and felt relieved.

"You will find out soon." Officer Ron whisper and they headed inside the building.

As soon as they were in the building. Officer Ron was welcomed by his other colleagues.

Risa felt dizzy then she lose her consciousness. Got back on herself when Officer Ron calls her attention and she realized they were in a room already with an executive.

"Captain Armstrong, this is Risa, the one I mentioned yesterday. Her notes show information about the crimes of the mass murders and about the crime that took place last week." Ron said and uncover Risa.

"Risa, this is our head inspector and was also in charge of the mass murder cases. Capt. Armstrong." Officer Ron introduced him to Risa and she smiled gently at him.

"You can call me Armstrong. We are allies and should we'll get to see often if you are going to help us." Armstrong said and Risa replied with a nod.

"First, I'm sorry. I heard, Officer Ron was being hard on you. Ron, apologize to her." Armstrong said and Ron apologizes to her.

"That's okay, it's all in the past now, Captain," Risa said and she saw Officer Ron clenching his fist.

Armstrong corrected her saying "Armstrong, just call me Armstrong." Ron was about to disagree but Risa...

"I believe I am in no position to call you like that," Risa said and heard Officer Ron clicked his tongue.

"No, Risa. I feel ashamed to myself that we are asking your help on these cases." Armstrong and Ron sadly bow down his head.

"Ron here, he is not a bad person. I know how determined he is and you've seen it also." Armstrong continued and Risa looks at Ron.

"I Know he is. I just only hate his temper." Risa said and Armstrong laugh.

"Anyways, could you explain to us Risa, what you know about the crime last week?" Armstrong politely asks.

"As I said earlier to Officer Ron. It was an ambush. After the cars exploded the remaining soldiers were shot from afar." Risa said.

"Snipers," Armstrong said, Risa agreed and Ron confirmed that not all died with the explosion but were being shot. It makes also Risa's testimony true when Ron confirmed that near the soldier was a mint dropped on the floor.

"How come, you know this all when we are here in a separate country?" Armstrong asked.

"I don't know why it is from another country but what I know is I am cursed. Whenever I witness people doing wrong things, it will bring me scenes of mass murders, what I don't

understand is, why it is always in another country and up until now they are all in Canada." Risa said and Armstrong leans back on his seat.

"Good thing, we can say for now that it happens in one country and hopefully, sooner or later we can narrow them down," Armstrong Responded and Officer Ron agreed with him.

"We have been working through these cases for a very long time and it is not only about our goals but also the other people live at stake.

"Do you know when will it happen again?" Armstrong asked and his secretary placed a laptop on his desk.

"Before I was brought here. I lost myself, we came across to a person which triggered my curse" Risa said and Armstrong started to type down notes.

"This time it is a man with a bomb vested on him. The scenes were shaky and feel like I don't know myself." Risa said and secretary Hana gave Risa bottled water.

"A suicide bomber, eh?" Armstrong asked but Risa shakes off her head.

"No, He doesn't know that he is wearing a bomb vested on him," Risa said and they got confused with her.

"how come he doesn't know that such a big thing is on him?" Ron asked.

"He had brief amnesia. That's what I figured out when I felt blood dripped from his head" Risa continued and Armstrong looked on his watch.

"How much time do we still have before it happens?" Armstrong asked and Risa looked at the time.

"20 minutes from now," Risa answered, Armstrong, asked Ron to prepare the Control Room and asked Hana to call 911 in Canada.

"How is the bomb triggered?" Armstrong said, stood up and opened the door.

"I don't know. but when he started to remember a thing and when he saw the cops. He ran across towards the pedestrian and right through the middle. it got cut off." Risa said and Armstrong asked her to come with him to the Control Room.

"So we can't have the cops involved in here," Armstrong said, Risa nodded and he started to make a call. Armstrong continues and they entered the Control Room.

Inside the Control Room is like a Large conference hall universities are using. with a Huge Screen at the front facing the people who are working on their computers.

"Open up the Surveillance system for Canada! Do you know where is it, Risa?" Armstrong asked and the screen changed the loading up a Surveillance system.

"it is an interconnection next to a school in Edmonton," Risa answered after the screen loaded they viewed the schools which are in Edmonton.

The screen loaded up several cameras across the city. which Risa sees a man on a formal suit, standing still and just about to cross the intersection.

"There he is! that's him!" Risa shouted, pointing the man and the camera zoomed in to the person with a formal suit.

"Sir! 911 already confirmed they are going now to the area bringing a bomb specialist with them." Hana said and they all look at the screen.

"We've found him but the thing here is, how are we going to stop the explosion to happen.?" Ron said, as all of them puzzled and Risa is trying to remember the scene she saw as there was something off on it.

The police come but only stayed away from the man. They also closed the lane from the school and the other lanes to keep the people safe away from the operation.

"The man didn't run off until he saw the cops. Does it mean there's another reason why he started to remember things?" Risa mutters and tried to recall the scene she saw.

"How and what triggers him to remember?" Ron asked himself, thinking of what it is.

"Remember? Oh! It's the song!" Risa Exclaimed. She asked the guy on the computer to zoom out the camera.

Beside the Man is a woman holding the hand of her son, who's watching Coco on his tablet. Risa gave a note to Armstrong to asked the nearby store to play this song loud enough to be heard in the streets.

Just when the song "Remember me" plays, a nearby store plays a loud song which the man notices.

You are my sunshine by Johnny Cash played and the man stopped. As the lights went green, the others cross and the man left alone standing.

The man covers his ear with his hands and started to scream in pain. The lights turned red.

All other people were across the lane, some looked at the man, some already walked away.

"Sir. The man stopped already. Should we go in?" Asked by the bomb squad who are waiting for orders.

Armstrong gave confirmation and the cops and the rescuers move in.

As the man saw the cops coming, he fell on his knees and began to cry. He thought they are going to arrest him.

"Do not worry Sir. You're safe. Don't move." the Rescuer said, started to unbutton the man's suit and worked to diffuse on the bomb on his vest.

"Sir, there is a proximity sensor attached to the bomb's circuit." the rescuer confirmed and as they looked at the light, it is blinking fast already.

"That means, it's about to explode, If he made 2 to 3 steps away," Ron said. The rescue team brought reassurance to their team and mostly, to the civilians.

"Search for the receiver! Check the perimeter! The one who set this up might still be near." 

Armstrong shouted felt uneasy for the bomb is still active and the police began to move as quickly as possible.

The police scatter all around to hunt down the receiver. As the Rescuer cut the wires he is talking to the man to keep his calm. They found out that the man was supposed to fetch her daughter in the nearby school.

On the other side of the intersection, the police blocked the way to stop the cars and avoiding getting people in.

As people started to Swarm around, across the lane a girl shouts.

"Papa! Papa!" the girl shouted and waive as the man smiles to his daughter and the police gave way to her.

"You have such a beautiful daughter. Sir" the rescuer said as her daughter running towards its father and man cried and replied. "Yes, she's my treasure."

All the people in the Control Room shouts of their joy for the success of the operation as they saw that the bomb was defused already and the rescuer helping him remove the vest.

"Great work, Team!" Armstrong shouts and Ron jumps in joy.

Risa was on tears of happiness looking at the people around her jumping, shouting and clapping to the successful operation they did.

But as she looks back to the screen, She sees a red dot on the man's head.

"Look out!" Risa quickly shouted.

Bang! A shot came piercing the man's heart. Blood spatters everywhere.

The man reached out his hands to her daughter but it was too late for them.

"Papa!" the girl screams for her father. As all the police aimed their weapons in a different direction to protect themselves and to search for the sniper, while the rescuers check immediately the man's condition and waiving off that the man has died.

Risa and the others were all stunned on what they witnessed. The room full of joy and happiness suddenly turns into misery and sorrow. The room is now full of silence. Even the captain has no word coming out to his mouth after the shooting happens.

Risa burst in screaming and crying, as secretary Hana, who's speechless beside her just hug her tight.

Right after their eyes, the man died instantly with a gunshot on his chest. A single life that they can't save.

"Interesting." a lady wearing a brown coat, hat and sunglasses whispers a far from the scene and walks away.

At the same time, in a building across the crime scene. A bearded guy closes the rooftop's door and talking to a man on the phone.

"It's Unfortunate that we failed killing many as we can this time but we can't let that man live." As the voice on the phone said to the bearded guy.

"You're Right. Still, I silenced him forever. So the rest assured they won't discover us anymore." Answered by the bearded guy.

As he steps down the stairs, he closes the door and the police car's siren rang outside.

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