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Fragments Of A Forgotten Past 2

Chapter 1 - "New Page"

...2 Months Later...

"What kind of investigative job again is this, I didn't expect them to be so strange, wasn't this house was just sold two months ago, now there's another case report." said a woman inside her car driving while on the phone

"Just go, and find out what's really going on there, I'll be right there." said the guy in the phone

"Alright David, I think you should come soon." said the woman then hang up the phone

She had arrived, In the afternoon in a house, which looks a bit old, but there is a swimming pool next to it.

"Police, I'm Regina Liu, from the investigation department regarding your reports." said the woman, Regina Liu showing her license

"Great you have arrived, my mom just moved here two weeks ago after we restored this house but something strange keeps happening." said a guy to Regina

"Strange, according to your mother's report she always sees a girl in the swimming pool, isn't that right?" ask Regina to the guy

"Yes, we just want to make sure if there is someone who has smuggled in and is secretly living here." said the guy to Regina worried

"Alright, leave it to me, I will report after investigating it." said Regina to the guy looking around the place

Suddenly at that time a black car arrived in front of the house, it turned out to be David Ma got out of the car.

"How about now, has it started?" ask David to Regina

"Not yet, we're only at the beginning, I think we have to try to demolish this house to make sure there are no intruders?" said Regina to David

It turns out that Regina is David's co-worker, they have known each other for a long time. They are both from the investigation department and both are also seniors.

"But we just renovated this house months ago, it was expensive, please don't damage it too much if possible." said the guy shocked a little

"Yes, we understand, we will try our best." replied David to the guy

"Okay, let's get started?" said Regina to David walking inside the house

"Here's the key." said the guy handing the key to her then step back

After that, Regina and David went in first to start the investigation and found a swimming pool that was calm and serene, unlike usual.

"This place has a really negative aura, but I can't say it's really strong because I feel there's a strong aura." whispers Regina to David

It turns out that Regina has the ability to feel the presence of spirits, she has an inner eye, she comes from a family that has quite a lot of knowledge about magic, in her family there must be someone who has an inner eye in every generation because they are already connected to spiritual knowledge.

"Are you sure?" ask David to Regina confused

"Yes, I'm sure this isn't the first time, we've solved many cases related to spirits too." replied Regina to David with confidence

"If you don't believe me, just go and find out from my family." said Regina to David walked inside

Suddenly a white car parked in front of the neighbor's fence, someone was seen getting out of the car carrying his bag, Regina and David were distracted, and peeked to see who the person was.

"Damn he lives here?" muttered Regina shocked and back off

"You know him, who is he?" ask David curious staring at Regina who is shocked in disbelief

"It's not anyone, really." replied Regina to David smiled awkwardly

"Don't say he's your ex-boyfriends." said David to Regina pointing at her and smiled

Regina didn't reply, she just nodded shyly because it turned out the man was Jake Yang, her ex-boyfriend when they were in college.

"Seriously, this is going to be great." said David teasing Regina who is shyly hiding her face from David

"Why is the gate open, and are there two cars parked there, Is Miss Lu come back here again?" muttered Jake confused walked towards that house

"Excuse me, Miss Lu?" ask Jake suddenly walked in

Jake couldn't see their faces, because they were facing forward, and David laughed again, while Regina told him to be quiet.

"That's enough, we'd better just investigate quickly." said Regina to David holding her embarrassment

"Alright then I won't bother you anymore, come on, let's go back to work detective Liu." said David laughing at her

Hearing that voice, Regina and David were immediately shocked and immediately looked back and who would have thought that Regina and Jake would face each other again after 9 years.

"Regina..., Regina Liu, why are you here?" ask Jake shocked staring at Regina

"Work." replied Regina with a cold stare to him

"What kind of work, real estate?" muttered Jake in a lowered voice mocking Regina

"Then I'll go first, I won't bother you anymore." said David walked in first

Regina then took out her police license and showed it to Jake.

"I thought all this time you were dead, who would have thought you were still alive?" said Jake to Regina

"Dead, do you still have a healthy brain, has it all been completely absorbed by your psychiatrist degree?" replied Regina to Jake mad a little

"Who would have thought that, after 9 years without seeing each other, I thought you were dead." said Jake to Regina

"Then go away, what a nightmares." said Regina to Jake walked inside leaving him in the front gate

"We haven't met for 9 years, but her behavior is still the same, college Regina." muttered Jake then leaving

"Oh yeah, by the way, do you know the previous owner?" ask Regina to Jake suddenly turning back

"Yes, I know her, she was my previous patient, why, did something happened to her?" replied Jake to Regina curios

"Who is she, do you still have her contact numbers, can I have it?" ask Regina to Jake

"No, she and I haven't seen each other for about 2 months now, her medical matters are finished, and patient information must be protected." replied Jake to Regina

"Don't tell me you didn't know this house was sold?" ask Regina to Jake

"Sold?" replied Jake shocked

Countinued...

Chapter 2 - "Sold"

"Don't tell me you didn't know this house was sold?" ask Regina to Jake

"Sold?" replied Jake shocked

"Well, it's sold, aren't you and her neighbors, you should know, especially since she's your former patient." said Regina to Jake

"I didn't know anything after I last met her, the next day I left for training abroad, and didn't contact her anymore." said Jake to Regina shocked

"What kind of psychiatrist like you has no sympathy at all, this is no longer her house, can you give me any information about her, I'll try to contact her?" ask Regina once again to Jake

"You can't ask for patient information, our hospital prioritizes patient personal information." replied Jake then leaving

"Regina, I found something, try coming up here." shouted David from second floor balcony to Regina

After going upstairs, it turned out there was a room that had not been renovated by the new owner, a room filled with old items.

"Look at all the remains of the previous owner that have not been thrown away." said David handing Regina gloves

"That's right, all of this seems to be a long time ago, try checking, who knows, maybe there's a clue, right?" said Regina to David wearing the gloves

David was unpacking the contents of the room, there were lots of cardboard boxes, one by one they were opened and taken out.

"Regina, take a look at this." said David found out something

"What, did you find something?" ask Regina walked towards David curious

David shows a photo in a frame of two twin girls, one is silent, and the other is smiling.

"Twins, it seems there were twins who once lived here." said David handing the photo to Regina getting up after squatting to look around

"Is there anything else you got?" ask Regina to David curious

"There are so many photos of these twins in here, you think all their memory albums are left here." said David showing the box to Regina

"Hmm, then let's secure these items first, who knows they might be important, then we'll continue looking for other items." said Regina to David

"I think I've seen this face before, but I forgot where." said David to Regina looking at the photo

"You know them?" ask Regina to David stare at him

"No, but her face is familiar, like I've seen her before, but I don't know where." replied David to Regina

"Is their surname Lu?" ask Regina to David

"That's right, Miss Lu, Esther Lu, that's her name, but does she have twins, as far as I remember, in the information data, she was an only child." said David finally remembered who was in the photo

"Esther Lu, I saw Jake mention her name earlier, does she have any connection to the police too?" ask Regina curios

"She was involved in the mysterious attempted murder case months ago, but there was no strong evidence, so we couldn't arrest her." replied David to Regina

"She was also a patient of Jake, your ex, according to the information we got about her, she had memory loss, and had just recovered from that." said David to Regina

"It seems like she was complicated, we'll secure it first, and look for another place first." said Regina to David walked out

After that they looked around in several places, and they didn't find anything strange at all, that's when Regina told David that she would start a ritual.

"Are you sure?" ask David to Regina looking concern

"Yes, I want to try it. This isn't the first time I've done this, but it's been a long time." replied Regina to David

"Make sure no one disturbs, I'll start in a minute." said Regina going into a room and starting place ritual things that she brought

"Alright David, I'm starting." shouted Regina to David

"East wind, West wind, North door, South door, open the way and light for these spirits or souls." said Regina started to close her eyes

Inside she saw a woman crying in a hospital gown, and sitting face down in the dark.

"Excuse me, who are you?" ask Regina to the spirit walking towards to it

"Please help me, I've been trapped in here for so long." said the spirit crying for help

"Since when have you been trapped, and what should I do for you so that you can leave peacefully and not disturb the owner of this house?" ask Regina to the spirit

"No I'm not dead, I don't know how long I've been trapped here, seems like months, please help me." said the spirit to her

When Regina approached to see who she was, she was shocked that she was one of the twin girls she had seen.

"Are you one of the twins?" ask Regina shocked stepped back

"Please, I beg you, I heard they want to do a soul exchange ritual with me, please help me, whoever you are." said the spirit then disappears

"Where are you, and what's your name, hey?" shouted Regina opened her eyes

After that Regina came out a little stunned and walked to David who was sitting near the living room sofa who had fallen asleep.

"David..., David..., wake up the ritual is finished." whispers Regina wakes David up

The sky was starting to get dark, finally Regina and David returned to the police station.

...Police Station...

"So what do you see when you do the ritual?" ask David standing beside a coffee machine at police station

"A woman was crying, and when I saw she was one of the twins from the photo, was she Esther?" replied Regina standing between to David staring at the coffee machine

"Esther, I think there is something strange about that photo, I will try to find out whether the photo is edited or real." replied David to Regina sipping his coffee

"She asked for my help, and I don't know how to help her, I don't know if she is actually Esther or not, and is she dead?" ask Regina to David

Countinued...

Chapter 3 - "Twins"

"She asked for my help, and I don't know how to help her, I don't know if she is actually Esther or not, and is she dead?" ask Regina to David

"What do you see besides that?" ask David to Regina curious

"I didn't see anything, but what I noticed was that she was wearing a hospital patient's uniform, was she a spirit who died from illness or a spirit who was really trapped?"

"What are you two talking about, It looks so serious?" ask a co-worker from another division to them, Mark Shu

"Mark, is your case finished?" ask David suddenly to Mark smiled

"No, there are some that have been completed, but this one is very complicated, because we lost track of it." said Mark to them getting a cup

"What case, how come you lost track of it?" ask Regina to Mark curious

"2 months ago, we received a missing person report, and we started searching and tracking with the evidence we got, but at that time we lost track of her, so this case is now cold." replied Mark

"But that person has something to do with the car accident on the main toll road that day, we began from there, but all lost when we're trying to track at a hospital."

At that time Regina accidentally dropped a photo belonging to the twins, and Mark saw it and helped pick it up.

"This is a photo of the person I'm talking about, Esther Lu." said Mark pointing the photo to them

Regina and David heard that and were so shocked that they were stunned. They looked at each other and realized they had just helped Mark open the way to the cold case.

"How come you guys have her photo, and there are two of her?" ask Mark shocked

"I think they are twins." said Regina to Mark

"Twins, but her personal information says she is an only child." said Mark to Regina

"I said it before, I think this photo could have been photoshopped." said David to Regina

"Hmm, at this point I think the person who knows the most about this is none other than..."

It turns out that Regina set off to find information about Esther Lu, the mysterious missing woman.

"Are you sure this will work?" whispers David to Regina with a walkie talkie inside the car

"Trust me." replied Regina to David after rang the housebell

"So what do you want to come here for, another contact number?" ask Jake opening his door for Regina

"Police, hope you can cooperate, Mr. Yang." said Regina showed her license to Jake, then walked inside

"What do you want to find out, detective Liu?" ask Jake playing along

Regina showed Jake the twin photo, Jake took the photo, and he just stood there and looked at the photo.

"Answer honestly do you know them?" said Regina showed the photo to him, and started voice recording with her phone

"That's Ellen and that one is Esther." said Jake sighed and pointing them at tshephoto

"So tsheother one is called Ellen, what do you know about them?” ask Regina to Jake

"That's all I know, I don't know anything else." replied Jake to Regina gave her back the photo

"Are you sure Mr Yang, based on the latest investigation, she has a mental disorder, and also memory loss, as well as trying to attempted murder her own best friend?" ask Regina pointing the photo at Jake

"I think you must be curious about where she's, right, I was too, based on the results of our examination, she had an accident 2 months ago, and after that she disappeared and was never seen again." said Regina to Jake

Hearing this, Jake looked very stunned, as well as shocked, because Esther disappeared so suddenly.

"Accident, disappeared, how could that be?" ask Jake stunned

"Of course anything can happen, if you want to know where she is please cooperate with us." said Regina to him

After a while, Jake finally agreed to cooperate in the investigation of finding the truth about Esther that's gone missing.

"So what is your relationship with Miss Lu?" ask Regina to him

"She was my first patient when I worked at the hospital, and the current patient too." replied Jake to Regina searching for something in his drawer

"Was she the previous owner of the house?" ask Regina to Jake

"Yes, she often comes here to look for her lost memories." replied Jack

As he walked closer he gave some identifying information about Ellen and Esther.

"This is actually private information, but to find out Esther's whereabouts I will help you." said Jake handing the file to Regina

After that Regina read the file, she was a bit shocked because it didn't make sense.

"What does this file mean?" ask Regina to Jake lift the file confused

“Esther is Ellen, and the dead Ellen is the real Esther." replied Jake to Regina

"Does that mean they are twins with swapped identities?" ask Regina looking very confused

"Shortly, yes." replied Jake to Regina

"So how come you know, but you don't report it to the police?" ask Regina to Jake stunned in disbelief

"Because it's none of my business, my job is just a psychiatrist, my job is only to treat patients, not to expose the patient's identity." replied Jake to Regina coldly

"Do you have any updates on her, have you contacted her family?" ask Jake to Regina

"There's no new information, but last time it was said there was an accident, so she should have been in the hospital, but she's no longer there." replied Regina

"We have contacted and visited the family, but they have not been at home from 2 weeks before Miss Lu disappeared until today." replied Regina

After gathering the information, Regina finally finished and ended the investigation with Jake. She was about to leave, but Jake called her from behind.

"If you have any information regarding him, please let me know." said Jake to Regina following her

"Why do you look so worried about her?" ask Regina gave him a smirk

"I don't know, it's just that I feel like I have to know about her, because she is also one of my patients." replied Jake to Regina

Countinued...

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