Point of view: Ressell Vargas Monteverde and Jessica Jones Wilma
The night in Manila was quiet—so very quiet.
After the meeting at the De Veras’ residence, I felt that every new answer brought three more questions with it, and all of them seemed linked to a single name.
Loki Vargas.
Jessica.
I couldn’t sleep; the nightmare returned—exactly the same scene.
I saw Andrew Reyes driving in the rain, the headlights of an approaching truck, the screech of brakes, the crash, and then—darkness.
I woke up with a start.
Drenched in sweat and gasping for breath, for a few seconds I couldn’t remember where I was.
Then, I heard footsteps.
The door opened.
“Jessica?” It was Linda.
Jeremiah stepped out from behind her.
“Another nightmare,” I whispered.
Linda immediately sat beside me.
“Come to the sofa. You don’t have to stay here alone.” A few minutes passed; I sat wrapped in a blanket while Linda prepared green tea with honey.
Jeremiah sat across from me, watching me with concern.
“My dreams are getting worse,” I said.
I nodded.
“I’m remembering more and more things.”
“From Lisbon?”
“And from back then. A long time ago.”
I took a deep breath.
“Before coming to the Philippines, I saw something strange in Colombia.”
Jeremiah looked up.
“What did you see?”
I remembered that afternoon—the rain, a man running, gunshots, blood on the pavement.
And there was that inexplicable feeling that everything was connected to Loki.
—I think someone was watching me even before I arrived here.
The next day, I decided to call someone I trusted.
Valentina Fernández Monte.
My friend from the orphanage in Colombia—an orphan, intelligent, patient, and perhaps the only person capable of helping me from the other side of the world.
The video call connected quickly.
—Jessica!— Valentina smiled.
—I need your help.
Her expression turned serious.
—What happened?
—I want you to investigate old documents related to Andrew Reyes and Mark Aquino.
Valentina fell silent for a few seconds.
—That sounds dangerous.
—It is.—
—In that case, count me in.
Two days later, something unexpected happened: Valentina arrived in the Philippines.
And she wasn’t alone; she was with a young Korean woman named Kim Hyun Joong—calm, observant…
…and surprisingly skilled at investigating digital information.
When the two of them arrived at the De Vera residence, the investigation took a new direction.
Everything changed the moment Bella Chávez Reyes entered our lives.
She was intelligent—brilliantly so.
And she seemed to know things that others didn’t.
That afternoon, we met at Luisana Morales’s office; present were:
Luis.
Jessica.
Bella.
Ana María De Vera.
Gabriel.
María López.
Valentina.
Kim Hyun Joong.
As the school’s interim coordinator, she was utterly exhausted, yet she remained composed.
“We have to accept a possibility,” she finally said.
“The killer is still inside the school.”
Silence immediately fell over the room; no one dared to argue.
Then, Bella took a sip of coffee and spoke.
“Loki already knew who would die after Lisbon.”
I felt the air leave the room as Luis stood up.
“What did you say?”
Bella slowly raised her gaze.
“Before he died, Loki discovered a list.”
“A list of potential victims.”
“And someone is following that exact pattern.” Jessica froze.
So did Ana María.
“How do you know that?” I asked.
Bella hesitated for a few seconds.
As if deciding how much to reveal.
“Because Loki told me about it.”
“And because one of the people on that list is already dead.”
“Sophia Wilson.” The silence became unbearable.
Luis clenched his fists.
“So, there are still names left.” Bella nodded.
“Yes.”
“And some of them are sitting in this room.” No one spoke again because, for the first time, we grasped a terrifying realization: we weren’t just investigating past murders—we were trying to prevent the ones yet to come.
And as the rain began to pour against the school windows… someone was watching the meeting through a hidden camera.
A masked figure smiled in the darkness.
And he wrote a new name on the list.
«Jessica Jones Vilma.»💨
The arrival of Valentina and Kim Hyun Joong as new allies, the revelation of Loki’s secret list, and the threat that Jessica might become the next victim of Mark Aquino’s plan.