The Sixth Passenger - Chapter 14 : Dad's love

📅 24 June 2027

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🕛 Sunday, 9:20 AM

📍 Jegan's House, Cheras

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We were all stuck in a loop of questions that had no answers. The evidence against Babu was as solid as it could be. The photos. The knife. The cult symbols. The girl chained. The suicide. It all pointed to him.

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But Jegan broke the silence.

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> "You still didn't see Shabana's spirit vanish into spores, right?"

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I looked at him and shook my head.

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> "Nope. Not yet."

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Jegan nodded slowly.

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> "Then we know what that means."

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He was right. We had always believed the spirit would only rest - vanish - once her killer was caught. But Shabana's spirit was still here. Still watching.

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So then... if not Babu - who?

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My phone rang. It was Dr. Agilan.

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> "Yugan, your father is awake. He wants to talk to you. You should come."

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Martin and Jegan stayed back to review everything again. I rushed to the hospital.

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📅 24 June 2027

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🕛 Sunday, 11:20 AM

📍 Hospital Pantai, KL

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Outside the ward, I saw Kayal and my sister waiting. Dr. Agilan placed a firm hand on my shoulder.

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> "He's asking for you."

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I hesitated. I carried a quiet guilt inside - as if I had caused my father's condition. Years of silence between us, and now this. But I walked in.

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He was lying in bed, thinner than I remembered, but his eyes - they still had strength.

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> "Come sit, son..."

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His voice was softer, but each word hit deep. He apologized. For everything. For not understanding me. For pushing me away. For staying silent all these years.

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I didn't expect it. But the wall between us crumbled.

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> "I was wrong," he said. "This world needs you. Maybe I didn't see that before."

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My throat tightened. I stopped him mid-sentence, eyes welling.

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> "No, Appa. I should've listened too. But now... I'm glad we're here."

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He asked me to come back - to live with him and my sister again.

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I agreed.

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For the first time in forever, it felt like home was returning.

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He even joked about the hospital's "expired medicine smell" and how badly he missed his usual teh tarik.

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That evening, we brought him back home.

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📅 24 June 2027

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🕛 Sunday, 5:30 PM

📍 My Father's Home, KL

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I stayed. I laughed. I opened up like I hadn't in years. I told him everything - the spirits, the missions, the children we saved. He listened like it mattered.

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> "If your mother were here," he said, "she'd be the proudest one in the room."

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That moment broke something inside me. A floodgate of healing.

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But it didn't last long. Martin called.

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> "Come quickly. We might have something."

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📅 24 June 2027

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🕛 Sunday, 7:20 PM

📍 Jalan Damai, KL

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It was pouring. Traffic was jammed up badly. I was stuck in the car, crawling forward inch by inch.

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That's when I saw him.

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A man walking in the rain - soaked but calm. He approached my car window.

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And I froze.

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I knew him.

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> He was one of my sixth passengers. The last one from last week.

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There was something off about him, even back then. Something... dark. He had said he was a businessman from Penang, just here for a "meeting."

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Now, he looked at me and smiled faintly.

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> "I need help again. Can you drop me somewhere? It's urgent."

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I hesitated... but agreed.

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We cut through traffic and I got him to the place quickly.

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It was a double-storey house in Ampang.

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He stepped out of the car slowly, turned to me, and said:

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> "Thank you, Yugan. You always arrive when fate needs you."

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He walked into the house and shut the door.

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Something about that house. That man. That line.

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It stayed with me.

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