WILL THEY ESCAPE?
“Take a seat and explain it clearly. Did they get your fingerprint?” Caleb asked her while she took and folded her apron.
“They already took my handprint. It’s not a match, but they asked too many questions and she is so rude.” Care slammed her hand on the table.
“Where did they investigate?”
“On the first floor. They are going to check on teachers. It’s getting worse.”
“Oh, my gosh. Charlotte will be in trouble. How did you manage to tell?” Chloe panicked.
“They asked me to tell me every incident, so I told the truth.” Care casually replied after taking a deep breath.
“You told the truth? Are you insane?” Caleb silently yelled at her, trying not to grab any other attentions.
“You want to know the truth. The truth is, Bill proposed to me.”
“What am I asking you and what you are telling? Wait, a second. Bill did what?” Caleb got perplexed by her sister weird reply.
“I got no time to talk about this. But Bill, who’s been my best friend, proposed to me at homecoming, which ended up in a fight. I told them about this personal stuff and they had no suspect in me. I felt a little embarrassed, but that’s the only idea.” Care explained.
“So, he proposed to you for real and what did you say?” Chloe widened her eyes, expecting some positive answer.
“I rejected him, which leads to a fight,” Care said with regret.
“Well, you turned down your friend so easily. But that’s not the issue now. What lie did you tell after rejecting Bill.” Caleb cared less about Bill and was much interested in solving this problem.
“First of all, I didn’t hurt my friend, Bill. I said I was involved in a minor accident, got injured in my arm. So, I wasn’t there in the remaining hours of homecoming. Simple. They didn’t even ask about my injury, just told me to go. Handprint’s not a match.”
“You handled it quite simply.” Caleb nodded and started overthinking.
“We all did pretty well and Charlotte can do that too. But the fingerprint will tell the truth no matter how much we tried. She’s the only person who touched it.” Caleb said after a minute.
“So, what are we supposed to do? We need to protect but we can’t take her home. They will suspect us.” Chloe said impatiently glancing at the watch. The time is running and they don’t know what Charlotte is doing right now.
“You two should warn her. Bring her to Cafe. The lunchtime is still going on. I can figure out something. Go now.” Caroline urged them and both of them stood up, alarmed. They rushed to the first floor where the investigation happened. Only the 9th and 10th grades are studying on the first floor. When Caleb and Chloe catch sight of the room, Charlotte is on her to enter the room.
Both are then stopped right at the entrance and stared at Charlotte. She caught a glimpse of her sister and brother. She looked like a girl who’s going to enter the prison. She’s not even got investigated, but she’s sure this will be her last day working as a violin teacher. Self-defence or not, a murder is a murder. She looked hopelessly one last time at Caleb and Chloe and vanished from their sight. It all happened so fast. There’s no use for Caroline in thinking of a plan. According to them, it’s all over.
“Hey, kids, what are doing here. Don’t you have any class? The break is nearly over.” An old man, a teacher, asked while he’s head to some class.
“Yes... we have,” Chloe stammered, clutching Caleb’s hands tightly. Her hands are sweaty from fear.
“It’s a school, not a place for lovers. They are probably going to bunk the class.” A lady commented, leaning against the classroom door. It’s another adult teacher who’s looking at how they are holding hands.
“Shut your mouth. She’s my sister.” Caleb shouted at the teacher without being feared for anything. She can’t tell something stupid knowing nothing. The lady gave a shocked look and was embarrassed by her words. Within a moment, Caleb and Chloe took the stairs to the second floor and saw a text from Caroline.
Caroline: Where are you? I came up with a plan.
Caleb: It’s all over. No need for any plans.
Caroline: What do you mean????
Caleb: Charlotte’s already inside the room. We are way too late.
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“Keep your hands on it.” a woman instructed, showing a man who’s holding iPad sized object. Charlotte fixed in her mind. She’s definitely going to get caught in a few minutes. She did what they told and got ready to burst the door, run at any moment.
“So where were you on Homecoming Day, Miss Charlotte?” she started with a simple question which will be ended up in a touch soon enough. Charlotte doesn’t want to waste her time by making up any lie. Instead, she could say ‘I killed Becca’ and run away. But she thought to act normal until the truth itself comes out. She doesn’t feel afraid or being feared of getting caught. Cause she knows one day this will end. Her sisters and brother can’t help her.
“I was at the party talking with other teachers,”
“You are not supposed to say a single word and stay silent. I heard no one stay at the party. At the time of homecoming, teachers didn’t stay at the party at all. Do you know that?”
“Umm...” Charlotte stared blankly at him.
“The principal called all the teachers are some discussions. Do you know that?”
“Um....” She doesn’t even know about any meetings or discussions. All she did was be with Jason in a classroom.
“Did you go for the discussion or not?”
“Um...”
“Where have been at the time? Don’t rise my temper. Are you going to say something or not? Finally, the lady lost her patience and shouted at the top of her lungs.
“Stop asking stupid questions. You want to know what I did that day. I was making out with another teacher. That’s it. Are you satisfied or wanted to expose about my affair to the whole Roshord high?”
WHO KILLED HER? Charlotte stood up, almost knocking off the chair she was sitting on. Both of them in the room stared at her like dealing with some devil. She frightened both of them just with her fierce look. All these situations wake her to another tough face inside her. “I think you could sit down. I won’t be telling your personal issues to anyone. It’s none of my business.” The lady clearly told, looking a little frightened. “Iam not going to sit down. Thanks for understanding” Charlotte folded her hands across her chest. She’s ready to escape the room once the fingerprints got matched. “Um... the fingerprints are...” the man trailed off, looking at the computer. Charlotte holds her breath, waiting for him to finish. “It's not a match. You can go. Sorry for troubling you,” he finished, giving Charlotte shock and confusion. She doesn’t know whether to feel glad or further overthink about this. She simply nodded her head and walked
JEALOUS GIRL Finally, Caroline reached the shooting spot in Daniel’s Ferrari. She stepped outside and the Guards were standing beside her. She can’t spot Daniel anywhere. The place has a beach set up with all the technicians, cameras, etc... At the time, it looks like the shooting is over. Everyone is leaving. Care even expected to see any other favourite actress. Cause there are many known celebrities who are engaged in some conversation. The shooting is done outside the building. She really wants to explore the shooting area and the building. Care hopes one day Daniel will take her inside to show how the movie’s being taken. “Where is Daniel?” Care asked the guard. “He will come.” He replied with a stern look. Care waited for over fifteen minutes, not seeing Daniel. Finally, she saw him coming out of the building. She thought of waving at him, but she noticed he’s talking with some other woman. It’s not just a woman, she’s a popular actress w
I LOVE YOU Care blinked her eyes for a few minutes. She can’t believe she wrongly entered his bedroom. She was supposed to go to his office room. Now she can’t turn her feet away from this room. There’s a luxury black bed, some photos of Daniel hanging on the wall. She approached his childhood photo. ‘Daniel is so adorable,’ Care muttered seeing it. Daniel has a six-year-old kid standing on the Playground giving poses to the photo. That’s the only childhood pic. Another portrait caught her eyes. It’s his drawing at his current age. It’s so perfectly painted. Seeing paintings gives her a reminder of Chloe. She is talented too. Other than photos, there’s a laptop and some documents neatly arranged on his desk in a corner. If he already has an office, why keep it in this room. The room is painted in White and every object looked like it’s worth a million dollars. “What are you doing here, Caroline?” Daniel’s voice alerted Care. She turned towards the do
GAME ON Care shrieked, seeing Michael interrupted him. His entry embarrassed Michael. “Iam so…sorry... sir.” he stammered with the coffee cup is still in his hands. “Michael, get out now. I don’t need coffee.” Daniel shouted and Michael ran after closing the door. “Who wants coffee when I can have you.” Daniel touched Care’s cheek. He started kissing again and his hands travelled inside her top. She stopped kissing and looked at him. “Let’s take it slow.” “No offence. I can wait for you. Iam so happy right now. You accepted my proposal. Iam happy to have you as my girlfriend.” he lay next to her by facing each other closely. “Daniel Evans is my boyfriend. You don’t know how happy Iam.” she smiled at him, placing her hand on his chest, feeling his heartbeat. “But I have one condition.” “What’s that? Everything is going well.” he got panicked by her condition. “Nothing serious. I
Becca’s body or saves Jason ‘What can I do right now? I need to decide quickly. I can stay in prison for years, but I can’t lose Jason forever. Iam thinks Iam in love with him within this short period of time’ Charlotte thought to herself and called 911. Soon she reached the destination, and the ambulance arrived before she did. She ran and came all by herself to see Jason’s car on the edge of a bridge. It’s in a state of falling from the long heights. If it moved one inch, Jason’s life is over. “Jason” Charlotte screamed from the top of her lungs, running towards the car while some men stopped her. “Don’t go there. It’s not safe. The rescue team has already arrived.” That stranger consulted her while Charlotte was sobbing continuously. She never cried like this in her life. Not even for their parents dead, or for murdering Becca. The moon started to show up in the sky. The car is so invisible to other eyes to notice. I
Someone involved in this murder case “Thank you, Doctor.” Charlotte rushed inside while Care waited outside, giving her some time alone with him. “Hey, how are you feeling?” she asked, holding his hands lightly. There’s a bandage on his right hand and his head. She’s at least happy that the threatener didn’t kill him. “Iam good now. “He smiled weakly. He’s too weak to speak, but he’s hesitating to tell something. Charlotte looked at him, still with tears on her face. “Did you cry, char?” he asked slowly, trying to sit. “Maybe I did.” she lied, trying not to show it. She never cried like this before. It’s even unbelievable to her. “You don’t need to lie, Charlotte. Please don’t cry. Iam perfectly alright.” he assured her even in that difficult situation. “I know. I know but you are not perfectly alright,” she said, wiping her tears. “Then I will be perfectly alright soon and I heard what y
Chloe’s worst day The four of them shared the silence and finally looked at the phone. Ruby: I know you all been thinking about me. You all need to be happy that I didn’t tell you are the murderers to anyone. But don’t doubt for a second that I killed Becca. That’s such a stupid thought. Anyway, you will probably wonder how Iam. M. W is my short name. Find me if you can. It’s not that hard to find me when you all can murder and bury a girl. I will be waiting for the day when you uncover me, but that would be your last day. Have a good day with me in your dreams. “We can never get rid of this threatener but Iam not afraid of him. If I ever find him, I will kill him before he kills us,” Charlotte snarled. “Keep your voice low, Charlotte. The threatener must be somewhere near us. M.W knows everything. We can’t talk here.” Caroline firmly said. How did M.W know everything they talked about a few
Doubts “Chloe, get up. Get up. I am here with you, little sis. Don’t cry,” Chloe finally got up from the worst nightmare, which doesn’t seem like a dream at all. She looked at Caleb, who looked more terrific than her. “Oh god, finally you woke up,” he hugged her happily. She took a deep breath and tried to remember what happened after she tried to touch Becca’s hand. But the part seems empty. Plus, how did Caleb come inside when the door was locked? Did Becca was really there last night? “Did you get any bad dreams?” He asked her sitting next to her in her bed. “Yeah, I did. I don’t want to talk about that but Iam happy that you woke me up,” she told him with tears in her eyes. She’s still crying. The night sky changed to morning and there’s no need to be afraid anymore. “You should have called me if you are so afraid. I would have stayed with you in your room.” He said, gettin