CHAPTER 42Aisle 001."WHY IS SHE DOING THIS TO ME?!"Ace then threw all his belongings that were on the bed such as pillows, bolsters, blankets and even his personal towel onto the floor roughly. He also grabbed his hair in frustration after pacing incoherently in his own room a while ago."Ace, can you stop?" asked Luke. "You've said that to me more than ten times. Plus, you're giving me a headache by walking around like that."Ace groaned in annoyance and threw his body on the mattress. He buried his face in the white sheets and let Luke, who was sitting on the furry carpet, roll his eyes lazily. "You look stupid doing all that stuff, you know," Luke added anxiously. To be honest, Luke had never seen Ace that upset in all his life. Plus, his best friend had just gotten upset over a girl."Why won't Alicia admit it, Luke?!" Ace sighed harshly and wiped his face as he turned around. Those dark brown eyes stared at the ceiling of his room dazedly. "She just hurt my pride, something th

CHAPTER 44The main hall.That morning everyone looked fine, except for Ace who had gotten his eyes blackened due to trouble sleeping last night. His mind was filled with Alicia, he was so sorry after saying the words that hurt Alicia. He was going to meet Alicia in class that day, and his brain was still searching for solutions on how he should behave when he met Alicia.Luke appeared and tapped Ace on the shoulder, "Hi, Ace? Are you okay? Your face is pale."Ace turned his head without interest, then looked back at the hall podium with a confused expression. He was sitting in the back row alone at the moment. Sitting with his legs crossed and occasionally fiddling with the pen in his hand. His body was in the hall, but his mind was somewhere else. He was very confused, but couldn't express it well.Luke who saw Ace's reaction was different from his usual days frowned. He sat next to Ace, his gaze wandering around before he finally opened his mouth. "Is everything okay? Something see

CHAPTER 46Lorong 002, the scene of the crime."The police line has been set up, detective."Noel had just finished securing the crime scene and putting up a police line in front of Jake's bedroom door. He immediately reported the work of his two men to Detective Nicholas who chose to be in the room with the victim's body. The young detective immediately observed the crime scene as soon as he confirmed Jake's body was no longer alive and called Noel with him.No injuries were found on the victim's body other than the amount of fresh blood flowing from the victim's temple. The position of the victim's fall was immediately indicated as a form of brain injury due to the impact of a blunt object and the nightstand next to the victim's body was the only object that was considered strong enough as a tool to take the victim's life."When is the ambulance coming?" Nicholas asked Noel.There were only Noel and Nicholas there. The other two policemen were instructed to stand guard in front of t

Chapter 48Golden High School's main hall."W-why was I brought to this place?"Julia Wane, the girl who was considered close to the victim (Jake) looked nervous as she sat in front of Nicholas and Noel.Responding to Jake's death, which was considered as one of the continued terrors carried out by the same perpetrator, made Nicholas finally make a significant decision. Also based on the permission of Wilson Blake and Paul Scoots (New York City's police chief), the dormitory's security was tightened by adding additional personnel at the main entrance and two other officers in the dormitory's auxiliary building.The girl with shoulder-length blonde hair gave the detective a worried look. Her lips and body were trembling. The color of her face was full of secrets that she could not reveal. "So, your name is Julia Wane?" Nicholas began.Julia herself was rumored to be in a special relationship with Jake so she was considered one of the people who might know the cause of the victim's deat

CHAPTER 50San Antonia Cafe, New York.Alicia's blue irises blinked in disbelief several times when a blue buggy with silver stripes on each side of the doors pulled up right in front of her. She felt even more disbelief when Nicholas stepped out from behind the driver's seat and approached her."Ready?" Nicholas smiled gently as he opened the car door for Alicia.Alicia looked at Nicholas and the car in turn. The detective looked very dapper in his suit and fancy shirt. As for Alicia, she was only wearing a plain black T-shirt and a knee-length denim skirt. "I think I should change before getting into that car," she muttered.But Nicholas replied to Alicia's hesitation with an amused chuckle. "Come on in. You can be yourself while you're with me," he said soothingly.Like a shocking sting, Nicholas' words pulled Alicia out of her worries and into the car.Half the journey passed without anyone speaking. Nicholas looked calm behind the wheel, looking out over the never-ending night st