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11-12
Chapter Eleven â The Memory That Shouldnât Exist
The new shadow stepped into the weak moonlight, and everything inside me locked.
Not because I recognized the face.
But because I recognized the feeling.
Like a word Iâd forgotten.
Like a dream Iâd tried to forget.
Like someone who belonged to a version of me I wasnât supposed to remember.
They stopped a few feet away, hands raised slightlyânot in surrendering, but in acknowledgment.
âAs much as Iâd enjoy the reunion,â the figure said calmly, âwe donât have time.â
Nora sucked in a sharp breath.
âNo. Not you. Not now.â
The man with the phone stiffened too, eyes narrowing.
âSo you finally crawled back.â
âI didnât crawl,â the newcomer replied. âI came because heâs remembering.â
Their eyesâdark, steady, not blinkingâshifted to me.
âAnd once he remembers, none of you get to lie anymore.â
My throat tightened. âWho⌠who are you?â
They smiledâsoft, almost sad.
âSomeone you trusted before either of us showed up.â
Noraâs voice cracked. âDonât listen to himâheâs the reasonââ
âEnough,â the newcomer said sharply. âYouâve twisted this long enough.â
The two older shadows flared like magnets, repelling from each other.
Whatever history they had, it cut deep.
The newcomer kept their focus on me.
âTell me,â they asked, voice gentler, âwhat did you see? In your head. Just now.â
The memory flickered again, uninvited:
A phone.
My own voice whispering.
Someone behind me.
A crash.
Blood.
âI⌠called someone,â I said slowly. âBut I donât know who.â
âYou called me,â the newcomer said. âAnd you said one sentence.â
They stepped closer.
âDo you want me to repeat it?â
Nora lunged forward, grabbing my arm. âDonât let him put things in your head! He manipulates memoriesââ
âOnly the ones you broke,â the newcomer shot back.
The man with the phone scoffed. âHe called me first. You intercepted.â
âYou werenât supposed to answer,â the newcomer hissed.
The air between them crackledâold anger, old betrayal.
I swallowed hard, voice shaking.
âWhat⌠what was the sentence?â
The newcomer held my gaze.
âYou told me, âIf something happens to me, donât let them find the body.ââ
My stomach dropped harder than before.
Nora stepped back as if shoved.
The man with the phone inhaled sharply, jaw tightening.
And something inside meâsomething locked awayâshuddered.
That sentence felt real.
Too real.
Like a key sliding into the right lock.
But I still didnât understand.
âWhat body?â I whispered.
The newcomer looked at Nora.
Then at the man.
Then at me.
âYou think the story started the night you found the body,â they said quietly. âBut it didnât.â
The wind rattled the chain-link fence again.
The world waited.
âThe story started the night before,â they continued. âThe night you disappeared for six hours. The night none of them want you to remember.â
My pulse stuttered.
âWhy?â I asked.
Nora flinched.
The manâs grip tightened on the pipe.
The newcomer answered:
âBecause thatâs the night you made the promise that ruined all of us.â
A cold wave rolled through me.
âWhat promise?â
They stepped closer.
âYou promised someone youâd kill him.â
My breath caught.
âAnd the worst part?â the newcomer whispered.
âYou meant it.â
The world folded inward.
The sky felt too close.
The air too thin.
My own heartbeat too loud.
I didnât know if they were lying.
I didnât know who was manipulating what.
But I knew one thingâ
I wasnât just missing memories.
I was missing a version of myself I had prayed never existed.
The three of them watched meâwaiting, calculating, afraid.
And with that, Chapter Ten couldâve been the ending.
The mystery unsolved.
The shadows undefeated.
The truth buried and burning.
But I didnât walk away.
Because now, I needed to know the rest.
Whatever it costs.
Chapter Twelve â The Promise I Made
Silence pressed down on the court, thicker than the surrounding darkness.
Three pairs of eyes pinned me in placeâNoraâs trembling, the manâs calculating, the newcomerâs steady and unflinching.
And somewhere beneath all of it, the truth clawed like an animal trying to escape its cage.
A cage inside me.
I took an uneven breath.
âI didnât promise to kill anyone.â
The newcomer watched me carefully. âYou want that to be true.â
âIt is true,â Nora snapped, stepping between us like a shield. âHeâs lying to you. Heâs always lied to you.â
âFunny,â the man with the phone said, voice flat and firm, âthatâs exactly what she said about me.â
I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to drown out their voices, trying to find myself inside the noise. But all I found wasâ
Red.
A locked room.
A hand grabbing my jacket.
My own voice, whispering something I wasnât supposed to hear yet.
The newcomer stepped closer. âTake out the flash drive.â
My hand twitched toward my pocket.
Noraâs voice cracked. âDonât, pleaseâif you watch whatâs on there, you wonât come back from it.â
The man scoffed. âLet him see. Let the truth finally destroy something other than us.â
All three of them were begging for control.
But my hand kept movingâslowly, like it belonged to someone elseâuntil the flash drive sat cold against my palm.
The newcomer nodded.
âGood. Now listen carefully.â
Nora shook her head violently. âStop. Stopâdonât do this to Levi.â
The man took one step forward.
âFinish it now.â
But the newcomer wasnât looking at them.
They were looking at me.
âYou called me that night,â they said quietly but clearly. âAnd before the line cut out, before the screaming started, before the door slammedâyou said something else. Not just the part about the body.â
My breath stalled.
âWhat⌠what did I say?â
The newcomer didnât blink.
âYou said, âIf I go through with this, I need you to stop me.ââ
A cold wave shot through my chest.
Nora covered her mouth with her hands.
The man closed his eyes like heâd expected this.
And the memory hit.
Not all of itâjust the core, the heart, the thing Iâd buried so deep it had shattered me:
I remembered the room.
I remembered the body-shaped blur on the floor.
I remembered the yelling, the fear, the metallic taste in the air.
And worst of allâ
I remembered why I was there.
My voice came out small.
âI⌠wanted him dead.â
The words landed like a gunshot.
Nora stumbled back, shaking her head. âNoâno, you didnâtâhe forced youââ
âHe didnât force anything,â the man interrupted. âHe pushed him. But he didnât force him.â
The newcomer watched me with something like grief.
âYou made the promise. You started the chain reaction. The rest of us just tried to survive it.â
The ground beneath me spun.
I didnât know the details.
I didnât know the weapon or the motive or the final moment.
But I knew the feeling.
I knew Iâd been willing.
And that horror twisted deeper than any lie between them ever could.
My voice broke. âSo⌠Iâm the reason the body appeared.â
The newcomer stepped closer, resting a hand on my shoulderânot comforting, just acknowledging the truth.
âYouâre the reason all of this started.â
Noraâs voice was barely a whisper.
âWe were trying to protect you.â
The manâs voice was hollow.
âI was trying to expose you.â
The newcomerâs voice was steady.
âI was trying to stop you.â
And mineâ
Mine was barely even a voice anymore.
âSo what happens now?â
The newcomer looked toward the gate, where dawnâs early light barely touched the horizon.
âNow,â they said, âyou choose who you want to be. The person you were that night⌠or the person youâve been trying to become ever since.â
The wind blew across the court, cold and sharp.
The three of them stood waiting.
Not for the past.
For my answer.
My throat tightened as I thought of Noraâs first questionâthe one she whispered the day everything changed.
Would you still love me if I didnât kill him?
Back then, I hadnât known the truth.
Now I did.
And there was only one answer left.
I lifted my eyes, steadying my voice as the weight of everything settled into place.
âTo answer your question,â âWould you still love me if I didnât kill him?â would be no.â
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Chapter Ten â The Night Before the Body
The world didnât just tiltâit dropped.
The moment the shadow cleared the fence line, the air snapped tight around my lungs. Every instinct screamed to run, but my body stayed rooted, frozen between Noraâs grip and the growing shape in the dark.
Noraâs fingers dug into my wrist.
âPlease,â she whispered, voice splintering. âDonât let him see your face.â
I didnât get the chance to ask what that meant.
Because the figure stepped fully into the broken moonlight.
Tall.
Broad-shouldered.
Moving like someone who already knew exactly where we were.
He didnât rush.
He didnât speak.
He advanced with the calm certainty of a nightmare that had found its way back into the waking world.
Noah was already goneâhis footsteps echoing faintly before disappearing altogether. Coward or genius, I couldnât tell.
Nora pulled again, harder this time, her voice sharp with panic.
âMove, please. If he sees you, if he recognizes you, itâs over.â
Recognizes me?
My stomach turned inside out with something cold and sour.
I stepped backwardâone, two, three stepsâmy heels scraping on the cracked pavement. But instead of trying to stay calm while trying to get away, my hand drifted unconsciously to my pocket, to the hidden flash drive burning a brand against my thigh.
Something about the manâs silhouetteâits stillness, its weightâhit something buried deep inside me, like a match striking a darkened room.
A memory flickered.
Not a full oneâjust a flash of color and sound:
Red.
Shouting.
A door slamming.
Someone grabbing my collar.
Someone whispering my name like a warning.
¨ Levi Mars Dair.¨
I choked on a gasp.
The man paused, head turning slightlyâlike he heard it.
Nora stepped in front of me so fast it blurred.
âNo,â she yelled at him. âYouâre not touching him again.â
Again?
The man didnât answer. He simply reached into his jacket.
Noraâs breath shattered unevenly.
I felt mine disappear entirely.
But instead of a weapon, he pulled out something else.
A phone.
Old. Cracked.
And he held it up like it was an accusation.
The screen lit his face for the first time.
And I recognized the eyes.
Not from a photograph.
Not from a story.
From that same half-memory.
From the night before, everything collapsed.
My heart stumbled. âIâI know him.â
Nora whipped around, eyes wide and horrified.
âNo. You donât. You think you do, but thatâs what he wants.â
The man lifted the phone higher, turning the screen toward us.
A video played.
Shaky.
Dim.
Recorded without our knowledge.
In the frame:
A room.
A fight.
A body on the floor.
And meâ
covered in blood,
kneeling beside it.
I stepped back, every nerve screaming.
âThatâs notââ My voice cracked, useless.
âItâs manipulated,â Nora said quickly, stepping between the man and me again. âHeâs showing you exactly what he wants you to remember.â
But the man finally spoke, voice low and disturbingly even.
âTell him the truth, Nora. Tell him what he did. Tell him why you ran.â
Noraâs spine stiffened. âYou donât get to rewrite the story. Not after what you did to him.â
âWhat he did to himself,â the man corrected softly but sternly.
The wind cut between us, cold and metallic.
I felt like I was standing on the edge of a cliff, toes hanging over the edge.
âWhatâs going on?â I whispered. âWhat happened that night?â
The man stepped closer.
âSo you really donât remember,â he murmured. âGood. That makes this easier.â
Nora lunged.
Not at me.
At him.
She swung the rusted pipe with a scream that ripped straight from something primalâand I didnât know whether she was trying to protect me or shut him up before he said more.
The pipe connected with metal.
His arm.
Heâd blocked it.
Effortlessly.
He shoved her backward, not hard, but enough that she stumbled into me, almost falling. The pipe clattered to the court.
The man stumbled for it, picked it up, studying it like it was a relic.
âYou brought this again,â he said quietly. âJust like that night.â
Noraâs broke. âDonât.â
âWhy?â he asked, voice softening in a way that made my skin crawl. âBecause he deserves to know what happened the night before the body appeared?â
He lifted his gaze and locked onto mine.
âYou were there.â
My pulse crashed in my ears.
âYouâre the one who called me.â
Another memory slammed into meâthis one sharper:
A phone ringing.
My own voice whispering, âPlease. Hurry.â
A shadow behind me.
The taste of blood in my mouth.
I fell to my knees.
Nora grabbed my shoulders, shaking her head desperately.
âDonât listen to him. You didnât call him. He tracked us. He always tracks us.â
The man crouched to my level, eyes unreadable.
âYou remember more than she expects. That drive in your pocketâshe never told you about that either, did she?â
My hand twitched toward the pocket again.
Nora flinched like Iâd pulled a knife.
âDonât,â she breathed. âPlease. Not that.â
My voice cracked. âWhatâs on it?â
The man answered first.
âThe truth.â
Nora answered at the same time.
âLies.â
Another step from him.
Another desperate breath from her.
I was caught between two collapsing versions of reality.
The night pressed around us.
The fence rattled again.
Something else moved out thereâanother shadow, smaller, quicker.
The man straightened, suddenly alert.
Nora swore under her breath. âWeâre out of time.â
âFor what?â I whispered.
He answered:
âFor the rest of the story to catch up.â
Nora grabbed my hand.
The man reached for me at the exact same moment.
And the flash drive in my pocket pulsed like a heartbeat
right as the second shadow stepped into the light.
Someone else.
Someone new.
Someone who spoke my name, ¨ Levi Mars Dier, ¨ like theyâd been waiting for me to wake up:
âFinally. You remember something.â
The world cracked open.
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Chapter Eight â The Things That Crawl Out of the Dark
I didnât sleep that night.
Every time I closed my eyes, I saw her faceâthat smileâthe one she wore in the hallway when the cops dragged me away. A smile sharpened at the edges like something carved with a knife. A smile that meant sheâd planned this far longer than I ever realized.
By the time the sun rose, weak and washed out through the blinds, my body was trembling from exhaustion. But I forced myself up. I needed answers, and I knew exactly where to start.
My phone buzzed the second I touched it.
Unknown Number:
We need to talk. Now.
For a second, my stomach flipped. My first thought was her, but the number wasnât hers. I stared at it, debating whether to respond. Before I could decide, another text arrived.
Unknown:
Itâs about the night of the body.
The body.
No name. No accusation. Just the body, as if the corpse itself was its own entity, a presence that had never really left us.
I typed back before my paranoia could grab the phone out of my hand.
Me:
Who is this?
The reply came instantly.
Unknown:
The person who found something you both missed.
My heart stopped for a second. Someone else knew.
I grabbed my bag and slipped out of the house before my mother could ask questions. The morning air was sharp and cold, enough to wake me fully, but the fear in my gut stayed heavy, unmoving.
The address they sent was an old, abandoned basketball court on the west side of town. The kind of place people only remembered when they needed somewhere hidden.
When I arrived, someone was already there, standing near the broken fence. A guy, maybe a little older than me, hood pulled low, hands in the pockets of a black jacket.
He didnât look up when I approached.
âAre you the one texting me?â I asked, breathing with fear.
âYes.â The guy finally turned his head slightly, just enough that I caught the curve of again. Not hers. But something about it made me step back anyway. âYouâre jumpier than I expected.â
âWho are you?â
He ignored the question and pulled something from his pocketâa flash drive. He held it between two fingers like it was something delicate, almost sacred.
âYou buried more than just a body that night,â he said. âOr did you forget about the camera?â
My blood froze.
âWhat camera?â
âThe one she set up,â he said, shrugging like it was obvious. âThe one she angled so it caught everything.â
I stumbled back, words dying in my throat.
âNo,â I whispered. âNo, sheâshe wouldnâtâshe was.â
âShe would.â
He stepped closer. âAnd she did.â
My lungs squeezed painfully. I remembered that nightâher shaking hands, her frantic breathing, her constant glances over her shoulder. I thought she was scared. I thought she regretted what sheâd done.
I didnât realize she kept checking the camera.
The guy flicked the flash drive once, letting it spin.
âI recovered the footage after she deleted the original. Sheâs smart, but not smart enough to wipe everything.â He paused, studying me. âYou didnât kill him. But she didnât either.â
The world tilted, swaying under me.
âThen whoâ"
He smirked again, this time wide enough to reach his eyes.
âThatâs the twist, isnât it?â
He held the drive out.
âYouâre going to want to watch this.â
I reached for itâhesitantly. My fingers â the cold plasticâ
And a voice sliced through the air.
âDonât touch that.â
I spun around.
She was standing behind me.
Hair windblown. Eyes wide and bright, like glass about to shatter. Breath coming in fast bursts. She looked⌠wild. Unhinged. More alive than Iâd ever seen her before.
And in her hand was something metallic.
A pipe. Rusted. Heavy.
She must've grabbed it from the wreck of the playground nearby.
âWhat are you doing here?â she snarled at the guy.
He raised his hands lazily. âRelax. Just telling him the truth.â
âYou donât know the truth,â she hissed.
âOh, I know exactly what happened that night,â he said. âBecause I was there.â
My heart stopped.
âYou⌠what?â I choked out.
The guy shrugged. âYou two were too focused on each other to notice another pair of eyes.â
She took a step forward, lowering her voice just slightly.
âGive me the drive,â she demanded.
He shook his head. âNo. He deserves to know.â
âKnow what?â I shouted, feeling like I was losing my grip on reality.
They both turned to me.
But only one of them had the answer.
And only one of themâ
was telling the truth.
Chapter Nine â The Fractured Truth
For a moment, none of us moved.
The wind rolled across the empty court, rattling the broken chain-link fence and stirring old leaves into tiny spirals. The world felt suspended, caught between three breaths. Noraâs grip tightened around the rusted pipe, knuckles pale, eyes unblinking. The guy in the hoodieâstill holding the truth hostage between his fingersâwaited like he had all the time in the world.
But she was the one who broke the silence.
Nora stared at the guy in the hoodie for the longest time.
Not blinking.
Not breathing.
Not present.
It was like sheâd just watched something crawl out of the darkâsomething sheâd sworn sheâd never have to see again.
I swallowed, my throat dry. âWhat is your name?â I demanded, trying to anchor the moment before it slipped off the edge entirely.
He hesitated. His smirk faded. Something uncertain flickered in his expression.
He leaned closer, voice low enough that it almost got lost in the wind.
âMy name isâŚâ
He paused, almost flinching.
âNoah. Noah Andrew Walker.â
Nora reacted like the name wasnât just a name.
Like it was a trigger.
She looked at me as if sheâd seen a ghost wearing my face. Her whole body went pale, carved from stone. She still didnât moveâlike a rock set in place, unable or unwilling to shift even an inch.
A cold pulse ran down my spine.
âNora,â I said, forcing calm into my voice even as fear clawed up my ribs. âWhatâs wrong?â
She didnât answer at first. Her eyes flicked past Noah, past me, to the far corner of the fence like she expected somethingâor someoneâto step out at any second.
She looked at me like she was worried something might happen⌠as someone or something would come after her.
âNora,â I said again, softer this time.
Her lips parted slightly. Not to speakâjust to breathe. A shaky, uneven inhale.
Noahâs gaze slipped between us, and that slow grin returned, though thinner now, edged with something almost nervous.
âSo,â he said lightly, âI see you recognize the name.â
âI thought you were dead,â Nora whispered.
The words hit the concrete like a stone.
Noah blinked. His jaw tightened. âFunny. Thatâs what I was told about you.â
Noraâs grip on the pipe trembled for the first time. âYou shouldnât be here. Not after what happened. Not afterââ
âAfter what you did?â Noah cut in.
Her eyes snapped to him, and for a second, I thought she was going to swing.
âNo,â she hissed, âafter what he did.â
A chill carved its way down my back.
He.
He who?
Noah tilted his head, amused. âSo youâre admitting thereâs a fourth person. Good. Saves me the trouble.â
My pulse spiked. âThere was someone else that night?â
They both spoke at once.
âYes,â Nora said.
âNo,â Noah said.
They glared at each other, then at me, each desperate for control of the moment.
Noah stepped forward, lowering his voice. âSheâs lying to you. She lied then, and sheâs lying now.â
Nora shook her head violently. âHeâs manipulating you. He always did. You canât trust a word he says.â
Their voices collided, accusations turning into static in my ears. My breathing went shallow, vision tightening at the edges. The world tilted.
I needed truth.
I needed something solid.
And thenâalmost without realizingâI spotted something under the bleachers behind Noah. Something small, glinting. I moved past them, ignoring their arguments, crouching down.
Dust.
Broken metal.
Footprints.
And a flash drive.
Not the one Noah had.
A second one.
Hidden intentionally.
I slipped it into my pocket before either of them could see.
When I stood, both of them were staring at me againâwaiting for my choice, my loyalty, my fear.
But before I could speak, a sound cracked through the stillness.
A snap.
A footstep.
Too close.
Every muscle in Noraâs body locked. Her expression collapsed into pure terror.
âHeâs here,â she whispered. Not to me. Not to Noah. To herself.
Noah went pale, all his arrogance draining in an instant. âNo. No, thatâs impossible.â
The chain-link fence rattled again, harsher this time.
Something was out there.
Something both of them feared.
I took a step back, heart hammering.
âNora,â I whispered, âwho is he?â
But she never got the chance to answer.
A shadow shifted behind the fenceâtall, slow-moving, deliberate.
Noah bolted without a word, sprinting toward the far exit.
Nora grabbed my arm with cold fingers, yanking me in the opposite direction. âRun,â she breathed. âPlease. You donât understand. If he catches usââ
I jerked free.
âIâm not going anywhere until you tell me whatâs going on!â
Her eyes filledânot with tears, but with dread older than both of us combined.
âYou already know,â she whispered. âYou just donât remember the night before the body.â
The shadow behind the fence stepped closer.
My heart stuttered.
Nora grabbed my hand. âPleaseârun.â
But my legs refused to move.
Behind me, something metallic clinked against the pavement.
In my pocket, the hidden flash drive burned like it was alive.
And in front of me, two conflicting truthsâtwo people who should never have metâwere begging me in their own ways to choose.
The fence groaned.
The shadow grew.
Noraâs breath hitched.
And the world tipped forward, pulling me into whatever waited in the dark.
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Chapter SixÂ
For a moment, everything inside the room fell silent. The fire alarm still screamed in the hallway, the red lights still pulsed across the walls, but none of it seemed real. Her hands were on my shoulders, trembling, her eyes locked on the boy standing outside the window.
The boy we supposedly kill.
The boy she claimed she didnât kill.
The boy who shouldnât be alive.
The boy who framed me.
âHe did,â she repeated, her voice calm but scared.
My breath left my body. âBut howâwhyâheâs supposed to beâ.â
âDead?â she whispered. âYeah. I thought so too.â
She stepped back, letting her hands fall. I had never seen her shaken like this, not onceânot even on the night of the accident. Her confidence, her calm, the control she used like a weapon⌠it was slipping.
And that scared me more than anything.
She looked over her shoulder again, but the boy at the window was gone. Vanished. Like he had simply dissolved into the smoke-filled air of the hall.
I swallowed hard. âTell me everything. Now.â
Her lips parted, but before she could speak, the door slammed open so violently it cracked against the wall.
My mother stumbled in, followed by one of the officers.
âThere you are!â the officer yelled violently. âYou canât just run offââ
But then he saw her. The girl. Standing too close to me, trying to grab my arm.         Looking a little frightened.                                                                                                   Â
His hand drifted instinctively toward his belt.
âBoth of you step away from each other,â he ordered.
She lifted her hands slowly, her expression smoothing back into practiced innocence.
Too smooth.
Too perfect.
My mother rushed to my side, holding my arm as if she could shield me physically from everything that was closing in.
The officer looked me straight in the eyes. âYour statement isnât optional anymore. Weâre taking you to the station.â
âNo!â my mother shouted. âHe hasnât done anythingââ
âHeâs involved in a major crime,â the officer said firmly. âWe have enough probable causeââ
Before he could finish, a voice echoed sharply from the doorway behind him.
âNo, you donât.â
Everyone turned.
It was the principal.
Principal Mayfield stepped inside, a strange expression on his faceâtight, cold, too serious even for this situation.
âThereâs something you all need to see,â he said, motioning for the officer.
âWhat is it?â the officer asked suspiciously.                                                                         Â
Principal Mayfield held up his phone.
âA video,â he said. âSent to the schoolâs emergency email just now.â
He pressed play and turned the screen toward us.
The footage was grainy, taken at night. The camera shook as if someone was running. Through the darkness, shapes movedâtwo figures in the woods.
One was me.
The other was⌠Nora.
Dragging something between us.
The body.
I felt my stomach twist violently.
But then everything changed.
The camera panned up, shakily, toward a tree.
And perched in the branchesâlegs dangling like he was casually watching a movieâwas him.
The boy.
Alive.
Breathing.
Staring directly into the camera.
His eyes were glowing unnaturally bright.
His mouth twisted into a grin that didnât look human.
Nora's hand flew to her mouth. âNo⌠no, no, no. This canât beââ
The video suddenly blurred, distorted, static, and green streaks cutting across the screen. A deep, warped voice crackled through the speakers:
âYou buried the wrong body.â
My legs went weak.
The video cut to black.
The room spun.
The officer looked at us, at the screen, at everything, trying to make sense of the impossible.
The principal swallowed hard. âThat was sent from an untraceable account. It came with a message.â
âWhat message?â my mother demanded.
The principal read from the screen:
âYouâre chasing the wrong killer.â
Silence crashed down on all of us.
The officer stared pale-faced at the phone. âBut we⌠we identified the victim. We checked the body.â
Nora shook her head aggressively. âNo, you didnât. You assumed. You never confirmed. You took my statement andââ
âThatâs enough,â the officer snapped ,he still had a pale face.
But Nora wasnât listening anymore. She turned toward me, eyes wide, eyebrows raised, voice shaking with something between terror and realization.
âYou donât understand,â she whispered. âYou donât get it. He wasnât dead⌠because he was never the one we buried.â
My heart pounded. âThen whose body was it?â
Nora looked at meâslow, terrified, and defeated.
âI donât know.â
And then the real twist hit.
From the hallway, a shrilling sound.Â
BANG
BANG
BANGÂ
We all turned.
Standing in the doorwayâthe one we all thought was closedâwas the boy.
Alive.
Gaining.
But with a thing in his hand.
My missing sweatshirt.
The one found in the woods 1,000 miles in.
He held it up like a trophy, then tilted his head, studying me and Nora like we were an experiment.
And the quiet between us was interrupted; he spoke for the first time:
âWhy did you kill my brother?â
Chapter Seven â The Brother
For a heartbeat, nobody moved.
The fire alarm shrieked overhead, the red lights flashing across the boyâs faceâif he was a boy at all. His shadow stretched down the hallway like it was reaching for us, long and warped and wrong.
My missing sweatshirt dripped with something dark near the sleeve.
Not mud.
Not water.
Something thicker.
My mouth tasted like metal. âYour⌠your brother?â
He didnât blink. Didnât even breathe normally. His chest rose slowly, too controlled, like he was mimicking the motions of being alive.
Noraâs hand latched onto my wrist. Tightly. âDonât talk to him,â she scuffled under her breath. âDonât answerâwhatever you do, donât answer.â
But he heard her.
His bright blue eyes slid toward her, the grin stretching wider, unnatural.
âYou should talk, Nora.â His voice was soft, almost kind, but in a demanding tone. âYou were there. You helped.â
Noraâs entire body went rigid. âI didnât helpâ I didnât knowâ I thoughtââ
He lifted his hand, silencing her instantly.
Then he stepped inside the room.
The officer reached for his gun.
âStop right thereâ!â
The boy didnât stop.
He laughed.
Not loudly.
Not wildly.
A small, childlike chuckleâsomething you would hear in a horror movie.
âYou really think that will help?â he asked the officer sarcastically. You really think a gun is going to fix this?â
The officerâs hand trembled. âI said STOP!â
âOr what?â the boy whispered.
And then the lights flickered.
Just once.
Just a blink.
But when they settledâ
He was gone.
My mother gasped and grabbed me, pulling my arm a little too tight. âWhere did he go? Whereââ
The boyâs voice came from the far corner of the room.
âRight here.â
He stood beside the principal now.
Too close.
So close, his breath fogged the principalâs glasses.
Principal Mayfield froze, pupils uncontrollably shaking.
The boy leaned down slowly, whispered something we couldnât hearâ
and then pulled the sweatshirt tight in his hands, stretching the fabric.
âI only want one thing,â he said clearly and calmly. âThe truth.â
He looked directly at me.
âWhy did you kill my brother?â
My pulse hammered. âI didnât. We didnât. I swearââ
Nora yanked my arm again, harder this time. âSTOP TALKING!â
âWhy?â I shot back, breathless. âHe wants answersââ
âYou donât give him ANYTHING,â she snapped. âYou have no idea what heâ what theyâ are.â
My stomach dropped. âThey?â
Her face was white as paper. She shot a glance at the boy, who was watching us like a delighted spectator.
âHe wasnât alone that night,â she whispered. âThere was someone else. Something else. Before I even called you.â
The boy tilted his head, amused. âTell him, Nora. Tell him how my brother really died.â
Noraâs lips trembled violently.
âI didnât kill anyone,â she whispered. âI didnât touch him. He was alreadyâ alreadyââ
She couldnât finish.
The boyâs smile trembled for the first time. Not fadingâtwitching.
Like he was struggling to hold it in place.
âHe wasnât dead,â he said quietly. âHe was waiting. You buried him alive.â
The officerâs breath hitched. My mother covered her mouth.
Nora shook her head so hard her hair whipped around her face. âNo. NO. Thatâs not possibleâhe wasnât breathingâhe wasnâtââ
âWhat you saw,â the boy said softly, âwasnât a body. It was a shell.â
I felt cold seep into my bones.
âA shell?â I echoed.
The boy looked at me againâdeeply, like he was searching inside my skull for something only he knew existed.
âYou buried the wrong body,â he repeated from the video, voice now darker. âYou touched the wrong corpse. You helped hide something you shouldâve run from.â
He took a step toward me.
Nora moved in front of me instantly. âIf you touch himââ
The boyâs smile returned, bigger than before.
âIâm not here for him,â he whispered. âNot yet.â
The room fell dead silent.
He lifted the sweatshirt one more time, letting it drop to the floor.
âI just need one of you to answer the question.â
His eyes glowed brighter.
âWhy did you kill my brother?â
Nora squeezed her eyes shut.
And thenâ
Another sound erupted behind him.
Not a bang.
Not a scream.
A rattling.
Like nails dragging across metal.
The boy stiffened.
Noraâs eyes snapped open. Terror flooded her face againâbut this time, it wasnât directed at him.
She grabbed my arm with both hands, tighter than ever before.
âOh God,â she breathed. âHeâs not alone.â
The boy turned slightly, scanning the hallway.
For the first timeâ
he looked afraid, terrified even.
And that told me everything.
Whatever was rattling out thereâŚ
whatever was coming nextâŚ
was worse than him.
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Chapter 4-5
Chapter Four
The officer closed the door behind her, but the echo of her words stayedâsettling over me like a suffocating fog. Donât fight me. As if she already owned my choices, my voice, my future.
The room felt smaller than before. The table seemed closer, the walls more narrow, the air somehow heavier. I sat down because my knees were shaking too hard to keep standing.
My mom was coming.
That should have been comforting.
It wasnât.
Not when I knew what the officers were going to say. Not when I knew who they would believe.
I pressed my palms to the table, trying to breathe normally. I tried to think of any way out of thisâany angle I could use to prove the truthâbut every path led straight back to the same impossible wall.
My fingerprints.
My hesitation.
My lies.
My involvement.
And her. Always her.
The door opened again. I straightened instinctively, even though my body felt like it was collapsing inward. But it wasnât the officers. It was Principal Mayfield, his expression tight and unreadable.
He sat across from me with a heavy sigh, resting his hands on the table.
âYouâre in a very serious situation,â he said quietly.
âI didnât do anything,â I whispered.
He exhaled slowly. âI want to believe that. Truly. But the police need answers.â
âIâm telling the truth. Sheâs lyingââ
âBe careful,â he cut in, not harshly, but firmly. âAccusing someone else wonât help you.â
âBut sheââ
âListen,â he said, leaning forward, lowering his voice as if afraid someone might hear us. âThe officers showed me the report. Thereâs evidence placing you near the area where the body was found.â
My stomach dropped. âWhat evidence?â
He hesitated. That alone terrified me more than anything he could have said.
âFootprints,â he finally answered. âAnd traces of the victimâs blood on an item near the site.â
My head snapped up. âWhat item?â
âA sweatshirt.â
My heart stopped.
A sweatshirt.
My sweatshirt.
I could picture it immediatelyâblack, worn, with the faded logo on the sleeve. I wore it constantly. I had it with me that night. I took it off when we were moving him because my hands were shaking and I didnât want blood on it. I thought I left it in my car.
I hadnât.
Somewhere in the dirt, it must have fallen. And she didnât tell me.
She saw it.
She left it.
She used it.
My breathing turned shallow. âIâ I didnât meanâ I didnât knowââ
Principal Mayfield raised a hand gently, trying to calm me. âDonât say anything more. Not without your mother and a lawyer present.â
Lawyer.
The word felt unreal, too adult, too final.
Before I could respond, another knock sounded at the door. One of the officers poked his head in.
âSheâs here.â
I froze.
My mother rushed in a moment later, her face pale and frightened. She came straight to me, cupping my face in her hands like she was checking that I was still real, still breathing.
âOh God,â she whispered. âBaby, are you okay? Whatâs happening?â
I didnât have an answer. Not one that wouldnât destroy her.
The officers explained the situation in calm, professional voices. They talked about âinvestigation,â âstatements,â âevidence,â âtime discrepancies,â âinconsistencies.â My motherâs expression shifted from confusion to fear to disbelief to something close to horror.
âYou think my child did this?â she asked, her voice trembling.
âWeâre not accusing him,â one officer said gently. âWeâre gathering information.â
But his eyes said otherwise.
They escorted my mom and me back into the conference room. She gripped my hand so tightly my fingers tingled.
âTell me everything,â she whispered. âPlease.â
I opened my mouthâthen closed it. The truth vibrated in my throat, desperate to escape, but another voice echoed louder:
Donât fight me.
If I told my mother what really happenedâthat I helped hide a bodyâeverything would be over. Not just for me, but for her. For our whole family. Theyâd arrest me immediately.
My mother would watch her child get handcuffed for murder.
Tears blurred my vision. âMom⌠IâI didnât kill anyone.â
She squeezed my hand. âI know. I know you didnât.â
But reassurance felt useless. Empty. Fragile.
The officers re-entered the room a moment later. One of them set a recorder on the table and clicked it on.
âThis is a voluntary statement,â he said. âYou may stop at any time.â
My mother swallowed hard. âHe has nothing to hide.â
But I did. I had everything to hide.
The officer folded his hands. âLetâs start simple. Where were you on the night of the incident?â
My mind raced.
A lie wouldnât hold.
The whole truth would destroy me.
And somewhere outside the roomâŚ
She was waiting.
Listening.
Smiling.
I opened my mouth.
But before I could speak, the fire alarm went off.
A shrill, screaming wail filled the school.
The lights flickered.
The officers stood abruptly.
My mother jumped.
And out in the hallway, drowned in red flashing lights and chaos, I saw her.
She wasnât panicking.
She wasnât confused.
She was walking awayâcalm, steady, with a tiny, satisfied smile.
She had pulled the alarm.
She wasnât done with me yet.Â
Chapter Five â Plot Twist
The hallway exploded into chaos as the fire alarm kept shrieking, the red lights pulsing like a heartbeat out of sync. Students poured out of classrooms, teachers shouted instructions, and the officersâ attention snapped toward the noise.
âEveryone outsideânow!â one of them ordered.
My mom grabbed my arm, but the officers held up a hand.
âHe needs to stay with us until we confirm itâs a real evacuation.â
The room shook with footsteps and panicked voices outside. Smoke didnât fill the air, but the alarm was unmistakable. Something had triggered it.
Someone.
Her.
I looked toward the hallway just in time to see her disappear into the crowdâcalm, collected, her hair swinging gently with each step. She walked like she wasnât escaping, but heading somewhere.
The officers turned to each other, debating the next move. My mom argued with them, insisting they stay together. While they were distracted, I edged toward the door, peering down the hall.
And then I saw him.
Not her.
Him.
A tall guy stepped out from around the cornerâblack T-shirt, gray sweatpants.
Brown hair.
Blue eyes.
My heart stopped.
The exact description the officers gave me.
The exact description of the supposed victim.
The boy whose body I had helped bury.
Except he wasnât dead.
He was alive.
Very alive.
He stood at the far end of the hallway, watching me through the crowd. His eyes were bright, sharp, too focused to be random.
He lifted a hand slightlyâalmost like he was greeting me.
Or warning me.
My breath caught. My chest tightened. My brain couldnât process what I was seeing.
I blinked once.
He was still there.
I blinked again.
He stepped backward into the smoke of the alarm system, swallowed by the shadows.
I stumbled, gripping the door frame
âHeâs alive,â I whispered.
My mother looked at me sharply. âWhat?â
But I couldnât answer. I stepped into the hallway before the officers could stop me. The noise was too loud, the lights too bright, but everything felt distant, muffled, like I was underwater.
I pushed through the crowd, heart pounding, searching the hall for him.
Nothing.
No sign.
No trace.
Heâd vanished.
Just when I thought my mind was breaking, someone grabbed my wrist hard. I spun aroundâand came face to face with her.
She pulled me into an empty classroom, closing the door behind us. Her grip was shaking, her breathing uneven for the first time since this started.
âYou werenât supposed to see him,â she whispered.
My blood ran cold. âSo heâs real? Heâs alive?â
Her jaw clenched. She stepped closer, her eyes wideânot with triumph, not with confidence, but something else.
Something like fear.
âYou need to forget you saw him,â she said. âIf you donât⌠everything falls apart.â
âWhat falls apart?â I backed away. âWhat is going on? Why did you say he was dead?â
She didnât answer immediately. Her breath trembled.
âHe wasnât supposed to come back,â she whispered. âHe wasnât supposed to show up again.â
âWhy?â My voice cracked. âWhy did you tell me he was dead?! Why did you make me help you hide a body?â
She looked up slowly.
And then she said something that made the floor tilt beneath me:
âBecause the person we buried wasnât him.â
My heart stopped.
âWhat?â I whispered.
She stepped even closer, her voice barely audible.
âThe night of the accident⌠the person in the woods⌠that wasnât the boy you just saw. It was someone else. Someone who looked like him. Someone whoââ
She cut herself off suddenly, her eyes snapping to the window.
Outsideâeven clearer than beforeâthe boy in the black T-shirt was staring straight into the classroom window, his face expressionless.
Watching us.
Watching her.
Watching me.
She grabbed my shoulders, panic finally breaking through her perfect composure.
âYou donât understand,â she whispered. âYou werenât framed by me.â
My chest tightened. âThen⌠who framed me?â
Her eyes filled with terror.
âHe did.â And at that moment, everything inside me twisted. My life wasnât just going to changeâit was going to be ruined. Destroyed. I should never have picked up my phone that night. Never answered her Â
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Chapter Three
She stood in front of the closed door like she owned the roomâlike she owned me. Her hand rested lightly on the doorknob, her posture relaxed, but her eyes⌠her eyes told a different story entirely. They were sharp, bright, calculating. Almost excited.
I couldnât speak at first. My throat felt too tight. My mind scrambled for somethingâanythingâto say, but everything came out tangled and useless.
âWhatâwhat are you doing in here?â I finally choked out.
She didnât move closer. She didnât have to. Her presence filled the room enough without it.
âI told them I needed to talk to you,â she said softly, her voice sweet in a way that felt poisonous. âThey thought I might calm you down.â
Calm me down.
Right.
Like, the person who framed me for murder was the perfect candidate for that job.
I pushed my chair back a little, the legs scraping loudly against the tile. Her eyebrow lifted ever so slightly, amused.
âYouâre making this harder than it needs to be,â she murmured. âIf you had just said you didnât see anything, none of this wouldâve happened.â
My heart pounded hard enough that I could hear it in my ears. âWhat are you talking about? I didnât tell anyone anything.â
She smirked. âYou hesitated. Thatâs enough.â
âYou set me up,â I hissed. âWhy? Why are you doing this?â
She tilted her head like she was thinking about how to answerâor like she was debating whether to answer at all. Then she walked around the table slowly, her fingers brushing along the edge as she circled me like a predator making sure its prey had nowhere left to run.
âYou werenât supposed to be involved,â she said. âYou werenât supposed to help me. That night you showed up⌠it ruined everything.â
âRuined everything?â I blinked in disbelief. âI saved you. You called me begging for help.â
âYes,â she said simply. âAnd thatâs exactly the problem.â
She stopped right behind my chair. I could feel her breath against the back of my neck. My skin crawled.
âYouâre too close to this,â she whispered. âYou know too much. Youâre the only loose end.â
A chill shot through me. âSo youâre framing me because itâs easier than telling the truth?â
âNo,â she said with a quiet laugh. âIâm framing you because youâre believable.â
My stomach twisted.
âYouâre quiet. Nervous. People already think youâre strange. You donât have many friends. You disappear after school sometimes. Youâre easy to blame. Convincing.â She paused. âExpendable.â
My hands clenched into fists. âI trusted you.â
She leaned down, her lips almost brushing my ear. âThat was your first mistake.â
I jerked forward, standing up so fast my chair nearly toppled. She didnât flinchâshe just watched me with that infuriating calm, like she already knew the ending of a story I hadnât even begun to understand.
âYouâre a monster,â I whispered.
She shrugged. âMaybe. But Iâm not the one whoâs going to prison.â
âIâm not going to prison,â I snapped. âIâll tell them the truth.â
Her smile widened. âWhat truth? That you helped hide a body? That you were at the scene? That your fingerprints are all over him because you carried him with me?â She paused. âOr will you tell them you panicked and hesitated and lied to officers in a murder investigation?â
My mouth went dry.
âI thought that might worry you,â she said softly. âSo I made sure to tell them everything about your âanger issues.â How you got jealous. How you âobsess.â How you followed him around. How you threatened him.â
âI never did any of that!â
âYes,â she agreed, âbut the thing is⌠they already believe me.â
Something inside me snapped.
I moved toward the door, but she stepped in front of me, blocking it effortlesslyânot physically stronger, just more confident, more certain there was no escape.
âYouâre not leaving,â she said. âNot until Iâm finished.â
I felt my pulse spike. âWhat do you want from me?â
Her expression, for the first time, shifted into something darker. Something almost sad.
âI want you to take the blame,â she said. âCleanly. Completely. Thatâs the only way this works.â
âAnd if I donât?â
She leaned back against the door, her arms crossing as if she were settling in comfortably.
âYou will,â she said quietly. âBecause itâs your only choice left.â
Before I could respond, the doorknob turned from the other side.
She stepped away with perfect timing, sliding back into her innocent schoolgirl act so smoothly it made my head spin. By the time the door opened, she was biting her lip and wiping at her eyes like she had been comforting me.
An officer stepped inside. âEverything alright in here?â
She nodded, her voice trembling. âI think heâs just scared.â
The officer glanced at me. âYour mother is on her way. Weâll continue the questioning once she arrives.â
âThank you,â she whispered to him, stepping out of the room.
But just as she passed me, hidden from the officerâs view, she whispered one last thing under her breathâthree soft, chilling words that made the room spin around me:
âDonât fight me.âÂ
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Chapter Two
Principal Mayfield didnât get to finish his question.
The words barely formed on his lips before one of the officers stepped between us, holding up a hand like he already knew what the answer would beâlike they had already decided who I was, what I had done, and how this would end. My mouth went dry. I could feel the weight of their eyes pressing into me, searching for cracks.
âLetâs talk in private,â the officer said, his voice level but firm.
Private.
That word alone made my chest tighten.
They led me into the small conference room beside the office. The door clicked shut behind us, sealing me inside with the truth I wasnât ready to face. The blinds were half open, letting in a thin strip of daylight that cut across the table like a spotlight. I sat down because my legs were shaking too much to keep standing.
One officer pulled out a chair across from me and sat. The other two remained by the door, blocking it.
âDo you know why youâre here?â he asked.
I swallowed hard. âNo, sir.â
He raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing me. He slid a photograph across the table. At first, all I saw was the edge of a familiar shoe. My stomach twisted before I even fully turned the picture toward me.
It was him.
The guy.
The one we hid.
Except now he wasnât half-covered in dirt and leaves. The photograph showed him laid out on a bright blue tarp, his face pale and empty, his body cleaned off enough to study every bruise and wound. The officers watched me closely, waiting for my reaction.
My blood ran cold.
âWe found the body last night,â the officer said slowly. âAn anonymous tip led us straight to it.â
My breath caught. Anonymous tip.
She did it. She really called them.
The officer leaned forward, lowering his voice. âA witness claims they saw you with the victim the night he disappeared.â
I felt my pulse in my throat. âW-Who said that?â
But I already knew.
I didnât want to say it.
I didnât want to let her name sit on my tongue. It felt poisonous now.
He didnât answer. Instead he tapped the photo with his finger. âYou want to tell me how you knew him?â
âI didnât,â I whispered. âI swear I didnât even know his name.â
The officer didnât blink. âThen why does a student here claim that you killed him?â
My whole body froze.
Claim.
Accuse.
Blame.
She had turned her fear into my death sentence.
âI didnât kill anyone,â I said, my voice cracking. âI didnât touch him.â
The officer stared at me for a long timeâtoo longâuntil the silence forced me to look away. Then he said something that made my hands go numb:
âShe said you were obsessed with him.â
âWhat?â
My voice came out too loud, too desperate.
âShe said you followed him after school. That you got jealous. That the two of you fought. That you snapped.â
My breath stopped. My mind raced back to her grin in the hallway, that quiet satisfaction in her eyes. Every word sheâd ever said to me twisted into something darker.
âSheâs lying,â I whispered. âSheâsâsheâs setting me up.â
The officer didnât react. âWeâll need you to stay here while we contact your parents. Youâre not under arrest, but you are being detained for questioning.â
My vision blurred at the edges. I could barely breathe.
âBut I didnât do anything.â
He stood. âIf thatâs true, youâll have nothing to worry about.â
Easy for him to say.
He wasnât the one being framed for murder.
The officers stepped outside to make calls, leaving me alone in the silent room. The walls felt like they were inching closer. My mind replayed every second of that nightâher trembling voice, her shaking hands, the weight of the body, the dirt beneath our feet.
And then I saw her again through the small window, standing just far enough away that she looked innocent. Her arms were crossed, her head tilted slightly as she watched me.
When she noticed me staring, she smiled again.
That same grin.
That victorious, cold grin.
In her eyes, I saw something terrifyingânot fear, not guilt, not panic.
Relief.
She had gotten away with it.
And she was making sure I took the fall.
My chest tightened with a sudden, horrible realization:
I wasnât just a witness.
I wasnât just a helper.
I was her alibi, her shield, her sacrifice.
She needed someone to blame.
She had already chosen me.
And she wasnât going to stop until the police believed every word.
The doorknob turned again. I tensed, expecting the officersâbut it wasnât them.
It was her.
She stepped inside, closing the door softly behind her, her eyes gleaming with something I couldnât name.
âYou shouldnât have hesitated,â she whispered.
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Chapter oneÂ
âWould you still love me if I didnât kill him?â
Those were the first words she said to me after the accidentâno greeting, no warning, just that single, sharp question slicing through the air like a knife.
I had barely sat down in class when she leaned over my desk, her voice low enough that only I could hear. I froze. I couldnât even pretend to take notes. All I could do was stare at her, watching every little move she made. Her fingers drummed lightly on her notebook. Her eyes didnât blink enough. Her smile was too soft, too controlled.
A part of me kept whispering that I might be next.
But then another part of meâthe stupid, loyal, terrified partâargued back that she wouldnât. Weâd known each other for four years. If sheâd wanted to hurt me, sheâd had hundreds of chances. After school, during late-night calls, in the empty hallways when we were supposed to be doing homework but ended up sneaking around instead. Sheâd had time. And she never did.
So why was I still scared of her?
Maybe because fear doesnât always listen to logic. Maybe because someone who has killed once is capable of killing again. And maybe because, deep down, I knew the truth: I wasnât just a witness. I was part of it.
She killed someoneâyesâbut I was the one who helped her hide the body.
I still remember her voice from that night, shaking, frantic, but still somehow demanding:
âYouâre coming. I need you. I canât do this alone.â
And I went. I didnât argue. I didnât ask questions. She could barely carry him; her arms trembled under his weight, and her breath was ragged. I told myself I was helping her because she was my friend, because she needed me. But the whole time, there was this heavy, choking guilt sitting on my chest. It hasnât left since.
In class, Mr. J was calling my name, trying to get me to stand. I didnât hear him at first. I was still staring at her, at the way she kept twisting her pencil between her fingers. Then his voice cut through my fog.
âOffice needs to see you.â
My stomach dropped so hard I thought I might pass out. She looked up at me, her eyes wide but unreadable, like she knew a secret I didnât. Then she whispered so quietly I almost thought I imagined it:
âDid they find the body? They canât have. We hid it really well.â
Her words followed me out of the room, echoing louder with each step I took down the hallway. My hands were sweating, my heartbeat too loud in my ears. The school office door felt heavier than usual when I pushed it open.
Three police officers were waiting for me.
Not teachers.
Not counselors.
Police.
My throat tightened. They must have found the body. That couldnât be possibleâwe hid it deep, covered every sign, planned every step like we were in some kind of twisted movie. For days I convinced myself no one would find it. No one could.
But I was wrong.
They found him.
And worseâshe told them I killed him.
I saw her in the hallway through the little office window, standing far back, pretending she wasnât watching. But she was. And when our eyes met, she smiled.
Not a friendly smile. Not a nervous smile.
It was a grinâslow, satisfied, like someone savoring a victory they knew nobody could take from them.
She had turned me in.
She really had.
call. Never helped her hide the body.
One of the officers stepped closer. He had a notebook in his hand and this practiced expression that tried to look calm but felt like judgment.
âHave you seen a male,â he said, âwearing a black T-shirt, gray sweatpants, about five-nine, blue eyes, brown hair?â
My voice cracked. âNo, officer. I⌠I didnât.â
He watched me too closely, like he could see the truth leaking out of my skin.
âAre you sure you didnât see this individual?â he asked again, slower this time.
I hesitated. Just a second. A tiny, stupid second.
âUmm⌠I⌠I didnât see him. I swear.â
I felt the instant regret. I never should have hesitated. His eyes narrowed, and he exchanged a glance with the other officers. They looked at the principalâPrincipal Mayfieldâwho had been silent this whole time, arms folded, face stern.
Then Principal Mayfield stepped forward and asked, in a voice that made every hair on my arms stand up:
âDo you know what happened toââ
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