SKY BOYS MANSION**
“Softball? You are late today” Brad said as he walked passed her.
“Sorry. I woke up late” Samantha replied
“Go home. I want you to rest”
“No. Why? Is it because I’m late. I said I’m sorry” She said in a cute voice
“No. I want you to rest because you had an exhausting and long day yesterday”
“Oh. I see”
“How was it?”
“My Exam?”
“Yeah”
“It was really difficult to be sincere. I just wrote what I read”
“What’s with this low self-confidence? Softball, Be faithful! Everything will be fine”
“What if it does’nt?”
“Why are you doing this to yourself? I h@ťě Tomboys who can’t handle this kind of things. Believe in yourself. I’m just saying but if it doesn’t work out for you, There are plenty more things you could do”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know. You can find that out by yourself. It’s your life, Softball” Brad smiled. As they kept talking to each other, They saw Blaze and Newton walk side to side coming out from the room. They both stared at her, when their eyes met with hers.
“Good morning!” She greeted slightly bowing her head low.
“How was your night” Newton asked
“How was your exam yesterday” Blaze asked.
They both asked these different questions simultaneously. Blaze and Newton stared at each other angrily. They scoffed and faced Samantha waiting for her reply. Brad wondered who she would answer first.
“Brad? You said I’m free to rest today right?” She turned to Brad ignoring the both.
“Well…Huh? Yeah. You are. Just come tomorrow”
“Yeah. Thanks. Bye!”
“Yeah. Bye, Softball”
“Sam… Good bye!!” Blaze and Newton both waved simultaneously. Samantha stared at them with an awkward look and formed a forced smile.
THE NEXT DAY, SATURDAY****
Giselle visited Samantha that Saturday morning. Carly was also at home. As the friends talked and laughed, Carly kept stealing stares at Elle. Of course, She noticed that.
“Why are you staring at me, Carly?” Elle asked.
Carly swallowed hard and pinched her thigh nervously. She slowly walked to them and sat close to them too.
They both continued staring at her wondering what she wanted to ask.
“Carly,What’s wrong with you? You have been like this since yesterday? You’d better say something cause I’m about to leave for work–Samantha paused and looked at the wall clock.
…In a few minutes” She added.
Carly inhaled deeply and nodded.
“Unnie–She pausedand looked at them both. Samantha and Giselle looked at each other, and then back to her.
“What?” They asked simultaneously, in a calm voice.
“Actually, I’ve gotten a big lead on Dad’s hit-and-run case” Carly swallowed hard again.
“Really? I did trust you–
“Hold on, I’m not done” Carly cut her sister short.
….Actually, It led me to Giselle at first–
“Wh.. What?? Me? What was the lead you had? What does she mean by that?” Giselle asked facing Samantha.
“Huh? What are you saying? Wait, Was that the reason why you asked for her picture?” Samantha asked. Carly simply nodded.
Suddenly, Josh came in. He had been eavesdropping on them and also heard everything.
“So? What’s your point? Are you saying she did it? Don’t you think you might be wrong? What if someone h@ťěs her and is trying to frame her? Carly,What the hell are you say–
“Will you guys just listen to me!!!!” Carly interrupted Josh in a very loud voice. She felt tired and frustrated. Her headaches came back more than it used to before.
Josh sighed and walked close to Giselle , who held his hands. They looked at each other and calmly nodded trying to understand where Carly was headed.
“We are sorry. Continue please” Elle cleared her throat.
“……Now, The real lead finally got me to the last stop…. Unnie (Elle), Do you trust your sister?” Carly asked. Elle gave a confusing look, apparently, it was a confusing question.
“I just don’t like her that all. I don’t know anything about her nor her life style. So, I don’t know if I should trust her or not” Giselle replied
“I’m sorry to say this. It’s gonna be shocking. You guys have to just bear with it–After wards, There was a loud pause.
…..Your sister, Agnes is the culprit to this case” She finally added
“What? Culprit? Not even a suspect? Seriously, She’s gonna be a deaconess soon. Are you sure you know what you are talking about?” Elle eyes grew wide.
“I’m 100% sure. Now, We don’t have anything such as evidence at hand for an arrest warrant… But there’s something she has, to issue an arrest warrant for her” Carly commented
“What’s that?” Josh asked
“A memory card. It has a video of everything that happened that night” Carly said
“Now just say she’s the culprit because it really hard to believe. Let’s just say she is, She might have damaged, cleared or threw it away or something. If she is wise enough, that is” Samantha said
“Let’s give a try in searching for it first… Unnie (Giselle)?” Carly called
“What?” Elle answered still having the look of confusion.
“You share the same room with your sister, right?”
“Huh? Well, Ye….eah”
“So, Do you know anyplace she can hide something so small? A place where you rarely look?”
“Huh…. I don’t really know. She can’t hide it in her bag,wardrobe or any place because she knows I go through them. So, I’m sure she’s gonna put it in somewhere safe. Somewhere I can never look, search or think of”
“Yeah. Is there anything she carries along with her almost all the time? I’m sure that where she keeps it” Carly said.
“Anything she carries al-Elle paused and widened her eyes
like she remembered something.
“Tell me? Do you know anything?” Carly asked
“Geez! There’s no way she could put it there. Unless, she’s a psycho” Elle bit her lips
“Where? Tell us! What’s that place??” Carly grew more curious. Giselle looked at them and sighed deeply.
“………It’s either she hid it in her hymn book or bible”
“What??” They all yelled staring at each other surprisedly
TBC