The Cassette Tape

The viral news

I slowly opened my eyes to sound of birds chirping and the sound of trees rustling. The wind brushing my cheeks as I squint my eyes. I see a figure standing next to the window. The view was blurry but I could make it out that it was a person. "Aaah a thief!" I screamed as I stood in my bed in a defensive position. I didn't realise how stupid I looked back then. "I see that you have woken up. You startled me for a second over there ." My dad said. " I startled you? You were the one who looked like a ghost!!!"I exclaimed in response "Ugh anyways, I will go get ready ".I got out of bed, stretched my arms as an attempt to feel energized, I failed. I showered in hot refreshing water, got dressed and went to the kitchen to grab some food. As I was stuffing the food in my mouth my dad slightly lifted my face up towards the clock. I was late to school, it was almost time for the bus to have arrived at the nearest Bus stop. "Argh! I'm going to be late again" I yelled, put my bag on and wore my shoes in a jiff. "Goodbye Dad" I waved my him goodbye and ran to the bus stop as fast as I could. I made it in time for the bus and sat on the seat next to Dan. "Dude what was in that box you carried home yesterday? Was it perhaps some books to help you with the assignment. I see my guy has gotten very diligent nowadays." He said with a smug look on his face, but we both knew it wasn't me being diligent. I had a feeling he was messing around with me, I was tired enough already and didn't have any time to be messed around with. So I just replied "No, no, no this is a misunderstanding it was just a box of some antique stuff that my dad said wasn't useful to him, so I took it home with me so I could see if any of them were useful to me." I replied trying to straighten out the misunderstanding. For some reason I felt as if I should not tell him that I was carrying home a box full of cassette tapes yesterday. After a few minutes of awkward silence because of neither of us not knowing what to talk about. We got down at the bus stop closest to our school and walked our way to the school entrance where we were greeted by Luke who then accompanied us to the classroom. Since Luke was from class A and we both were from class D we said goodbye to him and settled at our seats. After the first class was over I went over the the lockers at the back of the class to place the books I didn't need and picked out the books I needed along with my home work when I heard two guys watching a video talking about Electroarc . A lot of people were talking about the same topic. So I decided to ask Dan what this was all about "So . . . Uhh what is all this talk about Electroarc? What is it?" I asked him. "Seriously dude you don't know about the Electroarc! The Electroarc group is a multinational conglomerate headquartered near our city. It is affiliated with a lot of businesses, most of them under the Electroarc brand, and it is the largest business conglomerate of our nation. I would be lying if I said they were a pretty big deal because this group is massive. Other groups are like ants in front of the Electroarc. It honestly feels like the entire world is dominated by this group including the government. At first sight they seem just like a normal company producing electronic devices, but oh boy are they more than that." He replied and showed me the video. "Electroarc group's owner Tokunaga Hajime has been caught in a scandal and it turns out to be true. The court said he is going to be imprisoned for seven years or more with fine. Due to him having no heir he has handed over the group to his niece . The identity of the new owner of the group has not been revealed yet except for their gender. Apparently the new owner of the group is a female in her mid twenties." He paused the video and showed me a blog which read "I for one think that the niece is the one who exposed the owner of the Electroarc group. I think we can trust her unless she planned this all along just to gain our trust. I think the owner is quite stupid for handing over the company to the person who exposed his wrongdoings. At the same time I think we can trust her since she exposed Mr. Hajime unless she planned on doing this all along to gain our trust." Dan grabbed the phone away from me and asked "Do you understand the situation now?" For which I replied "I mean I do understand what happened but what crime did Tokunaga Hajime actually commit? "Dan answered my question saying "People say it's for murder. They also say that his punishment is too light and he needs to be executed. Apparently he murdered a married couple who had a kid. Poor kid must be feeling all alone now. I quite don't know why but people speculate it has to deal with money or power. They a say that their identity is hidden except to the police as their relatives wanted it to be so." "Why do you think-" a guy sitting next to us interrupted us, threw his hands on the table and said "Isn't it obvious the niece did it to have the group for herself. I mean ratting out is one thing but exposing your own uncle's crimes who cared about you just to have the group all to yourself don't you think she'd feel a little guilty." We just stared at him not knowing what to reply, but thankfully Dan broke the ice by replying "We don't know her reasons and why she did that." "Besides we do not know if her uncle actually cares about her." I added. "Trrrrring" the bell rang and the teacher came in. "Alright enough gossiping, take a seat and listen carefully you've got exams coming up." She slammed the book against the teachers podium and started teaching about the fascinating world of science. I got so immersed in the topic that I didn't realise how fast time had flew by. The class ended soon and it was lunch break. I went to the cafeteria with Dan, grabbed some food and sat next to Luke. They both started talking about the guitar they had bought the other day. I didn't want to interrupt their conversation so I decided to research more on the news about Electroarc. I was going through some news articles online when I saw a picture of a woman in the article who was suspected to be the new owner of the group since the persons identity was not revealed yet. Right when I saw the picture I knew it, I knew I had seen her somewhere, the face was oddly familiar, but I just brushed it off and kept reading . The break was over and I went back to my class. Before I knew it school was over and I had to go home. I got on the bus and sat in the back seat with Dan and Luke. I took out my phone and watched Videos of cats barking when I got a text from my dad. It said he needed help cleaning and lifting heavy objects. So I got off in the next stop and walked my way to the pawn shop. I got inside and put my school bag aside in a corner and started dusting the shelves. The door opened and wind gushed in making the wind chimes clinked and woman entered the shop she walked towards the counter with elegance and asked if there were any globes here on sale. My dad said yes and showed her the way to where the globes where present. Following him the woman turned around and looked at me and at that point I knew who it was ...