Below The Surface

Laying Low

The next day, Caroline was so terrified that she might have made the biggest mistake of my life. Because of that, while she waiting on the bus to get to school, she called the hospital on her cell phone. "Island Plus Hospital," said the woman on the other line "how can I help you?" "Yes there was someone admitted there yesterday," said Caroline "her name is Naomi Figueroa." "Well I regret to inform you," said that the woman "that the girl was pronounced dead about four hours ago." "Oh okay," said Caroline with a shocked sound in her voice "thank you." When Caroline hung up the phone, her knees nearly collapsed from under her.

When she got on the bus, she had no expression and she practically blocked out the whole world. "I'm a murderer" Caroline said silently to herself with tears rolling down her cheeks. When she got to school, she immediately went into the bathroom and sat in the stall and cried the whole day. When lunch time finally came, she left the stall and looked herself in the mirror. "Here she is," said an unknown voice "I knew she would be in here." Caroline turned around to see two guys walking towards her. "Hey what are you doing in here," Caroline asked "this is the girls bathroom." "You're the little cunt that killed my sister" one of the them said. Both of them started punching her in the face and stomach. Naomi's brother stopped for a moment, then grabbed her, and bent her over the sink, took off her pants and pulled down her panties. "What are you doing man?" his friend asked. "Shut up and hold her" Naomi's brother said. "No," pleaded Caroline "no please don't! Don't!" His friend held Caroline down against the sink while Naomi's brother raped Caroline over and over again while she screamed and cried. When he was finished, he grabbed Caroline by the neck and lifted her up. "Listen here you little bitch," he said "if you tell anyone about this, I'll kill you my fucking self." As he said that, Caroline was beginning to slowly drifting out of consciousness. After he said that, he dropped her and she fell on her back, watching as someone else entered the room shortly after they left, but passed out before she could see the person.

When she woke up, she was in Alex's bed and Alex was sitting in a chair right next to her. "Rise and shine" Alex said as he looked at her. "Alex," Caroline said with a surprised expression on her face "how did I get here?" "Well I was walking by and saw Naomi's brother and his friend walking out of the girls bathroom," said Alex "they looked kind of odd. And I knew what you did. And I knew they did too. So I walked in and saw you passed out with your pants and your panties between your ankles. When I saw that, I picked you up, out you in my car, drove you here, and put you in this bed." "Well thank you so much Alex," said Caroline "wait how did you know what happened?" "It's not just me," said Alex "the whole school knows. When something like that happens, word gets around pretty damn fast." When he said that, Caroline just looked down with an ashamed expression. "Also I got some of your stuff and clothes here. While you were in bed, I broke in your house and took some of your things" said Alex. "Why?" asked Caroline. "Well let's not forget you killed someone," said Alex "the cops are gonna be looking for you pretty soon. So going home isn't a good idea. So I want you to lay low here. There's plenty of things for you to do here and a lot of food. But don't so much as stick your head out the front door. Alright?" "Okay," said Caroline "by the way, thank you Alex." "No problem" said Alex.

TO BE CONTINUED......