Homicide On The Loose

Chapter 15

And she told me everything. Her parents were once very wealthy from the success of their hardworking company. There were not a single time where they were worried about their money. They would seldom give their money to charity for a good cause.

Her uncle, her father's brother, James, were always extremely jealous of them and especially their lifestyle from the very beginning. The company was given to Amelia's father instead of James because her grandfather trusted him more than James, even though he was the eldest.

Amelia was 17 when her parents had died and they're death were caused by his own uncle, her own blood and flesh. He placed a bomb on their private jet while they were on their way for a business trip to London. At first, Amelia was supposed to go, but was caught by a flu and had to stay at home.

James took over the company, which was actually to be given to Amelia, if anything would have happened to them. But, being a good uncle that he is, he stole the company. Amelia had always hated her uncle, he was always under the influence of alcohol. She had continuously tried telling her parents of his alcoholic uncle, but they said to not think badly of others and they refused to believe that their own family would act that way.

At first, the company sailed smoothly, but after a while, he would spend the company's money recklessly for alcohol and also for gambling and had caused them to be indebted to the bank. He lost a lot of money and had caused the company to go bankrupt, it was his own fault but he kept on accusing others for the loss of the company.

For the past few days after I moved out, Amelia told me that her uncle has been looking for her and she wasn't aware of it until this morning where he had finally found her. He asked Amelia for more money and accusing her that she still have money left from the will and for the loss of his company.

She told him that she has no more money left, she is already working hard for herself, let alone to give him her parents money for his own leisure because that will be such a waste. Amelia cherished that money and I know that she still have all the money that was given to her. She said that she will only spend them if it is really necessary to use them like a surgery or something.

I comforted her, saying soothing things to her while she let it all out. I felt sad too, but I have to be strong for her. I told her that I will keep her safe from her useless of an uncle. I sensed that she was still quite shocked from today's incident, so I welcomed her to stay for the night. She immediately agreed while forming a smile on her face, but I know that she was only trying to make me less worried and I guess it worked a bit.

Hours later, we were talking about humorous things, putting all the negative thoughts away. We were laughing so hard that tears started to flow on my face. We were too busy laughing that we didn't realise someone had walked in the kitchen, "Hey, what are you guys laughing about?" we were so surprised that we had screamed out, "Aaaaahh!"

We glared at our intruder for making us surprised in-not-such-a-good-way. Liam wore an amusing expression on his face, which is really annoying, truthfully. Behind him, stood a man slightly shorter than him by a few inches, not much, also with a smug look on his face. Great, a replica of Liam, no wonder why they're friends.

"Leyla, this is my friend, Jake," he walked towards us and shook my hand, "Nice to meet you, Jake," I said and smiled at him. He too is handsome, but my fiancé is more handsome, not trying to be bias here.

"Jake, this is my friend, Amelia," they both shook hands and for some reason, Amelia was acting shy. She was never shy, unless, she likes the guy! It has been such a long time since she had last dated. I am going to set them up. But I'm not sure if Jake likes her too. Maybe, I'll know, in time.

"So, we're gonna head out into my office now, see you guys later," we nodded our heads and they head out of the kitchen. I should start preparing for dinner now, "Mel, I gotta cook. Wanna help?" she gave me a big smile and replied, "For sure."

I decided to cook roast beef with gravy and some mashed potatoes. Just thinking of it, makes me hungry. I just hope that Jake is not a vegetarian. It'll be super weird if he actually is, a vegetarian.

The roast beef is being cooked in the oven so in the meantime, we set up the table for dinner and blend some Mango Magic smoothie. At the same time, the guys walked into the kitchen and were talking about which-I-assume is football. Bo-ring!!

"Wow, it smells awesome in here!" Jake exclaimed excitedly, "Dude, you are going to get your minds blown by Leyla's cooking," Liam said while looking and smiling at me. Amelia whispered in my ear, "Awh, that's sweet," I rolled my eyes in return. But, I kinda have to admit that it was kinda sweet.

As if on cue, the timer went off, indicating that the roast beef is done cooking. I took it out of the oven and placed it on the dining table. Everyone else followed behind me, the smell makes me even more hungry. I'm so glad that we can eat them now.

We sat on the dining table, me beside Amelia, Liam opposite of me and Jake opposite of Amelia. Everyone complimented my cooking and also Amelia, which she claims that she had helped.

We ate and talked among ourselves and before we knew it, it was getting late and tomorrow is a working day for those who are working but not me. It feels so awesome to not have to work.

Jake said that it was getting late and he has to take his beauty sleep. He's a funny guy once you get to know him. We walked him to the front door and we bid our goodbyes. He was hesitating to go, like he has something that he wants to say.

"Hey Amelia, do you want to go out sometime?" he answered my thoughts like he can read my mind or something. Amelia was yet again acting shy and she replied with a slightly high-pitched voice, "Yeah."

They exchanged numbers and they said their goodbyes. After the door was closed, I couldn't help but to laugh at her. It's so amusing to see her acting like this.

"Ohh my Amelia," I said rather dramatically.

"Shut up!"

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