~BE BY YOUR SIDE~

CHAPTER-8

Third-person Pov

Boun was holding the envelope Earth gave him at the funeral. He didn't know why Samantha would leave him something. He opened the envelope and saw the letter handwritten by Samantha herself. He could recognize her handwriting. He started reading.

Dear Boun,

Hey. How are you? I hope you are doing well. I know you are probably thinking why the heck is she writing to me. I know you are probably confused. I just want you to understand why I did what I did.

If you are reading this letter it could mean two things I finally cracked the case or I am dead. Firstly I wanna apologize for lying to you and yes I mean only you. I didn't kill Bosston. How could I when he helped me so much? I loved him Boun so much. Okay, I am getting off track I'll start from the beginning. Do you remember when my Father had heart disease? It all started back then...

4 years ago-

Samantha's Pov

I was leaving the alley. I was trying my best to hide and get out of there but before I could I saw someone coming at me. "Sammy what the hell are you doing here?" The person said. After hearing his voice I knew it was Bosston. "Oh my god Boss you scared me," I said letting a sigh out. "Answer me first what are you doing here." Bosston said. He held me by arm and pulled me to a safer place. "I-i-I was, I-I-I was doing something important." I stuttered. "In that alley. Tell me the truth Sammy" He said.

"I-I just-" he cut me off. "I saw it why are you giving those guys drugs. What are you doing? Do you not know that's illegal and dangerous?" He said shaking me. I broke down. I knew all of that but when he said all that made me realize what I was doing. I started crying. He pulled me in his arms and hugged me. I cried wetting his shirt. "Hey, it's okay. Don't cry. We'll talk after getting home." He said and I nodded.

He took me to his home to avoid the questions. He was home alone since his parents were out of town. We went into his room. I stopped crying at some point and was staring at the wall blankly. He brought me some water. "Okay now answer me why did you have drugs with you and why did you give that to them?" He asked. I couldn't lie. I wasn't in the right mind so I told him everything. "I'll tell you everything but don't speak until I am finished," I said. He nodded. So I started "Do you know how much money I need for my dad's treatment? It's about a million dollars which we don't have. Dad was the only one in my family who was working. We don't have even close to that amount of money. Even if I started working it would be nearly impossible. Banks are not giving me loans since our finance is not good. Mom doesn't know about this. I don't want her to be sick or lose hope. I didn't know what to do. Then somebody contacted me. They said Id I need money I needed to meet them. I went and met them. They said they could help me. At that point, I was more than ready to do anything. They said I just needed to do 10 deliveries. After each delivery, they would give me 10000 dollars. I didn't think twice before saying yes. I already did 3 deliveries. I know what I am doing is wrong but I don't have choice." I finished

After everything, I said he was silent. I didn't know if he would understand. "You did have a choice. You could ask us. You know Boun's father is politically powerful. He could easily get you a loan." he said. "Then what? It's not like my father would be able to work for at least months even if he recovered and I am in no place to earn that much money." I said tears in my eyes. Guilt in my voice. He seemed to understand me a bit. "Okay I'll let you do this but next time I am coming with you." He said. I smiled at him and engulfed him in a hug.

Back to the letter

After all the deliveries were done we decided to never talk about this ever again. Everything was going well until he died. Well at first I didn't even think about that matter. I was sad. That's when I got a message saying if I didn't confess to killing Bosston they would reveal what I did to get the amount. They knew about that. I didn't know what I should do. I was at loss both ways.

That's when I got to know a bigger thing. Bosston and Yatch were planning something. I found that in Bosston's journal. They were trying to find the person who made me deliver the drugs and tell the police about them. They were very close to finding it. I knew if the police got to know about them I would get caught too. So I did the only thing that came to my mind. I snitched I messaged the number that was blackmailing me telling them about the whole thing. They said because I told them that I could be free. After Yatch's death I was scared and I called the person that day I confessed to you. I didn't know what else to tell you. I was scared maybe you heard my conversation. But I promise I didn't know why Yatch killed himself. I am sorry. I know what I did cannot be forgiven.

After all that I left town, I started to investigate who was the one threatening me. I took some help and I think I am onto something. I know it's dangerous but Bosston's murderer is still on loose. I want to let you know about my findings but not through this letter since it's not safe. If I am not there, talk to your hometown neighbor Earth. He knows a lot of my findings.

I wish you can forgive me someday. I know it's a lot to take in. I am sorry for lying to you. I am sorry for hiding the truth. I hope everything is back to normal and we could be friends again.

Love Sammy

After reading the letter Boun didn't know how to react. It was all too much to take in. He started crying very loudly. Now he was more than sure that Samantha's killer was the same person who killed Bosston. He put his head on his knees and cried. He heard someone come in. He didn't know or care who it was. He felt someone engulfed him in a hug "Hia are you okay? Why are you crying" the person said as they burst into the bathroom. He realized it was Prem who hugged him.

Prem didn't know what was going on. Why was his Hia crying? But he knew the only thing that could calm his hia down would be his hug. So he hugged him without saying anything. When He realized Boun had calmed down a bit. He asked Boun what happened again. Boun couldn't hide anything anymore. He was very tired so he blurted out everything. What Samantha did, the letter everything. After hearing Everything Prem pulled Boun in a hug. Boun felt relieved letting everything out.