Pov- Jessica
Jordan’s girl is pretty glamorous and her voice maleficent, she can hypnotize anyone with that etiquette in her words.
Emma is telling us a story about how she once barely survived being bitten by a dog.
I look over to noah, he is scrolling through jordan’s phone, smiling then back to being bored, then smiling again , then-
He reads something and turns pale, his eyes fixated on something-
‘noah’ I barely listen my own whisper as I stand to look noah staring at Jordan.
No,it isn’t his ordinary kind gaze. His eyes- seem hollow, with rage.
With betrayel.
‘noah-
‘you mind to explain this? ’
Noah’s voice thunders in the muffled talks, everyone silences, Jordan looks back at him, his face filled with confusion.
Even emma and chloe watch with wide eyes.
This is the first time I’ve ever seen noah like this,he’s not calm anymore, he’s not smiling anymore,
His eyes don’t shine now-
No-
‘ you mind to explain this ?’ noah’s shout echoes in the empty silence, his voice reverberates, chloe flinches. Her boyfriend stands up, his brows furrow in hesitation,’ wha-what-
Noah walks towards jordan with his long strides and stands right infront of him, he holds his phone in his hand, zooming in on a photo-
Fuck.
Everyone’s face goes numb and blank.
It’s a photo of mia- after her death, covered in blood, in death, her body on the ground, under her apartment.
‘ what is this?’ his face is drooped while Jordan winces at the photo, ‘ i- I didn’t –
A thump bellows as noah holds Jordan by the collar, shoving him towards the wall, ‘ WHY THE HELL IS THIS IN YOUR GALLERY?’
‘ NOAH DON’T-‘ chloe runs towards him, emma following behind her.
I just stand, statued.
‘ DUDE LISTEN I DIDN’T-
Noah’s eyes are watery, ‘ WHY?’ he puts another screen on jacob’s phone, it shows a search history-
“ is this why you searched this?” noah’s voice cracks.
‘ please calm down noah, your emotions are taking control over you-
He completely ignores chloe’s rational words and even emma’s touch on his shoulder. They both look over to me. please, chloe beggs.
Why- that search history
can homicide be shown as suicide.
Why was this in his search history-
‘ jess please tell him to stop or they’re gonna get hurt’ chloe is beside me now, holding on to my arm. Emma is still trying to convince noah to leave-
That search – mia’s death- the photo-
I shut my eyes, shake my head, take one last deep breathe. Noah needs to calm down first. I rush over to his side, trying my best to remove his strong grip on jordan’s collar,’ we can talk it out, let it be noah- please-
He isn’t moving an inch, staring right into the soul of his friend. ‘ noah please-
‘ why’ his whisper is enough to crack the heart of all,’ why Jordan-
‘ ITS NOT FUCKING ME ‘ he screams, ‘ ITS NOT FUCKING ME NOAH. I WASN’T EVEN THERE-I DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE SEARCH-
Noah finally lets go of his hold. His eyes on the ground, wet and angry. I order emma to bring a glass of water and she obeys.
Here, I hold the glass as we all make him sit on a chair, Jordan still behind us. He seems- angry too- but not at noah –
Not at him- never at him-
But at the confusion.
‘ I swear I didn’t-” he whispers to emma , ‘ i- I don’t know .’
Noah gulps the water down and sighs. ‘ fuck’ he whispers.
I bend on my knees and keep my hand on his, ‘ its okay’
That’s what calms down people, to know it was fine, that their feelings are valid.
He lets out a long breath,’ I don’t know what-
‘ listen’ I caress his fingers,’ I know-it happens. Rage takes over sometimes that its uncontrollable.we all know-‘ I look over to poor Jordan who stands guilty for no reason and then back at my friend,’ we all know he could never. He didn’t even know mia-
‘ wait’ chloe’s sudden word brings the attention to her, she looks over to her boyfriend and asks,’ how many people have your email id and pass?’
And then it hit me, what chloe thought-
‘ so it can be that someone else searched and added that pic to the gallery” I stand and whisper.
‘ or purposely did it to make Jordan look like the suspect’ chloe looks at everyone
Emma stares at chloe, in amazement,‘ i-it makes sense ‘ she says at last, her eyes wide with realisation.
‘ noah’ Jordan is now at the place where I knelt before,’ I didn’t even know mia- I barely knew her. why would I –
‘ I’m sorry ‘ he shut his eyes,’ I’m fucking sorry for-
He looks up at the ceiling,’ what the fucking fuck’
I look at chloe, yeah- she didn’t know he curses a lot when he’s nervous and anxious.
‘its fine ‘ Jordan says, not wanting to make the matter last, ‘ lets focus on the real problem’
Noah looks back at his old friend, ‘ thankyou’
YOU ARE READING
Tragedy of lies
Mystery / ThrillerJessica had been living normally until her friend, mia, commits suicide. Already overwhelmed by her past trauma, Jessica is disturbed. She doesn't accept it as to be a suicide and with her friend, noah, goes on a mission to find the murderer behind...
