The ex-athlete (part 1)

part -5(ch-1 Dark days)

Your not the only one who has to act, Hynjuin said with a smirk, before running up the road.
Wha-at?Rylie shouted.
But he was allready too far.she saw a taxi pull up.
The driver told her to get in and gave her a chit.
It read",Iwas in a hurry",and with that it ended . It said that it was from Hynjuin but ,Rylie wasn't so shure .
Even after she took a seat she sent him countless texts but he didn't reply to any of them.
When she reached, she pulled out her wallet to pay, but the driver denied, saying that it had allready been payed for. With that the car drove off. Classic act of service Rylie whispered to herself. It was dark and the moon was out . Rylie walked up to the driveway and saw her dad waiting up at the door.
How was your little chat with Amelia?he asked.
It was fine.she said
Did something go wrong, cause I knew that girl was weir-Rylie cut him off.
No dad, it was good , everything was perfectly fine
If you say so...
Rylie walked up to her bedroom and texted Katie that she was back.
She had replied in the same minute. Asking if she would wanna call.before Rylie even had a chance to reply the phone had allready started ringing.
Hi,Katie,' Rylie said after answering the phone.
How was the interview with that gal. Was she much help?Katie asked
Rylie could see her desperation to know , ' just from her voice so she gave in.
' I did come out , I think she fainted.
Wha-t?
Yahh,so you see she had drunk a sup of my tea.
Ohh, had she poisoned it?
I'm not shure.actually but Hynjuin had also come , he is so annoying coming up in every situation.
Girl-he cared for you so he came ,' you should be happy that there was someone for you, what would happen if your little plan didn't work?hunh.
Alright -Alright.what do you want me to do.
You're gonna go to his house tommorow bring him some muffins,and apologize.
Katie, I am NOT doing that!
You have to, you owe me?
Owe you what?
Not talking to me for so many years.
Well that's cause you changed your number, Rylie said
Yeah yeah, whatever just go up to him he's not gonna go on full devil mode on you
Maybe, but if he doesn't answer the doorbell in one second, I'm leaving.
Ok. I have to go bye. Katie ended the call.
Rylie put the phone aside, and went to bed.

The muffin.with no blueberries. But it's too frosty, giving way,her fingers indenting it's sides.thats because it's the duvet twisted up in her fist,not a muffin,and Rylie was awake now . In bed.
She'd fallen asleep, she'd actually fallen asleep. It was dead - of - night dark and she'd been asleep.
Why was she awake now, then? She woke up like this all the time,sleep so shallow she dipped in and out. But this felt different. Something had pulled her out.
A thought.
It was there now.
What was it.
Rylie sat up,duvet falling to her waist.
It suddenly came to her, she had slept but woken up.
The words mumbled around her , she could hear them everywhere. You don't know who I am, Amaleias shaken up voice, trembling echoing all around the room, hquers?Rylie wondered why would she be involved -
She rubbed her eyes.
Her sleep - fogged head could not follow. Was she still dreaming?
No,the muffin was the dream.This was real.
Something nudged her, maybe a ghost at her back.
Maybe Camelia's.
Rylie hesitated.tripping over her own feet as she dropped to her knees.
Her gaze focused on the recording,she played it agin-again -again. Hoping it would make her know .
But it didn't, nothing seemed to be paving the way for her, not even the close encounter with Amelia, all she knew was that she was definately not doing this alone.
Maybe hquers could help,she would pass by hquers library on the way to Hynjuin's house anyways. The words trembled echoing themselves, it was of no use.
Although she had found another suspect, it would only make it harder for her to narrow things down.
Rylie scrambled to her feet, launched herself across her bed and pulled open the curtains.
The moon hung low in the sky, it's light cast an eerie silver edge on the trees, on the car's.
Rylie went back to bed , she didn't sleep,'she was to awake for that', she just lay there,in the  quite  and silence.
Before she knew it the sun had rose, and so had her mind, her dad had already gone off for work.she got off too she had finished off her morning duties, which included yawning and eating and more other stuff, she could still hear the voice echoing in her head she checked her tea several times if it was poisoned or even dru--ed but now her tea was full of ice, she poured the vicious liquid down the drain.she would pick up coffe on her way. She would pick it up later, but there was no time for that it was allready ten, she had gotten up late on purpose,she had heard her father's footsteps growing towards her room before he'd left.
Rylie slid open the front gate with the box of muffins in her hands, there weren't many people, but it was nice. She saw nothing on her way she had almost forgotten to drink coffe and she'd realised that only when she'd reached Hynjuin's doorstep. She waited for the right time when she felt right. She finnaly rang the bell.she waited - and she waited. She finnaly heard a scrapping noise . The door unlocked.
She quickly got into position.
Hey, I wanted to um apologize for what .. happened -
I don't care. Hynjuin replied.rolling his eyes.
Well. Um I have muffins!
I hate you and your freakin muffins.he said turning back to glance at the corridor.
Oh,that's fine.Ryle said suprised,these were his favourite muffins.?she wondered.
Now can you go ,Your ugly  face is blocking the driveway.
What did you say?Rylie said furiously.
Before he could say anything his father?walked in.she wasn't shure.
Leave my son alone, we only talk to rich people.dont we?he said looking over to Hynjuin's shoulder.
Yes, and there's no place for douch bags like you.
Rylie was too thrown off to be able to say anything.
Hynjuin slammed the door shut right at her face.
Rylie was in awe but most of all she was disappointed and not angry. This was nothing like the Hynjuin yesterday.
Rylie texted him a whole paragraph while walking to the library , asking him if something was wrong.
But all he had replied with was " Don't tell me what to do with My life" she texted him that why was that man also supporting that jerkiness.
Man?that was my father my idol, my hero.is what he'd replied with.
Rylie still couldn't believe it , but their was no room for that she was nearing the library she exited the chat, and held her phone in the other hand.she pulled out one of the muffins from the box and tasted it, he shure is missing out on some great muffins,she told herself.she held the box in her hands.she walked in and instantly recognised Hquers , Marinica was standing right by her as well.
Hi, Rylie said in a squeaky voice,
Hello there what would you like to buy, the latest book series or CDs or album-s
Nothing acctualy.
Hquers looked at her with an astonishing look,
Oh well then why are you here.Hquers asked.
I wanted to talk about Camelia acctualy.
I don't think we can much help you with that my dear.
Oh , It's nothing you won't need to answer too many questions.
Well then , I guess there's no harm.hquers said looking over to Marinica.
The both were gonna walk out when , Rylie spoke up.
You both can't be interviewed together, besides someone had to handle the shop right?
Oh-ok , we don't usually have many customers but-Rylie cut her off, it's just minor protocol no need to worry.
                            Transcript of interview with
                                             Hquers
Rylie: Can you please introduce yourself?
Hquers:yes, uh..My name is Hquers, I am 34 years old and I work at the maple town library, was that ok-
Rylie:yes ,that was great.now Can you tell me if Camelia used to come here?
Hquers: no, not at all.
Rylie: Can you tell me where you where on the night Camelia disappeared.
Hquers: I had plans with Marinica but then , she couldn't come,' so I stayed back at the shop.
Rylie:what was your closing time again.
Hquers: We close at 9 now.
Rylie: Can you tell me if you knew someone named Amelia?
Hquers: certainly not, never heard of her.
Rylie: Didn't your husband used to work at the printing press?
Hquers: yes, uh but I can assure you that he had nothing to do with the murder or Amelia.
Rylie: okok, I get it, and did you know john?in any way .
Hquers: you mean the guy who killed her, yeah I did I was in contact with her mum, we were close friend acctualy.
Rylie: So could you tell me how their relationship was?
Hquers: shure, I know that I shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but john was a very cheeky boy even as a kid.
Rylie: what kind of stuff did he get into, like fights or-
Hquers: oh, no not at all, that poor boy never got into any fights but it is quite surprising how he turned out that way, I mean he used to just do small pranks and stuff like that.
Rylie: that's all that I needed from you.
Hquers: happy to help.
  Transcript of interview with Marinica:-
( I'm getting tired of writing all these transcripts from now on I'll skip straight to the juicy bits)
Rylie: So did you ever meet Rylie.
Marinica: No, but there was this girl her name ahh..I can really remember it well.
Rylie: Stacy?
Marinca: oh yes! Stacy that girl said that she was friends with Camelia and had tried to shoplift a CD acctualy.
Rylie:I know that it's been a long time but do you remember what was the name of the CD?by any chance.
Marinica: yes , I think it was some self defence or fighting related CD .
Rylie: oh..
Marinica: what's the matter.
Rylie: it's just thrown me off a little nothing to worry about, can you tell where you where during the night she disappeared.
Marinica: I was at the shop acctualy.
Rylie: uh ok.thankyou for the interview.
Marinica: oh it was nothing.
Rylie waved a quick goodbye to them before heading back, the way back was quick and fast , once she'd reached home she sat on her bed with her notebook open.
There had been some major differences between marinicas stament compared to Hquers. It wouldn't be tough to know who was right and who was lying because according to what Amelia said hquers must've been involved in this.
Rylie swiveled her pen around. Until she wrote the last name of the suspects list.
Hquers.
Stacy.
Amelia.
Mark.
Out of all of these Hquers seemed the most prominent to have committed the murder, but Stacy was not to far behind, to confirm their statments Rylie would have to talk to Stacy.
Except This time, she had leverage.Stacys parents were from a preety posh family.and if they found out she had shoplifted it would be really bad but that might not be enough so Rylie had a trick up her sleve one that required lying.she had become really got at it .
The phone buzzed and buzzed until Stacy picked up
Hello-she said.