Chapter 9: Days in row, I'm thinking I know - I've got a bit faith....

13 1 7
                                    

Jean-Claude's POV

We voted out someone innocent, AGAIN. This doesn't look good at all.

On the news, they barely mentioned anything - the most notable thing they mentioned was Charlotte's disappearance. To make matters worse, she is dead and no one outside suspects a thing! How would we explain everything, if we make it out alive?

I had to bear twenty minutes of American politics screentime to hear the information I needed.

How is the Murderer still around? At this point I'm convinced that someone has been lying the whole time. I don't know who. Minji and Marley are on my team, for sure.

My suspicions revolve around Nikolai. Is he good? Is he evil? Is he neutral? He can be anything! It was suggested that he was the Clown... That can partially explain his behavior, but there are still some unexplained things left.

I went to get a glass of water from the kitchen, after all these events from a few hours ago. I saw Mila making coffee with the coffee machine. She looked absolutely shipwrecked - the whole day. I decided not to question her out loudly at all.

We were now three people in the kitchen. Mila, Prasiddhi and I. Prasiddhi was getting something from the fridge. She noticed me looking at her, while getting something from the fridge.

"What? I'm still hungry!" - she said, while closing it. Fair enough.

I didn't make a comment and instead continued drinking. I even went for a second glass. I refuse to believe this is all happening. A week ago, I was at home, sleeping in my bed, and now... I have to deal with dead bodies!

Many people avoided the kitchen like the plague now.

I washed the glass and left it to dry up in the dryer. Then, I headed to the living room to watch something on the TV. Almost no one was around it, either. I turned it on and switched to a random show. They were talking about the latest albums, celebrities and their lives, etc. It wasn't my type of show, but better than the grave silence.

Not even five minutes later, I switched to a different channel. No way I would continue watching that. I got on a movie channel. An action movie was running right now. Wait. I remember watching this movie last year in the cinema! It's such a shame we can't make popcorn here.

A few people came to watch, presumably from having nothing else to do.

"I hope he doesn't die!" - Haneen commented. I turned to her and joked:

"Don't make me spoil the movie for you!"

"You have watched it before?"

"Last year, in the cinema..." We were me and a few of my friends. The occasion was the birthday of one of them.

"I have watched it too." - spoke up Qasim. She turned to her younger brother:

"You watched it, while I was sick! You didn't offer to watch it again with me."

"Sorry, okay? Though, I never knew you were into this genre of movies?"

"You never know!"

Ah. Sibling fights.

"None of your favourite movies are action ones."

"Are you sure?"

"The Devil Wears Prada' is not an action movie-"

Nikolai got annoyed.

"I understand that siblings fight often, but I'm trying to watch the film!"

Haneen and Qasim quieted down.

GAME OVERWhere stories live. Discover now