Murder and disappearance

Chapter 7

Mason

After that last lesson I lost my patience for school, so I am skipping the last two classes. I can't think straight. I think my brain is going to explode. I walk towards Ann Shire to talk to her about what happened yesterday, because she is my best friend now. I'm under so much stress I can't afford. I need someone to talk with.

"Hey, Ann!" I shout at her. She can't find me in the fuss but she sees me waving at her. She waves back.

"Hi, Masie!" She shouts back. I am used to that nickname now. I am supposed to hate it so much. I walk towards her.

"How are you doing? Do you think Jane did it?" She asks me.

"First, I am alright. Second, no absolutely not." I tell her and I am not lying. How could someone think Jane did it? She is depressive these days. Yes, but that doesn't make her a murderer!

"I thought so too, I heard she is in the police custody room now." She informs me. I already knew it.

"Yeah, I have been in the department to check on Jane for Jules and they told they me want to keep her there just for a few days." I tell her. She listens carefully. Well, too carefully.

"Oh- oh yeah, she is your cousin." She remembers. I want to give her more information about the status of the case, but Felix and Jessica interrupt me.

"Hi Ann, may we talk to Mason for a second?" Jessica asks Ann, but looks at me. I find it a little disturbing, because this duo -Felix and Jessica- is maybe the most popular duo in school. I am popular too, but in a lower stand.

"Yes, of course. Uh I should leave, bye." Jessica doesn't stop staring at me. My gaze goes to Jessica's phone. It's recording.

"Well, Mason we heard-" Jessica begins, but Felix interrupts her.

"I. I heard. Jessica let me. So, Mason I heard from Anderson that your cousin, Jules is planning to get his twin out of custody. I thought maybe you should know." Felix absolutely is bluffing, because Jules doesn't talk with Anderson.

"Thank you, I'm aware of it now. Is that all you wanted to talk to me about?" I ask him, because i am getting annoyed. Why are they attacking me while they can spread their "rumor".

"Actually not, I wanted to ask you a few questions about it." Jessica is scaring the crap out of me. What is she doing here anyways? She is probably Felix's new victim. Felix always has another girl with him. You could say he was the dream boy of all the girls in school. Maybe even boys like him.

"Alright ask it, but why couldn't Ann stay here?" I ask them because it's not fair for them to be with two people and me to be alone.

"There is a change you wouldn't want other people to hear those questions. So we don't take the risk of the actual answers changing." Felix informs me. I find it strange, but I don't let them hear my thoughts.

"Come up with the questions then, I'm not going to wait longer." I tell them.

"Actually we have just one little question. Who do you think actually killed Emily." Felix asks me his lips curl into a smile. I don't know what to say. I know the person I am going to name now is going to bullied by the whole school. They also have proof, because they are recording everything. I decide it to be Ann, Anderson told me that he saw her earlier at the memorial but just before Emily was killed, she had disappeared. Also she kind of isn't acting like she is my friend. Maybe she is just using me. 

We will find out. 

"Eh- I thought maybe Ann would be it, because she was acting weird since yesterday." I say as clueless as possible.

"You are saying that because you know about Anderson. He told you too, didn't he?" Jessica asks looking at me angrily.

"Calm down Jess. So, did Anderson tell you about Jules, Mason?" Felix asks me with a sly grin on his face. I don't even answer his question and walk away. I hear them shouting my name, but i don't care. I won't stop. 

I am going to Jules's.

I'm going to ask him what he is planning to do.

Because this will become out of hands and the whole school is going to hear about it.

I know he doesn't want that.

I am standing right in front of his door. Waiting silently for him to let me in. I don't want to ring the doorbell because I know his mother is going to open it. Well, my aunt.

I I slowly take my phone out of my pocket. The time was nearly 13:30 and there was a text on the bottom of my phone. It read 'No notifications'. I swipe my phone open and call Jules. I hear his phone ringing from inside the house. He directly picks up my call.

"I am standing right in front of your door." I say. He doesn't answer for a long 3 seconds and then i hear footsteps coming towards me.

It's Jules. He opens the door and walks straight away. He doesn't let me look at his face. Which probably should mean he had been crying. He goes up to his room, I follow him step by step.

"So I heard you talked to Anderson?" I whisper at him. His mom is probably sleeping and I don't want to wake her up.

"Okay." He answers simply. That means he doesn't want to talk to me about this. We walk towards his bedroom, but then take the wrong way. Or maybe we're going to his study room. Their house is huge. I can't even tell anymore where I came from. We go inside the study room.

It's a huge room with gray painted walls, a big desk, a chair, 2 couches and some paintings on the wall. The rest of the large room is completely empty.

When I look closely, I notice a pen and a notebook on the table.

"What were you doing here?" I ask him. He also could study in his own room. Maybe he just loves the vibe here? But no, i think he is up to something. Something really dumb.

"I am going to use the wall." He answers.

"For what?" I ask again. He sighs and turns to me. He looks in my eyes. Wait he is trying to look me in the eyes, but looks straight away and points outside. I see now, he had been crying. He was just thinking to help her. He is-

"I am going to do what the police is afraid of doing. I am going to prove Jane is not guilty." He says. I see the terror in his eyes.

"Alright, but how are you planning on doing so?" I ask him with a questioning expression. I am curious about his answer.

"I- I don't- Well, I didn't have plan till now. But I think i can fix that." I don't understand. What is he planning to do?

"Are you going to share your idea with me? Because I am starting to think you've lost your mind." I inform him. He doesn't answer. He looks away and starts writing something in his notebook.

"I am going to solve this murder mystery, and you will help me with it."