Hidden Investigations (#Wattys2015)

Chapter Eight

         I picked it up and it looked like a normal chocolate bar. Tears were rolling down my cheek and I found a paper attached to it and it read "Go to the garage where your mate was killed" . The words were simple, obviously written by a high school student, not strange or creepy or even mysterious. It's 4:00 pm and if I'll really go there then I'll have to wait till it's dark. I also have to be prepared cause it's clear that she's just bringing me to that place to get me  killed. I don't care, sometimes death is better than what people call 'life'.  My heart is beating hard and I can barely breathe. I'll sneak out like the last time and go there alone.

     I arrive home with trembling hands and keep biting my finger nails like I'm waiting for an important meeting. Dad is sleeping on the sofa in front of the muted T.V and mom her room. She's been in her room for weeks. I make myself some cheese sandwiches and watch the clock. It's still 4:30 pm. I look around the living room and something told me that it'd be the last time to see it. I watch dad sleeping peacefully on the sofa and try not to disturb him.

        I leave a paper on my bed telling mum and dad how much I love them. It's not certain that I'm going to die. Jessie knows exactly where that garage is but if I ask her she'll insist on going there. I open my lap top and navigate through the news related to  Polina. I'm sure that they wrote something about it like they did when they found that guy in the dark alley. In the middle of my searching, I came across an article about the murder of that guy and found further details. The guy was a drug dealer and he used to store some of the drugs in food cans. That made me feel that his murder wasn't horrible as I thought.

                Finally, I found an article titled "Anonymous teen found murdered". I couldn't believe that Sasha was referred  to as "Anonymous teen". I read the article and found out that Sasha was throttled to death, just as the other guy was killed , which reassured me that the person who killed her was the same one who followed me and killed the guy. It means I'm not imagining things and I'm in real trouble. It relives me that Josh is wrong . I'm in real trouble and it's only me  who understands it. The article said  some people claimed that the cops were paid to close the case as there's no further investigation related to the mysterious murder. So, it's not that Sasha's parents don't care as Becky said. Fortunately, the address of the place was written in the article, it was a description more than an address, but it was enough.

        At 8 o'clock, I sneaked out like the last time successfully and walked alone. As Jessie said, there was no security at all here and surprisingly there is still no security. It seems that even the few people that used to live here, have moved. The place is too dark as there are no shops, illuminated houses or even lampposts. I use my flashlight and keep walking, the place is so quiet that I can hear myself breathing. It was colder than the other parts of the town and humid as well. I have chills as I was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt. There is only one garage and I enter. The place is a little normal, quiet, cold and may be creepy but never giving you the feeling that someone was murdered here. I find dark blood drops on the grey floor  but I don't think they belong to Sasha cause the article said that she was throttled to death but they didn't find any injuries on her body. Why did she come here?  What now? The place is empty, there's nothing, there's nobody. 

    I keep wandering and then I finally find  a mobile phone. It's not modern but it's not too old. Something that you'd easily get rid of compared to the new trends these days.  I turn it on and the wallpaper was a picture of me!! I tap the Gallery button and watch the pictures , they are exactly 215 pictures. Some of me with dad, mom, Lux, Aunt Helena and her husband Uncle John, Edward, Emma and Emily. Others were with my friends, Jessie, Nina, Hayley, Becky and Josh. There are also Some pictures of me with random classmates like Brad, Dean, Tom, Ellie, Ari, Hillary and even Sasha and teachers like Mr. Richardson, Mrs. Adams and one picture with Mr. Gordon, receiving a certificate that I even forgot about. There is also a group of picture with some wise quotes  and one of them said 'Death isn't your choice. If you end your life, you'll remove a huge part of other people's life.

              There are also some songs on the phone, most of them are for my favourite artists. All of them are pop, dance pop, party pop but there are no blues or any slow music or sad songs. I put the phone in my pocket, stand up and decide my next step.      

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