𝙇𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩 || CC walker x Cairo Sweet AU

Chapter 12 | Missing

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Cairo's POV:

"Cairo, you're overreacting." Ally mutters nervously as I frantically paced the dorm room, trying my best to calmly take in the new information.

"Ally, do not." I scowled sternly, "This isn't fucking coincidental, it just proves my point more." I groaned angerly at myself for making too much sense.

During my breakfast with CC at the cafe nearby, Ally texted me that there had been a new murder committed, and that I had to come back to her dorm room as soon as possible. She wouldn't tell me over text, only in person, which of course made me even more nervous.

Panicked, I forced CC to finish her food before she wheeled me out the door. I had half expected her to break the news that one of our friends, or one of my family members had turned up dead.

Good news, it wasn't that.

Bad news, this new murder has put me in shambles. Like all my information was a puzzle and the killer dropped the latest victim out of nowhere, and broke all the pieces.

Ally's lips stuttered open and closed, "W-Well. His first name is Miller, not his last name."

"But it's still Miller." I pointed out, my hand buried in the hair at the side of my face, "Something is wrong. They know me."

The news article Ally showed me said that the latest murder was a boy named Miller Galpin. Surprisingly, I didn't know him, which was relieving at first, before I realized what the killer was playing at. Miller was referring to my past with my high school teacher, Mr. Miller. They were toying with me.

Caleb bites his lip, "And you're sure you can trust Winnie?"

"Caleb." Ally scowls, elbowing his arm.

"Yes, Caleb. I'm sure. She protected me." I say, lifting my head from my desk. I keep telling myself that someone who was trying to kill me wouldn't have protected me from that dagger, but now I have no idea what to believe.

"I know but.." Caleb said, "Other than us, she's the only other person who knew about the entire situation with Mr. Miller."

I knew he had a point, which made things more confusing, "I don't know. It feels like I can't trust anyone anymore."

Ally frowns sympathetically, her hand squeezing my shoulder. "You can trust us, we promise."

I smile weakly, silently hoping that I actually could.

Basically everyone I knew was telling me to loosen up and take a break, so I decided to go out for once and take a walk.

Being alone was one of the many things I cherished at times. I could do whatever I wanted, when I wanted.

However that could lead to obsession if nobody was here to ask me to stop.

I sucked in a breath of fresh air, a small gust of wind blowing in my face as I headed back to the university. Thankfully there was a small park area nearby, and I was getting used to walking with my crutches.

I stared at the sky, leaves crunching under my foot. On my way back to the building, I make out a pair of frantic voices near the doorway. I peak around the corner to see a pair of seniors talking to an officer.

"Please officer, you've got to believe me." A familiar voice speaks frantically, "Andie has been missing for almost two weeks! We have no idea where she is."