Lies My Family Kept From Me

I am one hundred percent sure i did not kill her, but my word have no value when my own family "admits" i did. There is something behind the murder of Eda Tanner that doesnt fit other that me being, "supposedly" the murderer, but i will make sure to find out what really happened that night, the night she was killed while i was watching T.V, the night i "according to them" killed her.

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Chapter 1

Did i really hate Eda Tanner? Yes.

Up to the point of wanting to kill her? No.

Did i become the murderer? Yes.

Was i the one who killed her? No.

Eda Tanner was one of those rich girls that someone like me would never be able to be friends with, but we were, or used to. We stopped being friends even back before she was murdered, and i remember perfectly the reason why. I knew many many secrets about Eda that i never, ever thought of spilling out, because thats what a friend is supposed to do right? 

1- She had two tattoos.

2- She was dating her other best friend's boyfriend.

3- She stole money from her mother (Eventhough i dont know why, she had more than enough money in her hands.)

4- She was the one who cut Lilly's hair while she slept.

5- She smoked pot.

And the list goes on and on till forever, but with secret number 5 was that she crossed the line.   One night, while cleaning Eda's room, her mother found enough evidence to say that her daughter was smoking, but after she talked to her about why she was doing it, Eda said that it didnt belong to her, but to me.  She said that i came to her house almost everyday to smoke so that i wouldnt be seen by my parents or anyone, and that i "threatened" her of killing her if she ever told anyone. After she lied about that i got into a million problems; me and her never said a word to each other again until we had to, for a class project, but that was it. 

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I could hear the phone ringing across my room, but FINN AND RACHEL WERE ABOUT TO KISS! I couldnt go away from the T.V in a moment like this!  It wasnt until the sencond time that it rang again that i decided to pick it up, without keeping my eyes away from the television though.

"Lauren?" It was Dean, my former best friend up to date, he sounded shocked, breathless, gasping.

"What?!" I asked "Is something wrong Dean?"

"YOU KILLED EDA!" he yelled so hard i bet it could be heard a fair distance away from the phone.

"Wait, What?" i told him, "I didn-, I couldn- Wait...... What?"

"Channel 4, Put THE NEWS!"

I jumped over my bed and took the controller changing a season finale i have been waiting for so much for a stupid news broadcast.

"This should not be a bad joke or else.." i told Dean through the phone.

A man in a black suit stood infront of what looked like Eda's yard, surrounded by 2 ambulances and some police cars.

"Eda Tanner" he said "was found dead in her yard minutes ago, the murderer has already been found and turned in by a man over here, Mr. Albert Decker,  lets see what he has to say about what happened."

My heart started beating rapidly inside my chest "What is dad doing there?" i asked Dean.

"Keep watching!" he said, "This is not live news Lauren, i watched this some minutes ago."

Dad took the microphone in his hands and cleared his throat "I never thought she would have the intentions of doing something like this to someone that was her friend" -

"HE ISNT TALKING ABOUT ME RIGHT?!" i yelled at Dean.

"Keep watching!" 

I looked back at the T.V. "My daughter, was not the type of person you would think of as a murderer, she was always peaceful and happy, but sometimes we dont know what is going through a persons head, sometimes we dont know each other to well."

"I SURE DONT KNOW HIM WELL DEAN" I was furious at dad, how could he say shuch thing about me when i was, I AM RIGHT HERE!"

"I know you didnt kill her Lauren, im sure of it"

"You better be..." I threatened him sarcastically "But how could dad say that?!"

"I dont know! But what two kids have to say wont counterback the story  he just said about how you did it, he even used fake evidence like things from your room"

I looked at my shelf and my softball trophy wasnt there, either werent my school pencils, pens, and scissors on my table.

"I cant believe it!  Ill tell mom what dad just did! She'll tell the police i didnt kill he-"

"Wait Lauren" Dean interrupted me "Keep watching!"

Dad was still with the mic on his hand, now holding the blood smeared trophy showing it as evidence, "I know its the right thing to do, as parents and citizens, to tell the truth about what has happened, and me and my wife have been talking-"

"MY WIFE DEAN, MY WIFE?!?!?! DONT TELL ME MOM IS IN THIS TOO" I was feeling terrible, my head hurt and my heart felt like if it was going to jump out of my chest at any minute.

"And we have decided" my dad continued, "that for the best of our daughters being, we will put her in therapy and we will treat her, but we will also have a talk with her right Jennifer?" and the camera moved onto mom, whose face was filled with tears that kept pouring from her eyes, "Right" she said, and i turned the T.V. off.

"Lauren, are you there?" I heard  Dean ask through the phone, but right now i didnt feel like answering. I felt dirty, threatening, broken, i felt like the murderer that i wasnt.