Worth It?

Chapter 1 - how it started

Here I am, stuck in this dark cold room sitting at this metal table in handcuffs. Never at 18 did i think with,my whole life ahead of me that ii would be sitting across from senior detective Ross Greenfield. Maybe i would've made it to university, i'm certainly smart enough. Maybe i wouldve been a lawyer and maybe i wouldve been good at it, i never thought i would need one like the one sat next to me now.
"How did you do it?" He said, his grey eyes stare at me.
"Human eyes are easily deceived, or should I say you are easily deceived " A wide smirk spreads across my face. My lawyer pretends to ignore me when i can tell he is concerned i am ruining my case by poking the bear.
The inspector lowers his head, quite quickly he stands and heads for the door.
"You will break, Asher Clark" slamming the door behind him, a smirk still remains on my face as I think of where it began.

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"Asher Clark!" My head whipped around, standing behind me was Henry Mccallum, School captain, arguably the most popular boy in school. His party's are legendary they take place in his parents penthouse with scores of women and an ocean of booze.. ive never been to one but now he stood in front of me, talking to me.
"Yes?" I answered along with a questioning glance.
"You must come to my party! You know where I live?"
"Asquith boulevard yeah?"
"Be there at 8:30 tonight, finishes when ever" he stared at me waiting for my answer.
"I'll see"
Henry laughed and walked back over to his group. Why did he ask me? Was my first thought. Am I going to regret this was my second thought. I was right, I was going to regret it. i regretted it walking up to his house then during the night i forgot all of my regret but it caught back up to me eventually.

"Mum?" I asked as soon as I walked inside my house.
"Yes?"
"Where are you?" I looked around the kitchen.
"I'm in here sweetheart" she replied in her soothing tone.
"I have been invited to a party, can I go??"
"Ummm" she paused "I suppose so don't be out too late!"

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"I request a phone call" I say slowly as inspector Ross re-enters the room.
"I'll have it arranged" he says as he sits in the metal chair across from me. His stench is truth and honesty. He won't get any from me.
"Tell me how! How did you get in and out of FIVE BANKS!!" He yells as he launches towards me with only a table to withhold him from strangling me "WITH THE HELP OF YOUR GROUP OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS"
I smile at his frustration and remain completely still.
"You'll never know" I sigh with a wide smile across my face holding my cuffed hands to his face, I enjoy this, watching his brain try to pick away at it and I love seeing his frustration and enjoy slowly tearing his, supposedly strong, walls down.
Angry he storms out of the room.

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"Man I honestly thought you'd bail" Henry Mccallum slurred syllables together as he walked towards me.
"You don't know me at all" I smiled
"That much is true" He paused "Come meet the gang!" He walked into the foyer. His apartment complex looked like something out of a movie. The mansion had quite a large entrance hall that lead out to a patio from which u could see three pools, one for swimming laps, one for recreational swimming and one was more of a large spa, Henry told me.

"This is Mark & Mack O'Sullivan, We refer to them as Tom and Jerry!" He said pointing me to the twins who at the time were getting into a box at the top of Spiral stairs.
"This here is John Edwards" I extended my hand he took it and he shook it.
"This is Selena Evercott, she refuses to date Jerry and is owed by no one" I remember her unwelcome stare she threw me that day.

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"You want your phone call? Get up!" Inspector Ross shouted at me. I nod and walk out the dark room with inspector Ross tightly grasping my hand cuffs.

I dialled 04327652788 into the payphone. A recorded message played ' you've reached Jane Clark please leave a message after the tone, thank you!' a tear fell down my face, it's my mothers voice .
"Come on lad, back to your holding cell" Ross quietly states, as I put down the receiver. swiftly shifting my weight I punch him hard in his chest, sending him back a good meter.That's the one thing I'm glad Henry taught me. Nearby police officers pull my elbows behind my back and force me to go back to my cell.

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I don't know how much I had drunk by now but I was surely not sober.

"Let's do something !" Henry shouted

"Like what" I asked

"I dunno something dumb and stupid!"

Tom and Jerry exchanged eager looks, their bluey green eyes filled with curiosity. They were mad, joker level mad.

"You two are not deciding!" Henry cackled at them "you both belong in Pailligo"

I looked down at my feet, Pailligo is where the insane people go forever, when you go in you don't come out.

"I have an idea" I murmur. Astounded by their faces I laughed.

The twins smirked tom started to dance psychotically around the room singing a tune "Asher has an idea everyone!! Oh yeah! Let's do it newbie!" He laughed and fell backwards onto the lounge.

"Let the man talk Tom!" Sophie Marlow glared at him, he sarcastically pouted but obliged.

" well do u have any spray paint Henry?"

"Asher, Asher, Asher" Henry took a step forward "we will not stoop to such a low level of mediocrity like spray painting!"

"Henry, Henry, Henry" I smirked boldly at him feeling strangely confident as I also took a step toward him "I don't have any ordinary boring old back ally in mind I have somewhere much better but I need some spray paint!"

Tom, Jerry, Sophie & Jhon stared at me dumbfounded. Had they never stood up to him before?

"Well Clarke, this better be good" Henry barely flinched or moved, was I being treated like an... an equal???

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I paced in my cell, no no no no no NO!! I screamed and flipped my bed upside down and filled my cell block with a hell twisting yelp "ID RATHER GO TO PAILLIGO THAN TELL U ANYTHING"

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Tom & Jerry skipped along the Tarmac singing loudly "We're gonna spray paint were gonna spray paint!" Over and over.

In each of our hands we held a different coloured spray can. Mine is black.

"CLARKE YOU BADASS!" The twins yelled excitedly at the same time.

"Holy shit, Asher we are going to the school??" Sophie exclaimed

"Unless u have a key or something Clarke, we ain't getting in it's locked" Jhon rolled his eyes."its like a fortress"

The twins ceased from their song and stopped dead still but suddenly burst out laughing,"no, no my dear jhon" Jerry calmly stated as he placed his two hands on Jhons face. Jhon slapped them away.

"Now dear Jhon that's no way to behave!" He gave a deafening laugh and sauntered away.

Tom looked over his shoulder "nothing's ever locked dearie"

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"Asher Clarke I heard you screaming!?" Inspector Ross looked almost bubbling with excitement "Pailligo can be arraigned?" He smirks sideways at me "maddening this hole thing is, isn't it?"

Looking at me expecting me to claw his face off when I merely laugh "I'M ALREADY MAD PAILLIGO SOUNDS LIKE A MOTHER FUCKING DREAM COME TRUE!!" My harsh yell echoed around cell block A.

Ross leaped backward colliding with the cell behind him, "Do it! SEND ME AWAY!" I laughed " its what I want! It's what you want!?" He continued to stare "ISNT IT ROSS DEARIE!!"

"It won't be necessary Clarke" Ross straightened his tie and attempted to confidently walk away.