THE SECRETS HIDDEN IN THAT ONE STAR

CHAPTER-11

I've turned pale as my body turned completely cold . I shivered as the policemen walked in front of me taking files,talking to other cops and doing their stuff.

The only warmness in my body was my unstopppable tears that covered my face.
  I wipped my cheeks with the sleeve of my full sleeve t-shirt.
  
Suddenly someone handed me coffee and i looked up.

It was grey eyes.

I took it from him and looked down. He sat in the chair beside me. I could feel him gazing at me.

"Lyle.." i spoke.

He kept gazing at me.

" Do you miss her?" I almost whispered.

"Miss who?" He asked.

I couldn't lift my tongue cause my throat weighed too much..

There was silence in the aor between us which clearly told me that he understood.

" Can we not talk about it." he said in a soft tone

" You really do miss her." I said.

"Venus.."

"Do you believe that i killed her?"

"Can we just talk about something else?" He said in a firm voice.

"No! I can't! The only thing that's chasing my life is this, Lyle. I can't just leave it!!" I said my words almost breaking.

He looked down and breathed out, deeply.

" I know you didn't do it,okay?" He said turning to me. You could never do that!"

I glanced at him and asked.

"Not even for you?"

He blinked at me and looked away.

*****

As our lawyer Mrs Patenga Ceaser left us after getting me out from the police station, walked out of there in silence. Cause we didn't wanna talk anything anymore for the rest of our lives.
  The embarrassment, the shame, the bitterness on my mom's face was unbearable.
   The disturbed expression on my sister's face explained the situation too.
   How will they face the world now? What did she do to bear a daughter like me? A sister like me?

  More of the situation was defined on Lyle's face. The blankness, the guiltyness,for having a friend like me, the apologizing face that determined how much sorry he is to his dead girlfriend for not being there when she was inhaling the smell of death.         
  For not saving her from the hands that clutched her neck to death.

"I need a moment with Venus, can i take her?" Lyle asked breaking the silence.

Mom looked at him and then at me. She nodded and walked away with my sis who barely glanced at me.

"Why-" i started.

"We need to talk" he said not letting me speak.
  I didn't wanted to speak actually. He knew me better.

****

After awhile we were on the rooftop of Lyle s house, near his window. It was quite dark already. Maybe around 10:30pm.

"Why are we on your rooftop?" I finally spoke out.

He was watching the sky. It was beautiful watching him looking at the sky with those eyes that twinkled like the stars.

" Are you asking me, why?" He asked turning to me.

I blinked with a confused look.

" This is our spot. Like just our spot"
He said.

"Rooftop?" i asked again. "Interesting."

"She was a legend." He said.

"She..? Ohh" i said.

"A wanted one. Always" he said.

I looked down. He really loved her. He really did.

" Now you'll be asking yourself like did he bring me here to talk about her all night?" He said.

I faked a smile at him.

" Well, yes." He sighed. "We're here to talk about her."

That irritated me. The only thing i dont wanna talk about is her, and now he wanna talk about it.
But nothing can stop him from doing it. That's how it is. The guilt in me raised up.

" It's okay. I can understand how it feels,Lyle. I know how much you miss her." I said bringing all the guilt in me to my eyes.

" I don't know what i should feel right now. Anger or disappoinment or heart broken." I said.

" Ofcourse, heart broken" i said.

" i really don't know, Wee. She was popular, someone whom guyz go crazy for, girls wish to be her-"

"Yea, she was a pretty thing." I said looking down.

He sighed with half a smile.

"Ofcourse she was. But the outer beauty only sooths the eyes, but the inner beauty sooths the soul,Venus." He said and looked up. "And she lacked it. Alot".

"But what matters is that you loved her and she loved you right?!"

He said nothing.

" If she's dead, then there will be a reason. A reason that led her to death. She's Sasha Veins, she just don't die like that. She won't die without a reason. " he said.

"We need to find it, Lyle. We have to."

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THE UNSEEN STAR

The myth of her death that connected to his love was unbearable. What did she do to deserve such a pain?
 
"Leave her..leave her alone!!" He screamed out in his sleep.

Nightmares of Sasha and her, killing his love wasn't a thing for him anymore.

But everytime he saw her blood dripping down from her heart, more of his soul, stabbed itself to the thousandth time.