Purposely Tripping The Bad Boy Over | ✓

Chapter Twenty

Chapter Twenty - "She Killed Her."
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Avery's P.O.V

"Good morning, sunshine." I hear a hoarse voice whisper in my ear and my eyes flutter open to see a figure grinning at me. I immediately push the person off my bed and onto the floor.

"Ow." I hear the person groan after a thud. I lean over the bed to see Logan holding his head in pain. I gap at him.

"W-What the hell are you doing here?" I stutter, looking at Logan with wide eyes.

If my parents walk into my room right now, I am running away.

"You let me in last night." Logan mumbles before getting up. I rub my eyes and look at Logan again. The memories of last night flood into my head and my mouth shapes into an 'o' as I look at Logan.

"Yeah." Logan mutters before getting on my bed again and crawling towards the window. Just as Logan is about to leave, I grab his hand.

"Wait." I say in a quiet voice and Logan smirks.

"Yes, sunshine?" Logan asks and I bite my lip and look at the sheets instead of his face.

"Can I come over today?" I ask and Logan moves in front of me and lifts my chin so I am looking at him. The smirk on Logan's face hasn't removed.

"Of course. Never hesitate to ask me, okay?" Logan smiles and I nod, smiling at him. Logan nods before lifting the window again and jumps out, climbing down the wooden fence that hangs against the side of the house.

"Oh my god, guess what?" I hear my brother shout as he runs into my room. I immediately turn around to face him, quickly wiping the smile off my face and replace it with a frown.

"What?" I ask and Joshua smirks at me, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Aunty Heather is coming down for a while." Joshua says, the smirk never leaving his face. I grin and get off my bed, immediately walking down the stairs where I should find my parents but sadly, they aren't down the stairs. Before I can walk up the stairs, Joshua smiles at me.

"Mom and Dad are at the airport, silly." Joshua laughs and I roll my eyes.

Of course he would find this hilarious.

"Well when are they going to be back?" I ask and Joshua shrugs.

"They will probably come back late, I don't know." Joshua says and I nod, walking up the stairs and into my room. Joshua stands at my door and watches me as I look through my wardrobe for something to wear.

"So, did Logan stay the night?" Joshua asks and I stop searching for my grey sweater and look at my brother.

"What?" I ask and Joshua smirks.

"I heard you two talking about Jade." Joshua's smirk turns into a frown. "She's hurting you, Avery." Joshua says and I furrow my eyebrows.

"What do you mean 'she is hurting me'?" I ask and Joshua walks to my bed and sits down.

"I know about your little crush on Logan, I know that you spend some days with him and his family and I know that you tried to make him jealous at the party." Joshua says and I gap at him.

"I-I... How did you - what?" I stutter and my brother smiles at me.

"You obviously forget I go to the same school as you and I go to the same parties as you which means I see and hear everything that goes on, even if it's about my sister." Joshua grins and I just stare at him. Joshua takes this opportunity to continue.

"Avery, I know you like him... a lot. The fact that you enjoy his company and like hanging out with him is a lot for me to take in as I am your brother. I may be younger but just like any other brother, I am protective of my sister, even if she is older than me. Look, all I am saying is that I care about you but I just feel like Jade is ruining everything between you and Logan."

"There is nothing between Logan and I anyway." I mumble and Joshua raises his eyebrow.

"You've got to be kidding me." Joshua mutters as he shakes his head. "Avery, the conversation about the whole 'you liking him would be awkward' thing last night that you and Logan shared was nothing. It meant nothing. He was drunk and you might think that a drunk man's words are just his sober thoughts but trust me, he definitely likes you. The way he got all protective over you at the party was his way of showing that he cares, not that he wants to ruin your life and take away your fun. The fact he came here - to you - last night shows that even is he is drunk, your running through his mind." Joshua smiles but his smiles quickly turns into a frown.

"And I can see that Jade is ruining that for you. She might be all nice and sweet to you but I don't believe that bullshit. So, for that reason, I've done some research and look what I found." Joshua pulls out a folded note out of his pocket and shows it to me. I step closer to him and see that the paper is actually from a newspaper.

"Jade didn't run away because she hated being with Grandma Lorain's daughter, she ran away because-"

"She killed her." I mumble as I read the sentence over and over again.

Jade Rose Leighton ran away on the 19th of March from 23 Pickard Drive where an elderly lady named Lorain Bea Leighton lived. Samantha Amy Leighton who was Lorain's only daughter was stabbed that night with a butter knife several times in the abdomen. Later that night, Samantha unfortunately died to those several stab wounds.

"Yes and everyone thought she died because a robber stabbed her since Samantha refused to give the person what they wanted and the day that Grandma Lorain found our missing sister, Jade acted like she knew nothing about her Aunty's death but actually she knew everything." Joshua says and I feel the tears flood into my eyes as Joshua hands me another piece of paper which was from a different newspaper.

Scarlet Elaine Graham was brutally murdered by an unknown person who we are still trying to find. Scarlet was hit across the head several times with a flying pan until she fell unconscious then was dumped in a lake 500 metres away from Scarlet's home.

"Scarlet is the lady who looked after Jade when she ran away. Those nine years that Scarlet spent looking after Jade was the time that Jade needed to plan her next murder. When she did it, she purposely wondered around the town where Grandma Lorain lived and thats when she found Jade."

"And that was her escape plan."

"Exactly." Joshua says and I sigh.

Jade is a murderer and that murderer is our sister and that sister lives in our house...

"Shit." I say and Joshua nods, grabbing the pieces of paper and shoving them in his pocket.

"The point of the conversation is that I haven't trusted Jade one bit so don't let her sweet talk control you. Focus on Logan and just make sure that you don't lose him because you both like each other, you two are just too scared to say it." Joshua says before standing up and leaving my room. I stare at the floor and shake my head before walking to my wardrobe.

Okay, now I am definitely going over to Logan's because I need to get my mind off everything that I've just heard.

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Short chapter, I'm sorry but what do you guys think? What do you think about Jade and her story behind everything? Thoughts about Logan and Avery?

Please vote and comment. I hope it doesn't take me long to update the next chapter so yeah, I'll try and update fast enough for you all.

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