Vengeance

16. Doubtful mind

Interested yet shocked...

Their facial responses showed both. Interested because they were curious to know what was going on in my mind. Shocked because I never mentioned this to anyone before. It has been a few days and they assumed I got to know this earlier, which they were right, and was surprised to as why I did not tell them this before. As the seconds passed, my heart started beating immensely.

I knew this was a risk that i might have to regret but it was too late now. They are expecting an answer. I could have lied but that was not going to solve this issue. I could lie but that would be against all the values that my parents have instilled in me. I just could not bring myself to lie in front of my two friends. One thing I realized was that this accident actually brought me closer to both Luke and David. So how could I have lied to them?

I took a deep breadth and said, "Suzanne..."

"What? Are you out of your mind? Are you serious?" David screamed at me.

"Luke just asked me," Which Suzanne? Suzanne DaSilva? my old friend, that Suzanne?"

I just nodded my head in agreement. Luke sat down on the chair beside David's bed and David looked lost. I tried saying that I was sorry i had to point fingers at her and that is when Luke spoke,

"On what basis are you accusing her?"

I just calmly, which was hard, replied, "David was going to propose to her that day. David likes Suzanne Luke! He likes her!"

Luke looked at David and asked him if it was true. He just nodded. Luke went on asking me questions about to as why I blamed her. I could see Luke was getting a little bit upset and I had to somehow diffuse the situation before it got out of hand.

I spoke, "To as why I suspect her, the reason is very simple. The fact that David liked Suzanne, no one knew. The only people who knew was me and Suzanne somehow got to know. So you tell me now Luke, doesn't that make her a suspect? I am only suspecting her, not labelling her as a murderer."

Luke calmed down. He figured I might just have a point and kept quiet. David was all confused too. Above that, he was disappointed. Perhaps because some part of him believed me while some parts of him wanted to contradict me so bad. Either way, he kept quiet.

"So what do you suggest we do Omar?"

"We cant just sit down here doing nothing. We have to take our next step right?" David added.

I heaved a sigh or relief before saying anything. I really felt like I just survived an apocalypse. After getting my breadth back, I suddenly recalled about the CCTV footage. I approached Luke about it and asked him if he still had the footage of the CCTV. Unfortunately he did not have the recording because since the case was officially closed, they deleted all softcopy evidences as there was no need of them.

That was a problem. The first thing that came to my mind was hacking. I knew a hacker, Jonathan. We studied a year together before he changed school to a school nearer to his place of residence. So I decided to contact Jonathan and hopefully could pile up enough evidence through that to maybe solve the case.

Luke then said something that made me feel reassured that the possibility of us finding a solution was higher than what we had before. He suggested that we look into David's car. I at first thought that was rather odd and then i realized that i have exactly no clue to as where the car is.

"Do not worry Omar, the car is still at the headquarters. We kept it as evidence and thought we might return it to David once he recovers and that is if he wants to keep it."

"Of course I want to keep it. I will repair it from my technician. He is the best and can fix any car at any state. So that means I get my car back once this is all done right?" David said in a voice not hopeful at all.

Luke nodded and assured him that his car will be returned soon enough. By then, it was already evening and the best thing to do was to head home. We bid farewell and left for my house. Since my parents were not coming anytime sooner, i just let Luke stay at my house. The car ride back home was rather relaxing. We listened to Michael Jackson's - We are the world and all of his other hit songs. It was like the perfect atmosphere to listen to his songs.

By the time we reached home it was just around 8pm. So I cooked dinner for the both of us and decided to just spend some time around the television. I called up Jonathan at the same time to meet up with him and Luke called the police headquarters to let them know that I would be going down to collect the car in behalf of David.

With that , around 11pm, we went to bed,

For a good nights sleep...