Evil Ecstasy

lyric

I parked my car beside sean's red Volvo. He came out with his blue jacket tucked under his arm. His crisp white shirt could not hide his flexing muscles as he wore his jacket.

"lets go " he said and led us through the parking lot towards the automatic doors. A waiter led us to our table.

I took the seat first . sean and evans were coming behind me. Sean proceeded tot ake the seat beside me but evans beat him to it. Evans seemed oblivious of what he had done and pretended to flip through the pages of the menu tiredly. Sean stood there for another second awkwardly then went and took the seat in front of me. We ordered our food.

Evans took out his phone and put on his headphones. I could hear the pop music blaring beside me.

" so... did lizza tell you something ?" sean asked me.

"are you more concerned for what lizza is hiding or how lizza is coping with the depression?"

" ofcourse I'm worried about lizza but I had another sister too lyric. She was found murdered on the street without any explanation. I need to find the bastard who killed her " he said while frowning at me.

"I understand sean and I know how important that information could be for you but you also need to understand , lizza is fighting her own battles. Something is eating her up from inside , which she isn't even able to tell let alone fight. Pushing her to get things out is not gonna help"

" I know but we don't have time. You need to help me."

"and I will but I cannot force lizza to tell me everything. She needs to trust me, she needs to...."

"aby?" a thin slender looking girl in her mid twenties stood in front of me. Her straight blond hair pushed back in a pony tail, her eyes searched for recognition in my eyes. She was wearing a green full sleeve dress reaching her knees. The green made her eyes look even darker.

"beth?"

Bethany was my middle school and high school best friend . she went to Austria in high school just before I met anna , we had eventually lost contact.

I stood up and hugged her slim frame , she hugged me back. She still smelled of roses. She loved roses , she even wanted to name her daughter rose (if she has one ) .

"when did you come back ?" I asked her

"I came back 5 years ago aby . I tried to contact you but you had shifted from there." She said .

" yeah , after evans grew , it was difficult for us to live in that small house so we bought a new one"

" I heard about your dad , mom, and Ian . the neighbours told me. Im so sorry I couldn't be there when you needed me. Ms grey was such an inspiring lady. " she said with a guilty expression .

" its okay beth , now you're here that's what matters" I said and smiled she tightened the grip on my hands in response. She looked behind me and her eyes widened with surprise.

" oh my god evans? Evans you've changed so much" she left my hands and proceeded towards evans . she pinched his cheeks like she used to do when he was younger. He hated it then and his reaction right now proved  he still hated it.

Evans didn't know what was happening around him , he suddenly jerked his headphones off"

"what the hell ?" he shrieked

Beth just chuckled " nice to see you too evans "

" beth is that you ? you look old " he said as he joined in her chuckles.

" shutup please " she said as she tried to pinch is cheeks again.

"that was a hint for you to know im older too , stop pinching my cheeks " he said as he swatted her hand away.