The Demon And The Goddess

Culprit Caught

"Cat! Cat! The culprit behind the post was caught!" Clara immediately said after suddenly busting into my room. I sighed in relief before I can scold my sister for scaring me like that.

Then the sudden thought of Jace made me a bit anxious. "Wait who was the culprit?"

"Come see for yourself there's a video that was posted on the account of one of the culprits. He admitted it himself." Account of one of the culprit? There were apparently more?

My sister sat on my bed then showed me the saved video on her phone since the police has already deleted the footage so it wouldn't go viral.

It first showed a man sitting on a chair with his head down in the middle of a dark room that was lit by flickering light from the ceiling of the room right above the man. His body looks beaten as if he just came from a fist fight.

The man admitted to stealing my phone and posting the advertisement in a mumbling voice that can still somehow be heard.

The camera that took the video wasn't very clear and it was a bit wobbly which means someone is holding the camera. It was very earie and creepy. Like something you'd find on you're locked attic or in the deep web. The man who was on the chair admitting his crimes was not faking his fear. It makes me kinda feel bad for him since he seems so scared. In the end of the video the man raised his head and looked at the camera. He has a few bruises on his face but I recognize him. He was one of the guys who stole my phone at that time. After few seconds of the man staring at the camera the video cuts off.

"Creepy, right? I wonder who forced them to speak up? Anyway we still have to be careful. There might be still some people who knows our address through that post." I nodded in response. I wonder who filmed this? The only ones who knows the truth about all this besides the police is Daniel, Cody, Alice, Jerry, and Jace but none of them knew what the culprits really look like other than Jace. I did describe what they look like to my sister but of course she wouldn't do that.

I don't think Jace would do that either. Why would he do that? There's no reason for him to do so.

Maybe it's someone who knows them and us but who?

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The next day it was still the same with people whispering stupid rumors about me to each other as I passed by. I still kept my head high, these people don't know anything about what really happened not like it's my problem as long as I don't get kicked out of school.

I walked to my locker and what a surprise. There was a note taped to my locker with a creepy message that intentionally looked like it came from a creepy middle aged man. Just some prank with a lot of insulting and degrading words that wouldn't really get to me.

"Ooohh that is nasty." A voice said almost right behind my ear. I looked back and saw Cody. I sighed as I crumpled the piece of paper. "This'll blow off soon." I said walking along as i threw the piece of paper in the trash bin.

"Cody!" A familiar voice called out. I turned towards the caller of Cody and of course it was Amanda.

She completely ignored my existence and went over to Cody. I just waited for Cody and Amanda's small conversation to finish since it was just Amanda reminding Cody about auditions later for recruiting new cheer dancers. Amanda then looked at me, eyeing me from head to toe with a disgusted look on her face. I simply raised an eyebrow at her waiting for her to say something. "You're not expelled yet? Or could it be that you BRIBED the principle in your own way." She scoffed.

I rolled my eyes at her assumption. Now she's showing her true colors to my face because my reputation is low. What a coward. I didn't want to start a cat fight with her so I decided to just shut up and sped away. Walking as fast and aggressively as possible. I can already hear Cody telling Amanda off but come on now, we both know too well that she wont listen. She never does when it comes to me or whoever else she dislikes.