LEILA

CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR

He fricking locked me out of the room.

Even though it was his room but we started to share it and he couldn't just lock me outside, i had more than half of my stuff in there, including my laptop. Thankfully i had my phone with me but he had turned his off and i couldn't even annoy him by ringing his phone.

You might be thinking, well Leila why not just knock on his door like a normal person? But you know what? That man was sleeping inside with damned noise cancelling headphones. So smart.

When i was little and used to lock myself in my room, Silas would turn off the main electricity switch of the house and it would get really dark in the room and i would start screaming. I was really scared of the darkness. But that wouldn't work here.

I had an idea. What if i climbed through the balcony? He keeps the door always locked.

Pathetic Leila.

I knew i had to wait for him to open the door, i had no other choice. He was definitely going to come out for dinner. Two more hours to go.

While i was waiting on the couch, i got a text from Mia. What does she want now?

'Come to Liam's place ASAP. It's urgent.'
- Mia

When i tell my brain stops functioning sometimes, believe me. I did not ask why. I just picked up Brad's car keys and left. Even though he was going to be more mad at me i still took his car. I know seeing Liam was not a good idea but i do shit.

One thing that confused me was what was Mia doing at Liam's place. As far as i knew her she should have dragged his ass to the police station by now. Which was something i was supposed to do but i left it for her.

When i reached his apartment, the door was opened. I carefully walked in. What i saw was not something i ever thought of. Mia was sittings on the floor with Liam's body and blood on her hands.

"Oh my god Mia, What did you do?" I screamed and ran towards them not thinking about how i could be in danger at the moment.

"I- i-" she stuttered.

"What were you thinking?" I shouted. Something i should have done.

I quickly called 911. Mia was not in the position to even think straight. She was shaking badly.

"What did you do Mia?" I exclaimed putting pressure on Liam's wound. The blood was gushing out his chest and his breathing was getting more shallow. She had stabbed him.

"I- i didn't do it. God!" She started panicking.

"Mia! Calm down." I shouted at her. Again. I was scared for Liam.

"It was a- a blonde girl. She - she had a knife with her." She was losing her shit. She could not stand the sight of blood. There was no way she could have done it.

The ambulance arrived just then with some police. They quickly took Liam into the ambulance and the cops waited back to talk.

After getting Mia to a state to talk, they noted down every word she said and sealed the place. She said she saw a blonde come out of his place with a knife drenched in blood when she texted me. She panicked when she saw Liam's almost dead body on the floor. She couldn't even think straight to call for help that she sat next to his body.

She did not see the face of the girl. Shit does happen to all of us but he did not deserve this. Stabbing someone in their own house in the middle of the day was not fucking normal. And there was only one blonde who was insane enough to do it.

"It was Amanda. You need to catch her as soon as possible. She is a psychopath. God knows what she does next" I said.

"Who's Amanda?" The detective asked.

"The famous super model. Liam was dating her." I replied. And now when i thought of it, it just made everything thing seem so surreal.

They asked a few more questions before letting us go. I asked Mia if she wanted to go the hospital to see Liam but she declined. It wasn't even her fault. Poor girl couldn't even have thought that this would happen. She was traumatised.

I drove to the hospital to see Liam. His family was already there. His family! My heart broke at the moment i saw his mother. I couldn't hold back my tears anymore. Liam was the youngest of the four sibling and the most loved by everyone.

"Leila." His mother's voice cracked as she said my name.

I hugged her tightly and she completely broke down. They did not deserve this. Just because of one mad women a lot of people were suffering.

"He'll be fine. He is a tough man." I tried to comfort her. But deep down i knew he was not going to be fine.

I saw his lifeless body on the hospital bed through the little glass window as the lines went up and down on the heart monitor. I did not have any courage to go inside. He had his whole life ahead. He once said he wanted to travel the world one day and become one of the most famous and successful photographers in America. Now i could only just pray for him.

I called Mia on my way home to assure myself that she was fine. She said she was, but who was she lying to? Me or herself. I knew she was not fine. How could she be? I was feeling exactly what she was but maybe she was in much worse condition than me. She was the first one to see him after all.

When i reached home, i unlocked the door withy set of keys. It was dark inside. The room was still locked but i could tell from the dishes in the kitchen that Brad came out to eat.

I was tired. I laid on the couch and closed my eyes while sucking in a deep breath. This day took a different turn. It was not supposed to go down this way. None on it was.

For once i thought, if it would be any better if it all ended. With me.

But i was too weak for that. I could not take my own life. Because no matter what you think, you play a different role in everybody's story around you. I had no family left but i had some really lovely people who i loved and who i knew loved me. So ending my life would never be fair to them.