"We are as responsible for Rosalind's death. So, don't you dare back out now. We all have our secrets which is making us feel guilty. Own up to it and help me find who killed her."
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Valerie Hudson and Brianna Sawyer left their small town life and...
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I tapped my feet nervously as I waited for Valerie to show up at my house. I was the one who received another note. "A painful trip down the memory lane. I wonder if you know that you shattered every drop of hope Rosalind had," was written in the note and with it was a ticket attached.
It was the ticket when Rosalind visited us in the city. One of the times when I was genuinely happy after a long time. Before we went to Kelly, I wanted Valerie to know everything since we decided to work on our friendship again.
One of the major things needed to make our friendship work was purity and we would achieve it if we stopped keeping secrets from each other.
Yesterday when Jordan and Valerie said that we owed justice to Rosalind, this bubble of hope was formed in my mind. We did owe it to her. But I wanted the killer to be found because Rosalind didn't deserve death. I just wanted to know why they had to take her away from us.
A knock pulls me back to reality as a rub away the tears and clench on to the ticket tighter. Valerie walks in with a broad smile. I can't help but smile too.
"Hey! You okay?" She questioned me, sensing my tension.
"Yeah, it's just I received another note from the killer yesterday." I confessed.
"Oh my god. It's been some time since we last received the note. What does it say?" She came closer.
"It sent me this ticket and told me that I shattered Rose's hope." I cried, giving in and letting the guilt consume me.
"Brianna, that's not true and you know it." She comforted me. "The killer is one sadistic person. Don't start blaming yourself again."
"But what if I did take her hope away?" I asked, looking Valerie in her eyes.
"What do you mean?" She asked me, completely dazed.
"Rosalind came to visit us after we were settled. She wanted to see how we were doing and wanted to make amends regarding our fight. I had a concert around that time, so I saved her a ticket. I didn't really mention that we both weren't on speaking terms either. One of my drivers went to pick her up at the airport and I told them to drop her at my place. The concert wasn't going to begin in three more hours, so I decided to show her around the city once she freshened up."
"Am I going to like where this is going to go?" Valerie interrupted me.
"Not really, no." I answered honestly.
"Alright. Continue."
"We went out for coffee. Everything was okay but then she brought you up and I told her the truth and I knew that she blamed herself, so I tried comforting her and told her it wasn't really about her. But we both were uncomfortable after that, so she changed the topic and told how she was planning to open her own small firm where she would do all sorts of charity work and rise on her own."
