Getting Trapped

The party

Norla Grey was a normal party goer, her slim, dark brown skin made her look extremely petite and parties were her thing especially club parties. She had recently graduated from Median University with a bachelor's degree in psychology and at 22 moved out of her parent's house to an apartment in the sunshine city of Olympus in New Jersey. She had a few friends there from college and even though her best friend Taya was just in the next city it felt like a great distance away. A month ago her mom and the cousins came and help her to get settled in the new apartment, she prepared food that she brought at the grocery store as her relatives organized her things in the already furnished apartment. That day was tiring and ended with her mom and cousins kissing her goodbye as they left for home wishing her good luck and to keep safe in the big city. As soon as Norla was alone she called up her friends on WhatsApp and asked about the different parties in Olympus, truly she was excited to know that a lot of indoor parties were keeping on that weekend. She dialed Taya who complained of stomach cramps and said they both had to start work on Monday so a weekend indoor party is good however she can't make it so they should reschedule, Norla insisted saying it had been a while so she'd go along with some of the other friends and go the other week with Taya. Taya hated how strong-headed her friend can be at times but she smiled and told her to be safe. On the night of the party Norla felt weird she shook off the feeling thinking it was because her best friend was going to be absent and told the other three friends to pick her up on their way to the party. She rummaged through her wardrobe and found a black skimpy sleeveless dress it was just what made her feel extremely petite and she loved it. She applied her makeup and had pulled on her strapped sandals. The sudden car horn being honked at her apartment made her scurry with her purse to the apartment door. The evening air was so cool and felt lovely on her skin she giggled as she greeted her old college friends; Luke, Ashly (also known as Asia because she is of Asian descent), and Marian (the loud one in the crew), only Luke was white and was dating Marian who was of a dark complexion.

The Cleo Heart indoor party was already in full swing when they got there, the four gathered at the liquor bar and ordered all the new mixed liquors. They drank down each liquor so fast that they found humor in laughing at each other." I'm tipsy" Ashly giggled, " we more drunk than tipsy!" Norla had burst out laughing, " Luke and Mar remember one of you is the driver," she said this looking uncertain to which they all burst out in loud giggles. Dj Khalid's 'I'm The One ' came on next to which the entire club seemed to be singing their hearts out, Norla excused herself from her group to go to the bathroom. She told her friends she was safe to go alone as bouncers at the door were enough to make her feel safe. Singing and sway dancing she made her way to the female bathroom, she reached up her hand to flick on the light switch but laugh at herself when she realized the bathroom of this fancy club would never have a light switch but an auto light sensor. She pushed on the bathroom door and kick on something onto which she tripped and fell and clutched onto rather firmly in a frightful manner, the light came on as the door gave way much wider, to Norla's horror she had fallen onto what appeared to be a still semi-nude Latino female with her blouse tightly tied around her neck and liquid oozed to the side of her mouth and head. She blinked twice and shook her head wondering if the liquor she had taken in had taken a toll on her, she realized it was indeed a still female she fell on top of, she jumped up quickly and screamed, after hearing the alarming scream a crowd started to gather. Paramedics came quickly and took the unconscious female away while police arrived a short while after setting up crime scene tapes and ordering everyone to stay put. By this Norla was shaking and sat close to her friends who seemed like a shock as everyone else at what they saw. After what seemed like hours two officers approached Norla's group and after telling them that an eye witness placed Norla at the scene of the crime to which they all tried to explain but to no avail the eyewitness he claimed saw her minutes before the crime was committed and also saw her later return to the scene to try and create a diversion. After obtaining her identification he said, " Norla Grey, you're under arrest for the attempted murder of Saray Santos, anything you say or do can be used against you in the court of law". Then they left the club with a shocked Norla, her friends and the other onlookers were shocked, they were told the police will visit them for further questioning. The trio immediately called Norla's family and Taya to tell them all that had unraveled.