Power 35

Chapter IX: Whose Blood Is This?

Lianne Angelita Hacinto

Xazier Everleigh is an asshole and a pathetic excuse of a university dean.

My eyes scanned over the screen as I read his announcement on the EI private website over and over again.

"Students and Faculty of Everleigh Institutes,

Greetings of peace!

The death of Xiomara Everleigh has shocked us all. I will not go into deep details of what happened but Xiomara was found dead in one of the bathrooms of the Class 3-Gamma Function Hall.

After much investigation of the university police, it appears that Xiomara has committed suicide. We do not know what has led her to this but rest assured that the university has made some adjustments for this never to happen again.

Pardon for the inconvenience but for five days, the entire university will be placed on lockdown and a curfew, for precautionary measures. There will also be a memorial and funeral held for Xiomara Everleigh within the school this Saturday at 8 am.

Please do not post anything or share information about the incident with people outside of EI. What happened in EI, stays in EI. Do not become a disgrace to our school.

If the staff receives news that a student has disobeyed the rules, that student will immediately be expelled and be sent away from EI.

Heed my words students and have a great week.

Sincerely,

Xazier Everleigh Ph.D, Dean of Everleigh Institutes for Gifted and Talented Minds"

What kind of person is he? His granddaughter just died and he doesn't want the government police or the media to come and make a proper investigation? It's only been a few hours since Xio's death and they've already decided that it was suicide? Man, his dedication to keeping EI's perfect public reputation is truly a wonder. Has this happened before?

Now that I think of it, EI is one of the hardest top schools to get in. The education here is high quality and the university only accepts the best of the best. That makes the lessons and activities brain-wrecking. So, maybe the idea of a student committing suicide isn't that big of a deal to EI.

But even still, someone died and the school took it upon themselves to investigate it? That is some huge messed up shit.

Gripping my hair, I shook my head. Maybe I'm just overthinking things. I need to focus on my goal and the things on hand. First and foremost, what should I say to prove that I was not the one who killed Xiomara.

Even though the dean announced it was a suicide, I know that there are still some students who think that it isn't. And they aren't wrong. I am sure as hell that Xio was murdered. But I have to get my name off of the suspect list first.

Unfortunately, I don't have access to the surveillance cameras since the school forbade student access to the faculty room. The other way I can prove that I'm not guilty is through witnesses. I know only one witness to my actions that night. It was the bastard and I currently do not want to talk to him because of what happened.

I didn't realize it was getting dark till Mariya came in and reminded me that the meeting is in 10 minutes. Doing my best to look at least decent (Even though I still had this look in my eyes that I myself couldn't quite understand), I exited the dorm room, which I hadn't left since I woke up, and walked to the lounge with Mariya.

It wasn't that far from the dorms, so we arrived there swiftly. Inside, I was becoming nervous. Who knows what they're going to say about me? Who knows what they think? I'm not entirely part of the group yet so do they deem me untrustworthy?