You Can't Lie Anymore

Chapter-47

We went back to Adam's room. He was having his custard while he leaned on the 45 degree angle of the hospital bed.

"That seems yum", Ryan said.

"It is for him", I reminded him.

"You can have some?, Adam offered.

"Ryan, don't", I said and he backed off chuckling.

"Adam can you tell us something?"

"hmmm", he hummed.

"What is your sin?"

He stopped eating the custard for a second and then resumed after thinking for a while.

"Adam please, we need you to be fine", I pleaded gim.

"You would hate yourself for ever knowing me if I told you", he said.

"how can we?", Ryan said.

"Come on, I know you never believed in the whole curse thing but even if there is 5% chance of it hurting you, we on't want to take it", I said.

"Lock the door behind you", he said.

I looked at Ryan as he moved towards the door and locked it.

"We were 15. Carter and I were at my father's company that evening after school, for a little formal gathering he had in the conference hall. We found some alcohol in the mini fridge of his office, and since we were alone on the floor, we had some. We didn't know when, but we were high. So we moved around the office, doing what drunk children do. But we did something after that, that we can never change", Adam said.

He looked at us, not sure if he should continue. When he found no confusion on both the faces except his in the room he continued.

"We took my father's car from the basement, and started driving it around inside the walls of the office area. We were high and we were over speeding. Carter tried turning the music system on, when he couldn't I looked at it and.............uuhmmmmm..............and", he said with a heavy voice, like almost going to break into tears.

"And?"

"And this guy, he came out of no where on the tight road, and I froze not knowing what to do, I closed my eyes. The car had hit the boundary wall. We had minor scratches, but that guy ........he........... we weren't sure what to do, so we ran from the spot."

"We didn't sleep that night and next day, when we went to the office to see what we had done, the car wasn't there, and the wall was all clean, as if freshly painted. We asked the guards if something happened in the office and they told us they didn't know."

"Guilty of what we had done, I went to my father and told him everything,"

"Then?"

"He knew everything already when he saw his car he saw the security tapes, he had taken care of the car, the camera recordings, the guards, everything, everything that could turn against me. I asked him about the guy and he told me he is being taken care of at the hospital. When my father left his office for a meeting I searched his phone for any clue to that guy",

"And did you find anything?", Ryan asked.

"The room number that he was in."

"Did you visit him?", I asked.

"I wanted to, so I asked Carter to come with me." He paused, took a deep breath and then began again, "We went to see him and he wasn't in a good condition, he had the oxygen mask on, and was badly hurt", with a heavy voice, now turning into sobbing he continued, "He opened his eyes and when he saw us he panicked, he recognized us, and I froze to the spot, Carter............... he ........uhm........... pulled me out of the room and we sat on the seats in the corridor.

"We panicked, and not sure what to do we went home. I didn't want trouble so I didn't tell that to my father."

Ryan and I looked at each other not sure where the story would take us next.

"Next day my father informed me that the guy had died.", guilt taking over him completely he finished his sentence.

"I couldn't take.................. I had his blood on my hands, and Carter he told me to relax as at least no one knew about it. But I just couldn't do it, I couldn't think of anything"

Ryan and I were shocked, we didn't know what to believe. Adam told us the terrible mistake they rather he had done, and it was too big to be called a mistake.

"But then why is this curse thing happening with Carter", Ryan asked.

And he had a point. If Adam was the one who was driving, why was Carter facing the wrath of the curse. Had he done something else, like cheating on Olivia or hurting someone?

I was lost in my thoughts when Ryan received a call.

"What?", he screamed in panic and ran towards me pulling me up and dragging me out of the room.

Adam was too lost in his thoughts to ask us what the matter was.