My Lovely Stalker

14

" I'll take you to him if you don't mind, " Andre said.

" Okay, go then, " Fern said.

Fern and Andre left the hospital and entered Andre's car. Inside, Fern is secretly amazed, Andre's car is a platinum white tesla! Both the exterior and the interior is heaven! It's modern with all kinds of new gadgets and very chic with the minimalistic color scheme.

The car had auto-pilot which is very useful when you're going somewhere far alone. Andre drove it anyway. Fern sat on the seat next to Andre in front. The whole drive was quiet. Fern was aghast that they stopped in front of...

Prison?

" Um, Andre, what are we doing here? I thought you're taking me to Nicholas, " Fern asked.

" Yeah, I'm taking you to Nicholas, just come, " Andre said. He quickly realized that Fern will not believe him if he says that Nicholas is in prison.

" Yeah, sure, whatever you say, " Fern replied, disbelieving.

The car door opened and Andre along with Fern walked out and entered the prison. The guard asked them what they were doing and Andre explained. The guard took them to the hospital part of the prison and Fern's face dropped. Nicholas was there, lying down on the prison bed with his hands chained, his hands infused, and the iconic orange prison uniform on his body.

" Nicholas? " Fern called out.

Nicholas was placed in a sort of glass chamber. Fern pressed her face against the glass and stared at Nicholas.

When Nicholas realized that Fern's out, he quickly turned his head against the glass.

A prison nurse came to them asking if they wanted to go inside. They had 5 minutes time. Fern vigorously nodded her head and she went in. Meanwhile, Andre stayed out.

" Nicholas, what happened to you? " Fern asked, nearly shrieking.

Nicholas didn't face Fern. He was probably embarrassed.

" Nicholas, please, answer me, " Fern pleaded.

Nicholas still didn't reply. He didn't bother to look at Fern.

" Nicholas, I thought we agreed to not keep secrets, come on, " Fern begged. He held Nicholas's hands and kneeled down.

Nicholas forcibly released Fern's hands off his.

" Go away! Please! I don't ever wanna see you again, " Nicholas yelled.

Fern ran away and covered her face with her hands to cry. She ran out of prison and Andre ran behind her, following.

Andre saw that Fern ran to a park nearby and Andre followed. She was sitting on the bench with her head down and sobbing. Andre knew she had to comfort her.

" Fern, " Andre said. He sat next to Fern and hugged her.

Fern pushed him away before saying, " Please just tell me what happened, " while still sobbing.

" Alright, I will, let's go to my car, I'll tell you everything, " Andre said.

He held Fern's hands and walked with her back to his car. They went in.

" Okay, I'm completely aware of you not believing this, so, in the tea Nicholas made for your camping trip, that tea had poison, I saw him pour a sleeping poison, after you drank the tea, you fell asleep and that's why you ended up in the hospital, I took you there, " Andre explained. He sighed. Telling the truth is always a tough thing to do.

" And why should I believe you? " Fern asked with red eyes.

" Because it's the truth, it's okay if you don't want to believe me, but i'm telling you the truth, " Andre said casually.

" Hm, " Fern replied.

She was lost in thought. Not sure of reality. Is she dreaming? She pinched herself and screamed inside. Nope. Not dreaming. She thought of it. Wait. How could Andre know all this? He didn't even go camping with her.

" Andre, how did you know all this exactly? " Fern asked.

Andre's face turned red of embarrassment.

" Well, uh, I, " Andre said stammering.

" Please, " Fern pleaded.

" Please don't be mad, I was stalking you, sorry, " Andre said. He was ashamed. He never knew all this stalking was so weird until today.

" Andre, first of all, ew, never knew you're still doing that, second of all, please give me time to think, " Fern said.

" Alright, " Andre said. He started softly patting Fern's head.

" Take your time Fern, "

" Thanks, "

" Um, if you don't mind, can you take me home? " Fern asked.

" Sure, " Andre replied.

He drove them to Fern's house. Fern got out of the car and said thanks to Andre. She stepped on her porch and inserted her keys, strangely, her door was unlocked. It's open.

Fern ran back to Andre.

" Did you come here before? " Fern asked, panicking.

" No, I don't even have the keys, you took it when I left, remember, " Andre said. " What happened? "

" The door's opened, " Fern said.

Andre quickly got out of his car and followed Fern. She pushed the door open, revealing an empty house.

Fern fell to the floor and burst out crying. She has lost everything. All her stuff is gone. Her clothes, her gadgets, all that's left of her has disappeared.

Andre walked inside and looked around. Everything was empty. He walked around while observing. There must be some clue of who the culprit is. Suddenly, he stepped on something round and nearly tripped. He balanced himself and took the thing that nearly made him fall.

Lipstick?

It was a gold tube. Andre opened the lid and inside was lipstick. A strawberry scented branded lipstick. Andre closed it back and examined the tube. It had a sticker stuck on it. A 'K' sticker. Andre knew exactly who that lipstick belongs to.

Can you guess?