?THE UNKNOWN?
?Chapter Thirty <30>?
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?What’s going on??
“What’s going on here?” Gina asked Zoe and Olive as she sat down beside them. Maddie was making up and that’s what got them all surprise.
“I don’t know…” Zoe said still looking at Maddie who paid less attention on them and gave more attention to her make up.
“I think she has a date or something.” Olive whispered at them.
“A date?” Gina questioned wide eyes.
She shrugged. “Why else would she be making up like that? Maddie hardly makes up, remember?”
This was how their life had been for the past three months. They haven’t witnessed any death or received any note. In fact they had decided to forget about the killing and move on with their lives. in happiness. and without fear. And that’s what they were doing now.
Maddie finished her make up and stood up to her feet. She was pointing on a black short gown, a golden heels and was carrying a black handbag. She turned to them with a smile on her face.
“How do I look, girls?”
“Beautiful.” Zoe said.
“gorgeous.” Olive added with a smile of her own.
“Crazy.” Gina said. They all turn to give her a questioning look. She grinned sheepishly at them then quickly added. “It’s a good crazy.”
“Do you have a date or something?” Zoe asked now.
Maddie dusted an imaginary dirt from her dress, still smiling. “Yeah. Guys, you should see this girl…she is so pretty. Honestly, she had been my crush for quite a long time. I didn’t even know she had a crush on me as well until she asked me out on a date just yesterday.”
“Awww. I’m so happy for you.” They all said in unison and got up to their feet and pulled her into a group hug. They’ve been each other’s backbone.
“Thanks guys. What could I possibly do without you guys?”
“Nothing.” They said. She titled her head to the side and gave them a look that says; Are you kidding me, bi-tch es?
They all started laughing. But they weren’t wrong. They were nothing without one another.
She pulled away from the embrace. “I gotta go.” She turned to leave when her phone vibrated. Gina’s phone also vibrated. So did Olive and Zoe’s.
They turned on their phone and stare down at the message they had just received. That brou-ght back their fear. Their worry. Their tragedy. That they’ve once forgotten for this past months.
UNKNOWN: ‘watching you?:-)
“Watching you?” Olive read out loud. “Was that what you guys also received?” They all nodded their head, staring down at the text in confusion. “I…I thought this killing had stopped.”
Gina shook her head as she ran her fingers throu-ghher hair. “It didn’t. He or she just took a break.”
“Could it really be a break. Or was watching for a perfect timing?” Zoe said. It sounded like a question.
“You mean waiting.” Maddie corrected Zoe.
“Yeah. Waiting.”
Gina dropped to her seat. Olive did the same, so did Zoe but Maddie? She just stood there and was staring at the text as a single tear dropped to her face.
The other girls noticed the tears. They quickly got up to their feet and made their way to her.
“Why us? Why is all this happening to us? It’s useless. It’s pointless.” She started taking off her earrings, her necklace, she threw her bag to the floor and started wiping off her make up as she kept on crying.
“What are you doing!?” Olive almost yelled at her. “You have to go for the date. You dedicated your time and effort just to do this make up, you can’t just give up because of a stupid text.”
“A stupid text? A stupid text sent to us by a serial killer who had killed three or better still five of our friends! This text isn’t stupid, Olive. I can’t go on that date with Selena when I’m going to die anytime soon!” She said. And when she said five? She meant; Phoebe, Alicia, Doris, Bianca and Jane.
“Maddie…”
“Don’t worry about me, guys. We should be more worried about Zoey. She’s the next victim not me.”
****
“I thought the killing had stopped.” Clay said as he handed Gina a cup of coffee. She smiled at him and collected it.
They’ve both grew to become best of friends. Who would believe that this two people who were always at each other’s throat will become this close?
Elsa was always going to Mia. They would play and have fun. Mia was never bored. She had a friend. A best friend at that.
“It didn’t stop, Clay. Like what Zoe had said, the killer was just waiting for a perfect time to attack.”
“watching you? What does that even mean?” He question no one in particular.
“He or she is around?” She guessed.
“We know that already. How about Zoe?”
“She’s at home. She said she would stay home instead. She’s scared as a fu-ck.”
“Would it be save for her?”
“Olive and Maddie are with her. So yeah. I guess.” She sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose. “Do you think I should meet up with Kylie and ask her to tell me who the killer is?”
“Will she know that?”
“I think she does. Kylie hated us back at college. She was always trying to get us into trouble. We both never crossed path because whenever we do then it signifies trouble.” She paused. “She was that jerk’s cousin. I would have suspected her but Kylie is smarted than this. She only knows the killer and that’s for sure.”
“You think so?”
She stared at him. “I hope I’m right. Because right now, we need to figure out who this killer is or we are going to die.”
****
“I will be right back, guys.” Maddie said as she got up and left the house. Olive sighed as she got up to her feet.
“Are you going out as well? Please don’t leave me alone.” Zoe said as she held unto Olive’s wrist.
“I’m coming, Zoe. I won’t be going far. I just need to go to the grocery sto-re to get us something. We haven’t eaten anything since we received that text.” She said calmly, adjusting her gla-sses.
“Can I come with you then?” Zoe asked getting up to her feet but fell back on the couch.
“You are shaking. Just wait. I will be back very soon. Okay?” Olive snatched her phone from the table and left the house.
The house became very silent and that made Zoe more terrified. She was scared. Like who wouldn’t be, knowing fully well that you were the next victim?
She suddenly heard a knock on the door. She started shaking more. Shit! She hadn’t lock the door when Olive had stepped out. She fell to the floor and was trying to reach out for her phone but her hand were shaking like crazy. The phone fell to the other side against her reach. The knocking increase to a more aggressive and impatient one.
She slowly moved to the corner of the house and hug-ged her knee to her ch-est as she kept mumbling some words to herself. She don’t want to die. She don’t want to die.
The door was slowly pushed open and a person with a….bar-e foot? She questioned to herself as she slowly raised her head up to see the face of the person. Isn’t a serial killer suppose to wear black boot, black trouser and a black hoodie? Why is this…?
“You….”
****
“Girls, stop shouting. I’m trying to concentrate here.” Gina said to the two kids.
“A case?” Mia asked.
“Yeah.”
“Do you need my help?” She asked again.
Gina smiled. “Sure. At least that’s better than for you both to keep shouting and disturbing me. Let’s solve some case.”
Their help wasn’t even necessary. Because everything they were saying was opposite to the real case. Suddenly the tow girls started arguing about a mistake being a mistake and a mistake not being on mistake but being on purpose.
“Some mistake are not on purpose.” Elsa said.
“I know! But some mistake are on purpose!” Mia fired back.
“That’s a lie.”
“Not all mistake can be considered as a mistake. Some mistake can be an information pa-ssed.”
“Phew.” Elsa breath out, giving up on the argument.
“Not all mistake can be considered as a mistake. Some mistake can be an information pa-ssed.” Gina repeated to herself. “Exactly!” Gina said to herself again as she took out all the notes.
****
Maddie walked I to the house and saw Zoe’s lifeless body on the floor. She screamed and was about run out of the house when someone hit something against her head. She slowly collapsed on the floor.
This was the timing that the killer had set for him or herself. He or she had planned to take them all out at once.
****
Gina took out the first note that had been given to Bianca which happened to be the first victim.
Too much for the break up. huh? Never expected you to empty the whole bottle……(A/N: Can’t write out everything that I had written on the note given to Bianca but the key word is out, anyway.)
“Thia wasn’t a mistake but a double word….which is a letter O.” She opened the next not that was given to Jane. She read out loud. “You are right. Death is the only option to a Peaceful life. Life can be crazy but death is the only solution…. *LOL* just kidding. But hey, if this isn’t done them your brother in law will kill you himself. Get prepared, Jane. Your end is near…” She wrote down two letters which had double words… letter L from Kill.
She read the third letter given to Phoebe. “it’s a circle. A seven circle. And the edge begins with you. Want to know what I mean? You’ll fiind out…” She wrote down the letter with a double word which was I. She moved to the next. “Protecting the wrong person while the right one is left unprotected. You all thought Doris was the next Vvictim, right?” She paused and cleared her throat. “The double v is an unusual word.” She wrote down the v and went down to the next one. “Roeeses are red, the sky is blue, look behiind you always, cause I’m watching you. The roses has a double e and the behind has a double I.” She wrote down the two words. She went down to the next one. “I love rosess but do you know what I love more…blood? Yeah, you got that right.” She paused for a while as she tried to process everything. “The roses has a double s this time around.” She whispered to herself as she stared at the letters inscribed on the paper lying in front of her.
“O…L…I…V…E…I…S…” She knitted her brows at the words in confusion. “Oliveis.” She tried pronouncing it but it made no sense at all. “How about I desperate the words? Like…Olive is.. Wait. what’s Olive name doing here? I don’t get. Olive is what?” She gasped. “The message.” She brou-ght out her phone and opened the text that they had received from the unknown number earlier ago. “Watching you.” She read out. “Olive is watching you.” She slowly said in shock. “Olive has been the killer all this time. Bu… but how is that possible?” TBC.