Chapter 2

Where was she? I had been standing in front of the Mall for about 30 minutes now. I had no messages from her not even a phone call. It's not like her to be late for something like this. For school? Maybe. But not for a sale like this. Something seemed off.

"I better go look for her. She shouldn't be that far. She's probably off with some boy. Knowing her I'll get a text any minute with a bunch of pictures of em' together" I said quietly and I tried to reassure myself. But, of course my mind goes to the worst case scenario anyways. I mean, why wouldn't it. I'm around murders all the time because of my dad. It's natural for me to think something like that.

Third Person POV

"AH HA! There you are!" Sonoko screamed, leaning toward the sand behind the mall. Geez, I know I was trying to replace you and all but there was no need to go off and run away from Mama." Sonoko gushed to her Prada bag.

"Now with that out of the way, I should probably find Ran. She must be sweating bullets worrying about me by now."

"RAHH!" A voice called out as a young man jumped out from behind the bushes. She immediately froze. "Wh—What the hell are you doing here Kenta?" She could barely get the words out.

A sickening smile flashed across the young man's face "You really thought that it was going to be that easy to get rid of me. I just had to make one phone call and I was out of jail before you could say "Uh Oh". Oh but don't worry, I didn't mention anything to your Farther about this."

"Y-Y-You followed me from my house didn't you"

"I just wanted to talk to you Sonoko. Just you and me. Alone. With no interruptions, you know what I mean? We're friends right? Well at least I thought so before you went off and called the cops on me. Now THAT wasn't very nice." He spoke as he took a step closer to her.

Sonoko quickly backed away. "You were messing with my Father's work. And my Farther is a very important man. So if I go missing they WILL find you. You will be like… on FBI'S most wanted list or something like that. S-So just get lost!"

Kenta's face bursted with laughter "Oh! I forgot how funny you are. And no sweetie, you aint going anywhere except with me." Kenta grabbed her as she tried to escape

"LET GO OF ME!" Sonoko screeched while she struggled to get out of his grasp "LEAVE HER ALONE. I MEAN IT!" Ran screamed as she ran towards the two.

-Ran's POV

"RAN! PLEASE DON'T!" Just when she managed to get that out, Kenta had pushed her to the ground and turned himself to face me. I found myself cringing when I caught full sight of his face.

"Well Well, Isn't it sweet Ran-chan. I always thought you were something interesting. Remember that night, when I drove you home from Sonoko's place. I told you that you had the most beautiful face." My face turned into one of disgust. The thought of him thinking of me in such a way revolted me to the very core of my being.

"Oh and your even hotter now. Come here" He cooned as he tried to grab my left arm. I instinctively lifted my leg as aimed it straight at his face. Unfortunately he was able to block it. Damn, this wasn't going to be as easy as I thought it was going to be.

"Whoa there! You're a feisty little thing arnt cha? Good thing I like it rough" When he smiled his teeth at me, anger flooded through me. This guy was everything wrong with this world.

Distracted in my own thought, I didn't notice when he made a move behind me and grabbed me from behind. "LET GO OF ME!" I started kicking my feet behind me with no avail.

"Hey hey calm down. How about you and I go off someplace private. Maybe a hotel room or perhaps my truck." He whispered suggestively in my ear. I caught the scent of alcohol in his breath. "I'm not going anywhere with you, you creep!" I screamed .

His grasp became stronger as I tried to struggle free but the suddenly he released me and lifted his hands towards his head. I quickly turned around only to see Sonoko holding a rock and Kenta lying on the floor hold his head.

Before I got a chance to react he immediately got back on to his feet and headed toward Sonoko. "Why you little, you're going to pay for that!" He said as he moved his hands towards her neck "No! No! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to" Sonoko cried.

Fear overtook me and I swiftly grabbed the rock and once again hit him on top of his head. Kenta then fell to the ground. Motionless.

Sonoko gasping and crying, gapped at the image before her. I started at the body, unable to find myself to react or even completely comprehend it. It didn't matter now , I decided. The important thing was to get Sonoko and I as far away from here as possible.

I headed toward Sonoko as she grabbed her bag and the two of us ran off, leaving a man whom we would never see alive again.