Chapter 10: Vera

L's POV
Diary Entry #2

BB had struck again over the course of the last two weeks. He claimed a young girl as well as a young man. The pattern in which he kills still baffles me, it's almost as if these kills are purely random but there's no doubt in my mind that he does this on purpose, it makes sense, if I assume he has a pattern I'll fall into the trap he sets for me and once I think I'm getting closer to an answer, a brand new unrelated kill will fall into my lap. I'm finding that he is too smart for his own good.

I will be meeting with the girl who's father's life was taken a few weeks ago later today. Naomi will be bringing her to me, I've been told her name is Vera Kyle and she is no more than 17 years old. Her mother had left her father a few years earlier and she was an only child. Naomi also told me that Vera was present in their home when BB attacked and that she was in a state of shock. That was completely understandable, BB has a reputation for leaving behind gory and gruesome crime scenes but as I said before any form of help was better than none at all.

As the clock struck 8 and I was typing away at my computer, the door opened. I could sense there was more than one person in the room and before I turned to face my visitors, Naomi spoke "L, this is Vera" she said and as I turned to face this frightened young girl, her eyes were glued to the floor and her dark brown hair was covering her face.

I then stood up from my crouching position and slowly made my way over to her.

"Hello" I said to her as I reached my hand out slowly, she lifted her hazel eyes from the ground and stared at my face directly. In that moment, she screamed out loudly at the top of her lungs. The sound of her scream startled both myself and Naomi, she broke out of Naomi's grip and made her way into a corner as she pointed a finger at me with her arm shaking like a leaf.

"It's him, your the one..." She said with her entire body trembling and her voice cracking. "You killed my father!" She screamed out. I looked at her in disbelief but I realized why she was so afraid, she was mistaking me for BB. I tried to approach her but I as I took one step forward she cried out even more, Naomi instead went to her aid and true to calm her down. I retreated back to my place and waited for her to regain some of her composure.

After a few moments, Vera approached me slowly and stared at every inch of my body, taking in all aspects of my form, I must admit it was making me rather uncomfortable but I said nothing, I didn't want to upset her again. She then sat down next to me and I could feel her eyes burning into the side of my head, I turned to face her slightly and after awhile she finally spoke to me.

"Your eyes..." She whispered and I raised an eyebrow slightly at her words. "Their different, his were completely red, unlike anything I've ever seen before..." She continued sounding much calmer than earlier. I knew what she was referring to, BB eyes were the only thing that was noticeably different about us and I was happy to know that this poor young girl no longer thought I was the savage murderer that had scarred her for life.

"Why do you look so much like him?" she asked.

"I don't know" I answered quickly. She simply looked down and rolled pieces of her dark hair behind her ears as she sat on the floor just like me.

"May I ask you something?" I said softly and I saw her nod in the corner of my eye. "Would you be willing to help me find him by telling me everything you know?" I questioned. She nodded once again, I then nodded as well as I returned to my computer but all throughout the next few hours, she couldn't take her eyes off me, at some points I found myself staring at her as well. I felt the deepest sympathy for her, she was the first surviving victim of any of the BB murders and I wanted to do everything in my power to make sure her mind would be at peace again once he was captured.

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