"Why didn't you tell me about the note?" he continued, looking a little hurt.
"It said that if I told anyone, they would kill both of us. Since it was a given that I was going to be killed, I saw no need to take you down with me," I said, looking at the ground.
He pulled me into a tight hug and whispered, "I don't care, Veronica. I love you more than life. And I could've done someth
ing about it so that psycho never would've gotten this close to you." I started silently crying.
"But imagine if I'd told you and we both got killed. Do you know how many people would blame me? All your fans would hate me," I replied.
"Why the hell would they blame you?" he asked.
"People are irrational sometimes," I said. He didn't reply; instead he hugged me tighter and we stayed there until the tears passed. After a while, he led me inside. We just chilled out and tried to calm down from what happened, since there was no way we'd be able to fall asleep again.
Then my phone started vibrating in my pocket. I pulled it out and saw Michelle's dad's name on the caller ID. I answered, "Hi, Mr. Chang. What's up?"
"I have to tell you something. It's about Michelle," he replied. His tone was serious.
"What is it?" I asked.