# CHAPTER 16
Lee was on her bed, sitting and reading a braille book while listening to the radio. Her listening skills was really great and even greater each day. Even she's alone right now, she never felt lonely again like what she felt this past few years.
Since she heard, Ashley never leave her alone unless she was in her school or in a meeting. Ashley took care of her and talked to her like a usual friends. Ashley became hands on on her, they eat together, listen to music together. She even heard Ashley sings to her as she sleep. She's becoming more attach to the latter every day goes by and she's loving the affection and attention she was receiving to her.
Few moments later, as she sang along the music, she heard someone open and close the door.
"Hey Ash. Goodevening. How's your day?" She asked but no one respond. She frowned for a while and closed her book. "Ashley?"
"So you're really here." A different stern voice spoke beside her. Lee frantically sensed the voice coming near her from her right side.
"Who are you?"
"She even rent you an apartment." The voice said while walking around the room, observing every little detail inside the room. "I didn't know she prefer a blind than doing blindfolds."
"I-I don't know w-what you're saying." Lee anxiously replied. Her hands on the book shaking in frantic as she identify the unknown intruder.
"Do you already had a moment with her?" The voice asked. Intently looking at Lee who's worrying about her own safety.
"A-Are you one of them?" Lee asked, she's now shaking as she felt the bed deepen by someone sitting on it. "P-Please don't hurt me."
"I will if you don't answer me." The voice threatened. "Once again, did you already do your job?"
"W-what job?" Lee hesitately asked while gripping so hard on the book. Then suddenly she felt a hand clutched on her face with vigor.
"I'm giving you another month Lee. Or I'll kill her."
"No please don't kill her." Lee begged while holding the forearm of that voice. "I will do it, just give me more time please." The latter chuckled and threw her face away. Lee whimpered.
"You like her huh?" The voice laughed as it took a pace on Lee's side. Lee just cried and took the pillow beside her to hug it. "Well, everyone will like those bitches. Who wouldn't? They are intelligent, pretty, sexy, wise, damn rich but ridiculous when it comes to love. And that's the plan. The target is their weaknesses. Isn't awesome?"
"Who are you?"
"Do you know Aldrich Ames?"
"He's convicted of espionage in 1994 against the US by spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. Who was also a former CIA analyst that turned KGBmole." Lee retorted. She's really reading so many books. Maybe she done 3 books a day and sometimes repeat a book when she has nothing to read again.
"Benedict Arnold?"
"H-He's the traitor of America. He fought for the AC Army, and later defected to the British Army."
"What about.. Marcus Brutus?"
"He's in the book of William Shakespeare... the one who chose Rome.. I think.. than Julius. The.. t-traitor."
"Hmm.. what about Simon Peter?"
"He denied Jesus, stating that Peter would disown him before the rooster crowed the next morning. And it happened."
"That's the art of betrayal."
It's Thursday and girls are already on their clubs designated. Chloe, Emily and Stacie are inside the bathroom, taking their make ups on. As usual, Chloe keeps on whining about their uniform. Today their uniform was a police uniform like fitted police uniform top, pencil skirt and heels with police cap. They also have fake guns and handcuffs which was unnecessary.
"We're like going to shoot all the students that intended to read books." Chloe hissed as she was done on her make up and walked out. Emily just giggled.
Stacie looks like she's not in the mood so Emily was there to piss her off even more.
"I smell sex here." Emily trying to be more seductive as she leaned her back on the sink. Stacie looked at her skeptically and soon gave her a sarcastic smile.
"No thanks."
"Conrad's getting her ass together huh?" Emily shamelessly ran her finger over Stacie's arm. She's hitting on Stacie lately since the day she showed up. Stacie found it annoying especially when Emily just trying her best to seduce her and end up pissing her off.
"Could you shut the fuck up? What did I do to you?" Stacie infuriated. Emily just continuing on glaring at her.
"I want you to stay away from my friends. You're kissing their asses to annoy me, you know that?" Emily furiously said as she glared at Stacie.
"Well, I told you. I'm not just your hooker." She smirked. "I'm your worst nightmare." Stacie added and smiled playfully as she walked out of the bathroom. Emily just hissed.
All of the girls excluding Cynthia Rose, Ashley, Chloe and Jessica were inside the HQ. Making their ways to chill inside the green room. Aubrey sitting in front of her super computer. Emily sitting on the couch with Flo and Beca, rocking her leg back and forth, trying to ease her frustration to the busty girl who pissed her off a while ago. Lilly was cleaning her flying stuffs. While Fat Amy was doing her explosive grenades.
"I'm seriously trying my best to appreciate that stupid girl even she's pissing me off but please guys remind me why she's still alive despite of her knowing our existence?! Can I kill her?!" Emily yelled that made Lilly and Aubrey looked at her. Beca just chuckled without averting her gaze to her phone. "What? Beca, I'm itching to kill her!"
"Kill her if you want." Beca simply said, she's texting Chloe right now. She rid Chloe to her apartment after the night of their shifts then went at the HQ to stay for the night. She thinks that she's safer here than to her dorm.
"What?" Aubrey reacted. "Are you even thinking Beca? You will let Emily kill her?" She asked and second later, she realized what she had said and was about to speak again when Beca finally look at her.
"You remember her?" Beca deadpanned. Aubrey calm herself even her heart beat fast at the thought of Stacie.
"Who's her?" Aubrey fake frowned. "I said you'll let Emily kill again? You told her before that she will not going to kill anyone again because of Barden reputation. Now, you're telling her to kill that whoever was that stupid girl?" She successfully framed up.
"Right." Beca lazily replied that made Emily rolled her eyes to Aubrey. She went back to texting Chloe.
"Anyway, who was that girl?" Aubrey innocently asked.
"None of your business." Emily retorted and was about to go out when a rushing short hair girl entered the door.
It's so hot and humid at the room while a song was repeatedly playing on track — a Harry Styles song —Sign of the times, where a girl was sitting fully dressed on her bath tub with shower faucet opened. She's soaking wet while hugging her knees over her chest. Her eyes were swollen because of crying so hard earlier. There's a scattered medicines like anti-depressant, sleeping pills, and vitamins.
She's banging her head on the wall while looking at nothing in particular. Thinking about the things she never do to the love of her life. Thinking about the lies she had said many times to prove to her she wasn't in love with her even she's hurting inside. Getting jealous when someone was talking to her. Being ridiculous to her at the moment she felt very jealous and realizing she was just nothing to her, what she called 'work buddy'.
Behind the camera of an internet sensation, she's a depressed human being with so many problems that seems nothing in front of the camera.
She felt become dizzy at the painful sensation because of banging her head onto the wall. As she felt dizzy, she concentrated her gaze on the length of legs that have visible scars from paper cut, cutter and razor.
Scars of the past where she used to forget but keeps on bugging her whenever she's sad.
She has a weird habit that when she felt sad, she usually find sharp things and started to cut herself secretly. Not on her wrist but to her thighs. Where no one could find out unless she gets naked in front of someone.
She's known as a strong person. Her 'work buddy' knows that. She was facing so many problems like her parents was homophobics why her 'work buddy' hates her.
"I don't want you to be with that lesbian. You know that she can influence your sexuality if you continue to be with that pervert dyke."
"What? S-She's not a lesbian! We're bestfriends and work buddies. We can't just let it go easily because of our fans."
"Then make a public announcement that you're not a lesbian, that you will not be like her, that you're searching for a boyfriend!"
"That's ridiculous mom. I can't do that."
"You can or else I'll transfer you in another religious school!"
"Fine."
She has so many haters for having a solo performance while denying she's not a lesbian and her partner was just her work partner, she said that to prove to her parents that her work was not a big deal and most especially she's not a lesbian.
"Hi Mecaniars! I'm Meca Jea, having a live stream like what I said few days ago." She smiled in front of the camera. "I have a few questions from fans that I got through private message. It got me so I decided to answer and confirm your suspicions and rumors," She lied. We all know that saying private message is generally safe and sound to say to avoid complications from the fans. The truth is there's no one messaged her like those questions that she will read later, she made it to ask herself and prove something to her parents because right now, maybe they're watching or maybe just waiting for the news to come out. "..but before that, of course, viewers first." She winked and giggled. She has an increasing views every seconds. "You can still ask me questions like what's my favorite food, favorite animal, something like that. So.. let's start!"
She answered few basic questions from the fans like favorites, hobbies and likes without including Joanna's name everywhere. And it's making her sick because she wish that everything that she answered to the fans was including Joanna because it's the most satisfying answer and the truth.
But there comes an interesting question from a fan that she wants to answered.
"Oh here's the last question from jamesquilverg, 'where did Joanna and you met?' hmm.. we met here in our school. We have a same dorm but don't know each other yet that time. I don't like her that time because she has an arrogant attitude. Until I saw her bought a mix set. I asked her about that and she told me she loves music and she has a blog and youtube account in a smug way that I hated the most but that's also how we became partners."
She tells everyone how they become suit to each other as a partners and so forth. Then proceed to her last segment which what she told earlier.
"I'll call this 3 private questions for my private life." She smiled and read the first question. "Am I a lesbian?" She looked at the comment section with their suspicion answers like they're been the one who's been questioned. "Actually... nope. I'm hell straight than your rulers. Duh. I have a boyfriend." And that's a total sabotage for the fans. The comment section has full of whats and hows with a funny comment like 'maybe someone's pointing a gun on her head behind the camera' and 'form a heart shape with your hand if you've been forced!'. But she ignored it because she knew that the first one that would be tackled by the fans was her parents.
"The second question is," she paused. "Which better kisser? Boys or girls?" She looked at the comment section and saw comments that telling her they saw her making out with her work buddy in their school and never with a guy. "Well, I'll say I kissed a girl but I love rough boys." She faked smile that throw some of the fans to the edge and comment harsh comments. She didn't read it and proceed to the last hella question.
"Last question is, 'Am I pro-LGBT?'" She smiled at the camera again and threw the papers away. "Definitely yes. I love gays and lesbians. I love brave people who's not afraid to come out of their closets, I salute you."
She has failing grades that telling her she's not going to graduate this year. Also the constant vomiting and not feeling well makes her think that it's not sickness but a possibility of having a problem she doesn't want to happen. She wanted to make her parents proud of her, to be once favorite aside from her handsome and smart brother, there attentions that no one could ever replace except Joanna but her partner doesn't know anything at the moment aside from seeing her as a bitch that was dating a guy in front of her family to prove something to them. That she accused her that she had an intimate connection with him after that night in her family's house where she didn't go to Barden the next day.
She loves her. But that love can't replace the hate her partner was feeling for her since she denied her sexuality to the entire world.
Yeah, she's strong. So strong that even herself, even her own self was hurting her.
She closed her eyes and began banging her head with vigor as she stretched her legs to the tub full of water. She's getting dizzier and dizzier as the time goes by, clutching her hands on the tub edge to stop herself from finding a razor.
But she couldn't. She wants to feel the pain even more and replace the inner pain she felt right now. She's so hopeless and tired of everything and the only thing she needs to do is to satisfy everyone of her inexistence. To die and no more holding back of what is right and do what makes her once again, happy.
She stretched out her one arm to reach for the razor. It was difficult especially when your whole body was shivering in coldness so the razor slipped on her fingers and it created a small slice on her middle finger that caused so much blood. She didn't even noticed it and continue to reach for it. When she finally held it with two fingers, she slowly open her eyes to look at the sharp material where she finally saw the blood stains on her hand. She smiled at the numbness on her bleeding hand and the image of it.
She caught her breath as she felt a quick slice under the water onto her thigh. The blood quickly mix in the water. She do it again and again as if it was her skill, until the water on the tub turns into bloody pink.
Then she gave every strength on her body to slice her wrist. Blood poured out from it.
She weakly draped her hands under the bloody water as she lost every blood on her body. Her feeling got worsen when her eyes get tired in opening as if she has no control of it anymore. Her eyes began to water as she cry in despair, she also began on panting so hard as she wish to catch her breathing to be even.
Later on, she became unconscious and.. lifeless.
Beca's POV
Ashley entered the room like she's been running a mile just to be here.
She searched for something and as she looked at me, she sighed for a while and panted.
We looked at her skeptically. I felt nervous as she gained her breathing.
"Beca," She panted. "You're co-DJ lately. Meca Jea. She suicide and I think it's connected with Genesis."
"What?" I retorted and stood up. I immediately texted Chloe.
Beca: babe wait up. tell Jessica that stay with you the whole time okay?
Chloe: what? why? is there something wrong?
Beca: yes. so please be safe for me okay?
Chloe: okay babe. take care there. I love you.
Beca: I love you too.
And I put my phone inside my jacket and ran outside the HQ. I felt Ashley and Amy followed me.
As we reached the front of the Girl's Dormitory, we saw 3 police car that I think my grand uncle's cops. There's also campus security that was roaming inside.
We proceed to the 2nd floor where the incident happened.
"How did you know this?" I asked Ashley.
"I'm inside my club when I heard police sirens so I got out and saw this." Ashley explained.
As we reached the 2nd floor, we saw so many students on the left wing and we walked over there. The police didn't allow us but when my grand uncle saw me they finally allowed us.
I didn't talk to them instead I entered their dorm and saw Joanna crying her lungs out while being comfort by a woman that I think...
"I think I know you." I said to catch her attention. They immediately looked at me.
"Who are you?" She replied as she frowned at me.
"Oh. Maybe I'm just mistaken."
"What are you doing here?! You're not allowed here!" Joanna yelled out to me.
"I'm.. I'm part of Detective Club.. I'm here to help." I calmly said as I put a medical gloves on my hands.
"Are you fucking kidding me?! SHE SUICIDE. SHE KILLED HERSELF." She cried out.
"Calm down Joanna." The girl beside her said.
"No Angela. You don't understand."
[A/N: She's from I am Gay chapter 20 one of the Unlucky 13]
Confirmed.
"Maybe I'm not but you should calm down now." Angela said.
"You all don't understand! I love her!" She confessed that made me raised my eyebrows. Ashley and the rest came as they heard yellings.
"You loved her?" I skeptically asked. "Well, I'm Beca Mitchell. A junior. Part of Detective Club and one of the DJs. I'm evening shift. And I always saw the two of you fighting."
"W-What?" Joanna stopped from crying with a terrified look. She looked at everyone then to me again. "What the hell? So you're telling me that... I killed her? N-No..."
"Okay." I sighed. "Who saw the victim first?"
"She called the police," One of the police said. "..and as we got here, we saw her crying inside this bathroom. She was clean. No blood stains that will say she held the victim-
"Of course! Why would I hold her in that case?" Joanna explained.
"But you loved her? Is that enough reason to hold her?" I retorted calmly that made her jaw dropped. I felt a hand clutched on my arm. I turned my head and saw Ashley.
"Becs. We still don't have enough evidences. We can't say that immediately." She whispered at me.
"I'm sensing that they are suspects."
"Yeah. But what about Genesis?" She asked that made me think of something and looked at them again.
"Okay. So please explain to me everything. I doubt them. Seriously." I said and Ashley nodded. She walked towards the crime scene which was the bathroom. We entered it and I saw Amy discreetly taking pictures. Then my eyes turned to the victim.
The girl I always saw having an argument while or after their shift in the radio booth with Joanna.
"Do you think it's a suicide?" I asked while looking at the victim's body which was still fully clothed. She has so many slice on her thighs and a big slice on her wrist. Her position was head on the left side, shower faucet on her upper head. The bleeding wrist was left so the tiles was clean from blood. Her head was leaning on the wall comfortably. Her face was pale and her lips became slightly bruised violet sign that she's been there like hours ago.
"I don't know. Everything in this crime scene was pointing to Joanna. From the phone calls to messages. Even this letter." Ashley said and handed me a piece of letter.
Jacket off as if it was very hot
Pants off as if you want to take a bathEverything off but never act like a cat
Joanna loves me because of everythingBut our relationship is not a thingAnd nothing but misunderstanding
Just eat what ever I want to eat
Get off everything that's holding me back to death
You will be happier like I'm just a bet
16 8 4 35 39 13 16 56 35 19 32 39 64 35 45 47
Oh.
Another mind fuck code. Ashley will be up with that. I don't want to waste my time by just staring at it.
"It has Joanna's name." I mumbled.
"It also had a code. I just don't get it." Ashley said while thinking so hard. I looked at the letter again.
Me too.
"Do you know the answer of it?"
"I'll tell you later.. we just need to ask some questions." Ashley whispered and walked out of the bathroom. I looked back at Amy who's staring at her phone.
"What's in there? Do you find something suspicious?" I asked her.
"It's a very clean suicide. But the calls and messages say the otherwise." Amy sternly said without looking at me. She handed me the phone of the victim.
Joanna: Where are you?
Feb 11 2016 - 18:21
Meca: At Lawrence's dorm. Why?
Feb 11 2016 - 18:51
Joanna: Go back here. Our turntable is broken.
Feb 11 2016 - 18:57
Meca: What happened? I'm going.
Feb 11 2016 - 18:59
Joanna: Ok.
Feb 11 2016 - 19:02
"We can confirm if these messages is true if we talked to this Lawrence guy." I said as I examine the phone calls.
13 missed calls
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:23
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:25
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:26
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:28
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:31
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:32
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:33
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:35
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:39
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:40
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:43
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:44
Joanna Mae
Feb 11 2016 - 18:50
"We could ask the suspects about it." Amy said.
"You also considering them as a suspect?" I skeptically asked. "But you said it's a suicide."
"Yes." She answered without hesitation as if it's the fact. "Suspect of why she's triggered to do it. Some crime as suicide has a reason why they did it. Why they were so hopeless.. why they have no one to talk to and we need to know that shorty." She said in mischief before going out of the bathroom. I looked at the victim once again before following Amy.
Joanna is still crying hard. "I said I don't know! My phone is missing! I don't even know that Lawrence or who the hell is that guy! Definitely not her fiancee!" Joanna yelled out infuriatedly.
"Fiancee?" Ashley asked.
"Her mom told me she's already engaged to a wealthy man because she knew that Meca.. Meca was a mess that has no future in music or internet and I should distance to her. That I should quit as a partner." She sobbed and lower her gaze. "But I can't.. I love her.. that I encourage her to quit on me so it become easier to me. I'm so selfish.. hoping she fight for me but she's coward!" She held her temples. "I don't know why I loved her. Maybe because we have similarities, same tastes, same genre in life..We have sparks. We love music. She's so beautiful when she sings with me. I loved her. I love her so much..." she cried again.
"Who is she?" I asked to the silent girl beside her.
"She's my classmate from several subjects. Angela Cortez." She introduced the girl that has a brown hair and a brown eyes and.. brown pants and white shirt. She likes brown huh?
"How did she get here?"
"Fine! I accompanied her to go to her dorm. As we got here we said goodbyes and as I walk away, I heard her frantically called me so I went back and she's already crying." Angela stated. If you're suspecting her then I'm the witness that her alibi is enough to tell you she didn't kill her." She confidently said.
"Where's the evidence then that you're telling the truth and nothing but the truth?" Amy butt in that everyone stopped from what they're doing.
"You're telling me that I'm one of the suspects right?" Angela impatiently asked. Amy just look at her. "Well, I'm not part of this fucking suicidal freak." She said and stood up to get out.
No one stops her because we still don't know if it's a suicide or not. She has nothing to do with it. Let's say we have evidences but it's not telling us that it's homicide.
"She's not just your classmate, isn't she?" I asked that made their brows curled.
Joanna dilated her blood shot eyes in shock of the statement. "What?"
"She's the one who's Meca mentioned when she said you're making out with someone, right?"
"I-I don't know what you're talking about."
"You're stuttering."
"So?! I'm becoming nervous because you're suspecting me that I killed her! And it's natural!"
"No. If you're confident that you didn't do anything wrong, you won't be nervous."
"Okay, you know what? Before you fucking accused me, show me you're evidences!" She challenged. I roamed my eyes inside the room. There's 4 policemen that was gathering the possible fingerprints of the suspects or any suspecting things. I saw Ashley writing something on her small notebook while Amy was staring at her phone.
"Monday, you're having an argument with her in the bathroom of the radio booth, you telling her she's an idiot that's why you don't like her." I stated that made her groaned. Ashley was finally listening to me.
"That's because I'm jealous! I'm getting pissed off of her going and hanging around that blonde girl!"
"Blonde girl?"
"I don't fucking know who that bitch is. She's damn touchy and clingy the whole time." She explained with a hint of anger on her voice.
"Well, Tuesday you're accusing her that she's not in the mood to be a DJ."
"Yes! Because maybe she's in the club that Monday night. She has a hangover, she vomited and having a massive headache so I said that." She rolled her eyes on me.
"Wednesday, she's absent."
"Every Wednesday she's going to her family house and have sex with her fiancee." She snickered.
"How did you know that?"
"She didn't go home Wednesday night though. And her mother texted me mockingly about it to prove she's not a lesbian." She fake chuckle.
"Where's your phone then?" Amy asked.
"I told you I lost it somewhere earlier!" She growled at Amy and Amy just shrugged. She really doesn't have any reasonable alibi to do if her phone was missing.
"And today.. Meca said you're having a revenge that's why you made out with a girl-
"What-
"Shut the fuck up, could you?!" I furiously said. I can't help but to be angry with the way she became immature of that. "You're confidently guilty about being asshole. She said to you that she'll quit and you let her and insulted her. She even slapped you, right?"
"What's the fucking point of this?!" She finally stood up in front of me with a furious face. Two startled policemen came behind her. "You're telling them I killed her?!"
"No." I simply said. "I'm pointing out that you don't love her even a little because if you care, you'll understand her situation."
"No way I'll understand her if she can't even know how to fight for me! For us! Dammit!" She stumbled down to sit again. "She's very self-centered. We tried to work this out but because of her carelessness, her mother found out."
Then suddenly, two rushing people came in. Maybe Meca's parents.
"Where's my daughter?!" The woman said furiously while searching for her daughter. We all looked at them as she passed the yellow police line and gasped with her husband. The she cried out loud while hands on her mouth as her husband looked in despair.
"No.. no! It can be!" The woman cried, her husband hugging her from the back. Another form of loss. The police guided them to go outside of the bathroom and there was the furious woman rushing to Joanna and slapped her hard on the face. The policeman immediately held her farther to Joanna but her tall husband came in and punch her in the face and stomach. Joanna stumbled to the floor and gasped at the abrupt contacts on her face and body, her eyes shut open at them. Her nose bleeding. I felt Ashley's hand grip on my arm and pulled me far from the commotion. Ashley moved forward and spoke at the furious parents who's trying to get their hands laid to Joanna. The policemen tried to pulled them away from the poor girl.
"IT'S YOUR FAULT! IF YOU'RE NOT BEING A BAD INFLUENCE, SHE WOULD NEVER DO THAT TO HERSELF!" Meca's mom yelled at her. Joanna just cried again.
"If you, son of a bitch, distance to her maybe she's still alive!" Meca's dad shouted with all his voice. And that's all, Joanna runaway.
Joanna was wandering to the stairs, constantly stopping and hug herself to stop the coldness she was feeling. She's sobbing endlessly like there's no more tears were falling.
She doesn't mean it to happen. She never knew it would happen. She knew Meca was strong enough to face her problems but she never knew that she needs her. She loves her so much that she accepted the insults she receives to Meca's parents. She loves her so much that she endured the pain she cause whenever she's with someone else. She loves her so much that she allowed her to date someone else other than her. She loves her so much that she can give anything she wants even if it cause their separation. She loves her so much to the point that she's ready to give up everything just for her, just say it and she will really do it without hesitations.
And knew after all that the 'bestfriend' thing doesn't exist. It says all, whenever they blog together..
"Oh fine honey but I just want them to know what's the purpose of this part of the cart." Joanna said in the camera while pushing the cart fast and ride the cart expertly.
"That's why I don't to go to the grocery with her. She's so childish." Meca said as she flipped the camera to her, she's holding it the entire hour of their grocery. Then suddenly Joanna forgot to break and slammed herself in the boxes of chips. It wasn't caught by the camera but the way she struggle on standing up while covering her face, it caught to mock her with, "Maybe I should let he pretend sick when it's grocery day the next time.."
Whenever they sang together.
"Time's been ticking, hearts are running, think that Cupid's up to something. You asked me how I feel, I say nothing." Meca sang while smiling, eyes closed. It's just a practice but she felt so comfortable to sing it.
"But lately color seems so bright and the stars light up the night. My feet they feel so light, I'm ignoring all the signs, I keep on frontin', yeah, I stay bluffin' I keep you wonderin' keep you huntin' for my lovin' but I crave us huggin' yeah, I stay stubborn cause I can't admit that you got all the strings and know just how to tug 'em." Joanna sang eyes fixed to her lyrics.
"I think I'm in love again.." Meca.
"My head, yeah, you're in my head.." Joanna.
"I think I'm in love again.." Meca.
"My head, yeah, you're in my head..." Joanna.
"I didn't think it could be true, let alone that it would be you.." Meca.
"I think I'm in love again.." Joanna.
"I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love..." Meca.
Dance together at the parties they attend to, DJing together at the club, mix together at their dorm, hang out together in the mall or streets or everywhere, drunk together in specific nightclubs, kissing each other within the blinds, even making love.
And she regret not saying those three words before she passed away, she didn't even expect that it would happen, the suicide was part of the choices.
She has no one but herself. She's just adopted child then after graduation, she runaway because the parents who adopted her was hurting her for being homosexual. She became independent person after that, not until Meca came into her life. She thinks that her world revolves around themselves at first. That she became dependent on her.
And without her, she's nothing.
She's nothing but a simple mixer without a voice.
She's nothing but a drunkard girl after the party.
She's nothing compare the pay check she get whenever she's with her.
She's nothing but a complete mess who got so many issues about herself.
She's nothing.
She continued to cry while walking, the feeling of being numb slowly engulfing her, she's barefooted.
Aa she reached the 7th floor. She leaned at the 4 feet glass wall and let herself slide on it as if she's very exhausted. She hug her legs to her chest and continue to cry until someone approached her.
"Hey what are you doing here?" A blonde girl approached her. She stopped from crying and lifted her head to the girl. She saw a very delusive voice and smile from her which made her frown. It was change with also frown in the blonde face. "What happened?" She asked again. "Do you want a help?"
"No.."
"You know.. it will be easier if you asked for help." She smiled sweetly at her.
Beca's POV
"Do something Ash." I whispered.
"Okay ma'am, sir. Calm down-
"And who the fuck are you?!" The man growled expectantly as the policemen let them go.
"Okay. I'm Ashley from Detective Club-
"Wait. What? You're letting kids to handle-
"We're not kids-
"Really?" The woman cut me off while looking at me. Trying to intimidate me. I inhaled and exhaled the air that felt suffocating me to death.
"Mr and Mrs Manalo, with all due respect.." Amy suddenly interfered. "This is humiliating, intimidating and abusive behavior for someone who's not a suspect in a case that wasn't a homicide at all. Maybe it's Meca's triggering situation that brought her into this awful suicidal thoughts. She's emotionally in pain which is often difficult to detect, leaving no evidence other than victim reports, complaints, story and sadness. Even you're her parents, you don't have to hurt someone to satisfy your feeling of despair. Ms Dacles has no fault in this case. She may trigger the suicidal thoughts of Meca had. Maybe we all here trigger Meca's suicidal thoughts but it's her choice to do so. Ma'am, Sir, I respect people but swearing and aggressive actions with someone you don't know in public is a form of humiliation and intimidation. You should not do it again or else someone will accuse you of harassment." Amy said with full of knowledge and confidence. Meca's parents didn't spoke again but just glared at her. "Based on the victim's body, she has past previous scars all over her thighs. Don't you think it's because of Ms Dacles? In first and second view under the almost red water, you will not notice how many slice of wounds she made and if the autopsy says she has 20 plus shallow slices, both thighs, and 5 deep open slices, both thighs, I'll say it's desperation to die immediately. But it didn't so she sliced her wrist where you will find the pulse that once it cut, it also cut the possibility to live. So I declared that it's a suicide that pointing out the situation who possibly triggered the victim to do it. But, of course, it's not Joanna's fault. Alone. You're also part of this."
"What? We all do is for the best for her! You can't blame us because we're her parents! You can't say that to us." Meca's father yelled at Amy.
"First of all, you must be the responsible parents here but where are you when she's depressed? Depression is one of the cases why the victim suicide. And based on the victim, she's depressed. So where are you?"
I cleared my throat to catch their attention."Probably forcing their daughter to marry someone she doesn't love." I scoffed with a smirk.
"She'll get married after her graduation but it's not because we're forcing her! She's pregnant!" Meca's mom confessed that made all of us gasp in the air.
Now it's clear to me.
"You made her pregnant." I furiously said at them and Meca's father chuckled at me.
"What? Don't tell me you're accusing me that I made love with my daughter coz it's too much if you did and I can put you in the jail because of lack of evidences." The brunette man said in so much confidence.
"No. Meca thought that you will be happy if she made it with her fiancee, who doesn't even love her and just wanted to.. damn. What Meca did to you to become irresponsible like that? Why you let her feel so much pain in the closet who want go out?"
"She's not a lesbian." Meca's mom infuriated.
"She is and you forced her not to be." I said while throwing them a look. "I'm not a fan of them, obviously so I thought they were a couple before because of how they threw arguments with each other but yesterday, I heard Joanna said she's her girlfriend to be jealous and Meca disagree with an answer, they're bestfriends. And that confirm my suspicion tonight. So if you'll blame Joanna about it, don't. In the first place it's all of you who wants her to be.. straight."
Meca's father was about to say something when Ashley suddenly stood up and find something in Meca's drawer. It's her drawer because it has her name on it.
"We're giving the best to her." The man finally said while looking at Ashley who took a.. bible? On Meca's drawer.
A bible?
"She doesn't want to be the best Sir. Obviously the only thing we all wanted is to be happy for once and that's what she wants from some selfish like you." Amy spoke up that caught my attention from the bible. "I'm not usually mean Sir but I want to slap you the truth." Amy sarcastically smiled.
"I'm also not usually this nice Amy." I butt in while I roll my eyes to them. I want to kill them for being so irresponsible to their child's happiness. They must be the first one who understand it!
God.
"Oh shit." Ashley finally spoke and stood up.
"What? Did you find something?"
"Yes and it's really Genesis. Now, tell your grand uncle that we need to find Joanna as soon as possible. She's in danger." She whispered to me and I nodded. I don't get it but I trusted her. I discreetly approached my grand uncle outside who's talking to some head campus security.
"Sir."
"Wait a minute darling I'll finish this one."
"No sir. This is an emergency. We need to find Joanna, Meca's room mate right now. She walked out I think 20 minutes ago. She's in danger." I whispered.. he smiled at me and turn his gaze to the campus police head.
"I'm sorry but this is an emergency. We'll talk again later after this case but now, your people and my people need to find someone." He said to them and they both shared a nod and turned to me. "And you kiddo, I need a picture of her so we could easily-
We heard screams from the people around us as they ran towards the 4 feet glass wall that you could see the ground floor and the opposite wing.
They all gasped so the gut of looking at it makes me nervous. Ashley came out along with Amy who's looking at me like we're having a same feeling.
I nervously walk faster towards the people and stare down the ground floor where they all are looking.
Then I saw a lifeless girl that was with us 25 minutes ago. She's surrounded by the students but seconds later she's been surrounded by the campus police. She has a bruised side of lips and a broken neck.
I closed my eyes to suppress my tears of anger.
"This was all planned." Ashley whispered at my back. "From her parents up to Joanna's brainwashed mind. We need to investigate this at this time." I turned to her and she was looking at her small notebook. "The verse I got here was Job 33:3 saying 'My words came from an upright heart, my lips sincerely speak what I know.'" Then suddenly my phone vibrated, telling me that I received a message. I took my phone in my jacket and read it.
UNKNOWN:
There are seven things in this world that's so beautiful, it need to disappear: EYES
"Yeah. Fucking Genesis well played."
A/N: The verses are always connected to the messages that 'UNKNOWN' or the PART OF THE BODY sending them. Done with Lips. Now we're in the EYES. I want some triangular with eye cases or maybe about aliens like cyclops? Lols.