Save Her or Not
1214 Words
Maya’s POV
“Maya Rowan, you got a zero on the practical.” My heart nearly jumped out of my chest.
The words struck me so hard. I glanced at Kai and shot him a look.
His eyes narrowed as if he wanted to scare the s**t out of me, but that didn’t do anything to me.
I heard some snickers from behind.
“That serves her right.”
I couldn’t figure out whose voice that was.
***
It was lunchtime, so I went to the cafeteria. I couldn’t afford to buy lunch every day, so I usually packed my lunch at home and brought a lunch box from home most times.
After eating, I walked down to the place I was warned not to go into.
The door creaked as I pushed it open. As I closed the door behind me, someone cleared their throat and that startled me.
I jumped, one hand flying to my chest.
“If you were this scared, why did you come here?”
I squinted my eyes, it was Kai. His back was turned to me.
“How did you know I was the one?”
He turned slowly, “Who else is stubborn enough to ignore my warning?” He questioned, his voice deep, making me flinch as I took a step back.
“Fair enough,” I shrugged as I walked into the room. I finally walked up to him. Behind him was a board, pictures and some notes were pinned on it.
“What did you mean yesterday?”
“The-”
I cut him off. “Wait, how did you even get my number?”
“You think getting your number would be difficult for me?” Kai’s gaze narrowed. He was right, of course, nothing was impossible for Kai Blackwood.
“So you just go around collecting random girls’ numbers?” I tilted my head slightly as I asked him.
“Don’t think too much of it. If I were ever to have anything to do with anyone, it would never be you. You’re not my type.” My heart sank deeply as his words hurt me.
“And who said you’re my type too?” I said, forcing myself to stay calm, pretending my eyes weren’t beginning to sting.
Kai didn’t say anything.
“If you’re the last man on earth, I’d rather stay single,” I said shakily with heavy breaths.
“I didn’t mean to hurt you. I’m sorry.”
I blinked.
Kai Blackwood had just apologized to me.
“So what did you mean yesterday?” I asked, attempting to shift the tension in the air.
He walked over to the table. “I’ve been researching alone ever since she left.”
For a moment, sadness flickered across his eyes. I wanted to ask more questions but something in his expression stopped me.
“I’ve finally noticed there are some patterns in the disappearances.” He continued.
“I don’t know the motive but I think I know who is next.”
I leaned against the wall, prepared for whatever was next.
“The children are not the targets but the parents.”
“Hold up. You mean the children are getting abducted because of their parents?”
“Yes.”
“By who?”
“That I don’t know. And I'd like to tell you to be careful. There have been people who have been trying to uncover this and have gone missing.”
That was supposed to scare me but it didn’t.
“I understand you’re watching out for me.”
“This is very dangerous.”
“I know.”
He didn’t look convinced enough but continued speaking. “The last two people who disappeared, their parents, are both in the finance industry.”
He walked toward the table and stopped at the edge. He scrambled through the pictures on the table and singled two out.
I couldn’t recognize their faces.
“This is Sandra Jones. She’s the most recent student to disappear.”
He pointed at a girl with blonde hair.
“And this is Feather. She disappeared a month before Sandra.” He said as he picked up the second picture.
“What connects the two is the job of their parents. Sandra’s father owns most of the private financial institutions in Ravenwood City while Feather’s mother is a general manager at one of the city’s largest financial institutions.”
I took a deep breath, trying to piece everything together.
“The disappearances follow the same pattern. There is only one problem.” He paused for a few minutes.
“We can’t know whether the next disappearance will follow the same pattern or start a new one.”
I said.
“Yes.” He nodded once.
“That’s crazy. And how did you know who’s next?”
“I focus on what I can control. I can’t predict the beginning of the next pattern but only work on what we have.”
He sighed deeply and then spoke. “Tamara is next.”
I gasped. This was looking more serious than I’d realized.
“What do we do?”
“This is where you come in.”
“Me?”
“Yes.”
“How?”
“I need you to get close to Tamara. We need to find a way to prevent anything from happening to her.”
“W-what. You must be joking. You want me to be best friends with my bully.”
“Relax,” Kai said calmly.
“Oh, you want me to paint her toenails, binge Netflix with her, and suddenly become her best friend?”
“You’re overreacting Maya.”
“I can’t.”
“You will.”
“You can’t force me. You do know that?”
“Aren’t you still curious as to why your picture is here?”
Shoot! He was right.
I still need to know why my picture was among these missing students.
“You won’t tell me the reason until I become close with Tamara,” I stated, shaking my head.
“Look at that. You figured it out.”
I scoffed at him in disbelief. No way was he giving me a backhanded compliment.
Kai stared at me, his gaze lingered on me more than normal.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Don’t you have somewhere to be with your newfound bestie?”
“f**k you, Kai!” I snapped at him.
He chuckled, raising both his hands like he was surrendering.
***
I hurried down the hallway.
No! I wasn’t late for anything.
I was looking for my new bestie.
I finally spotted the red-haired girl.
Yes! She loves changing the color of her hair every three days.
If I were to do this Captain Savior, I need to do it right. I opened my notebook and took out my pen.
-Takes Ice Cream on Tuesday afternoons.
Weird but Blackthorn has everything in the school cafeteria.
-Has two close friends.
Now I need to get into her friend circle. I sighed deeply. This was harder and crazier than I thought.
I mustered all the courage I had gathered and walked toward her.
I swallowed hard and forced myself forward.
“Hi Tamara.”
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