One Text , One Murder

Chapter 3: A boy in the hospital

As the sun's warmth hit my face, I woke up, finding Betty fast asleep beside me. I got up to take a shower.

As I was picking an outfit for the day, I felt Betty's touch on my shoulder, as I turned back, I saw Betty's eyes swollen and red, I figured out that she was crying last night.

"Hey, how did you sleep ?"

"I slept fine," she said in a gloomy voice

"Oh, I am going to take a quick shower, I will be back soon "

As I was walking I could feel her staring at me, I could feel the chill run through my veins.

I entered the shower and lighted my favorite cherry-scented candle, just as the scent filled the room I heard a knock on my door. I opened it to find Betty staring back at me. Her face was drained of blood and I could see fear reflecting her eyes.

"Is everything fine? "

"Ummm, yes, can I couldn't find my phone, can you call? "

"Yeah, sure."

I called her phone, and to my mere surprise, it was in her pocket.

"I didn't check properly I guess."

"Yeah, I will catch you later, got to take a shower."

As I was turning on the hot water, I had a gut feeling that something was wrong. I decided to just shrug it off.

After I was done with my shower, I was blow-drying my hair, just when I got a call from Tyler Mathews, the captain of the basketball club.

I was surprised to get a call from him this early in the morning. Just as I picked up the phone, I heard a rapid knock on the door and I heard Betty screaming at me to get ready quickly. I shouted back saying, "okay, give me two minutes".

By this time I had missed Tyler's call, so I texted him that I would call him back later.

I got out, dressed in brown leather boots, light blue skinny fit jeans, and a red t-shirt, and a black leather jacket.

As I got out, Betty rushed in without saying a word, slammed the door, and locked it behind me.

"Something is very strange today," I thought to myself.

I sat at the window silt scrolling to i********:, suddenly I heard someone screaming my name from the hallway. It was Betty's.

I rushed to find her in a white bathrobe staring at the floor.

I took a look to see what scared her to scream that loud, I saw a dead bird, it had blue and yellow feathers and an orange beak, it was the size of my palm.

"what happened, why are you here? "

"I had left my dress outside when I came to pick it up I heard a thud, so I went to take a look "

"oh, you go get ready, we have to go to the hospital soon, I will clean this mess"

As she left I found myself staring and the bird, my mind racing with thoughts. The hallway was quiet as my father had already left. I decided to stop overthinking and clean up the mess.

As I was done cleaning up, Betty was ready too.

We got a cab and started to the Green Throne Hospital.

I was staring at the window watching trees swish by, people jogging and children playing and enjoying their lives without any worries. "I wish my life was simpler," I thought to myself.

Soon, we reached the hospital.

As we got out of the cab I could see the hesitation in Betty, so I reassured her that I was with her always. We walked to the front desk and requested to see Jesse's doctor. A woman with dark brown hair and green eyes wearing the blue and white uniform asked us to wait and picked up the telephone to call someone. She asked us to wait in the waiting area for a bit.

Betty became restless, she started to bit and her nails and shake her feet rapidly.

Soon the doctor arrived, she immediately recognized Betty.

Betty hesitated to speak, so I spoke up, "Hello doctor, I am a friend of Betty's and we wanted to clear things up before it got out of hand." I gave a push with my elbow hinting her to speak.

The doctor asked us to follow her to her office. As we did I could feel someone staring at me, weird I thought.

We entered her office and made us sit down and she introduced herself.

"My name is Phoebe Finn, and it would be great if you start talking now ."

She had brown hair, dark green, and pale skin.

Betty started to narrate the story.

Suddenly I got a text saying, "You're a disgrace to your family "

My face turned pale, I couldn't believe what I read, no one knew about the incident except betty, I could feel fear crisping through my body.

Phoebe noticed this and asked me if I was alright, I excused myself and got out of the room.

That is when I got another text saying, "Listen to me before things get out of hand ". I started panicking and I could feel something was wrong.

I suddenly got another text, "Go to the 13th floor "

Just I turned back in fear and I found myself staring at a boy wearing a hospital gown holding a scalpal near his throat mouthing, "Please go ".

At that moment I knew something was wrong. I didn't know what I should do but I knew that I should go.

I Rushed to the nearest elevator I could find and smashed the 13th button. I started to get impatient, I couldn't think straight, I didn't know what I was doing, all I knew was that something was wrong.

As I rushed out of the elevator I found myself in a huge room filled with hospital beds, there were hospital beds all around me with patients on them. Few sick and few in their death hoping to see they're loved once for one last time.

I suddenly got another text, "Go into the ICU ward on your right and find room number 34 "

I just stood not knowing what to do and not knowing what I was going to get myself into.

I stood there staring at a little girl clinging to her mother's arms as they gave her an injection.

I got another text "Go before they find about your scars under your shirt "

I freaked out, my face turned pale, a secret which I didn't want anyone to know was out.

My heart started racing and thought running through my head, I didn't know who it is, neither did I know what to do, all I knew was I had to listen to that anonymous texter.

I rushed to the ICU ward and ran around trying to find room number 34

I finally found it, I stood in front of the door not knowing if I should go in or not.

I made up my mind and pushed the door to find Jesse on the bed with drips and plugged into various machines and Tyler, standing beside him, just staring at him with a knife in his hands and fear in his eyes.