Mistaken

Chapter 11

Justin drove surprisingly well for still having an open wound in his abdomen. I was getting restless. I couldn't believe I was so close to getting this over with. He pulled up towards a mansion. It was huge! How the hell could they hide a body here? I was confused.

"Are you sure this is the place?" I asked him.

"Positive." he said it with anger and turned toward me. "Now you could please deal with this?" he pointed to his stomach.

"Sure. Just need some thread and a needle." he looked scared. "I'm serious. It may seem not the right way to heal a wound but I did it and I'm still alive! See?" I showed him a scar on my stomach.

"How'd you manage to get that?" he asked.

"Long story." I said.

"Well I kind of set you up. Aphrodite and Eva are in there expecting me to bring you in there dead. Want me to drive you back to Silvia's house?" he explained.

I eyed him suspiciously. Why tell me this now!"Did you really kill Silvia just because you guys broke up?" I asked.

"No, Eva and Aphrodite have something on me and i didn't know what so they forced me to kill her or else they'd tell everyone." he explained.

I suddenly felt sorry for him. Then suddenly remembering that he set me up. "Drive me home." I demanded.

"Okay." He drove off without saying a word.

We were on the highway and I couldn't take the silence. "How did you guys know it was me?"

"Easy. We double checked to make sure Silvia was dead. Then Aphrodite went off saying how she was pretending to be you and how you ditched him. It was like she was avenging you breaking up with her step brother." he explained.

It all made sense now. "So it sounds like Aphrodite loves Logan more than a brother."

"I guess so! It's sick right?" he said.

"Well they're not blood-related but still that is wrong." I said.

We arrived at the house and I told him I'd fix his wound here. He got down and seemed pretty weak. I hurried and tried to find a needle and some thread. I found some and started working. I could become a certified doctor if I wanted to!

I got done and he said, "Well I guess I better go and get in trouble by the evil witches."

There I went feeling sorry again. "Why don't you just stay here? Silvia's parents aren't coming back until next week." I offered.

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Just don't go into my room and try to kill me again. You know what I'm capable of now."

He laughed. "I promise I won't."

"Good! Now off to bed! We have three more hours of sleep!" I said.

"I was thinking of ditching school. No doubt Aphrodite and Eva will make me pay if they knew I didn't get rid of you." he said

"Stay here then. You'll take me to where Silvia really is and then I'll tell the cops that you were set up." I told him.

"That won't be necessary. Eva was stupid enough to give me a pair of gloves she's worn plenty of times."

"Oh dumb blondes..."

It was morning now and I didn't want to deal with the bitches. After knowing they set up Justin they were going to pay. He really did seem like a nice guy.

I arrived and couldn't believe my eyes. There was a banner over the walls. I got off and saw what it was. It had Justin on them, and what looked like him kissing another guy. What the hell? I looked closely. I sighed in relief. It was clearly photoshopped.They were smart enough to print it out in black and white. If it were in color it would have clearly said it was photoshopped.

I saw Aphrodite and Eva standing across the lawn admiring their work. I walked straight towards them, when Logan suddenly stopped me. "Hey Beatrix, do you know who could've done this?" he asked.

I was so sure he'd be blinded by me that he wouldn't see the pictures. I pointed to Aphrodite and Eva. "It was them."

He got furious. "Are you f*****g kidding me! That girl doesn't know when to stop! Hold on, I'll be right back."

He walked over to her and started yelling. She seemed to be defending herself when all of a sudden he slapped her. Luckily it was still early before anyone got here. I couldn't believe he just slaps anyone when he felt like it.

He walked back towards me and I acted like I didn't see anything. "Sorry about that. Surely our mom and dad will punish her. Mind helping me take this down?" he asked.

"Sure.." I sighed.

We got the banner down after an awkward struggle and then he asked, "Want to do something tonight?"

"Can't. I'm busy." I told him. "Oh, well it's just that it's been over a week since we've done anything."

"How about tomorrow?" I suggested.

"Sure."

***

The day seemed rather short. There really wasn't anything interesting except for the slap incident. That caused Aphrodite to leave since I didn't see her during Math.

I quickly made my way home. I went in and saw the place was actually pretty clean. It smelled like chocolate cake. I looked around for Justin. "Hello? Justin, where are you?" I called out.

"In the kitchen!"

I walked in and was amazed. He made so much food. Was this what happened when you left him alone? "What's with all this food and cleanliness?" I asked him.

"Sorry I'm a little OCD. I couldn't just stay here with the house being a mess." he explained.

"What's your reason for the food?" I asked.

"I got bored and was hungry and thought about making dinner."

"Dinner for 50 people?"

"What! I love to eat a lot!" he defended.

"Well whatever. Mind taking me to where Silvia is now?"

"Fine, come on." he took my car keys from my hand and headed out the door. I was starting see Justin as a very strange person.

***

We drove forever in the middle of nowhere. We finally reached where we were headed. Which I still didn't know where. We parked in front of what looked like an abandoned house. Who would want to live here, I thought.

We got off and he lead the way to the back of the house. I braces myself for what I was about to see. I don't know if she'd be rotting already or what.

"What the hell?" Justin sounded grossed out.

I walked in front of him and then I saw Silvia. Her body was naked and blue. "Was she naked when you guys dumped her off?" I asked horrified.

"No! She was fully clothed!" he said. Just then a old guy around his 40s walked up. He had torn clothes on and had crooked teeth and looked very dirty.

"Hey! Get away from my lady!" he yelled. I could only imagine what he's done to her. I felt sick to my stomach.

"What did you do you to her!" we both yelled at him, demanding an answer.

"I found her dead after I was hiking around and found this place. I saw how pure she was and just wanted to-" Just then Justin punched his face and he fell down. He seemed like he was knocked out.

"Sick bastard." he said. I couldn't help but agree. Who in their right mind would r**e a dead body? Justin went inside the house and got rope and tied the hobo up. He dragged him out in the field and made sure he wouldn't be found.

I had a sinking feeling. So she really was dead. I wasn't sure what to do now.

"You okay?" Justin asked.

"Am I okay? Are you kidding! I'm looking at my dead sister! How the hell do you think I feel?" I yelled.

"Hey, I'm truly sorry! I regret what I didvery much!You know it wasn't my fault!" he started crying.

I sighed. "It's okay. Besides, Aphrodite and Eva had a banner of you kissing a dude but it was fake. It wasn't nothing big."

He looked at me and laughed loudly. "Wow, I feel like an i***t. This is going to haunt me forever."

"They threatened you! We'll just tell the cops that!" I said, trying to console him.

"Then what?"

I had no idea.