Where Your Secrets Hide

SECRET 62

The night says hello and I started to pack all my things. From my clothes, to my shoes, to everything that I have.

And this time, no one is going to stop me from going.

"Where are you going?"

And this is what I meant by someone is going to stop me from going.

I turned around to face Henry. "I am going Henry. Going. I cannot stay here." I answered. "Because you are guilty of something isn't it? Because you felt guilty for what you did to me 2 years ago isn't it? That is why you are avoiding me, that is why you are going, so you can burry your guilt again." Henry said. "But let me remind you Jackson, that guilt is there, always there, you can't burry it, you can't throw it, you can't kill it or forget it. So it is beter for you to face your guilt, or you enver know what is going to happen next." Henry said. "Guilt? YES! Yes I have guilt Henry! But that is not the only thing, the only reason for me why I am going away from here, why I am leaving! Because I am scared! I am afraid of you! You sooent your life in jail for two years! I don't know what you've learned or what the prissoners there taught you! But I know it is not good for me! Because I know that oyu can kill me in just a snap while I am sleeping!" I answered. "Scared of me? I should be the one who should be afraid of you! Since you ar ethe one who put me in jail without my knowledge! And why are you afraid of me when the most dangerous person out here is C and not me?" henry said.

I stop packing and face him, force my self to face him.

My tears starts dripping down onmy cheeks from my eyes.

"C? I CAN HANDLE C! BUT I CAN'T HANDLE YOU! BECAUSE YOU AR EGOING TO KILL ME AND I CAN'T FIGHT BACK SINCE YOU ARE MY FRIEND!" I said. "Is that the reason why CHAse didin't fight you back because you are his friend? Because you are his boyfriend?" Henry asks. "STOP IT AT ONCE HENRY! You don't know what really happened that time! This is so unfair! You are unfair bringing Chase back!" I shouted at him.

I heard Henry chuckled and look me at his eyes.

My eyes widend as he held both of my shoulders and quickly push me towards the wall.

"UNFAIR? DO YOU THINK THIS IS UNFAIR? DO YOU THINK BRINGIN CHASE MEMORIES ABCK IS UNFAIR? WHE YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS UNFAIR HERE? YOU PUT ME IN JAIL FOR TWO YEARS WHEN I AM NOT THE ONE WHO KILLED CHASE! WHEN THE PERSON WHO KILED HIM IS YOU! IT IS UNFAIR THAT YOU LIVED YOUR LIFE FOR TWO YEARS WITH FREEDOM AND HAPPY! WHILE I LIVEDD MY TWO YEARS INSIDE THAT JAIL WITHOUT FREEDOM WITHOUT ANYTHING! DO YOU THINK I'M UNFAIR? DO YOU THINK THAT I AM UNFAIR HUH? WHEN YOU HAD YOUR 2 YEARS LIFE AND WHEN I DIDN'T? DO YOU THINK IT IS STILL UNFAIR? DO OYU THINK I AM UNFAIR?" He shouted at me that I an feel his anger within me.

My tears continues and it didn't stop.

I didn't stop crying because I know what I did, and I really am sorry for it. I am guilty for everything that I did. I am!

And I deserved to be punished! But I can't yet! Not now!

"I'm sorry..." The only thing I can say, I can answer.

"SORRY? SORRY REALLY? DO YOU THINK YOUR SORRY IS GOING OT FIX EVERYTHING THAT IS ALREADY BROKEN? THAT YOU BREAK? DO YOU THINK YOUR SORRY CAN BRING BACK MY 2 YEARS OF LIFE? YOU ARE MY FRIEND JACKSON! MY FRIEND! MY BESTFRIEND! MY BROTHER! MY FAMILY1 BUT I NEVER EXPECTED FOR YOU TO BETRAYED ME LIKE THAT! IS THIS WHAT YOU CAN GIVE ME FOR EVERYTHING THAT IVE DONE TO YOU? YOU BULLSHIT JACKOSN! YOU REALLY ARE A f*****g BULLSHIT ASSHOL!" Henry said and he attempted to hurt me, punch me.

But eh didn't continue it. He stop.

"I am not this kind of person. I really am not. So do whatever the f**k you want to do. Because I will live my life regretting that you become my friend! Regretting that night! Regretting that I help you hide the truth! Regretting that I help you clean up your mess with CAhse, help you get away with murder. I regret everything towards you. And I will enver forgive you. I will enver be your friend again! And now that I am back. Assume that your life will be worse everyday, because I will get my revenge to you! Rememebre that." Henry said and walk backwards away from me.

He look around the room.

"Clean this room. You can go now. I don't want anything from you, I don't want to see things that belongs to you, I don'tt want to smell your scent in this room." Henry said. "GET OUT!" he shouted and leave the room.

He left me alone in this room, crying and regretting every decisions that I made. I regret everything.

I continue to cry while sitting on the floor, like a child who lost a toy.

But I am thankful that I already experience this kind of hurt, losing somebody, losing osmone.

Mom's death and dads separation is much worse than what happened between Henry and I.

Now I know that my hope of us coming back together as a friend is now hopeless and broken, that I cannot fix our relationship anymore.

I can't and it will never

So after minutes of crying, I continue packing and after packing every stuff that I had, I went downstairs where Henry is watching a television.

I stop for a second to talk to him but it looks like he wasn';t interested on talking at all.

"What are you waiting for? Get out." Henry said and pointed out the door of his house where I will be going to get out of here.

When I leave the house, I look back and all the memories that we had, that I had with house will only be a memory forever. It will only stay inside my mind.

Everyt memories that we had are now gone, every bond that we had are now gone, every friendship that we had are now destroyed.

And it is all ebcasue of me. Because I am selfish b***h.

I force Chase to tell his friend about us, but I just endned up killing him.

What a tupid reason to kill someone.

But no...

I didn't kill him, you have to remember that Jackson!

Chase died in a tabbed wound, not in a crack neck.

But even though I force myself to think about that, I still feel responsible for what happened tp him.

I just don't understand why someone wanted to kill Chase when he really is a good person... Who could be the person who hates him so much that ended up killing him.

And how did that person know that Chase is inside my cabinet?

Except if that person is no other than stalking...

I mean, the only person I know who there with us that night, is C and Henry...

If C didn't kill Chase, the n there is another witness? And that witness is the killer?

I don't know.

There are a lot of possibilities when it comes ondefining the actions of everyone, when it comes on finding the real culprit.

My vision is so dark that I cannot stay and I cannot see, I am reaching to the light but there is no light surrounding around me.

I wanted to be saved from my guilt.

But no one is there to save me.

Please...

I keep walking on this lonely dark streets while carrying everything, my bags, my stuff like a homeless sperson or like a child who got kicked out of their house.

I have no choice but to stay in a motel here.

When suddenly, it came to my senses that I have a car, but I forgot it because I beome too emotional earlier.

Jesus Jackson, how could I forgot that I have my own car?

There are no motel here inside the WestHood, but there is one outside.

But the thing is, the gate of WestHood is now close since it's closing is 11 in the night, and it is already 12 in the midnight.

So I had no choice to stay inside my car, to sleep there.

I am thankful that tomorrow is Saturday, and that we have no school nor class. Because it really is embrassing going to school without taking baths.

I can accept having a second embrassment that me being an embarassment my self.

When I came back to Hery's house,I cans ee another shadow inside, that Henry sin' the only person inside the house, there was someone, I ma pretty sure there is someone in there.

But I don't want to see it, it is not my business for me to dig in.

I already had enough fight with Henry, I don't want both of us ended up killing each toher because of this.

As the night falls down, and the sun rises and the time passes by, I woke myself up because of the son that touches my face, because of the heat of the sun that touches my skin.

I look around and I cans ee that it is already in the morning of Saturday.

I immediately look for my phone to look at the time, and it was already 9 in the moring, I could feel the anger of my stomach because of my hundryness so I immediately frove my car to the nearest diner here in WestHood town, and again, I got myself laid out on the star diner.

After eating my breakfast, I immediately took a a short but not that short ride out of the WestHood for me to get myself an own room. I don't care if it is an apartment, a motel, a hotel, but all I care is about a room for me to stay, since I don't have a house anymore and I don't want to saty with Henry to their house, even if the house was shared to me. I mean, come on, have a little bit of remorse Jackson, you ar ethe reason why Henry's family are broken, then you are just going to live there like nothing happened?

I mean, I know that I ma he one who destroyed Henry's life, I know that now, so why would I push myself to live with him?

I felt like I am killing my own self.

300 miles has been driven before I found a perfect place for me to stay in.

I have enough money I guess for me to stay here in this building.

It has 100 floors, and I don't know what floor I will be, but I know that the person living on the hunderent floor are rich.

And this is one of Katharina's dad's hotel.

Kathairna's family is rich, that is why I am so ashamed every time I am having a dinner with her family, because I am not rich, I am poor, I was abandoned by my parents, by my friend, in short that I am lonely and the only person who stayed right beside me is no toher than Katharina.

I took a deep breath before I enter myself inside the building.

A fresh cool air touches me that makes my soul awake and went to the counter for me to take a room.

"Room 606 is the only vacant room that yoouo can afford." The girl on the counter said and I agreed to take that room.

"Here is your key sir, and your room is on the 30th floor. Please be reminded that you cannot acess the elevator to the penthouse, because it will cost you double than your rent." She said and I bowed to show some respect and response and get the key for my room.

I immediately went to the elevator for me to see my room 606.

A lot of people are here, visiting, living, renting, and as I watches their face, they are all rrich, and I thing I am the only poor one here.

Well I am not poor, I have enough money to pay for my room, but the only thing I don't want here is that I have to pay the room every month, with an exact amount that my uncle is giving me monthly.

It means that I have to work again, for me to buy my own food, my own clothes or whatever the hell I needed.

Money is not easy to get, unless you really work hard for it.

When the elevator opens I step inside and only four six people are allowed inside, because there are six circles that is drawn or painted on the floor where the guess or the pelpe should stay.

I guess if there are more than six people inside then the elevator will and wuld end up malfunctioning.

But just before the elevator closes, a man stop it from closing, and a tall handsome britsh guy walk inside the elevator.

And my eyes widened, well, not just mine, but also his when we saw each other's faces and recognizes each other.

"Mr. Carlos?" I called his name, our English teacher, Ares s*x partner on the scandal video that was shown two weeks ago while I am giving my speech as the new elected student council president. "Mr. Hall. I did not expect to see you here." He said and choses the floor he is going, the 100th one, the penthouse.

My eyes were shocked after seeing where he was going, he put akey on a hole to acess the penthouse.

"You are living here Sir? Or working?" I asks Mr. Carlos. "I am so sorry if this is awkward, it's just I never seen you again after that day. I thought you flew back to England." I added. "No Mr. Jackson. In fact, I work here while I was still a teacher. I work double shift. Every weekdays, I am a teacher, and every weekends, I work ehre as a business partner of Mr. Corazon, the owner of the Penthouse actually." He said. "You work with Kathairna's dad?" I exclaimed as I never knew it before. I didn't expect this at all. "Yes. I work with your girlfriend's dad Mr. Jackson." He said.

When the elevator bell, means that we arrived the 30th floor of this hotel.

"I guess Ill see you every weekends then mr. Carlos." I said and smiled at him just before I left. "If you need anything, you can always call me for help, you know my number." He said just before the elevator closes and went straight up to the penthouse.

Now my questions are answered. I know for a second that Mr. Carlos wasn't just a teacher, the way he looks, the way he acts and moves, the way he talks, everything wasn't a teacher of him.

Now I know that he is a business man.

I just don't understand why he is a teacher at our school?

But you know what? We all have different lives to live in, and I don't have to focus questioning myself about our English teacher's life.

I walk straight in this long hallway to find my room.

The carpet is red that makes it look like an elite Hotel, the walls are white and the lights are like a natural sun when you came outside.

I keep walking and walking until I found my room.

I uses the key that the recipient gives to me to open my room.

When the door makes a creeks sound, the door open widely and the fresh air of the room greeted me.

The light from outside touches my skin that makes my souls awakened. I smiled and sniff the smell of the room.

I walk inside and closes the room and explore inside the room.

I cannot believe that this small room has much better look than my huge big ass house. I look around and the room is very calming and so awakening. I went on the terrace to look down on the streets.

The window is facing the door of the room and facing the living room of this room. It gives light and life while when you walk on the left from the door, a short hallway will greet you and at the end of the hall way has two doors that is facing each other. The door on the left is the bathroom, it is quite beautiful even though the room is small. And on the right door where the bathroom is facing is my bedroom.

The bed is only twin size and the room is not that small.

I immediately put the bags where all of my things and stuff are intact and quickly jump on the bed to feel the comfortness of the bed.

I spread my arms and my legs and do an angel flip.

This is the best feeling that I ever had fro the whole two weeks of crimes and darkness that surrounds me.

"Best day of my life." Spending that much of money is so worth it. I eman, look at this, for only 500 dollars a month, free food, free water, free electricity, it's like the room you are paying is only for the room itself.

I stood up and get the phone that is on my pants pocket.

I took a selfie and uploaded it on my social media just to flex that I have my new home.

This hotel is very cheap and affordable but it is more than worth the money. I mean, look at this? I never thought that I can afford this kind of room.

After minutes of me relaxing, I put my clothes out and put it on the cabinets and closets that is included inside my room. I quickly took the free bath towel and I took a shower.

I choses the hot temperature since I missed taking a bath with hot water, since Henry's water there are only cold water and not hot.

It really felt relaxing, like I am finally free again.

After I took a bath, I kinda relax myself while watching a movie when my phone rings.

I answered the call because it was no other than my girlfriend Katharina.

"Hey I saw your post, you got a new house?" She asks me and I could feel through her tone that she is excited for me. "Well, actually not a new hosue. But I stayed to one of your father's hotel or penthouse just outside the town. It really felt relaxing." I answered her. "Really?! Wow! I never thought you could a afford there. If I only knew you have money, I would've told dad to set you up a better room there." She said. "Thank you, but you don't have to. This room that I am staying is much better than what I needed." I answered. "Can you come over? I already had enough stress these past few weeks because of the murders and crimes that is happening, I think this is the only day that I enjoyed and had a better view of life these weeks. And when you come, maybe this day will be so much better and satisfaction." I said. "I would love to... But I can't." She said. "Why? Did something happened?" I asks her. "Haven't you heard the news? Another dead body was found near at our campus and Sergeant Gerald declared a curfew. No one will leave the town up until tomorrow for an investigation." She said that makes me drop my jaw, like literally, I didn't know it.

Another body?

Another murder?

Who could've it been?

"If you can't leave the town, then how did I leave?" I asks her. "Her body was just found like an hour ago. I guess you leave the town around 9 to 11." She said.

Her body?

Does it mean that the body that was found is a girl?

Then if it was a girl then who is it?

"Do you know whos body that is?" I asks her. But just before she answered my question, someone knock at my door and when I opened it, it was three officer that greeted me.

"Hi? How may I help you?" I asks the three. "We would like to take you back to Westhood town." One of the officer said. "Take me back? I just got ehre!" I said but then one of them held me on my arms. "Hey! Let me go! I lived here now! Let me go! This is against the human right!" I shouted to them. "Sorry, we are just taking orders from our boss." One of them said. "Taking orders? Then why don't your boss take me instead of you?" I shouted.

If I thought this day will be much better, it just turns out to be a nightmare.

"You can let him go now." A deep male voice said. They let me go and the man who talks walk slowly towards me. And I am not mistaken to the identity of the person. It ws no other than Sergeant Gerald Benelisto.

Ugh, why odes he always have to make my good day bad? I wish he will suffer in a fatal car crash so he could stop bothering me at once. It irritates me like hell. Everytime I am having a good day, he is always there, giving a bad vibes, a bad news, a nightmare to a day that is so good.

"What is happening here? I just bought my new home and you're arresting me?" I asks them. "We are not arresting you, we just want to asks a question about the murder of Magdayao and..."

And when he said the next name, the other name. I drop my phone that I am holding earlier.

My jaw dropped and my tears slide down on my cheek.

I couldn't believe he is gone...

We didni't even fix our relationship with each other....

Is this even real?

Am I eve dreaming or what?

"The murder of Yuri Magdayao, and Henry Caliesto."