Where Your Secrets Hide

SECRET 60

"Another very alarming discovery news was sent and received to us earlier this morning, when a teenager who is studying in the WestHood High ended up dead after getting hit by a car who's the driver, are blocks and rocks?" The reporter said and she walk towards Srgnt. Gerald to question him about the incident that happened earlier at school, or the murder that happened at school. "Here, we can talk to the case worker of this incident, Mr. Sergeant Gerald Benelisto." She said and the camera pointed out, focuses and shows Srgnt. Gerald who really is focus on his work. The background of their place, is no other than our school, where Josh was hit by a car.

And up until now, I couldn't erase the image of his crush head, laying down on the floor while his blood is spreading out on the ground, where his brains and nerves are out, where his face is very unrecognizable.

"Sergeant Gerald, can you tell us a brief explanation or information on about what happened here in this school earlier? How come this car hit and killed a student without even someone driving them. Is a rock and blocks that powerful to kill and crushes someone head? Can they do that?" The reporter asks and gave the microphone to Sergeant Gerald. "Yes, a block and a rock can kill someone. But up until now, my team are working on this case investigating on what really happened and some possibilities to some theories out there. Right now, no information is being leaked because we want this case to be private and not that controversial. But we will promise, that we will be getting to the bottom of it." He answered without even showing any emotions through his face. "Thank you for that." The reporter said and walk away from him.

She starts talking non sense any other facts about our town, how and why our town become deadly from being innocent.

"How come this innocent town without any crimes ended up having murders and death? As far as the history repeated, the first murder here in WestHood town was 137 years ago, and the next murder happened two years ago, and now, another murder happened, or was it a murder or an accident?" She said before the news ended with a weather forecast.

"I can't believe this happened to us, again. In our town." We all look to Jonna when she talks. We are all in the star diner, having a lunch since the school was cancelled yesterday, we never know when are we going back. Maybe next week? Tomorrow? No one knows.

We all gathered here since we are all friends, we wanted to know what really is happening, what really happened to Josh yesterday.

And up until now, I cannot forget his crushed head laying down on the ground, I still can't process what happened, how come someone did this to him.

We never really figured out how it happened, or who'd done that.

We have no clue.

Me, Katharina, Jonna, Carla, Vick, Shena and Jake.

We are all here together at the star diner, still trying to process what really happened, it was a shock for all of us.

It happened yesterday, but the news was from yesterday.

"Do you think this is all connected to what is happening to us? In our school? The hacker?" We all look to Vick when he talks. "I mean, his secret was revealed just before he got hit by a car." He continues. "And not just that. Look to what happened to Ares. His secret was revealed the day before he fell from the roof. It is not just a coincidence, it is all connected." He added.

We all nodded as we agreed to what he said.

He ahs a point you know, C could be thee one doing this, but why?

Why does C have to go this far.

I just have this feeling that C can't do that, but also can at the same time, I mean, based on how he threaten us, I think it is a great coincidence, but I am not sure for the motivation. Why does he need to kill? What is he playing at? What is he trying to do? I don't get him actually, I never know I guess.

I just know one thing.

I f*****g hate C, and that I will kill him once I saw him.

I know it is not the janitor who attacked us in Henry's house.

I know it.

I can feel it.

I mean, if he is C, how come he still uploaded Josh secret?

Except if he is working with someone.

"But there are other students secrets there too, but they didn't ended up dead." Katharina said. "Maybe he is picking his victims. Maybe his victims are connected to someone." We all look when Shena talks, like she is pretty quiet to be honest, she only talks like rarely.

And she only open her mouth for about 1 minute.

I don't know what's wrong with her, ut I can sense that something happened to her before...

Maybe?

I don't know, everyone has its past that reflect their presents.

So I am guessing that Shena has her past that makes her like this.

I mean, everyone is. I am just curious what's hers.

"I mean, how does that person n picking its victim?" jake asks. "I don't know. But I felt like it has something to do with its past. Like the person behind this all, is having a revenge to someone. But I just don't know who that person can be. He just started his revenge." She said and we all agree.

I mean, I don't really know if I am going to agree or not.

If C is the one who is doing all these. Then what is his really point? What is he revenging?

"that's absurd. How could someone kill or attempt to kill one person just for a revenge?" Jake asks to Shena. "We don't know. I mean, your brother was murdered, your twin, and the murderer are lingering around, walking around. IIt might be Henry, or if the court is right that the person is not Henry, then the real killer is out there. Are you not going to do anything? Are you not going to have a revenge to the person who killed your twin brother? Who killed Chase? Are you really not going to do anything to find the real murderer, the real person who is responsible for your brother's death?" Shena asks...

That makes me shivers to my spine.

It gave me goosebupms.

She is right.

"I will make my revenge to the person who did that to my brother, to the person who killed him. But when the real culprit is really in jail.. I don't want to tak revenge to someone who might be ninnocent. I am not that kind of person. I know what it feels like to be betrayed but someone, to get accused of something you didn't do." He answered. "And when that time comes. I will make sure to that person, who ever that was, a stranger, a neighbor, a family, or maybe aa friend... I don't care, I don't take mercy to a murderer. I will make sure that they will taste hell, they will taste what it felt like to be in hell." He sadded and I can see that he is eager to find the culprit, he just dones't want to show it, to confess it.

I can feel his anger, his madness, I can see that Chase death has a big impact towards him...

"Could we stop walking about this murders? I just wanted to eat my food." Carla said and she acted like she is a childish one. We all just laugh at her and we continue our food.

When I slide a look at him, at Jake, I can see that he is looking back at me so I panicked and avoided his looks and just continue my food.

When suddenly it hits me.

C is sending me a picture of me kneeling down in front of Chase unconscious body, a lot of it.

And I remembered what he just said now, he will do anything to find his brother, but not rhough violence, so what does he supposed to mean? He wanted revenge, but he wanted to make sure that he is going to make a revenge to the right person, that he doesn't want to make a reveng to the person who got blamed, to the person who got pinned.

It means, he knows that I blamed Henry for his brother's death...

And in fact, I remembered what he said to me when we first met inside the Principal's office.

He was here when the day of the game night. He cam home!

It means he is in the game night and maybe followed us when he saw that I am with Chase, anfd maybe witnessed what happened!

It means C is Jake!

And C means Chase!

He is taking a revenge to his brother, to Chase!

And he was trying to mae me confess so he can torture me and punish me, because he said earlier that he wanted to make sure that the person he is going to punish is the right person who killed his brother, that is why he was trying to make me confess, so he can send me to jail and punish me!

JAKE IS C!

IT IS CONFIRM!

He maybe looks like innocent, but the truth is, he is a monster inside!

I will make sure that he will pay for what he is doing!

I will make sure that I will expose him!

I just need to have an enough proof that can point out that Jake is C.

But, is Jake really responsible for this murders and attempted murder?

It doesn't make any sense.

Because if he is, why??

Why is he doing this all?

What's the purpose?

But why do I have this feeling that he maybe C, but he cannot kill someone? He just wanted to ppunish the person who did that to his bother, and it was me, his focus is upon me, not to others.

I just don't understand if he is the one doing these all, then why? If his target is me?

"You alright?" I look to Katharina when she asks me if I am alright, and I nodded and asks her why'd she asks me that. "You are just staring to your food." She said and I juts smileda t her, as a response.

I continue eating when sudden;y, I juts remembered Henry.

How is he?

I mean, after everything I've done to him, towards him, I know he is not going to forgive me, but I know fro a fact that he still is my friend, no matter what happens, I am hopping and will not stop hopping for him to forgive me, in the end, he is my family...

I understand if he is not going to forgive me because of the monstrous things that I did to him, but I juts hope one day, he will understand and forgive me.

He still at the hospital, as far as I heard, he can left the hospital yesterday, but I don't know what pushes him to stay there.

Maybe because I was in his house?

But I promised to myself that I will leave the house, I will leave him, I don't want the guilt came back running to me, I can't handle it.

And how dare am I to live in his home, to his house after everything that I've done? I do not deserve to be on that house.

If his mother still living here in WestHood, she would probably throw a boiling water at me so I can just stay away from their house.

And Mr. Portman, Detective Portman stays here in WestHood, not just with Henry, he has it's own house, an apartment, that's where he stays. He still supports me for my need, money, food, anything, taking care of me when he supposed to take care of his own son, Henry.

But no matter help he gave to me, I always reject it.

I mean, how dare am I tor eceived blessings and help from him, form the person or the father of the person who I betrayed? I think I will be doomed forever.

But everytime I reject his helpings, my uncle always calling me saying to accept it, that, that help is from him when he can put it straight to my account.

I just know that he wanted to help me, Mr. Portman, he maybe pitty me because I am now taking care of myself alone

I just don't get it.

"hey Jackosn." Jake called me so I look to him and smiled. I wanted to show him that I never suspect a thing towards him, that I didn't suspect him being C. because if he really is C, which I know he is, he will immediately take me down. "Can we talk later?" he said and I just nodded. "Yeah but for what?" I asks him back. "About the discussion that I gave to you? The favor?" He answered me and I remembred what he was trying to say.

He wants my answer to be his tutor.

I mean, after 2 years of not being tutor, I don't want to lie, but I miss tutoring people, I mean Chase, cause Chase is the only person I tutor, and up until now, I couldn't understand why.

I am not the top of my class, not that brainy or have a high IQ but still, their parents choses me, picked me to be Chase tutor.

I will never understand why, but I know God has a reason why, no matter what his reasons, I trust him, I trust the big guy.

"Sure. Maybe after this hang out." I said, I answered.

To be honest, I still don't have an answer about his favor, I even forgot about it, but thank God he didn't.

I wanted to say yes, but if I do that, it will just bring back a lot of memories, it will bring my guilty back and when it does, I don't know what step Ill be doing next. Since I can't control what's next after my guilt.

But if I say no, I mean, Ill be free. But this is Jake, Chase twin. I don't know what scenario running through his mind, but if I declined this favor, he would think why, asks his question, until he came up making a scientific method towards me, until he figured out that I am the reason why his twin ended up dead.

In short, he will be suspicious about my answer.

That's why I can't really decide which answer should I choose.

Katharina quickly asks me what favor Jake gave me and I honestly answered her question.

I mean, she has the rights to know..

"Then don't miss the opportunity, you already taught Chase and his grades improve, then why can't you teach Jake?" She asks me. "I mean, I can. I mean, my answer will be yes Katahrina, you don't have to worry."

Ugh f**k.

NNow I can't take it back.

I just said it to calm her down, I just didin;t realize that Jake is listening.

Bitch.

Now what?

Gonna be a tutor again?

Jeez, that would be so exhausting for a person like me, since I am the student council president, captain of the basketball team, and now a tutor.

Damn, my schedule is pretty tight that it could die any moment.

"Thank you for accepting my request." Jake said and smiled, like he is exciting or what. Like he really is happy.

He continued his food, and so did I.

Why do I felt like, why do I have a feeling like something is going to happen?

But I'm not quite sure what it is.

After eating our food, we separated ways for us to go home.

"Remember, when your secret is revealed, this is the plce where we all are going." Carla reminded us of the deal that we have earlier.

We decided that, no matter what secrets you have, big or small, bad or good, we will accept it and that if one of our secret will be revelaed, we all are going here, because we had a theory that a murder will probably happen to the person who's secrets are revelaed, so when we gather here, in star Diner, no one can attack us, no one can kill, because we all are together, we can fight C, whoever that is, or whoever the killer is.

"where you going next?" Katharina asks when I opened my car for me to get a ride. "Hospital." I answered her. "Hospital? Why? Are you sick?" She asks and I shrug my head for an answer. "no. I am going to visit someone there." I answered. "henry." She said when she figured it out. "I thought you two are done? Henry is a murderer." Katharina said. "Maybe we are done, but we are still friends no matter what... And Henry is not a murderer... Or I don't know. The judges said it to themselves, the evidence towards Henry about him killing Chase is not enough for him to be sent in the prison. Henry could change." I said.

Katharina take a deep breathe and just force herself to smile.

"Okay. It is your friendship not mine. But you have to remember that you are the one who sent him to juvenile. If you did that to me, I won't forgivr, means that there are low percentage that Henry is going to forgive you too." She warned me and kisses my lips. "Just becareful alright?" She said before she walk away from me, leaving me here all alone.

I mean, yeah. She is right.

I am the one who sent Henry to jail. It is my fault.

But I have to try... But if he doesn't want to be my friends again, then I will just going to give up.

Katharina is right... hate to admit it, but Austin is right.

Henry doesn't deserve me after what I did to him.

Because if Henry did the same to me, I will never forgive him even if he ended up being an ashes.

I drove from the star diner to the hospital here inside the West Hood and when I arrived the hospital I immediately walk towards the counter and asks for Henry's room.

"Room 204 sir on the fourth floor." The girl working on that counter answered so I thank her and went to the elevator. After minutes of me waiting, I finally arrive the fourth floor and quickly look around for room 204.

When I did, I opened the door and there are no Henry inside, the room is empty, I means, there's a doctor, but there are no patient inside.

"What are you doing here sir? Guesses are not allowed inside a room without a pateints." The nurse asks me as soon as she saw me opened the door of this room. "Oh, I am here to visit the patient that was confined here 2 days ago? Henry Caliesto?" I asks the nurse. "oh, Mr. Caliesto already left an hour ago." She answered and I nodded as an answer.

So henry already left, means that Henry is already at his home.

Jeez, how am I getting all of my clothes form his house when I don't want to face him? When I don't want to look at him. I should've already left the house yesterday, but how could I do that when I frze to death ebcasue of what I witnessed?

But just before I leave the hallway, my phone vibrated means that someone messaged me. I check the message and I saw my own self in a picture form across the hallway, like someone is watching me.

I quickly turn my head to the side where the photo of me was taken.

I look to the person who sent me this photo, and of course, it was no other than C.

I walk towards the direction of the hallway where the photo was taken when C sent me another message.

'211'

That's what he sent, but I don't kknow what that number supposed to mean, but I only have one feeling, it was a room number.

Why does C want me to go to room 211?

What's the important?

I know I don't trust C, but I am a crurious person myself, so I keep looking for room 211 and when I did, I take a deep breath to see who is insdie the room.

And when I did, I couldn't believe who was confined in this room.

Mostly doesn't have any idea why C leads me here.

"Austin?" I said after seeing Austin laying on a hospital bed. He looks like he is going to die, he become skinny.