Betrayal

"Freya, Lydia wants to see you in her office." Alan told Freya as he was coming from the direction of her office. He stopped in front of her and waited for her to respond. Freya looked up from the file she was writing in on her desk.

"Alright, I'll be right there." She closed the file and stood up from her chair. She started towards Lydia's office which was a few feet away.

After knocking on the door, she heard a come in. She opened the door and entered then closed it behind her. Clara was sitting on one of the chairs in front of Lydia's desk while Lydia sat behind it.

"Have a seat." Lydia said gesturing to the other chair in front of her desk beside Clara. She sat down knowing that she wouldn't like what they want to tell her seeing that Clara was there.

"I called you because Ms. Clara here wants to talk to you and me together."

Clara gave a tight smile, her hands clutching her Louis Vuitton bag. "Yes, I need to talk to you because Freya, I heard what you did. You broke our deal and called the police on us."

She looked to Lydia then back to Clara, not understanding why Clara was talking about that in front of her boss. "Yes, because what you are doing is horrible."

"Oh, Lydia already knows. She is also working with us, one more mistake from you is good bye to your job and your life."

"I can easily get another job as long as I can help those people and protect others."

Clara scoffed, "I know Sam gave you his warning, but here's mine. Break our deal again and your life will crumble before you, you won't just be in prison for breaking and entering, you'll be in for life, and even that CEO of yours can't save you. Or better yet, I'll just let Sam play doctor with you as he wishes."

"Why can't you just leave me alone?"

Clara gave a sarcastic smile, "Because Freya, you've already entered our lives since that day you moved into that house, and you made yourself an enemy to us since you broke into Sam's house."

"Freya, think about your life ahead, your close ones." Lydia reasoned with her.

"It's either you do as we say or we'll destroy you. No pressure."

She scoffed and folded her arms against her chest, knowing full well that Clara meant to add pressure on her, "I will do as you say and I won't break our deal again. Dr. David already made sure of that when he broke into my room."

"You chose right. Lydia will be monitoring you in case you try to open a case here or anything like that." Clara stood up and faced Lydia.

"Lydia, I will be going now." Lydia stood up as well, "Have a safe journey back to town."

Clara walked out of the door, not caring to close it. Freya turned to Lydia with her brows furrowed, angry at her boss for working for the devil, "I can't believe you're working with her. Why? I thought you were one of the good ones."

Lydia looked hurt since they have always been friends on some level, "I have no choice! She also has dirt on me, so I have to play along and do whatever she says."

"That isn't an excuse." Freya stood up from her chair and went out of the room leaving Lydia speechless. She also didn't close the door, she had more things to worry about to even remember to close it.

She found Gwen standing at her cubicle waiting for her. "I just saw Clara Wilde leave Lydia's office before you came out. Is everything alright?"

"Not really, she came to warn me to keep quiet or they'll destroy me, and apparently, Lydia is working with them too."

"Oh, I'm sorry about that. Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine." She gave a small smile, "I just never thought Lydia would work with them."

"Yeah, It's almost unbelievable."

"Anyway, why were you waiting for me here, did you find out something?"

"Yeah, I found out who paid the forensic team to forge the fake DNA result."

"Who?"

"Mathew Sanders."

"What? Nathan's college and Cathy's ex? Why would he do that? He doesn't have as much reason as Cathy or Nora."

"That's what they told me, but I'll try to confirm if it's true."

"Okay, we need to find that out as soon as possible. I feel so bad for Cathy, rotting away in prison for a crime she didn't commit, and I even gave the evidence against her."

"I know, but you didn't know. Don't beat yourself up for it."

"Yeah, we also need to get strong evidence against Dr. David and Clara as soon as possible, so that we can open a case with another lawyer since Lydia won't let us go against Clara."

"And we will Freya, you're trying your best to protect people while putting yourself in harm's way. Don't stress yourself, worry more about how you can protect yourself." She gave a bitter smile.

"I need to help them no matter what."

Freya walked into the police station and found a man standing behind a tall desk, she stopped in front of him.

"Hi, Good day, officer. Can you call detective Randy Sean?"

"Good day, Ma'am. Sure, I'll call him now."

He went around the desk and walked to the direction of a hallway. He disappeared down the hall as she waited for him. The police man came back with another police man.

"Hello." Randy greeted her as the man that called him went back behind his desk.

"Hi, I am Freya Jacob and I worked on Nathan Brady's case. I requested a video footage of his murder from the CCTV, but I got a fake video delivered, and I would like to know why and where the real footage is." She said in a whisper so that the other police man wouldn't hear them.

"Ms. Jacob, I remember talking with you on the phone after your partner came and asked for the footage. But we gave you the real footage, we didn't fake anything." He replied in a whisper glancing around the station frantically.

"You sent a fake video, we're sure of that. Just give me the real one."

"No, I didn't!" He said loudly without realizing. "I-I sent you the video from the CCTV!" Another detective that looked like a senior office was passing by when he heard their conversation. He stopped and walked up to them.

"Hello, is everything alright?" He asked looking between the two of them.

"Yes, Sir. Everything is fine." Randy said just as she said, "No, everything is not alright."

Randy looked at her, looking unhappy with what she said. The other detective raised an eyebrow, "What is going on?"

Freya explained to him who she was, how they were sent a fake video footage and how she came here to find out who sent it and why, but Randy was refusing to cooperate. He agreed with her and tried talking to Randy, "Why don't you just tell her, we won't tell anyone you told us."

Randy seemed conflicted for a while before he blurted, "It's Lila Park."

"Now, that wasn't so hard was it?" Randy nodded and quickly walked away disappearing down the hallway.

The detective watched him looking confused, Freya's voice turned his attention to her. "Thank you detective..."

"Seth Owen. Why don't I walk you to your car?" He smiled at her seeming taken with her while she looked uncomfortable.

"I would rather you don't, but I appreciate your help. I couldn't have gotten the information out of him without your help."

"It's my pleasure, Ms. Jacob. I hope to see you again outside of a police station."

"We're finally here!" Lin exclaimed as Freya, Luke and all of their group of friends excluding Salma were walking into a hunted theme park. Salma had to stay home because her husband's parents were coming for dinner that night.

They passed through the gates with a sign on the top that says, 'Hunt Ville'. Freya grinned making Luke smile looking at her.

They all stopped when they saw the four doors that led into different hunted buildings. Each door had the names of monsters; Zombies and Killer Sharks, Vampires and Pumpkin Heads, Headless Men and Scarecrows, then All Monsters.

"Which one should we choose?" Freya asked and Luke said, "I'll go with what you choose." She smiled at that and looked to the others to know their choice.

"Yeah, let's go with the ladies' choice." Chen said glancing at Lin.

"Vampires and Pumpkin Heads, definitely!" Gwen yelled while Lin and Rose said, "Zombies and Killer Sharks."

"All Monsters." Freya said and Nina said, "I'm going with all monsters too. Who else coming with us?"

"Me." Finn said surprising Freya.

"I'm coming too." Percy said seeing that Luke will be following Freya to All Monsters. There was no surprise there for Freya, everyone expected Percy to follow Luke around like she always did.

"Okay. Everyone, let's all enter the hunted houses at the same time." Lin said and everyone agreed.

Lin, Chen and Rose stood in front of Zombies and Killer sharks, Gwen and James stood in front of Vampires and Pumpkin Heads while Freya, Luke, Nina, Finn and Percy stood in front of All Monsters.

"Ready, Let's go." Lin said and they all opened their doors.