Chapter 8: Deskmates to Lovers (8)

Lucia led me to where we were supposed to go and meet the teacher and we quickly found the teacher. She had indeed sent a message to the teacher before. The teacher took all of us directly to the monitoring room and showed us several monitors outside the dressing room.

The dressing room involves privacy and is not allowed to be monitored inside.

But on the way from the stage to the dressing room, there are monitors at both corners. It can be clearly seen that I have not been to the dressing room after I stepped down and was taken away by Lucia directly.

"Maybe Taylor did it before the show?" Some people still think that I did it. Its amazing how much they have a suspicion on me, even if the other unknown party is not going to hide the clothes after the show, what about before?

In short, they just think that I have done it.

My face was pale with anger, and I still couldn't understand. These people did they always see me as a thief. I wanted to say something but was pulled by Lucia, and so I kept quiet.

Lucia: "Teacher, let me do something."

Lucia said aloud, and the teacher let go of the mouse without any word,and giving way to her. Lucia mobilized the monitoring camera at several key points and intercepted several pictures. These pictures are all pictures of me entering and leaving the dressing room before the performance. You can see that I had nothing in my hands, whether I went in or out.

Camilla: "Wait!"

Lucia raised her eyebrows lightly and her eyes fell on Camilla. "What's the problem?"

"From these pictures, I can be sure that Taylor did not take my clothes, but..." Camilla bit her lip, "Lucia, you and I cannot guarantee that after Taylor's performance, you went to the dressing room and took something out."

Everyone looked at Lucia, expecting her to become angry and yell at Camilla.

But Lucia lowered her head and smiled. The female teacher who Lucia brought in to investigate and monitor the case was particularly offended by what Camilla said. "If this thing was done by Lucia, then you even suspect me the teacher. To have hidden your performance clothes."

Camilla gave a chuckle in her heart, but deep down she had some bad feelings.

Sure enough, we can see in the camera after Lucia took me away, the teacher adjusted the picture from the dressing room, and everyone's face was shocked that Lucia was innocent.

"I'm sorry, Lucia, I'm just too suspicious. So I doubted..." Camilla quickly apologized. "Sorry, I know you are a good student, no, no ..."

Lucia smiled, "No need to apologize, soon you want to frame me for other things."

Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Lucia showed us another video screen, and the people in the screen were very clear to see, it was Camilla. She was carrying a schoolbag. There was nothing in the beginning. Camilla appeared in many pictures one after another, but we still didn't see any problem.

Just after the picture was almost over, Camilla let out a sigh of relief, she remembered that there was no camera in that place.

Next, an action by Lucia made her heart fall to the bottom.

She naturally took out my mobile phone from my pocket on the jacket I was wearing and unlocked it , incredible when did Lucia know my password. She started to play a video from the phone to the people present. In the video, Camilla's face was still photographed clearly, and even the picture of her taking the clothes from the schoolbag and throwing the dance clothes into the trash can was particularly clear.

Everyone turned to Camilla. She looked pale, and after seeing so many people watching her, she burst into tears. I said it several times, I didn't do it.

"Evidence has been saved to help the teacher, if Camilla thinks it is someone framing her, then let's wait to detect the fingerprint." Lucia said Camilla, "I'm not curious as to why you want to frame Taylor, But this kind of stolen and framed damages the reputation of classmates such scheming things should not be done by a classmate with good academic ability."

Under the glasses, Lucia`s eyes seemed to twinkle to me, "Teacher, such behaviour like Camilla just displaced, I think her scholarship should be cancelled. The scholarship should be given to students who have good study and good morals."I saw Lucia`s eyes on me, I couldn't help but straighten my back, and I know for a fact that my character was still better than Camilla`s, at least I don`t do this kind of thing.

The teacher's face was serious, "I will inform the headmaster," she looked at Camilla very badly. "For whatever reason, Camilla, you are doing this. You have disappointed the teachers and your parents who have raised you."

Joe may not be criticized by the school, but Camilla`s reputation have been ruined. There are a lot of people around, these people may not believe Camilla ever again, and they may be start bullying and hoping that she will be unlucky.

Lucia and I proudly went out. While walking to our classroom to pick up our bags I grabbed her hand and interlocked our hands. I took a deep breath "I want to thank you for proving that I was innocent ever since you came into my life I don`t feel so empty and alone so thank you Lucia." As we kept walking, she turned to look at me and said in a soft gentle tone "You don`t have to thank me aren`t we friends and besides I always believed in you."

I couldn`t help but smile so I pecked her cheek and proceeded to go inside the classroom that we now had reached. Inside we could see that some of the students had not left yet so we took our bags and left the school.

On the way to my home since Lucia insisted that she escorts me home we passed by an ice cream shop. So she went inside and bought us both is cream, so I for once went home happy and satisfied.

Before leaving Lucia said "Taylor I hope that you will remember my words, I just want to tell you that life is messy and you may feel hopeless but you should know that you have me and your family with you and that you are not alone." Her words brought me to tears I hugged her and we stood there for I couple of minutes just hugging each other.

"I know I have you and family to count on so don`t you worry about me Lucia" I said to her with a big smile on my face.

That night I slept so peacefully. Happy and not afraid of what tomorrow might bring.