Chapter 25

Scarlet's POV ~~

After departing the station with my mom, I was too exhausted to do anything and my mom knew that. She didn't press me for any explanations which I was sure would happen in the morning. I knew I had to talk to the rest before saying anything to my mom or anybody else. I washed up and went straight to bed.

My eyes were slightly closed and I felt somnolence. I was half asleep when I heard my door open scantily and close again. Sleep took over me without me even realizing it.

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Buzz....buzz...buzz~~~

My usual wake-up call rang. I stretched my arms and slammed it off. Today was gonna be a frigid day and I knew it. I would ask Ian to come with me to visit Dylan and Eva. I inhaled deeply before taking my phone, checking to see if there was any notification but there was none. Just the way I left it yesterday. I entered the bathroom, showered, came out and got dressed, not for school because I was still not in my right state of mind after what happened yesterday and besides I didn't feel well enough to go to school. I was about to rush out for breakfast when suddenly, I heard my phone rang. I furrowed my brows as to who would be calling early this morning.

“Hey, babe... how was your night” Lucas voice came through the moment I answered the call. I had wholly forgotten all about him with all the chaos going through my life.

“Hey...my night was just like any normal night” I sighed heavily trying to keep my cool. If only he had an idea of what happened yesterday, definitely not a normal night.

“I missed you,” he said, making my heart twist. I missed him so much. I held my tears which was holding up in my tear duct.

“I missed you too,” I confessed, holding a stifle. The line went quiet. We were both quiet and actually, it soothed me.

“I will be at your place in an hour to pick you up to school he announced, breaking the silence.

“About that... I won't be in today,” I mumbled. “Is everything okay, you seem a little off”

"yeah...yeah, everything is fine! Just a little under the weather, that's all”

“okay, I will take your word for it?”

“Umm, I have to go, later bye”. I declared after a while and placed the phone back down. I sighed yet again, feeling oppressed by all that was happening. I spun around and made a reach for the door and my phone rang yet again.

“Hmm mph” I moaned. Relief flashed my face when I noticed it was Ian. Just the person I have been meaning to talk to.

“Hey, actually I would have called you later in the day. Would you mind showing up with me to the hospital to see Dylan and Eva?” I ended my whole statement. There was no response from the other line.

“Ian? Are you still there?” Still silence.

“Ian??”

“He is gone Sky” I heard a distressed voice.

“Who is gone? You are kidding right?” I chuckled, still not taking it in as I waited for him to burst into laughter and tell me they have been discharged. After waiting for almost a minute and still not a pitch from him. My heart skipped a beat and my face turned pale. I dropped the phone to the ground and staggered backwards trying hard to breathe. My legs hit the bed and I slumped on it. I hoisted my whole body to the bed and tucked my body with my hands clutched around my chest. The tears flowed freely from my eyes as I moaned quietly.

I stayed like that for an additional hour before my mom came in. She looked at me as if she knew the reason why I was in that state.

“OO honey, I'm so sorry,” she said slowly lifting my head and situating it on her laps.

“Everything will be fine she said, stroking my hair back and forth as I poured my heart out.

Female Mystery POV~~

He looked at me with anxiety written all over his face, making me chuckle.

“It's going to be fine, no one saw us, well except for Dylan, who is now a corpse. The dead don't talk you know”

It definitely had been an intriguing few days. To be truthful, things have been moving slower than I would like, but I guess it's good to keep them on their toes for as long as I can. The explosion was just a major breakthrough, they should expect a lot more from me because I have more in stored for them. I didn't expect Dylan to perish from the explosion, he was not supposed to go near the tank but Dylan being Dylan just had to, so I guess his death was bound to happen and Eva conking out definitely made the whole parcel worth it. I swear my heart stopped when I saw Eric kneeling down beside Dylan as if trying to listen to something Dylan was striving to say. Dylan had seen us prior to the explosion. We had no idea he would go near the tank which of because we were also not so far from. The moment he saw us, the tank exploded with him right beside it. Then I heard him shout, asking Dylan about what he wanted to say.

From the frustrated look I saw on his face when the cops arrived, I knew Dylan didn't get the chance to say anything. And now that he is gone, no one will ever know about what really happened.

“He shouldn't have died!” He exclaimed while hitting his leg on the wall in anger.

“Well, it happened and there is nothing we can do to change it, except move forward” I said.

“Move forward?? He turned to face me. “I don't think I can keep this up” he said.

“What they did was horrible, they deserve every single thing that transpired back there okay!” I let out, raising my voice. He became silent.

“Please, I can not do this without you...please” I said at the verge of tears knowing that if I did that, he would definitely give in. He looked at me, his eyes slowly giving in.

“Fine, but I would decide what we do and don't do moving forward” he stated, and I nodded in approval.