Chapter Eleven

I Woke up getting a notification on my phone.

A tweet went viral, from a student here in UCLA.

"Holy shit!" I yelled.

I got up real quick, took my bath, got dressed and called August's number.

"Seen it?" August said on the line.

"Yes" I replied.

This shit went viral.

Walking down the hall with my phone on my ear, watching every other person staring at their phones.

"Meet us at the parking lot now" august said.

"On my way" I replied, hurriedly.

At the parking lot.

"How could she fucking do this!" Axel yelled with so much rage.

"Damn bro, calm down" Diego said.

"I never imagined this for real guys, I'm sorry" Clara uttered.

"It isn't your fault" August said.

"Every fucking person on campus now thinks I really did it" Axel said.

"This is why I do not engage myself with people" he continued.

"We need to leave campus, let's find a way to get our facts right" Diego said.

"I'm here" I said breathing heavily.

"Alright, let's go" August said.

We entered the car, this time, Diego was the one driving.

"Damn, the tweet is really going viral, look at all these comments, bunch of people who don't even know the real truth" August said,scrolling through his phone.

"What was the restaurant you guys had lunch in?" Diego asked Axel.

"The venue" Axel replied.

"We could get some evidence there before things get out of hand" Diego said.

"What evidence can we get from a restaurant? No one ever believes the accused remember" Axel uttered.

"Trust me brother" Diego said.

There was total silence until we approached the restaurant.

We stepped out from the car and headed inside the building.

"What exactly are we looking for Diego?" Chloe asked.

"Cctv footage, let's hope they have a clip from yesterday with an audio" Diego said.

"That's really smart" I uttered.

We headed for the reception, "Hi" August said.

"Would you like a table?" The receptionist asked.

"Nah, we don't want a table" August replied.

"Alright, how may I be of help?" The receptionist asked.

"We need a footage, from yesterday, something really terrifying happened and so we really need that footage" Diego said.

"Hi, what can I do for you?" The manager said walking towards us.

"They are requesting for the cctv footage from yesterday sir" the receptionist said.

"Come with me" the manager said. We followed him to his office where he sat down and stared at us.

"What do you need the footage for?" He asked.

"There's been a rape accusation and we need to get our facts right and so we need the footage" august said.

"Who's being accused?" He asked.

"Would you fucking listen and stop asking dumb questions, give us the footage right now!" Axel yelled at him aggressively.

Damn.

"Alright, alright" the manager uttered reaching out under his desk for the footage.

"Here it is" he showed us before playing it.

We fast forwarded a lot of clips before getting to the outdoor clip which had Axel and Trina's conversation.

"Holy shit, you were right" Chloe exclaimed.

"Hell yeah I was" Axel said.

"She actually said she was going to tell everyone you made advances towards her, this is good bro" Diego said.

"If this is the only evidence we have, let's hope we win this case" I said.

"Y'all should check your twitter right now" August uttered while going through his phone.

"Fuck" Diego uttered.

"She brought out fake conversations as her evidence" August said.

"What the fuck is wrong with this girl" Axel uttered with rage.

"Bro, you never texted her yeah?" August asked Axel.

"I don't even have her contact or her Instagram" Axel said.

"Sorry this is happening Axel" I said to him.

"It's not the first time a girl wants to ruin his life" Chloe said.

"That girl. Danna, remember her?" August asked.

"That psychopath?" Axel said.

"She literally wanted to tell the police about what Axel does just because he broke up with her" Chloe said.

"For real?" I asked sarcastically.

Damn Axel.

"You're really good looking, probably why they always want to be with you, judging from everything" the manager said.

"We're taking this clip" Diego said, grabbing the footage.

"Vamonos" Axel said.

We left the restaurant.

"Where to?" Chloe asked.

"We definitely can't go back to campus" August said.

"If you need a lawyer, my mom's friend can help" I said.

"We can't afford a lawyer on short notice" Axel said to me.

"You don't need to pay, she'll help you for free" I said.

"Are you fucking serious?" Diego asked.

"Yeah, we could drive to her office, I'll call my mom on the way to inform her" I said.

"We could sue Trina but it would take a lot of time" Chloe said.

"Let's give it a try" August said.

"Alright then, let's head to the lawyer's office" Diego said.

We entered the car and drove off.

"Odio esto!" Axel yelled.

I brought out my phone and called my mom, Laura.

Several seconds of waiting for her to pick up the line, she finally did.

"Hey baby" she said.

"Hey, mom, how are you?" I asked.

"I'm okay, how's school?" She asked.

"All good, uhm mom? I need your help" I said.

"What do you need?" She asked.

"A friend of mine really needs help, I want to meet aunt Eunice about it" I said.

"Eunice? Did this friend get into so much trouble?" She said.

"Yeah kinda" i said.

"Alright baby, I'll give her a call right now, please call me later when this problem is resolved" she said.

"Love you mom" I said.

I hung up.

"So where's the firm?" Diego asked me.

"Lewis brisbois bisgaard and smith" I said.

"Woah" Chloe exclaimed.

"Thanks" Axel whispered to me. I smiled.

Fucking twat! Stop smiling! THIS IS NOT A GOOD TIME TO SMILE!!!

"Thank goodness we don't have any criminal record" August said.

"Not yet" Diego laughed.

Axel went through his phone as we drove, I knew deep down he was really sad and angry.

"Mamá ni siquiera me llamó" Axel uttered.

"Tal vez ella no sepa" Diego said.

"Seguro" August uttered.

"I hope this dies down within a week" Chloe said.

"Honestly" August said.

"For now, let's have our facts, get a press statement, sue her for false accusation, live the rest of our school year peacefully" Diego said.

"We're here for you Martinez" August said.

"Thanks bro" Axel said.

He felt relieved knowing we were there for him and standing for him.

This all happened so fast.

Those comments can really make someone depressed and probably commit suicide but thanksfully, Axel is strong.

We exhaled deeply in the car as we drove towards the law firm.