CHAPTER TWELVE

I walked down the hall then turned to the other passage, going to my dorm. I am just coming back from another mystery class. The most crazy class of all that even the teacher appearance is screaming the word 'mystery'. He's a tall man with a mysterious glasses and a little mustache. He shouldn't be more than thirty five.

I opened my door gently and immediately felt the negative energy flowing in the room. Lizzy was with her laptop while Mira was just sitting on her bed. Mira and Lizzy left class earlier today. When she saw me, she just gave a little smile I knew wasn't real.

I moved to my bed and removed my shoe before turning to face Mira.

"What's up?" I asked.

Mira just sighed then looked at me.

"First, remember when I said curiosity killed the cat?"

"Yeah?"

And satisfaction brought it back, I mentally reminded myself.

"Yeah." She repeated then added. "Aurora don't get to curious. Anyway, Deborah was found dead in her hostel."

"Deborah." I iterated

"Yeah, you might not know her since you just came and I...."

"I know I just came but her name feels and sounds so familiar." I uttered, cutting Mira short. I tried to search my brain if I could remember her.

Deborah, Deborah, Deborah. I kept repeating her name mentally.

Then it clicked.

"That talkative." I blurted out.

Mira looked at me a bit confused then it was replaced with understanding.

Lizzy just puffed

"She had dirty blonde, a bit short with green eyes." I confidently said.

"Wow, you've really met the talkative." Mira said amused but it was soon replaced with sadness.

It was now my turn to feel sad

"She was part of the first people that talked to me when I came." I said with grief evident in my voice.

"That's life for you." Mira said

There was long silence in the room as if everyone shared the same emotion.

I could swear that I even saw Lizzy face change after that but she concealed it too fast.

I don't really do well with hearing the word 'death'. Though, after my mom's death, nobody death could be of any surprise to me.

But my question here was how the hell did Deborah die?

"She was more than a talkative though. She was a sweet, caring..."

"Like you said, it's just life, you can't do anything about it." Lizzy finally spoke.

If my mom was still alive, I would have totally disagreed to this but now, I can do nothing but only agree.

"Maybe everything really happens for a reason." Mira muttered.

"No fucking thing happens for some crappy reason. So maybe all the good people die for a reason and maybe the reason that they die is for the devil to take control." Lizzy said harshly and I could feel an unknown emotions behind what she just said.

"Lizzy, you speak anyhow. Don't forget who your.... Actually who is your God?"

"Mirabelle you better don't act so fucking holy now and start spilling shit because we both now how messed up your life is right now." Lizzy said again getting angry. "And I think the right questions is; where is your God?"

"Better keep your beast calm Lizzy." Mira said lying on her bed.

I released a long, long sigh.

Life is a mystery

Who can ever fathom it

We have no choice but to help live it.

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I didn't even realize when I got too acquainted with the night time after my mom's death.

The night is my home and it can never ever be taken away from me until my last breath.

The day I was born, I fell in love with the sky, the stars, the moon and the cool breeze at night.

I know that hoodied man should have made my adrenaline pumped and scare me from still walking in the night.

But like I said, the night is my home and I own it.

I noticed three body guards carry a black long bag vertically like there was something long inside.

I know I should just avoid more trouble and go back to my dorm.

Or,

I should quietly follow them like a curious cat Mira warned me not to be.

Well there's no way, I'm going to choose the latter. I decided to follow them.

I softly followed them, tiptoeing where I need to. I continued following them as they went deep down the academy to places I've never been.

I know there's a thousand reasons I should just go back to my dorm, I should be afraid of what I'm risking by following them to the obscure but you can't blame me. Life is risk itself.

I looked around where I was; the scary tall building surrounding me like they're ready to attack. I tried to control my heart beating rate but it looked like more hormones were being released.

Finally, the dropped the long black bag and went away. Why did they drop the bag? Where were they going?

This is another big choice.

I should check what is in the bag to fill my inquisitiveness or I should just find my way back.

I'm not picking the latter again.

I did not come all the way here for nothing. I checked carefully again to see that no one was around.

I quickly walked to the black big bag and knelt down close to it. My hands were shaking as I unzipped it slowly. What I saw first made me to involuntary gasp. I used my hands to quickly cover my mouth as I stared at the horrifying scene in front of me.

A sight that will cause some people to have continuous nightmare.

Deborah useless body was lying in front of me hopelessly. Oxygen was completely drained out of her life and she was now gone and cold forever.

With shaky hands, I completely unzipped it as I stared at her full body. I glanced up to be sure nobody was coming.

Thank to Tessa who taught me how to examine body. She's actually a doctor. I looked at her stomach and even a child will know she was stabbed. I examined other parts of her body and it was just the stabbing that killed her. No doubt, it was a knife they used to stab her.

I took my time to really examine the cut and how she was stabbed.

I couldn't stop the tears that fell to my face.

I heard faint footsteps approaching me. I quickly zipped the bag and stood up, walking away. I hid behind a wall and watched as they burned somebody's daughter to ashes.

The tears did not stop falling.

An innocent soul was killed.

Today, someone lost their child.

Pain is inevitable.

The most painful was that; she was murdered.

Deborah was murdered.

But who murdered her?

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