Suspicion

After a while of trying to convince Roxy, I managed to get her to agree to sleep at my house, of course I asked my mother's permission, but something felt very strange.

"So how was your day at school?" asked Zoe's mother.

"At home I talk," Zoe replied.

"Really, aren't you going to say anything because I'm here?" said Roxy.

"Okay, my dad showed up at school, argued with Roxy's dad, said her dad was responsible for the kidnapping attempt and left with the brothers," Zoe said.

"He what" yelled Zoe's mother.

"Don't worry, he promised not to meddle in our lives," Zoe said.

Arriving home I went to tidy the room that the brothers used for Roxy to rest, the night after dinner I went to watch some television when I saw Roxy looking for something.

"Missed something?" asked Zoe.

"Yes, my guitar pick" replied Roxy.

"Not in the room?" asked Zoe.

"No" replied Roxy.

After looking around, I realized I had something suspicious, Roxy said she found it, but I saw that she simply took the pick out of her pants pocket. I went to sleep, I heard someone coming down the stairs and decided to know who it was, in the living room I saw Roxy looking for something, I went down silently and went to the kitchen.

"Do you want water ?" asked Zoe startling Roxy.

"What are you doing up?" asked Roxy.

"You woke me up so I decided to drink some water," Zoe replied.

"I missed something personal here," Roxy said.

"I thought you were looking for some secret place or places where you can hide something," Zoe said, sipping water.

"I'm not looking for that, like I said I'm looking for something personal," Roxy said.

"Okay, but please be careful not to touch the bookshelf over there. You could accidentally turn off the security system, I'm going to sleep," Zoe said.

"Wait, security system?" asked Roxy.

"Yes, there's a security system around the house," Zoe replied.

"Is there anything else you need to tell me?" asked Roxy.

"If you have any questions you can talk to me, I found you very strange today, it seems like you are looking for something but don't want to talk to anyone" said Zoe.

"It's nothing," Roxy said.

"Okay, see you tomorrow" Zoe said walking up the stairs.

Zoe wakes up, she goes to have breakfast and notices Roxy on the sofa.

"Good morning," Zoe said.

"Good morning," said Roxy.

After breakfast we went to school, when I left the house I noticed that there was someone watching the house across the street.

"Who will be ?" asked Zoe.

"What there was ?" asked Roxy.

"I saw someone suspicious watching the house" replied Zoe getting into the car.

"Don't worry," replied Zoe's mother.

"Do you know who is ?" asked Roxy.

"Last night I saw your father walking around," replied Zoe's mother.

Roxy is silent until she arrives at school, Roxy apologizes for yesterday and asks not to tell anyone. Ben walks past them without trying to make any sarcastic comments or any plans, that was weird, Liz and the group show up and after school we decide to meet at Steve's house. At Steve's house, Ed decides to turn on the television, Serena and Steve were on the phone until Liz and Liberty decide to ask some questions.

"Zoe, is your father a criminal?" asked Liz.

"I don't know what he works for, I only know the stories they tell about him" lied Zoe.

"Do you have super powers?" asked Liberty.

"I do," replied Zoe.

"What super power?" asked Liz.

"Can't answer, it's a secret," Zoe replied.

Zoe noticed that everyone was paying attention to this interrogation and Roxy seemed to be quite interested in it.

"Please tell us, we want to know," Liz insisted.

"I promised not to reveal this," Zoe said.

"Talk, no more secrets," Roxy said irritably.

Zoe and the group are stunned by Roxy's reaction, Ed turns off the television and Roxy sits on the couch.

"There are things I can't talk about and things I don't know," Zoe said.

"Know you don't have to hide anything from us, if you're worried about our safety don't worry we won't talk about it to anyone" Ed said.

Zoe thinks about revealing her powers and her secret identity, but she remembers all the superhero stories and decides to just talk about her powers, Zoe thought that since she had similar powers to some heroes, no one would realize she was a super-hero.