Chapter 12: Exposing the truth

8 He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

Proverbs 22:8

It was once again Saturday, the day when Zane and Parnaz would usually go on dates as they already did for the past 3 weeks, much to Zane's anger and dismay. But this would be the day that everything would change for Zane. Change for the better that is.

"What are you so happy about?" Parnaz asked in a curious tone as she saw him smiling to himself while they were near the college campus fountain. It was dark outside meaning that the cold was more noticeable and crisp for both of them, mostly for Zane. They had gone out for dinner earlier, which was a ridiculously expensive one that Parnaz forced Zane to take her along with having forced him to pay for it entirely despite having enough money to pay for her own meal, before arriving back at the campus so the possessive woman could continue keeping on eye on her "boyfriend". Sensing that she was getting impatient and annoyed with him, Zane decided to just answer her question as soon as possible.

"Oh nothing," he claimed. "Just thinking about all the happy moments I could have had with Hayley by my side."

This made Parnaz's eye twitch in irritation as she heard him say this while Zane remained unconcerned with her change in demeanor, and was in fact amused by her irritation. She took a deep breath before pointing her finger at him.

"Watch your tongue boy," she warned in a cold tone. "You know what will happen to your precious Hayley should you mention her name again."

"Funny I don't seem to recall you ever saying something like that," Zane taunted, causing Parnaz to fume even further.

"You listen to me," she snarled. "YOU are my property. YOU are mine to control, to use, and to abuse if I have to. YOU will obey me and follow me whether you like it or not."

"See, that's the thing about you," Zane responded in a cold tone. "YOU are nothing but a spoiled, self-absorbed, psychotic brat who doesn't understand when she's taken things too far and YOU are certainly unworthy of being MY girlfriend! YOU threatened the life of the only woman I ever really loved along with the lives of my family and friends. Not to mention, you're a co-dependent, manipulative sicko who's ruined my life before and I will not let you get away with this again!"

Parnaz stared at Zane in shock over the words he said to her while he himself continued to glare at the sociopathic woman after having finished his rant towards her. Unfortunately, it seemed as though doing so was a mistake as he found out the hard way.

*BANG*

Zane fell backwards as he felt Parnaz shoot him in the leg, or more specifically his right leg, thus causing him to writhe in pain.

"AAAAAGGGHHH!!!" he shouted as he clutched onto his leg while Parnaz held the gun she had in her hand. She stared down at him silently in a cold manner before finally speaking again.

"I did warn you not to talk that way to me," Parnaz stated in a cold tone. "I suggest that you stay here and think about what you've done while I go deal with your pathetic little girlfriend."

"N-no," Zane whimpered as he tried grabbing onto her heel only for her to cruelly kick him in the face the moment his hands touched her shoe. He could only lay on the ground in pain as he saw Parnaz walk away while pulling out her phone in a nonchalant manner. As she dialed the number of who she was calling, she suddenly began talking in her "friendly" tone that she used with Hayley.

"Hey girl!" she called out in a falsely cheery tone. "It's me Paola! Say, are you busy at the moment, cause I need to talk to you about something. Really? You're free tonight? Oh that's wonderful. I'll meet you at your dorm room in about 10 minutes okay? Okay! See you bye!"

Once she hung up the phone and finished her call, she turned to Zane with her cold expression once again returning. Zane could only glare up at her while holding onto his bleeding leg with Parnaz merely rolling her eyes as if she didn't just shoot him in the leg. She then proceeded to walk away while hiding the gun in her backpack before turning her head over her shoulder one last time.

"Good night Zane," she said in a taunting tone. "I'll see you tomorrow."

"Damn you Parnaz," he growled as he struggled to keep his wound from bleeding out any further.

As for Parnaz, she was just casually walking towards her dorm room to get changed before heading towards Hayley's location with a sinister grin. She had been wanting to get rid of Hayley for a while now and Zane just provided the perfect excuse for her to just kill her already.

"Wouldn't be the first person I've killed," Parnaz said in a sickeningly sweet tone before finally arriving at Hayley's dorm room. She lightly knocked at the door in a casual tone, before hearing the door click as she saw Hayley herself opening it for her. Hayley had a surprised look before smiling as she let Parnaz in.

"Paola hi! Glad to see you!" she said as she allowed Parnaz to enter her room. Parnaz smiled as she entered Hayley's room, with Hayley seemingly being unaware of her sinister intentions. "So how are you doing?"

"Pretty good," Parnaz responded with a smile. "How about you?"

"Same as you," Hayley said as she and Parnaz sat on the bed together. "What have you been up to?"

"Oh nothing too special, just got back from a date of my own," Parnaz responded in her cheery tone which made Hayley frown a bit.

"Of course," Hayley replied in a cold tone. "At least you get to go on a wonderful date with someone while I get my heart ripped out by the first man I let into my heart."

"Oh don't be like that Hayley," Parnaz said in a comforting tone. "I'm sure you'll find someone that loves you in the near future."

"I wish," Hayley scoffed. "Like I'm going make the mistake of getting my heart broken again."

"It's true though," Parnaz continued before smiling at Hayley in a sinister manner. "Especially since it was I who told Zane to break up with you."

A tense silence filled the room as Hayley turned to Parnaz with a shocked expression. Her eyes immediately narrowed the moment she saw Parnaz's smug grin and started to realize what she just said.

"What did you say?" she asked in a shocked yet cold tone to which Parnaz responded by giggling menacingly.

"That's right," Parnaz boasted, finally revealing her true colors. "It was I who ruined your relationship with Zane. Also my name isn't actually Paola Schnee, it's actually Parnaz Steinberg."

"So you lied about everything?!" Hayley shouted in anger as she glared at the sociopathic woman. "HOW COULD YOU?! I TRUSTED YOU! WHY?! WHY WOULD YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME?! HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME?!"

"Because you stole what was rightfully mine," Parnaz stated in a cold tone, making Hayley gawk at her in surprise.

"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! I DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING FROM YOU?!"

"Yes you did. You stole Zane Somerset from me. MY Zane. He was the one man that I could have all to myself until YOU showed up and nearly ruined everything! Fortunately, I was able to get him under control by telling him that I would take you out of the picture."

"Are you insane?!" Hayley shouted in anger. "There's no way you would be able to get away with something like murder!"

"Oh but I have," Parnaz revealed in a cold yet sadistic tone as she pulled out her gun. "The last girl who tried to get in between me and Zaney was found dead and nobody bothered to think that I could have had something to do with her death. Isn't that hilarious? Not even the greatest detectives and police officers could connect me with the death of Lisa-Marie Evans from Grade 10!"

"You sick monster!" Hayley growled. "And now you're targeting ME because I happened to like Zane too?!"

"Yes I am," Parnaz stated in a blunt tone. "But enough talk about him. I'm here to do what I should have done a long time ago, which is taking you out of the picture once and for all."

As she prepared to shoot Hayley, who couldn't move because of Parnaz's threat, something unexpected happened.

"OH NO YOU DON'T!" Another female voice shouted, causing Parnaz to turn her head to the source of said voice. What she didn't expect was for her own eye, her right eye mind you, to end up being stabbed by a yarn needle, causing Parnaz to scream in agony. As it turns out, Aranea was the one who stabbed her in the eye, as she had been waiting for her arrival as planned with Zane prior to Zane's recent date with Parnaz.

AAAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!" Parnaz screeched as she accidentally pressed the trigger of her gun and shot out multiple rounds of bullets throughout the walls and roof of Hayley's room. Hayley was able to duck and cover herself while Aranea, who was the attacker, grabbed her and brought her out of the room. Parnaz's eye was completely damaged along with her being in unimaginable pain but that didn't stop the psychotic woman from continuing her assault and chasing after them. "YOU BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!"

As she continued to scream and rave while attempting to shoot them with her gun, Hayley and Aranea ran towards the exit of the dormitory and were able to make it outside. However, they didn't escape completely unscathed as Hayley felt a sharp pain in one of her calves and nearly fell over but ignored it in favor of escaping Parnaz. The moment Parnaz exited the dorm, she found herself being surrounded by police officers who guarded the 2 women from her. Among the crowd of police officers was not just Mikey but also Elis, Lynne and Janine who were all glaring at Parnaz. Realizing that she had been caught and played, Parnaz tried to shoot at them in a fit of anger until she realized that she used up all of her bullets and left her backpack with the remaining ammo back in Hayley's room. Even worse, when she tried to get back in the dorm, she found herself being blocked outside thanks to Tasha who was glaring at her as well and preventing her from escaping. To add insult to injury, Tasha was holding what was a tape recorder of some kind making Parnaz realize that everything she said had been caught on tape.

"Hands over your head and on your knees! NOW!" the officer ordered, forcing Parnaz to grit her teeth before throwing her now empty gun onto the ground. She took a deep breath before letting out a single word that echoed throughout the night.

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKK!!!!!"