Chapter twenty three.

Elena's Pov.

I scrambled to get away as fast as possible, breaking into a run as I reached the end of the corridor, my head was whirling, I was not prepared to stumble upon such deep secrets upon my arrival and on the first day at that.

I came out of the corridor and did my best to compose myself which took a lot of effort to accomplish, my eyes scanned the people entering and leaving to see if I could recognize the man from his clothing.

Then it struck me, he was not an outsider, he was someone that was familiar with the people of LSC Entertainment maybe even a signee. This lead me to start thinking, who was this man?, who did Amelie kill, what was the other girl's business in the whole conspiracy?, from her description it is clear that she despises Amelie Banks, so what is their bond?, why does she keep following her?, my mind was completely overrun with thoughts and I needed to share them.

I looked at my phone that was clutched protectively in my hands, I dialed Katie's phone number and she immediately answered.

"Kate, where are you," I asked with a serious tone.

"I was about to ask you the same but no, what's up with the formal name, you have not called me Kate in a long long time," she remarked.

"This is serious, where are you?" I asked again.

"I'm in my office, completing some paperwork, you sound like you are in a hurry to see me, what is going on," she asked back.

"Where is your office located, I can not tell you over the phone" I replied.

"Come to hall two on the fourth floor" she answered and I immediately ended the call.

I entered the elevator and pressed the button with the number four. Suddenly, the door opened and a man came in, I recognized this man, he was one of my favorite musicians, I never missed a single jam from him, his songs were woven into my brain, seeing him now I wanted to faint, but it was not because of the love I had for him as an entertainer, rather it was because I recognized him as the man that had been threatening that other girl, his name was Dave Parker. 

I resisted the urge to say something, my heart was racing at full gallop, this was the man I had looked to his music to inspire now thus the same man happened to be involved in an intertwined conspiracy. I didn't know how to feel about this, my love for him came crashing down from them too, I could almost visualize it.

The elevator door opened, and I took a sneak peek at him only to find him staring at me full in the face. He licked his lips seductively when he caught me peeping at him, his eyes roamed to my backside and he kept eyeing me like a piece of meat to be devoured.

I immediately scampered out of the elevator and released a sigh of relief at being free, it was almost as if I was suffocating in there. Forget about the love I have, sorry HAD for his music, the man himself struck me as creepy. 

I made my way through the first hall, the second hall was right at the end of the first. The second half comprised of a series of offices and I took care to sort out Katie's.

Her office was a large space that looked very comfortable, she straightened when I entered and raised her eyebrows at me.

"Have a seat". She pointed to a large full sized sofa that was positioned at a corner, close to the wall.

I took a seat and then stretched my two legs on the sofa, removing my six inch high heeled stilettos in the process.

" so what was the fuss on the phone all about" she interrogated.

"Can someone from outside hear us?" I asked, it was better to be safe than sorry.

"Yes, but I have this device that blocks out all sound from inside " she produced a little device from her briefcase and attached it to the door.

"Okay, done," she said and returned to her previous position.

"What do you think about the musician Dave Parker," I asked, earning a funny look from her.

"So you, called me urgently as if there was some kind of emergency, just to ask me about Dave Parker?" She seemed baffled at my audacity.

"Just answer the question" I urged.

"Well, Dave Parker is one of the hottest cakes around here, he is extremely handsome as you know, I think he is rather sweet" She flattered.

"Has he been involved in any form of scandal before?" I continued.

"As far as I know, he is too gentle to be involved in any form of scandal" she answered.

I thought about his shameless act of checking me out, that he had done in the elevator, and concluded that either Katie was blind or he was really able to hide his true nature because that man was anything but sweet and gentle.

"But why this whole question and answer session." She asked.

I gave a low chuckle.

"Mr. Dave Parker is involved in a murder conspiracy and blackmail," I stated, unblinking.

"What are you even talking about, you would not know this on your first day here, where did you hear this from, I will make sure they taught a valuable lesson, so they can stop spreading untrue rumors." She made to get up but I held up my index finger to stop her from doing so.

"I did not hear it from anybody, I do not listen to random gossip and I don't think any sane human being would share such confidential information with a newcomer, it would not even be my business if it did not have something to do with someone that tried to Implicate me"  I commented.

"You are running in circles a d confusing me all the more, who tried to implicate you and where did you hear this news if it was not random gossip." Her expression showed that she was utterly and completely confused.

"Let me start from the beginning " I went on to synopsis my meeting earlier with the sixteen year old, how I'd outwitted her after noticing the game she was trying to play, and my short trip to the bathroom.

I did not say the part where I saw and recorded the argument, save that for last.

"So this still does not make any sense, how then did you hear about the murder conspiracy and blackmail, I don't think it is true, whoever you heard it from does not have their sources right, the information they received is erroneous." She cried.

"Okay then, I have proof".

She looked so determined to prove me wrong that I burst out laughing, looks like I wasn't the only fan of Mr. Dave Parker. Producing my phone, I showed her the whole recording that I had made. Her mouth fell open, 

I could tell that she was completely caught off guard.

" so..what do I make of this,"  she asked looking at me, a some shrug was my answer.

"Obviously, we have to keep the video, it may be useful in the future, but we have to find out who was killed by Amelie and the other two's role in the murder. The story does not seem to be clear" I have my one piece on the matter.

"This is shocking, and right under our noses, we must definitely keep this video, you have done well, this can serve as evidence, but he looked like such a fun and loving guy" she groaned.

"Well, as the adage goes, never judge a book by its cover" I replied and she nodded in agreement.

"Now I have a feeling that there is more to this Amelie girl than meets the eye, I'll keep an eye on her from now on." She started, looking fierce.

" Well, I think we should be very careful, we can't have them know that we are aware of what is going on, they must be in the dark, we can not afford to get caught," I advised.

"Do you think the boss should know about this?" she asked respectfully.

"No, this is our case, we are going to solve it without his help," I announced

She only nodded in agreement, but the decision was made...

Authors Note:

Hello peeps ♥️ 🎊🎊 I decided to bless you with this one, I hope you enjoyed reading it, I did not enjoy writing this, the writers' block is doing the most😭😭.

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