Chapter 44

Two days ago...
Unknown POV
He was tied to the chair. I beat the shot out of him. He refused to do as we asked him. We had no other choice but to beat and threaten him.
"Please...don't hurt them. I'll do whatever you say. I'll do it. Please..." he begged.
I tried all the tricks in the book to enable him agree. T. W. came up with a brilliant idea. We kidnapped his wife and kids. We threatened to kill them if he refused.
"Good man. You see. If you do as you are told, we won't harm your family, " I gave him a tap on his sweaty cheeks.
T. W. walked me outside to have a talk. I really did admire her but Boss said she was off the menu.
"I hope you are following the plan. I don't trust you one bit," she said.
She was beautiful but her tongue was poisonous. Her personality made me give her the name, Tough Woman.
"But he trusted me enough to help you. I'm all you've got. It's either you trust me or you don't. I am following the plan," She smiled at her and she stormed off.
"Sweet, fresh spice," I licked my lips as I watched her shake her back properties.
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St Joseph's Hospital
Claire arrived at the hospital disguised as Jennifer's cousin. She came up with the idea on her way there. If Jennifer was alive, she didn't want to be caught killing her. Before she left, she had carefully placed the knife Destiny had stolen from Jennifer's house.
"Hello, I am Sliver Edward. I am Jennifer's cousin. I would like to visit her," she spoke to the nurse on the right. She tried to act convincing. She prayed silently that the nurse believed her story.
"Which Jennifer?" the Nurse asked.
She smiled," Jennifer Stone "
The nurse went through the computer and turned back to Claire. "Jennifer Stone is in..."
A voice interrupted.
A nurse walked towards them. "Jennifer is not allowed to have visitors until all the necessary test have been done," her eyes never left Claire's.
Claire noticed the first nurse nervousness. Something was not right. The nurses exchanged looks which confirmed her suspicion. She was determined to find out the truth everyone didn't know.
"What a shame. I thought I could see my lovely cousin. I'll go now," Claire lied. She wasn't leaving until she knew the truth.
She stepped outside. She had to come up with a good idea quick. Time was against her. Her parents would be back from work. They would realize she had been sneadave out. An idea jumped into her head.
Claire plot her way into the hospital dressed as a doctor. She found out? Jennifer's ward. She was a smart girl. She overheard the conversation between two doctors standing by Jennifer's room.
"It's becoming difficult hiding this. Some of the nurses are gossiping about it. I hope they find the killer on time, " Dr. Manny spoke with so much fear.
What were the hiding? Who was involved in this? Was this the plan of the police department?
"You are right, Dr. Manny. I know it's hurts you to keep lying to Jennifer's parents about Jennifer's health. Jennifer is dead," the thin doctor spoke.
Claire face sang happily. The best news ever. Jennifer was dead. Gone. Never coming back and they were hiding it.
"The police came up with this idea in order to catch the killer. This is getting hard, "Doctor Manny said.
Claire rushed out of the hospital with happiness dancing in her mind. Finally, Jennifer was dead. The Police could do all the wanted but the case was never going to be solved. Claire laughed so hard.
She had to inform the others of the great news. She danced in the pardave lot. She danced to an invisible Instrument.
She went straight to her friends' houses to share the news. The news was well celebrated.
Renard's POV
My colleagues and I sat down loodave at confused Precious Coles. She looked convinced that her brother was dead. He died three years ago in a fire.
"Are you sure Miss Precious?"
She nodded her head. She hasn't met Alan for three years. Maybe his family members erased all details about him online. No wonder he is a ghost. They all thought he died.
"Miss Precious, please can you tell us about your brother?"
"Alan was the best brother, son and boyfriend. He wanted to become a Chef. He dreamed big for everyone. Even though we were poor, he made sure we ate three meals a day," She smiled.
She showed us a picture of Alan in the kitchen coodave. The person in the picture was totally different from the person in the cell. He looked a lot happier in the photo.
"Father didn't believe in his dreams. He wanted Alan to be a carpenter and make money just like his friend's son. Alan opposed the idea. He said he was going to be a Chef? by any means necessary," Her smiling face turned into sadness.
My old man was happy when I told him I wanted to become a Police officer. He was proud of the career I took. I was proud too. I wished for the best for my own children. I wanted the best for them and I trust them to choose the best career for themselves.
"Alan joined bad company and started to make wrong decisions in his life. He became obsessed about madave money. He wanted to prove Father wrong. The consequences of his actions came knocdave on our door." Tears rushed through her eyes.
Flashback
Three years ago...
Precious ran as fast as she could. She had never in her life done that. So she let her fears take her to the direction she wanted. Alan was in big trouble and so was the family.
Danger and his boys were at her house. They were loodave for Alan. They claimed he stole from them. They wanted him dead.
She looked for Alan in his secret hideout. She looked for him every way. No sign of him. No one knew where he was.
Danger and his boys took Precious and her parents in order to fish Alan out. It didn't end well for Precious. She was raped by Danger's men as punishment for Alan's actions.
They were later released but not after Danger destroyed their reputation. He tagged Alan's parents as irresponsible and Precious as a prostitute.
The people taunted them everyday. No one wanted to listen to the truth. They were completely ruined.
News spread so fast. Alan was seen setting Danger's men on fire. He was getting revenge for what they did to his family. It was also a warning sign for Danger.
Danger felt threatened by Alan's actions. Danger kidnapped him and placed him in the center of his parents' house. He set the house on fire in front of the whole town.
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"I just stood there watching the house burn down and my brother in it," she cried and I gave her my handkerchief to wipe her tears.
"Miss Coles?" I didn't know how to tell her the news about her brother. That he was indeed alive. She lifted her face and looked straight at me.
"Alan is alive."
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Alan's POV
The Detective Inspector kept asdave me one question, "who are you?". The matter was not about who I was but who I was hiding from. The answers to the question were numerous. The answers were something I had hidden from the entire world. I buried it.
A tragedy that happened three years ago. The answer was rather forgotten than told. Lillian was the only person in my present that I gave the honour to know my past. I'm a broken piece of shit.
"Who I am Inspector will not solve this case? I didn't do that to Jennifer. I was at work half of the day and the other half, I was pljennyng a date. You can ask Mrs. Stone."
It hurt me to refer to her as Mrs. Stone. I was sure she would want to be called that after reconciling with her husband.
"Alan? " the D. I. called me. "We know who you are. We know your story. We found her. Precious Coles."
Her name rang so many bells in my ear. His sister's name. The door opened and she walked in with tears in her eyes. Ohh...how I had missed those innocent eyes.
"Alan?! "she rushed to hug me but I pushed her away. All my efforts could not go to waste. I just had to even though it was the hardest thing to do.
" The Alan you knew is dead. I am not your Alan. I never want to see your face again. Forget this day. Go away! " I yelled with all my strength.
The men and my sister in the room looked at me with disbelief. What could I do? I was saving them from Danger. If he found out that I escaped and that I was alive; he was going to do something unimaginable to my family.
" Alan, there is no need to fear. We know about Danger. We will protect your family. I promise," Mr. Renard said.
"I am not afraid. I just don't want anything to do with that family. Precious leave. Forget me. I am dead." I watched my sister run out of the interrogation room. It took a lot not to run after her. I knew I was doing the right thing.
"Mr. Renard, I demand to be released. 48 hours will soon be over. You have no evidence."
"We will have to confirm what you told us," he said.
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Eric's interrogation didn't last that long. He kept crying and repeating, "I didn't do it. I swear" .
Renard seemed to believe him. He didn't know why but Eric appeared like someone who wouldn't harm a fly.
"Eric? Jennifer mentioned you in her book that you were her best friend. What went wrong?"
He wiped his tears, "I love Jennifer a lot. She means so much to me. ��but when it comes to my mother, I just couldn't."
It became clear to Renard that the case was about a boy choosing his mother over his best friend. Eric's mother was no different from Mrs. Powers. They both wanted their sons to stay away from Jennifer.
The incident that involved Dave and Jennifer; and the Stone' problems caused all the problems. If you know what I mean.
Eric was released when there was no strong evidence against him.
Renard returned to his office to continue reading Jennifer's book. He realized he forgot the book at home.
"Shit !" he cursed.
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Ever since Mrs. Powers arrived home, she lost her appetite. She had been worried about Dave. He was madave the biggest mistake in his life and she blamed Jennifer for it. She vowed to protect her family no matter what.
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Unknown POV
"I hope everything is ready. We have been pljennyng this for long," she said.
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Dave was questioned too. He answered all his questions honestly. Renard asked him why he left Claire for Jennifer. He was? too sad to give a reply.
"It's a personal thing."
The Police did not see any reason to keep him in prison. He was a heart broken boy who blamed himself for what happened to the woman he loved.
He was released against his will. He vowed that if the culprit is found, he would leave Jennifer alone forever. He would erase her from his memory.
It broke his heart to say that.
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Mrs. Stone interrogation confirmed all what Alan said. He was innocent. The Police released him. Mr. Stone was not too happy. He wished that Alan could stay long.
Alan walked up to Mrs. Stone to confront her.
" Why did you choose him after everything he did? Why did you use me?" he said to her.
His words hurt her. She was not fault. She knew. " I didn't mean to hurt you, Alan. "
"But you did. I gave you my heart complete but now, it's shattered. "
Mrs. Stone tried to touch him but Stone pulls her away. He wanted her far away from Alan.
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James planned a meeting with Mrs. Powers that afternoon. He propose a deal to help her out of the situation in return for Renard's down fall.
Mrs. Powers discards the proposal and rebukes him. The Powers are not too weak to help themselves.
James is kicked out of the Powers' mansion.
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Beauty's POV
It was the third that I woke up that night. Sitting on my bed, scared to move. Jennifer's ghost had been hunting me in my dreams.
Each time I closed my eyes, I would see her standing in front of me with blood all over her body.
Claire's confirmation on the death did not solve matters. She was hoping Jennifer would still be alive. Guilt had been eating her up. She called the Police the other day when she couldn't take it.
She looked at herself in the mirror. Her own image scared her the most. She dropped to the ground crying.
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Claire missed Mr. Ben very much. She went to see him as she always does. She sneaked out of the house. She wanted to see him one last time before heading to Dave.
She received the most shocdave news. She could not believe her eyes.
Claire's POV
I saw Ben with another woman in bed. I couldn't believe my eyes. "Ben!" I yelled his name with so much anger. I immediately reached for the naked girl on the bed and started punching her face. Ben tried separating us. I must confess. The girl was a good fighter.
"Stop it! Enough Claire! I will not let you come to my house and hit my girlfriend," Ben said.
Did he say girlfriend? Yes, he did. I stood up and gave him a sound slap. He used me and he was dumping me. I wanted to slap him again because I thought the first one was not good enough; but he caught my hand.
"You have done enough slapping. The first one was okay. I thought you were wise. You are too little for me. I need a matured woman," he said.
I felt like a stupid bitch. I am the only one who gets to do that to men. Karma is a bitch.
"You asshole! You will regret this!" I shouted.
"We know who is regretting. I know your secret Claire. So, keep that little mouth of yours shut. Get out! " he threatened.
He dragged me out of the room and threw me out of his house. I kept banging on the door. Who was he to think he could do that to me?
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Destiny's POV
She was crying over the phone. I could feel her anger lurdave in every word she spoke. The only time she displayed this was when Dave stopped taldave to her because of Jennifer.
"Claire, you need to tell me where you are. Relax... Tell me," I spoke trying to calm her down.
"Mr. Ben's house." The call ended.
Why was I not surprised? I didn't like the idea of her sleeping with a teacher. I knew he was going to hurt her at some point. The things I do for Claire.
I arrived at Mr. Ben's house not too long ago. Claire is seated by his door with swollen eyes. Poor thing... What a slut.
I pulled her into a hug. She cried in my arms. "I warned you girl. He was too advanced for you. ��but you wanted to be the best by force," I said.
She raised her head to look at me. "I'll make him pay," she wiped the tears off her face.
I saw darkness in her behaviour. She was thirsty for more blood. She had Jennifer's and Mr. Ben was next. How she turned out scared me. I had a feeling that Mr. Ben's blood will not be the last she will be seeing.
I dropped her at home and I watch her sneak into the house. Claire was becoming a monster and she was going to take me along with her to hell.
"Driver? Take me home," I said.
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Renard's POV
I returned home late as usual. My kids were in bed already. My wife was busy on her laptop. I gave her a slight kiss on the head and went into the room.
I found Jennifer's book on the bed and smiled. Victoria must have kept it there for me. If the book had landed in Bright's hands... you know what would happen.
I took a twenty minutes shower. I was hungry so I left the room to the dinner table. I sat down watching my wife serve me food. A butt was unusually shake violently. Maybe, it was the night wear she was wearing. I have never seen it before.
She walks in with a bottle of water and a glass. "How come I have never seen this night wear before?" I asked.
She handed me the bowel to wash my hands and took it back after I was done.
"I bought it days ago. You like it ?" she broke the silence.
"I like it. I like it because it's madave your butt shake so..." I licked my lips and slapped one of her butt cheeks.
She chuckled and blushed. " Stop being naughty and eat your food." She returned to her laptop.
"You have awoken someone. You will have to do something about him." She gave me a weird look and I gave her a dirty look.
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Her moans was driving me crazy. It was motivating me to bang her behind harder. I kept slapping her butt cheeks.? She moaned my name as I went in deeper.
"Fuck!"
I was at the edge of my pleasure and so was she. We both moaned together as the pleasure of Satisfaction took us on a ride. I pulled out immediately. We were not ready for baby number four.
I turn her around to suck the pussy juice I made her release. I have this believe that pussy juice should not be wasted. I licked her clean.
"I love you Renard," she said.
"I love you too."
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I continued reading Jennifer's book. Third term. Jennifer thinks Claire is pljennyng something against her. Her mother had been acting weirdly. It was the first time I had read Alan's name in her book. This was when Alan came into the picture. Jennifer description of him was true.
She was given a post at school. Sanitary Prefect 3. Dave was School Prefect and Claire, Sanitary Prefect 1. Eric had done. Not surprised.
Dave posted a video of his and Jennifer's oral sex. What?! There was lots of drama being displayed in the book. Jennifer is indeed a writer. She has the ability to remember things.
Claire and Dave played a game on Jennifer. I was shocked by what I read. I began to have doubts in my head. Maybe, Jennifer committed suicide. I couldn't stop reading. My eyes keep reading for more. I wanted to uncover the truth.
Wait! I'm more confused. That was not Jennifer and Dave's video? It was someone else's. I saw very well the strength of the Powers. They were covering up their son's deeds. They blamed poor Claire.
Wait... What?! This was messed up. Claire and her teacher? The so called literature teacher. It must be false I thought. It's a setup. No... It wasn't. It was the truth. She slept with him in order to remain Literature Queen. These teens were pretty fucked up. No wonder Dave changed plans. Claire betrayed him.
Claire was expelled and Mr. Ben, the man I thought was a victim. He was actually the real culprit. Teachers like him should be punished severely. Losing his job was not the best punishment. I wished the police was involved in this.
"I hate you Jennifer Stone. This is your doing." Claire's statement connected all the missing links. What if she was the mastermind?
Mr. Ben? No...he would have definitely raped Jennifer before killing her. This was a job done by somebody smart.
Jennifer's book ended there. I yearned for more. I couldn't wait for the next day to interrogate Claire and Mr. Ben.
I picked up my phone and call Lillian. I hoped she would pick. I knew it was late but it was urgent.
"Mr. Renard? Is there a problem?"
"I'm sorry for calling so late. I just have questions."
"Go ahead ask. I'll answer honestly," she assured me.
"Did Jennifer ever mention Claire?"
"Yes, she told me Claire doesn't like her. I don't know much about their relationship," she answered.
" Thank you. Do you have something you would love to tell me?" I said hoping for more proof.
"One of Claire's friends visited once. Her name is Destiny. She came to see Jennifer. I just didn't like the idea she was around Jennifer."
Why would Claire's friend visit Jennifer? It was weird and suspicious.
"Ohhh...before I forget. There a knife in my kitchen that has been missing for days. I have a hunch that it was the knife used on Jennifer. The killer might still have it."
Yes! Finally. Something good. This was my new hope. The killer replaced the knives but forgot to put the one he or she used on Jennifer.
"What's the colour of the knife?" I asked.
"Maroon. It's the sharpest knife in the kitchen."
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