Chapter 18: THE MISLEADING CASE (ADRENALINE RUSH)
Willow's Pov
I run as fast as I canto escape the man. I didn't expect that he can also see a spirit. I look back and saw that he was running after me. He was carrying a shotgun and tried to shoot me with it. I managed to dodge it. The soil in the forest was too complicated and I got shot in my thigh. I fell down to the ground and tried to crawl but it was too late. I was knocked out by culprit.
Elliott's POV
I contact someone in the headquarters and asked them to look for where Scarlet went on. After a few minutes, we discovered she went back where we found victim. We turned the wheel and where she is. We arrive but she wasn't there. The footage shown that she never leaves the place.
We continue to look for her until I saw a knot tie on a tree. Could it be she went inside the forest? "Mrs. Li, she might went inside the forest. I saw a knot in there," I said and went out.
Along our search, we bump to a man. He was sweating and out of breath. I approach him and asks, "Excuse me, sir. Are you alright?," he look at us and got petrified. After a few moments he regained his posture. "I'm fine, I just got tired from walking,"
I got suspicious of what he said but it actually make sense as he was quite old. "Do you want us to send you back home, sir? It might be dangerous now at this time," Eliana offered.
"No need I can handle myself. My house is quite near from here," he refused.
"Even though, sir. We still need to send you back since we also need to ask you a few questions," Mom said. I saw something in the ground where he was standing but my mother pulled me with them.
We accompanied the man to his house and I was surprised how quite old it is and it was in the middle of the forest.
"Mister, can you tell us your name?," Officer Aiden asked. "I am Maverick Raven and I live with my wife and daughter,"
"Mr. Raven, what is your daughter's name?," officer Eliana said.
"Her name was Amelia. Is something matter?,"
"No, sir. We are just conducting an investigation. Recently, a body of a young girl was discovered in the abandon factory near hear. So, we are hoping for your cooperation,"
The man nodded and they questioned him. I was looking around the house and suddenly I heard a noise upstairs. "That might be my daughter. She's quite unmannered unlike her friend, Ayesha,"
I instantly look at him when he mentioned the victim's name. "Ayesha is your daughter's friend?," I asked. "Yes, I met her everytime I picked Lia at school. She was kind and sweet child. Why did you asked?,"
"The victim that found in the factory was actually Ayesha," Mom said. The man was shocked and can't believe what he just heard. "If you mind, can we talk to your daughter?,"
"I don't but.... She was quite sick here and might not helped to your investigation," he points at his head.
We went upstairs and I saw a lollipop stick under the door. My attention shifted to another door which opened. It reveals the victim's friend, Amelia.
Willow's Pov
I woke up in a dark room and felt my hands and feet are tied. Even my mouth was tied with a cloth. I keep moving to untie myself but it was no use. I heard a door open and a multiple voices. Among them, I heard the voice I'm familiar with. Elliott. If they are here they might figure the crime scene was fake.
I look around the room and saw a table in there. I move closer to the table at stomp on it hoping they can hear it. I keep stomping it and I heard the man said it was her daughter who's making the sound.
I was about to stomp on it again but the door went open revealing a woman. Who the h**k is she now? She went close to me and pull me near the bed and tied me on it. "Try to make another noise and I'll kill you, you b***h,"
Think Scar, they might another way to tell them you're here. I continue to look around and saw the door has little space under. An idea pops in to my mind and get my lollipop in pocket. Luckily I got addicted on eating lollipops and always have some with me. I kick the lollipop in the door but surely it was an idiotic idea. Do you expect it will work? No! I didn't went in. I keep trying to kick every lollipop I have on me but none of it went in.
"I'm really an idiot for thinking this will work," I sighed and lean my head to the bedside.
Suddenly, I felt a gust of chilly wind in the room. I saw Ayesha standing in the door and she moves the lollipop to the gap in the door. She walked to me and put her face near me. She showed me everything that happens to her before she disappear. I smile in relief. "Now, the only thing I need is to wait. Don't disappoint me, Ellie,"
Elliot's Pov
The man was right. She was sick in the head. She just keep talking to herself and sometimes mumbling something. We tried to talk to her but she ignored us. I look around her room and found a Carbamazepine. "Mr. Raven, aside from having mental illness does she have any other illness?," I asked.
If my suspicion is correct, that means he was the culprit. "No, there is nothing else. Why did you asked?,"
"This medicine, do you know what is it?," he shakes his head. "Ah! Ayesha's medicine! I need to give that back to her!," Amelia said which widened her father's eyes.
"This is a medicine for an epileptic person and as you said, your daughter doesn't have epilepsy. And she just said, it belongs to her friend. Mr. Raven, what did you actually do that day when Ayesha died?,"
"I-I didn't do anything! I'm innocent!," he exclaimed. "Papa and mama, play pillow with Yesha! Because she was shaking nonstop. They put the pillow in Yesha's face. Then, Yesha stop moving. Papa said Yesha got tired so she sent her home. They didn't even let me play with them," Amelia rant.
"Have anything to say Mr. Raven?," I asked
"It was not my fault! How would I know she had an epilepsy and worst at my house! I didn't even know what to do so it was an accident!," he confessed.
"ACCIDENT MY ASS! AYESHA WASN'T THE ONLY ONE YOU KILLED! THERE'S A LOT OF THEM HERE!" we got shocked to hear Scarlet's voice. I knew she was here since the clues points at it. The disturbed ground Mr. Raven standing earlier, the noise upstairs, and that lollipop stick. I know she recently got a habit of eating lollipops while thinking that's why I knew she was here.
"God d**n that b***h," he was about to move but we point our gun on him. He laughed hysterically. "Are you forgetting something?,"
Then we realized that his wife wasn't here the whole time. Does that mean..... "Dock!!" We suddenly docked as gunshots was shot through the room. Officer Aiden was protecting Amelia and Mom told him to get her to safety. Mr. Raven ran away and the others chase after him.
I went to other room and saw Scarlet's bleeding thigh. She was tied and I untied her. I put her arm to my shoulder and help her to stand up. We left the house and leave the forest. The medical team was there and they help Scarlet to treat her wound. After the treatment, I went to her angrily.
"Can't you be more careful?!!! You can die to what you did!!!!! Do you like when everyone is worried on you?! You could told us that you found a clue, why go there alone?!! Now you are hurt for doing something stupid!!! You are not a police!! so stop meddling with our business!," I shouted. I just can't bear that she got into danger and I wasn't to protect her.
"How can I not meddle if they are the ones that coming to me for help?!! They won't stop bothering me even if I ignored them!!! Yeah I'm not a police but do you have any solution for this to stop?!! Do you think I also like doing this?!! No! I'm sick and tired of doing this but I can't!! I can't find a way to make it stop. So please, don't tell me not to meddle because I also don't want to. It's just they won't stop until they get what they want," her screams went down and cry.
I forgot. She was an ordinary person before. But that accident change everything. Those changes made a great impact on her. I forgot because of my d**n pride. "Don't talk to me anymore. I'll try to stay out your business," she left. I lost her again.