Chapter 55: The Men Are Truly Dead.
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The car drove a tad more stably now, with Edward focused on the road, the previous uneasy expression now replaced with composure.
Earlier, he was supposed to drive Bella back to Angela and Jessica, but when they arrived, both the girls had finished eating and were getting ready to leave. So, being the gentleman he was, he took it upon himself to make sure Bella ate.
And now she was finished, and he was driving her back to her house.
"Okay, I think I'm warm enough now." Bella moved her hand forward in an attempt to turn off the AC, but Edward's hand stretched in the same instant, causing both their palms to unintentionally collide skin-to-skin.
"Your hand is so cold." She shot her arm back, gasping through her lips.
But Edward didn't even try to entertain her comment; he just turned to the road, jaw tightened, eyes fixed straight ahead.
Yet, it didn't take long.
"Wait… what's going on?" The siren of a police car caused them to turn their heads toward the police station on the far right. "My dad's still here."
Edward's eyes also lingered.
"Pull in."
Edward drove through the gates.
"That's my father's car." Bella's eyes widened at Edward's sentence. "What is he doing here?"
He quickly pulled up and removed his seatbelt, opened the door, and exited as Bella followed.
"Carlisle, what's going on?" He rushed forward as he saw Carlisle exiting.
"Waylon Forge was just found in a boat out near his place…" Carlisle's eyes turned to Bella, lightly nodding. "I just examined the body."
"He died?"
There was a pause.
"I'm sorry, Bella."
Her stomach sank to the floor.
"How?" She nearly stumbled on her words.
"Animal attack."
"Was it the same one that got that security guard down in Mason?"
"Most likely."
"Well, it's getting closer to town, then…"
"Bella," Carlisle interrupted before she could finish, "Waylon was your father's friend."
And she paused for a moment too long.
"Okay." Then she started walking in, stopping for a moment to glance back, but Edward was already retreating with Carlisle; their backs turned to her gaze.
So she turned back and entered.
"Edward," Carlisle called to him, lightly pulling him by the shoulder to meet his face. "The library with Bella."
"I know." Edward nearly sneered when he said it. "I didn't kill them… I left right after…"
"Edward… Those men are dead."
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The door flung open much slower than it usually did, and Ash walked with a slowed pace, half his shirt and hands covered in blood.
Without waiting, he dropped his body onto the sofa, eyes not even acknowledging the door, which closed by itself.
His face was neutral, and one arm was slung over the sofa's corner edge.
His heart had not only stopped slamming against the ribs; it had halted beating entirely.
He sighed as one of his hands moved to his forehead, wiping away the non-existent sweat and tears.
The blood on his hands had completely dried up, so even if he wanted, no blood trail was left colored on his face.
And with little focus, uneasiness lurked in his posture.
The bloodstains that had spilled onto his skin started turning into mist, slowly shifting and heating up, vanishing with each passing second.
Even the stains on his shirt began cleaning themselves, all turning to dust, including the droplets hidden in his hair.
When it was done, no hint or sign of red anywhere he was seated. No evidence bound to his body, no stains lurking in his house.
Just nothing.
All but a teen was seated on his sofa, staring daggers at a black TV.
But then, the teen spat a word he had long since forgotten was possible.
A word he hoped would end the torture.
"Wipe."
As soon as the word escaped his lips, the kid fell backward.
Sinking into the couch's embrace, totally losing all forms of alertness.
Descending into sleep, or in this case, its cousin, death-pending.
And his phone, which he intentionally placed on silent, continued buzzing with messages.
All being sent one after another in continuous consistency.
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