Lara's P.O.V
It was 1:00 pm at afternoon. When I woke up. My eyes felt on some kind of a paper beside me on the bed.
Stupid...see properly!! It's a letter.
My subconscious mind said.
I opened it and saw something written on it.
Dear Lara,
I won't tell my name but you have to find my pain.
I am the mystery and you have to find the history.
If you ever loved Louise as a best friend then you will do find by taking these hints.
You are smart enough to find the history behind it. The only thing you have to do is find out proves, against everyone. You will be shocked to know that before Louise was murdered, she was gang-raped. It really hurted my feelings. You know.
I hope it hurts yours too. Otherwise, you all will die. I am not threatening you, I am just telling you.
I hope you understand.
Yours friendly,
XYZ
I was so fucking gob smacked. Louise was gang-raped. I started feeling glossy in front of my eyes. I was about to show the letter to everyone, when the door slammed open of my bedroom. Mia was standing their with a letter in her hands.
She came running to me and hugged me so tightly. I cooed her. "Mia, what's wrong?" I asked, rubbing her back. "La...Lara....wh...when....I.....wo....ke...up...I....saw....th...this....le....letter....o...on....m...my....bed." She was sobbing. "Show me the letter. First, you stop crying Mia." I said, opening her letter. It was all the same. Like....How? If Mia was the one who helped her aunt, then...why the threatner will give this letter to her?!?!
Suddenly, Leo, John and Tristan came in with a letter in their hand. I was confused. "Did you guys got the same letter?" I asked everyone, shocked. "Yes!" They replied in unison. "Did Mia too got the letter?" Tristan asked, with a confused look. I just nodded my head. They all mouthed a word 'How?' I shook my head. Mia was still hugging me. I mouthed, 'I don't know.'
"Mia, baby. Look at me." Leo said. Mia gradually turned around. She faced them. "Are you alright?" Leo asked, hugging Mia. "Yeah." Mia said, hugging him back. "Guys, how did that bustard knows our whereabouts?" Tristan asked, sitting on the bed. John came and sat beside me. He kept his one arm around my shoulder. I kept my head on his shoulder. "I don't know." I said.
"Oh, god! I am scared." Mia said. "Guys, let's get freshen up. We will discuss about it afterwards. Mia calm down. We need to discuss everything." Leo said, looking at us. We all gave him a simple nod. "Baby, why don't you freshen up first?" Leo asked. She just gave a simple nod and went out of the room.
"How?" John asked. "I mean, if Mia has helped Louise's aunt then why in the fuck she is getting those letters?" I said, raising an eye-brow. "How do you know that Mia has helped that mundane?" Tristan asked, facing me. "Because, she was the one who last saw Louise. She was with her, on that day." I said, getting my head up from John's shoulder.
"I know. I am only asking you that, if Mia didn't help her than who? I mean, he said that...someone from our group." Tristan said. Leo just shrugged his shoulders. "Who helped her, than? Why don't that unknown caller just tell his name to us? How does he even know our whereabouts?" John said. When Leo was going to open his mouth to say something, we heard David calling us. "Guys, come down. Let's have our lunch." David called for us. "We are coming." Tristan shouted from my room.
Tristan, Leo and John went to their own rooms. While, I got freshen up. I went downstairs to see everyone sitting on the dining table. I gave them a small smile. I went to the kitchen and sat beside John. "Good afternoon, David." I greeted. "Good afternoon, crazy." David greeted back. "So, are you guys even planning to hangout? Or, you guys want to seat at home?" David asked. "Umm, David...what I am thinking is....umm....why don't you please just postpone the date?" I asked. Everyone gave me a questioning look. "Date?" David gave me a confused look.
"Yeah, I mean...on 2nd May we all are going to visit my parents in Paris with their parents and you. Of-course." I said. "Why do you need to postpone the day?" He asked, looking at everyone. I looked down as I didn't know the answer. What to answer him? "Because,-" Mia was about to speak something but David cut her off. "Is it because of that threatening call and all." He said, rage evident in his eyes. "No,-" Leo was about to speak something when David's phone rang. He picked up the phone and answered it.
"Hello."
"Umm...ok. I'll be right there."
And he cutted the phone call.
"What happened?" Tristan asked. "Guys, I have to go and attend an important meeting. I have to go. Sorry, for this inconvenience." David said, getting up from his chair. "No, it's fine." John said. After some time, David came out of his room in his black suit. We all farewelled each other and David went to his meeting. We five were done with the lunch and were sorted on the couch. Leo started a movie named, 'Annabelle.'
Just don't jump on, John. He will die because of your weight.
My inner voice said.
I am not scared of these type of horror movies.
Oh, really!!!!
Yep...and, Why you always keep on speaking?
Well, what can I say?
Shut-up!!! Sub-conscious.
"Sweetie, are you fine with this movie?" Tristan asked, controlling himself from laugh. "Shut-up." I said, and looked away. Everyone broke into a huge laughter.
Hahahahahahahahahaha
Fuck you.
Well, baby....you can't. Because, you don't have that.
Ugghhhh.....fuck off.
My inner battle was destroyed by someone's laugh. I looked beside me and only to see John laughing like a hyna. I scrunched my nose. Well, he laughed more and fell down the couch. Everyone was laughing. "What's their to laugh so much?" I asked, looking at everyone. Giving my best death glare. Before, someone could speak anything...Mia's phone rang. She was laughing when she picked up the phone.
Suddenly, we all heard a noise. We looked towards Mia and saw that her phone was on the floor while she had few tears down her cheeks. I ran to her and sat beside her. "Mia, what the fuck is wrong? Why are you crying?" I asked, with my eyes wide. "La-Lara...da-vid...is..in..ho-ho-hospital. H-he...met with an accident." Mia was a crying mess. Sure enough, everyone's jaw was hanging.
Leo took the phone from the ground and asked who so ever the hospital's address. "Let's go guys. Mia, baby. Everything will be fine." Leo said soothing words to Mia.
Finally, when we reached the hospital, we all rushed to the receptionist. "Good afternoon, how may I help you?" The receptionist asked. "Can you please tell us the room number of David Fernandez." John asked. "Wait, let me check." The receptionist checked something on the computer and then faced us. "The room number is, '504' on the fifth-floor." The receptionist said. Without even thanking her, we rushed towards the lift and pressed the fifth-floor.
After, we reached the fifth floor, we saw a doctor coming from the room '504'. We went to him and asked about David. "Doctor, how is David now?" Mia asked. "Umm...are you all the relatives of David?" The doctor asked. "Yes." We all replied in unison. "He is quite better, now. He needs complete bed rest for a week. He has fractured his left leg. After, a week he will be able to walk. Thank to god! that he was brought here, timely." The doctor said, assuring us. "Can we see him?" Tristan asked, pointing to the room. "Yes." The doctor answered.
We opened the door and saw David laid on the bed. He was looking so pale. We sat beside him and waited for him to open his eyes. After some time, he finally opened his eyes. We were happy to see him.
"I am so sorry. Guys. Because, of me you all are worried now." David said, looking at all of us. "David, that was not your fault." John said, motioning towards him. "Exactly, that was not your fault at all." Mia said. We all sat beside him. "How did it happen?" I asked him, referring to the accident.
"I don't know. I was driving on the highway when suddenly someone's car pushed my car. First, I managed but after some time it again pushed me. After, than I lost my balance. Completely. I just don't know who did that." David said. "David, don't think so much. Just take rest. Don't make your brain think hard. Ok." Leo said. "Just take rest. We will come again." Tristan said. "We will talk about this later. Bro." John said. We went out from the room and motioned towards the cafe, which was beside the hospital. We didn't take our car because it was just the walking distance.
We reached the cafe and found us a table. It was afternoon and that was the reason, there were less people. "I just can't believe it. He really made that accident." I said, massaging my temple with my thumb and index finger. "I thought he was just threatening us. I never ever accepted that he would do this." Tristan said. Everyone was quite. We were in our deep thoughts when a waiter came to us and asked for our orders. We all order capechinos. "I really think that we should extend the meeting in Paris with our parents." John said, while we all nodded. We all agreed when the same waiter came with are orders. Our mind went blank when he handed us a letter.
"What this letter for?" Leo asked making his hands into fists. I looked at every guy and found them giving a death glare to the poor waiter. "Some...one...gave this le....letter to me....and asked...m..me...to...to give you guys." The waiter stuttered. "Were you able to see his or her face?" John asked. "No, his face was covered with a black scarf. I mean, he was fully covered." The waiter said. "Thank you for the information." I said, giving him a polite smile. He smiled back and went back. "Guys, open the letter." Mia said.
Tristan opened the letter. As, he was reading it..his eyes got wide. "Tristan, will you read it a loud?" Leo asked. Tristan handed me the letter and actioned me to read it. The letter said:-
Dear Guys,
Well-well-well! How is David now, after that accident? When I said you all that, David should not know any single thing about it than, why in the fuck he got to know the things?
Now, see...what you guys have done to him. If you guys would have taken my threatnings in a serious way than these all the fuss would not have happened. I hope the accident didn't cause him much damage.
It was just a trailer for your mistake. Next time, even I can't guarantee you all, what can happen to your loved ones.
Your's truly,
XYZ
The letter caught us off-guard. We all were staring at each other. Leo groaned and that made everyone looking at us. "How could he do this?" Mia asked, her eyes glistening. She was about to cry when the waiter came to us with the bill. Tristan paid for us and we went back to the hospital. We all were silent. We didn't know anything. We were outside David's room, when a doctor came out of his room. He saw us. "He is sleeping now. So, I'll suggest you to wait outside for a couple of hours. Otherwise, you guys can wait in the rest-room." The doctor said. We thanked him and went towards the rest-room.
"Guys, I don't think Mia has done anything." Tristan said. We were bow sitted on one of the sofa in the restroom. Mia went to the washroom when Tristan said that. "What did I do?" Mia asked, taking a seat beside me. She looked confused. "No...nothing baby." Leo stuttered. "Do you guys think that I am stupid? I know you all have been hiding something from me. Just tell me. Already." Mia said, looking at us suspiciously. We all kept quite when Tristan broke the silence. "Actually, when we got the first letter....We all thought that you did something to Louise. I mean, you were the one who saw Louise last. Five years ago." Tristan said, everything looking down. "It wasn't their faults. It was me who suspected you." I said, not meeting Mia's eyes. I was about to explain further, when she cut me off.
"Don't, Lara. How can you even think so low of me? I thought we were best friends. How can I even do anything to Louise, when Leo loved her the most?" She said, while her voice was trembling a bit. I faced her and saw that a tear fell from her right eye. "Mia, when that caller said, 'from your group' I thought it was you. You too loved Leo. And...." I said, but lowered my voice at last. "And you thought that I fucking killed her. How could you? And you too guys." Mia said. Leo went to comfort her but stood from her seat.
"Do you even know, when I and Louise wanted to clear our misunderstandings, what happened? She honestly told me that she has got feelings for Leo. I too confesed. But, the thing was that I decided to let go of Leo. When, Leo loved her the most than how am I suppose to break them apart. I was happy that Louise was really an amazing girl and Leo was lucky to get her. Louise hugged me while she was crying that day. I too cried because of both happy and sad situations. Louise cried because she never thought that I'll let Louise and Leo live together." Mia said, continuously tears falling from her eyes. She tried to control but failed miserably.
"Mia, I am so fucking sorry. I was out of my mind. Please-" I was about to speak further, but she stopped me showing her hand to me. I tried to hold her arm but she moved back. "Mia-" John tried too. But, she ran away. We all shouted her name behind her, but for no avail. I fell down on my seat and started crying like hell. She was my best friend, for fuck's sake. She was always there for me, whenever I needed her. She was always there for me when John broke my heart. She always cheered me up when I saw John kissing Talia in front of me. Now, I acted like a bitch. A fucking selfish bitch. How can I even think of her that low? How?
"Sweetie, everything will be fine." Tristan said, sitting beside me. "L, she is not thinking properly. Now." Leo said, sitting beside me. Now, I was between Tristan and Leo. John stood in front of me and hugged me. I hugged him back. "I lost her. I lost my best friend. I am so selfish. I am such a bitch. How can I think of her like that?" I said, continuously sobbing.
"Baby, anyone could have thought about her like that way. The police might have too thought about it, if we would had told them. Everything will be fine." John said, rubbing my back. "I don't think so, everything will be fine. I just lost her. How can I even think about her in that way?" I said, sobbing miserably. John asked Leo to give him some space to sit. So that, John was sitted beside me. I kept my head on John's shoulder and cried silently.
I didn't know, when I fell asleep on his shoulder after crying. It was like a habit to me. Whenever I used to cry, I used to fell asleep because of the tiredness.
Why I am feeling something side under me?
How can I know? Why don't you just open your eyes and see around?
My sub-conscious mind told me.
I want to....but I just don't want to open up my eyes.
You are scaring me. Open your fucking eyes. Now.
Why am I feeling so tired?
Because, you got a fight with your best friend. Mia.
Oh....shit!!! Yes. Oh...god, what have I done?
I opened my eyes and saw around. I was not in a hospital. The room looks familiar.
Because, it's your room. Duh!!!! You are so stuuupppiiidddddd!!!!!
Shut up!!!
Oh, yes. It's my room. But, How? Than, everything started rushing to my brain. I had a fight with Mia. I slept on John's shoulder while i was crying. After, that I don't remember a thing.
Suddenly, the door of my room flied open and entered Mia. Soon, my eyes started glistening. Mia came and hugged me. I hugged her back. She was crying too. "I am so sorry. Mia. I am such a bitch. You always trusted me but I didn't trust you. I thought you did something with Louise. As, you were with her that day." I said, tears falling down my cheeks. "No, it's not your fault. Lara. It was me. I should have told you the same day about our misunderstandings. I was so shocked when Louise got missing. I thought that the blame would come one me." She said, still hugging me.
"But, still. You were always there with me. Mia." I said, facing her. "Lara, the police could do the same. I don't blame you. I was angry because, I was angry on myself. Leo loved Louise from the bottom of his heart and when the first letter we received it said, 'someone from your group'. He must have thought the same about me." Mia said, tears falling down her cheeks. I wiped away her tears. "I am sorry. Mia. I trusted you but the thing was that, I felt that you were hiding something from us." I said. "I forgive you. Baby. We should have discussed all these things earlier." Mia said, giving me a small smile. I smiled back.
"How do I get here?" I asked, Mia. "John brought you here. You were deep asleep." Mia said, giving me a smirk. I looked away, blushing. Finally, we sorted the things between Mia and me. I was beyond happy. I got my best friend back. "What are you thinking?" Mia asked, giving me a wide smile. "I got my best friend back. I am happy." I said, smiling back. "Well, let's go down and have dinner. John, Leo and Tristan went to the hospital. They will be coming back after they will have dinner with David." Mia said, getting up from the bed. I too got up and we walked towards the kitchen.