It's thirty minutes past nine and I still can't get through to her as her line keeps dropping. I'm standing in front of the locked door of the art gallery we had visited together before the big fight.
I dial her number again as I silently pray that she is fine.
Is she still pissed at me?.
I think and dial the number again.
Maybe she is avoiding my call on purpose. Maybe she just needs her break from me for tonight. Probably she might get over it by morning.
I think and shove my hands into my jacket as I wait for a cab to come into sight. I wave one down and steps in.
I push the door open and step into my warm house, taking my jacket off. I make sure to twist the knob lock before stepping upstairs, straight to my room to fetch a bath.
" Cee! Cee!." I hear my Dad scream loud as I lay in my bathtub, my body warmed up by the hotness of the water. The sweet scent of Lavender filling my nostrils. I would have really wanted some scent candles and rose petals, anything to get my mind off the effect of the beer I had taken.
Well when I had said I would have fun without my best friend. I technically meant drink myself out of the sorrow of knowing my whole life resolves around her and things we do together.
" Cee!." He calls out again and I quickly step out of the tub, wrapping my towel round my body.
I step out of the bathroom, into my main room to change.
" I will be right there Dad." I yell out in response.
I quickly change to my pajamas and step out of my room.
" Princess, are you okay?." He ask the minute I step down, running towards me and pulling me in his arms. His hands turning my face over side by side to check if I am okay.
" I'm fine Dad. Trust me." I say, wondering why he looks so bothered It's been ages since I see him this worried or does he know…
" I'm so sorry Dad. I know I shouldn't have turned the location off but i just thought that maybe out there isn't as dangerous as you think it is. I just wanted some fun with my best friend. About her too, we had a big fight today and….Dad you won't believe the words she said but I just…..I don't know." I stop talking.
" I think you might need to have a sit Cee." He tells me and helps me to the chair.
" Dad, is everything okay?." I ask in fear, my eyes glued to him. He looks like it's more than the location and it worries me.
" It's Kara, Cee. I'm afraid I have some bad news for you." He says sadly.
" What about her, Dad?. Is she still angry with me?." I ask, desperately hoping that that is what the bad news is. That she has decided to cut all ties with me or maybe she wants her space for now.
" I am afraid it will have been better if that's to be the case." He says and looks away. " Kara was found dead this night on the Midnight Valley." He breaks the news.
" What?." I exclaim. " You're joking right?." I ask, my heart beating so rapidly. Beads of sweats breaking out on my face, my feet and hands getting so cold.
" No Cee. Her body was found by one of the passerby. She was striped naked and…..slit on the throat." He continues, her voice shaking.
I suddenly find myself tearing up, sobbing so loud that raindrops of tears fall into my palms that is hovering over my lips.
How? How did it happen? Why did I leave her?.
I think, blaming myself for losing my only friend.
" She didn't deserve it Father. If only I had…If only I had stayed back…..If I had tried to not let the words…,If I….Kara..Ka..Ra…She would be alive Father and…." I break down, my voice shaking, my head aching and my heart pounding.
" I understand baby girl but we never foresee this kind of things happening." He say as he tries to console me, running his left palm over my back.
I hear the door open and a man walks in dressed in the police uniform.
" I'm afraid we will have to question you in our station Ma'am." The officer informs.
" Take a chill pill Liam. The poor girl just lost her best friend." Jack yells at his partner then turns back to his daughter. " It's fine if you are not ready yet Princess. I can ask that you get some time to…." He is saying before I cut in.
" I will go Dad. This is the least I can do for Kara." I say shakily, still trying to come with the terms of her death. The terms that I will never be able to see my best friend again.
" If so then. Do you mind leaving now?." Liam ask and watch him nod in objection.
I pick up my jacket from the rod I had hung it on and put it on, shoving my hands into the pockets. It still seems of Kara, reminds me of her. The last hug I had with her before the big fight.
" That is a bit insensitive Liam." I hear Father yell from behind.
" It's policy Jack whether she is your daughter or not, a lady was murdered in cold blood and your daughter happens to be the last to see her." Liam replied coldly then walk forward to stand beside me.
Maybe I killed her.
I think and step out of the door, straight into the car, its sirens making a loud noise in the air as we drive away.