Cedar Creek drama room.....
...I heard a beeping sound from Kai's room, I have to go now Amari, we'll talk later.
what's going on?
It's Kai, he's....,
He's what?, Hello...the recording ended.
That's all? Liana asked, suprised at how the call went
Yep, I replied switching off my phone and placing it in my pocket,.. That's all we talked about, and I called back but he didn't pick up.
Seb, did you hear any news about Kai, Piper asked worriedly, He shook his head in response..I hope he's okay, she added, at least for his parents' sake
so someone really wants Kai dead, Liana mumbled to herself, doesn't it mean 'that someone' knows Kai's the killer?
Possibly, I replied, what I don't know is what Kai expects me to do, he's the only one who could shed more light on his case and God only knows his present state.
Actually, so do we, Sebastian said excitedly, earning our attention, Kai's awake!, he exclaimed as he glanced through his phone, it says here he woke up yesterday, I guess that was what Mr Anaki was trying to say on the phone.
Oh thank God, Piper exhaled with her hands on her chest, I'm so not good at handling bad news
I never thought I'd be concerned about the Killer's wellbeing, Liana replied, but now that we know he's alive and out of the way, how do we go about finding the secondary threat?
They all turn to face me
What? I wondered aloud, glancing at each face
We're waiting to hear from you, Liana replied, you may not have noticed Amari, but you're great at stuff like this,.. I mean solving puzzles and even Kai knows this, that's why he chose you.
Yeah, especially with that ability of yours, Sebastian added
You guys really don't mind helping Kai? I asked suprised at their eagerness
Sure, piper replied, he might be the killer but it's not just about helping Kai, we can't have a killer go Scott free, we should handle it the same way we handled Kai
mmhmm.., Liana agreed, so where do we start Amari?
I sighed...We need a lead first, I replied.
I ended up calling Mr Anaki again, still he didn't pick up, fortunately, he sent a message minutes later while we were in class;
Hello Amari, sorry I couldn't take your calls, I'm sure I left you at a stand still yesterday after my sudden action, good news, Kai's awake, but he's still recuperating. right now he's surrounded by the doctors and the police keep lingering so we wouldn't be able to communicate via calls for now, just text messages.
Mr Anaki.
I replied him immediately,
Noted Mr Anaki, my friends and I are ready to help but we need a lead first, we're gonna need any form of information we can get from Kai.
Amari.
I informed the others of our conversation after closing hours..
Has he replied yet?, Piper asked as we walked out of school
Not yet, I replied
I've been thinking, Liana spoke up, if the suicide scene was staged, there should have been signs, maybe a break in?, how come the police didn't notice?
They never said they didn't, did they? I asked facing Sebastian
Nope, they didn't say anything about it so we don't know, He replied.
I'm just hoping Kai still remembers what happened that day, Piper added, hopefully they were able to flush the arsenic out of his system before it causes any permanent effects.
Yeah, hope so too, I replied
Do you think whoever did this saw Keanu's video too?, piper asked, I mean, the use of arsenic couldn't have been an...
Hey Amari, a girl interrupted, ignoring the others and walking towards me,
she's the girl with the huge crush on Kai.
Hey, I've been wanting to ask, do you know what happened to Kai?, he hasn't been in school for a while now
Um, no, I don't know why ask me? I wondered
you guys were teammates right, I thought you'd probably know something, she replied
Oh, well I don't, sorry, I replied while we walked away..
That was rude, Liana commented, she totally interrupted us and acted like we were invisible, who's she anyway?
a classmate, I replied...and Piper's competition, I added with a smile earning an eye roll from Piper
must you refer to that Amari?, that was then, she replied
So you do admit it, I continued
Yeah I do, unlike you who denies the obvious fact that you have a crush on Liana, she retorted causing Liana to glance at me.
I never denied it, I replied, I just ignore you guys whenever you mention it
See you guys in the car, Liana reacted by walking ahead, obviously avoiding the conversation
we stared at her as she sat in the car
Wow, I can't believe you made Liana react to you like that, Sebastian said, that means she likes you too, he added following behind her
really?, I glanced at Piper who was equally suprised
Seb, wait up, did you mean that?,I yelled as I caught up with him.
10:00pm... Amari's residence...
I sat at my reading table about to text Kai's dad when he called
Hey Amari, he spoke first
Hi Mr Anaki, I was just about to text you, I responded
Oh it's just me and Kai here now so I decided to call instead
Okay, I replied, how's Kai doing?
he's getting much better, he replied, Kai's receiving uptimum care here, sadly the police are still very much around, which means the minute he's fully recovered, they'll begin their questioning, he said unexcitedly, pausing for a while..to the reason I called, he continued, I wasn't able to talk to Kai for that long, but from the little we discussed, he said he wasn't able to see the face of the person who injected him
You mean the person wore a mask?, I asked confused
No, he replied, whoever it was used something on him that impaired his vision leaving him temporarily blind
How did the person even get in? I asked
He said it was probably through his room window since he left it open because he was in a hurry
hurry? I wondered, was Kai planning on going somewhere?
He admitted he was about to abscond for a while
I thought he was brave enough to face the police, I replied
It's not about the police, Mr Anaki responded, he knew it wasn't safe for him to be around the house
why? I asked
He believed the person who killed Adrien would come for him
I'm confused..., Sorry what?!!