THE PLACE YOU TOOK MY VIRGINITY AND MADE A FOOL OUT OF ME

CHAPTER EIGHTY ONE

"Fuck you. Just tell me what you know and drop the bitch act. You're frustrating me like crazy." I practically screamed in her face as i grabbed the front of her cheap shirt in my fist and pulled her closer.

She grabs my shirt back.

"I already told you. You're just too dumb to hear it." She shoves me off her.

"What's going on?" the principal's voice called out.

"Nothing." I said as we stared at each other. I need to calm down if i want to get her to talk.

"Good, because I've had enough of you both and your rivalry. Whatever it is with you kids." He exasperates.

"Here you go. Now take your rivalry off my campus ". He hands us our diplomas.

Well, my diploma and her transcript and documents.

Katie takes hers and starts walking away.

I still have questions for her. I trust Kieran. He absolutely can't be the one. He won't hurt my family. So what does she mean that i can't trust anyone?

I trust Kieran.

I walked towards her but she was already outside. I jog towards her and down the stairs as she walks out the building.

"Katie." I call out, but she's busy furiously texting someone. A frown had marred her facial features.

"Hey." I tap her shoulder and she jumps, her eyes are frantic. Her phone falls to the ground and I see a message from an unknown number that she was reading.

Keep your mouth shut. Else there'll be consequences.

"What are you doing? She scolds me and picks her phone back up.

"Is someone threatening you not to tell me?"

"I have to leave. I can't tell you. I tried my best to."

"Talk to me. I deserve to know the truth. I fucking did everything you wanted.This is the least you can do for me."

"What do you even know? You think my world revolves around you, but I don't want it to. I don't want to hate you. Fuck my life. I don't even hate you." Tears fill her eyes as she speaks.

At least she's talking now. But what the hell is she saying ?

"What do you mean? You hate me for your brother's death."

"See? This is why I think you're so stupid. I don't even like my brother and I'm glad he's dead. He had it coming, so thank you for taking the fuckers life. I was a bully in my younger years, but i have changed. He was trying to force me into prostitution at the ring. He has been sexually abusing me for years now, and I know of his sick activities with other girls. I just never had the opportunity to .... No, not opportunity, but courage. I never had the courage to fight him or stop him. But you did."

"I don't understand why you're going against me then. Why did you come to do all these things to terrorize me?"

"Because the person you trust so much wanted me to."

"Who?" I ask. My heart is pounding. Why would Kieran hurt me like that? What did i ever do to him?

"I can't say much. He'll come for me."

"You can tell me. Kieran --" I didn't finish my sentence before I smelled his cologne. And the next thing i know, blood is splattered on my face.

Katie's blood. My eyes locked with Kieran's. He is wearing his lion mask but his eyes are filled with recognition.

Kieran's motorcycle speeds off at the opposite distance.

I'm too much in shock to process what happened. I stood there for a few seconds.

Kieran is a true murderer.

I was stupid to think that circumstance was special.

Katie coughs and splatters.

"I... I knew... I knew..."Her hand covers her throat. Her throat had been slit and it was with just one move. As if done by a professional murderer.

"Hey, hey. Look at me. It's okay. You're fine. I'm calling an ambulance. Someone is coming for you." I assured her, even though I was internally panicking as well.

"I told you I couldn't say." Tears fell down her cheek." She choked out.

"Help ! Please, somebody help !" I screamed.

Footsteps come running over. The security officers call the police and everything happens in a blur. Katie is being put into the ambulance and the police would like to speak with me. However, the security stops them and says I'm a minor, hence they need approval from my parents. I just realize how sheltered I am. How sheltered we are. I thought my problems were the worst. Now i know that they were the most trivial things.

Instagram hate, cheer team, school popularity, Bitch wars, queen bee rivalry . What are even those? All these don't matter.

People are getting killed, abused, raped and here I am. I don't even have to lift a finger and these people are already doing their job. Even if I murdered Katie today, I could get away with it quite easily.

They could make that happen because I was on this side of the town.

That tells me something. It is the same for Kieran.

Hell, he had done it before and got away with it.

Only someone from this side of town can hurt someone from this side of town.

When no one was looking, I picked up Katie's phone from the floor where she had dropped it and looked at the message again.

It's the only text from the sender.

He had probably texted her with other numbers and got blocked. The number looked familiar so I cross checked my phone and, sure enough, it was Kieran's number.

Bile rises up my throat as I heave and throw up.

I knew what I was going to do. I had to put a stop to this. I was sick and tired of it all.

This is Aaliyah, you murderer. If you don't want me to rat you out to the police, come to the rooftop right now, Kieran. The place you took my virginity and made a fool out of me.

I sent him a picture of the police at the scene so he knows i'm not playing with him.

I want us to do this where he gave me a good memory, maybe that way i can finally hate him for everything.

I hate myself right now, because why was I going to confront him when I should just leave it to the police? Why do i want closure from him? After everything he put my family through.