Chapter 3: The Uncovered Truth

A few miles into the road, Courtney realized Chris was taking a different turn and not that which they came through.

Though drunk, she questioned Chris on why he didn’t use the same road as before but he snubbed and kept driving.

This made Courtney very scared and she decided to take out her phone and make some calls and inform anyone what had happened.

As soon as she dialed my number, Chris was very angry and pulled over at a very high speed that almost cost both their lives.

He seized her phone, smashed it and using a plastic tape which was in his car sealed her mouth.

He tied her up and force her into the backseat of his car. Then he called two of his friends from the party to come meet them.

Courtney couldn’t do anything because she was so weak and scared. She loved and trusted Chris and even managed to convince her best friend Judy(me) that he was a good guy.

I had tried reaching Courtney’s phone several times in the night and was already very worried. I smelled something fishy.

I had also called Courtney’s Mum earlier but she told me Courtney pleaded to spend the night at my place instead when she returned from her date.

Courtney was not very reserved and had stayed out late few times before but she made sure to always call and inform me about. It was about 3am and no one had heard from Courtney.

I had also called her several times to no avail. I picked up my phone and I tried calling her again.

This time, her number was unreachable and I became even more worried.

At this point, I called Courtney’s Mum and reported that Courtney had not returned yet and her phone was unreachable.

Her mother was so shocked to hear this and immediately called the police to report since no one had a means of contacting Chris and no one knew exactly where they had gone to.

The police started the search for Courtney and tried tracing the last calls she had made.

Meanwhile Chris’s friend met him where he had pulled over with Courtney. They had all planned the party together and made her drink so much so she’ll have no energy to escape them.

Chris had a grudge against Courtney from long ago and had all this planned so he could have his revenge.

He told her that he only asked her out and made her love him so he could get very close to her for this sole reason.

Chris was considered a weirdo in school and so no one ever wanted to be seen hanging out with him.

He was so strange in many ways and this made most people hate and fear him.

Courtney on the other hand was a very pretty young girl and was loved by everyone. She was the talk of the school and had everything Chris didn’t.

He explained to her that this made him very jealous of her and he grew hate for her in his heart. He wanted the fame, looks and friends Courtney had but no one ever noticed him.

He was from a rich home but didn’t have any love from either his parents, school mates or even neighbors. This left him hanging out with thugs and other weird people in the area.

He said he wanted Courtney to feel the exact same way he had always felt and that was the reason he first became friendly to her and decided to take her out on her special day.

He told her he was going to make her life miserable and that was going to bring him so much joy.

He narrated to her how he had pushed his younger sister off a cliff when she was just two because he felt their parents gave her much attention.

He was an only child who had everything he ever needed and was loved by everyone until he was seven, then his mother conceived and had a girl child.

All the attention and care was driven to her and he felt abandoned. According to him, she stole his fame and so he pushed her off a cliff.

He further said he felt happy and relieved when she died even though it made everyone hate him. And throughout high school, he developed this saw hatred for Courtney.

Chris continued by saying he was as going to have Courtney locked up in a place where no one would find her.

He planned to rape and torture her until she died.

He added that he didn’t plan to carry out this alone reason he called two other people to join him.

“I want you to feel so much pain, shame and agony Courtney. Yes, that’s how much I hate you” he said to her.

He pulled her out of the car, put her to her feet, unsealed her mouth and forcefully kissed her..

She screamed and cried as loud as she could but could not do anything as she was tied up and in a very weak state.

The police had tracked the phone with the last call I made to Courtney before her phone went off. This has led us to where Chris pulled over and smashed her phone.

So when Courtney screamed, we could hear her and the entire area was quickly surrounded by the police.

Luckily, we all reached there in time and rescued Courtney before any more harm was done.

Chris and his friends were all arrested and taken custody by the police.

When I saw Courtney, she looked very miserable and could barely say a word.

She was so weak that she passed out as soon as she saw her mom and I.

We quickly rushed her to the hospital and looked after her till she woke up.

It was a terrible experience she had and I wished I had kicked against the idea of her being with Chris when she brought up the idea.

Courtney was discharged from the hospital the next day and was taken home.

Early that morning, Courtney’s mother was called to the police station to follow up the case against Chris.

It was discovered that Chris had 3 counts of murder which all had the same jealousy story and he had no regrets killing people for this reason.

Two weeks later, Courtney was fully recovered and we were back to being together always.

We went to the beach for some relaxation and just to spend some more time together as we always did and I met this new guy called Henry.

He was a very good looking tall dark guy with a nice beard and looked more like a model. Actually, Courtney and I had secretly been admiring him and wished he could just say a word to us.

I had never been in a relationship or totally admired anyone before but this guy.....

I just couldn’t resist.

Henry was a final year student in our school who was admired by all for his excellent academic performances throughout his years there.

He was a fine guy with a very beautiful French accent and his muscular body left all girls on campus yearning for his attention.

He was barely seen with any any girl but had two male friends who were also his course mates.

They always spent time in the library studying or in class attending lectures. He was one of the few seniors who didn’t really get involved in the school’s social affairs.

I had been keeping a crush on Henry from the time I first met him in the school library, but I doubt he had ever noticed me though.

Courtney and I just sat and watched him at the beach the whole time we were there.

We kept on making comments about him n his beautiful model body and really wished he came close to us or at least noticed us.

While we were still sitting and watching him, we saw that he waved to our direction. I was so surprised and quickly turned to fave Courtney and discovered she was trying to face me too.

We giggled at it as we still didn’t think he was waving us directly...

“Hi ladies” we heard a voice say just behind us.

To our greatest astonishment, it was Henry..

With our widest but nervous smiles, we responded unanimously, “Hi”, turning to face him.

“I’m Henry” he said. “And I’m sure I have seen you both on campus” he added.

“Well, yea” I responded. I guess everyone in school knows who you are. If not for any other thing, at least for your exceptional academic performances.

He smiled in content and told us he was actually surprised to see us at the beach too.

“We come here almost every summer just to have fun and relax ourselves” Courtney told him.

We chatted a little longer and separated.

Courtney and I were so happy that we finally got a chance to talk to Henry (every girl’s dream guy on campus).

When I returned home that day, I couldn’t help but think of Henry and how he finally noticed me at the beach.

To me, it still seemed so unreal and all I could remember was his beautiful smile.

I had never fantasized over any guy my entire life but it was so hard to get Henry off my mind. I hoped to see him more often and also hoped we could share some special moments together.