Two

CHAPTER 2

"What... did you say?"

Alicia and Brittany stared at each other. Alicia was quite surprised by the question asked by the stranger in front of her. She was suddenly speechless, her tongue frozen, not knowing what to say in response to Brittany. But Brittany frowned.

Instead, Brittany hissed softly, signaling that girl next to her to keep quiet. She placed her finger in front of her lips. That girl with blonde hair also looked around, as if she didn't want her words to be heard by anyone else. "Do you have a weapon over there?"

Alicia bent her forehead deeply and shook her head. Confused. "I don't-"

But Brittany interrupted. "Have you ever killed anyone?"

Alicia frowned again and shook her head quickly. She had no idea what Brittany was talking about and it brought out the puzzled expression on Alicia's smooth face. Now that Alicia had a serious expression, she felt very strange about her new friend.

Brittany laughed amusedly and nudged Alicia's arm gently, "Come on, I'm just kidding. Your face is really funny when you're scared."

Alicia blinked her eyes, smiling awkwardly. Feeling that Brittany was making 'weird' jokes, Alicia chose to ignore her and stare at the podium in front of her. Instead of being interested in her new friend's jokes, Alicia paid attention to the old man who was speaking at the podium and let Brittany purse her lips because she didn't respond to Alicia.

Brittany lifted her chin. "Mr. Wilson Blake is the CEO of the Golden Group, the CEO of Golden High. He has complete power over this school. By the way, he doesn't like kids with problems, unless you cause problems and you have money to cover up your problems." Alicia listened. "He's very money-oriented."

Alicia just nodded her head, signaling that she understood Brittany's explanation.

"I heard that Mr. Blake doesn't like his personal life being exposed to the media. He only talks about business, business and business whenever the media shows up and covers school events."

"This school has a lot of public events?"

Brittany nodded. She played with her chest-length hair. "It's an international school. Mr. Wilson has always favored public events to attract the attention of the elite in this country and abroad. I told you, he cares a lot about money."

"Okay."

Alicia and Brittany refocused on the scene before them. After explaining some of the lesson mechanics and rule changes in the dormitory, the wealthy CEO read out the list of names and rooms of the students in the new Golden High dormitory.

"Alicia Perth and Brittany Scoots, room 20 hallway 001."

Brittany immediately hugged Alicia when Mr. Wilson mentioned her name. "Oh my, Alicia! We're in the same room!"

"Well... that doesn't sound too bad."

And sure enough, the two of them would be staying in the same room until the end of the semester.

Room 20, hallway 001.

Everyone seemed to choose to listen intently to the message from Wilson Blake as their names began to be called one by one. Some of the students were happy to be in the same room as their close friends, but some were disappointed to be in the same room as a stranger.

Mr. Wilson had not finished reading out the dormitory room assignments when suddenly a loud crash was heard from the back of the main hall.

The door to the main hall had just been forced open by someone, causing the door to collide with the walls behind it. It caused a thumping sound that drew everyone's attention to the source of the sound.

BRUG!!!

A man stood in the doorway, with sweat falling down his wide forehead and his lips as pale as those of someone with a fever. The man pointed at Mr. Wilson. His fingers looked bloodied, while his clothes looked wet from his body sweat. He looked bad and everyone was now watching him.

He then looked straight at Mr. Wilson Blake and took a deep breath, before shouting,

"There's a dead body in the hallway, sir!" he screamed in panic.

His voice, which echoed through the silent hall, sounded like a thunderbolt in broad daylight. He gulped his saliva heavily and held the white wall next to him tightly; trying to keep his body from falling.

But that body was too weak to hold on. When his body fell from weakness, that's when everyone realized what was happening. The man was lying on the cold floor, making the people sitting in their seats stand up in panic and fear. The atmosphere that had previously been filled with excitement and disappointment had now turned terrifying. The blood on the man's hands stuck to and soaked the floor, making the scene look like a thriller movie they often watched.

The teachers, also known as the officials, immediately helped that boy to get up. They took him to the dormitory health room for first aid. Meanwhile, the CEO of Golden Group, Mr. Wilson, hurried to the main hallway. Even for the sake of safety, that wrinkled hand did not forget to dial the numbers of his trusted police and medical personnel while heading to the scene.

The entire room panicked, left the hall and followed the officials to the scene.

But Alicia chose to stay where she was as Brittany kept pushing her along. She was no longer interested in such horrible things. She no longer had a curiosity about death.

While everyone else left the hall to satisfy their curiosity, Alicia sat alone in her seat. She stared at the podium that the CEO had suddenly left in disgust.

why did she have to meet death again in her new place?

The cell phone in her backpack pocket suddenly vibrated, causing Alicia to wake up from her mortal assumptions.

Her brow furrowed when she found an unfamiliar number sending her a message. An odd message that made her round her eyes instantly.

"You can run from your past, but you can't run from your death." -Unknown number.