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Twenty One

CHAPTER 21Ace Blake's room.Ace allowed everyone to sit near the bed, watching Luke who was preparing with his laptop on his lap. Luke was indeed a technology expert, he was Ace's trusted hacker. So far, Luke's skills have helped him a lot for his personal needs. But this time, Luke knew that the problem they were facing was not just a small one.Ace lent him his super-expensive laptop to support their planned hacking action. They then sat in a circle with Luke as the centerpiece. And Nicholas immediately gave Luke the link he found at the scene of Elena's death.Luke looked serious with the laptop in front of him. His eyes stared straight, while his forehead frowned seriously. Usually, they would play video games to pass the time. But what they were dealing with this time was a case of someone's death. No games, no fun.Ace pulled the chair in the corner of the room closer to Luke, he stared at the screen and asked, "How? Were you able to break into the dark site's server security?"
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Twenty Two

CHAPTER 22Luke had just managed to hack one of the most difficult safeguards that allowed him to access the site's secret trading page. his skills were amazing! But he didn't get it easy. His family is talented in technology and computers. Some of them are programmers and corporate hackers, so Luka has more or less learned the ropes."I can access it and it's amazing!"The curious Brittany reflexively brought herself closer to Luke. She looked at the page that displayed many pictures of firearms and other illegal items that were sold freely on the site. All displayed without censorship and restrictions for children. "You've got to be kidding me, Luke," Brittany hissed. "These are all illegal items."Luke's smiling face turned one hundred and eighty degrees. He didn't look as happy as before. Luke mumbled a little, seemingly considering Brittany's words. Brittany was right about the illegal goods, so why should Luke be happy. He looked in the other direction and called out, "Detective
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Twenty Three

CHAPTER 23New York City Police Headquarters.Alicia sat inside a two-by-two-meter enclosed room at the New York City police headquarters. Her eyes stared coldly at the wall in front of her, her gaze blank. Her hands were folded on a wooden table with a glass surface. This room contains only a table, a chair, and CCTV cameras in every corner. This was her death seat, even though Alicia was not necessarily guilty of the case she was facing.Two policemen in full uniform approached Nicholas who was standing behind black glass. One of them, Michael, tapped Nicholas on the shoulder. "Detective?"And Nicholas turned to the source of the voice. Michael was a police officer who usually conducted interrogations in the office. He was a tall man with a thick black mustache that attracted attention. Square glasses adorned his brown eyes. He looked at Nicholas curiously, before a smile finally lifted his grayish lips."Michael?""This is Peter, our new colleague in the office. He just came in tod
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Twenty Four

CHAPTER 24Alicia snorted rudely and shot Nic a disapproving glare. "I was set up and you must have known it, Gray.""I think you'd better speak politely to me, because you're being watched by a lot of police here." Nicholas looked towards the glass, where the two policemen from earlier were indeed watching their activities from a different room. Nicholas turned back to Alicia and tapped the surface of the table with his forefinger. "You must be able to prove that you were not involved.""But I really didn't order anything on the dark site we saw!"Nicholas nodded slowly. He then thrust several sheets of paper containing his investigation reports so far onto the table, so that Alicia could see all the photos and writings in front of her without having to touch them. "But how do you explain all this? That asshole Wilson will punish you if he sees this. Oh, no, there's worse. You'll go to jail if Mr. Wilson asks me to. You're in big trouble now." Nicholas then leaned back and watched Al
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Twenty Five

CHAPTER 25Golden High School.After all the deaths that occurred within the school's dormitory, Mr. Wilson reopened the school for study programs like the previous days. Mr. Wilson always thought of money first, and the longer the school remained closed, the more Mr. Wilson would worry about the image of his school. He tried his best to shut up the media, forbidding them from covering more news that would bring down Golden High School's good image. Especially since the school was preparing for their annual event. Mr. Wilson really didn't want to take any chances.Mr. Wilson had already relinquished that responsibility to Nicholas. He was a competent young detective. They had never met, but whoever a Chief like Paul recommended, Mr. Wilson would follow.Alicia now sat in the back row and looked at Mr. Payne (one of the teachers working at Golden High School). He was a biology teacher. He studied biological sciences for more than seven years before being able to teach at the school.Mr
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Twenty Six

CHAPTER 26"Miss Scoots!" snapped Mr. Payne suddenly.Mr. Payne's loud voice startled Brittany. She turned around to find him looking at her. Mr. Payne looked angry as his hands were clasped over his chest. He adjusted his glasses, then tapped the blackboard with the marker in his hand. "Is my class so boring for you that you choose to ignore it?"Everyone turned their eyes to Brittany. The girl felt even more pressured by the attitude of the other students. Brittany's face was red as a tomato, she was so embarrassed to be treated like that by Mr. Payne. She bit her lip in fear, then tried to reply to Mr. Payne's question with the remaining courage she had. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to talk inside-""That's enough, Miss Scoots!" Mr. Payne cut Brittany off.That scared Brittany even more. She looked around, people were still watching. They all seemed to be mesmerized by Mr. Payne's words. But before Brittany could speak up to defend herself, Mr. Payne had already said,"I let you out o
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Twenty Seven

CHAPTER 27San Antonio, July 2012*flashback chapter*Someone's POV.Do you know what it's like, when your perfect, perfectly fine life suddenly takes a very strange turn and changes completely. Her complete life suddenly becomes a mess. You are no longer the main character in your own life story.Do you know what it feels like to be the second person, not the lead actor who gets the spotlight at center stage? Even if there is someone better, you will be replaced easily.Your feelings are ignored by everyone.Do you know how that feels?Because that's what I was feeling when that strange girl came to my house. I didn't know her, but they said she was part of this family. Since when?That day she came to my house. She was a child who survived the fire incident. My parents said he was the son of one of their friends. They were very close and felt indebted in the past, so they felt the need to save that little girl with her pale face. I don't know why, but my parents had to pick up, I me
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Twenty EIght

CHAPTER 28Cafeteria- Golden High School."Didn't you make a mistake when you heard it, Britt?"Brittany and Alicia were now sitting with the other students in the cafeteria. Just like the others, the two of them did not want to miss their lunch hour that day. The two of them sat in a corner of the cafeteria, as if they had marked the table as theirs beforehand.Brittany stirred the spaghetti with lots of sauce and meat in front of her without interest. She just nodded weakly. "I heard it clearly, they're talking about you," she informed.Alicia took a sip of her iced vanilla latte and muttered under her breath afterwards. "Do you know who was in there?"Brittany shook her head. "For all I know, it's Ace's room." and shrugged her shoulders indifferently.Then Alicia just flexed her forehead deeply. "Are you sure it's Ace?"And all Brittany did was let out a long sigh. The blonde-haired girl then shifted her plate away, seemingly no longer having any appetite for the meaty meal. "I did
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Twenty Nine

CHAPTER 29 Cafeteria - Golden High School. Alicia moved her plate away. She had just finished her lunch in the cafeteria-alone. Because Brittany had chosen to go back to her room to struggle with the history assignment she had to submit it this afternoon to Mr. Wilson Blake rather than finish the meaty pasta. Believe me, the old man was demanding and strict, he didn't hesitate to report students with low grades to the parents and let them get their punishment. For whatever reason, since leaving the police station yesterday, Alicia felt like she needed to change-or maybe she already had. The Brooklyn-born girl now wears her hair in a ponytail, while a few strands are allowed to fall past her ears. Alicia's emotions also tend to be more sensitive these days. She has become more sensitive to her surroundings and this reminds her of the difficult times she has gone through in the past. Her stomach was filled to the brim with a portion of meaty pasta and a cold vanilla latte. But that w
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Thirty

CHAPTER 30Cafeteria - Golden High School."Are you sure?!"Ace and Alicia were still standing near their table--in the cafeteria--after Jake's hit-and-run incident. didn't know what had made him so rushed, but Ace had cursed him before the Golden High School basketball player left the cafeteria.Alicia fumbled through her pockets to find the smartphone. But to no avail. Alicia had lost her cell phone and it was strange. The last time the ash-haired girl had used her cell phone was when she walked with Brittany before lunch. After that, Alicia just kept it in her skirt pocket."I have a bad feeling." Alicia looked at Ace as she rubbed her ankle that had bumped into something--when Jake had bumped into her.Ace didn't react immediately, but her brown bead turned to Alicia's leg. "It looks like you hurt your leg," he wondered. Ace then bent down and touched Alicia's leg, rubbing it gently to make sure the girl wasn't badly hurt.Alicia, who was uncomfortable being too close to Ace, gasp
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