Two days passed and Griffin isn't killing anyone. So I decided to make the mark visible. I was walking in the hallway when someone accidentally bumps into me. Both of us fell to the ground and groaned.
"I'm sorry, I wasn't looking where I'm going," he said. I look at him and frowned. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Chaser," I answered.
"Chaser? Why are so formal with me, Scar? We are classmates before," he stated. How can I not be formal when I forgot his name and only remember his last name?
"Sorry, I quite forgot our name," I said sheepishly and I saw him frown.
"Nathan. My name is Nathan. That's quite rude of you to forget someone's name," he stated. I saw his eyes go to my bruise before looking back at me. "What happened to that?"
He pointed to the bruise. "I was quite clumsy that I burned myself when I'm fixing my hair," I answered. I forgot to mention that some of my bruises are real. I inflicted it on myself in case I met a situation where one of the suspects will put an ointment on me.
He was looking at me seriously before pulling me to the clinic. The nurse wasn't there so he was the one who applied the ointment.
"You didn't need to cover for your boyfriend, Scar," he stated not looking at me. "The whole campus knows that your boyfriend was beating you,"
"I'm not lying, I really burned myself," I repeated.
"Maybe you really burned yourself, but what about the other bruises you have before? What is your excuse for it?" He pinpoints. Now I'm starting to believe that he has a crush on me.
"Nothing," I lowered my head.
"You better not let me see that boyfriend of yours or else, I might beat the s**t out of him,"
"Haha, nice joke," I stand up. "Thank you for helping me," I said smiling, and left there.
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We are having a sleepover at my house with my friends, they also know what's actually happening. Evangeline told them.
"I didn't expect you will go that far to capture that Lady Griffin," Hannah commented while lying on my stomach.
"But seriously, what's with his name? Lady Griffin? Is he gay?" Faith mocked.
"His name doesn't matter, Faith. What matter is who is this person," Andrew spoke.
"Scar, how far is your knowledge in this?" Hannah asked sitting up.
"Two of the suspects show hostility toward Elliott and one of them is still not coming to approach me," I reply.
"Can't trust any of those four for now. Oh right? How are you and Elliott?" Evangeline said.
"Not quite fine, he started to become weird and not helping me in this plan,"
"Why? Did you do something that make him mad at you?" Andrew said worriedly. One reason why I become a close friend of this guy is not because he doesn't mind hanging out with us girls, but because he said reasonable things.
"Except for my continuous teasing, none,"
"He might be really jealous when you told him you have a crush on that Spencer guy," Faith jokes. Now I wonder, he really does lose his temper when I said those words. Did he really feel jealous? Nah! He can't be, does he?
Elliott's Pov
In the past two days of thinking, I finally realize what was happening to me. I really do. I fall in love with Scar. I can't believe it. I fell for an insane big tease of a woman who always ignore me like I'm nothing. That's insane.
"How long are you going to stay here like you just discovered a big secret of your life?" I look where the voice came from and found Mom leaning on the door frame, cross arm. "Scar has been proceeding with the plan alone. Her plan might backfire if Griffin didn't see you with her,"
"Plan? What is she doing?" I asked worriedly. Mo stand properly before walking to me.
"She's been working to make you look bad in front of everyone. If Griffin makes a move and found out she was lying what will happen to—"
I didn't let her finish her word and run out of the house. What is that stupid girl thinking? Doing the plan alone without telling me, is she planning to die quickly? I pick out my phone and dialed her number. After a few rings, she answered.
"What honor do I have to see the Great Elliott Matthew Li calling me?"
"I have no time for your jokes. Come to XXXX I'm waiting for you?"
I didn't let her reply and hang up. I need to talk to that brat personally.
Willow's Pov
"Your man seems mad at you," - Hannah
"Yeah, he sounded like he's going to kill someone," - Faith
"Or might be, he figured out that he has a crush on you too and wants to make your relationship official," - Evangeline.
"Or, he found out who's Lady Griffin that's why he's calling you," - Andrew
"You guys, why do you keep teasing me? I told you, our relationship is fake, and I only think of him as a friend," I shake my head in disbelief and left the house.
I arrive at the place he told me and I saw him there pacing around. He notices my presence and comes closer to me. He grabbed my shoulders so tight and I winced at how tight he grabbed me.
"What the hell are you thinking?! Do you want to die fast?! Can't you—"
He didn't manage to complete his sentence when someone punched him in the face making him loose his grip on me. He fell to the ground and someone pulled me away from him. It was Spencer who punched him and the one who pulled me was Kayden. Nathan and Kian were also here. Wow, great. Is this a suspects gathering?
"What do you think you are doing you b*****d?! Trying to beat Scar in public. You have no shame!" Spencer hissed at Elliott. Elliott looks at me and I nodded.
"This is none of your business, why are you meddling with our business?" he acted.
"Not our business? Scar is our friend and we won't let anyone hurt her?" Kayden intervene.
"I did not know that you have many options besides me," What a typical lines of b*****d.
"I can't believe it. Scar cared so much about you but you think of her so lowly. You don't deserve to be with her," Kian added. Now, I felt bad lying to them.
"People like you don't deserve a person like Scar," Nathan said.
"I don't care any of you, people, so don't meddle you stupid idiots,"
With just a swift, the four of them start to brawl. Kian stayed by my side and don't let anyone come near me.
"A b*****d like you don't deserve to live. You better off this world,"
I broke free of Kian's grip and went to Elliott. I crossed my wrist together and I hold Griffin's wrist and twisted before kicking his face. Everyone stop brawling when they saw what I did.
"What the heck dude? Why do you have a knife with you?" Spencer asked dumbfoundedly.
"He hurted Scar, he deserves to die," he defended.
"Hurting me? Oh! You mean this," their eyes went wide when I remove the makeup.
"You fell for our trap, Griffin," Elliott revealed.
"Griffin?" they asked confused.
"He is the serial killer we've been trying to find," I answered.
"SERIAL KILLER?!"
"Why are helping them, Scar? Why are you helping those people who only give you pain and misery?" Griffin implied.
"They give me pain and misery? Between you and them, you are the one who gave me pain and misery. You killed many people because of your narrow understanding and blame ut to others. You have no rights to accuse others of the things they didn't do," I let out.
"I did that because I love you!" he said.
"Love? How you acted these past days can be said a genuine love but the way you killed others for the reason they make me left out is not love. It's insanity, You are insane, Nathan,"
That's right, it was him. The silent and smart kid in my class before. The person killed my friends because of his so-called love. Nathan Chaser.
"Why? Why it's so hard for you to accept that I love you? WHY?!" he said losing his mind. "Is it because of his guy? Then, he better be gone so I can have you?"
He takes out another knife from his back and smiles insanely. He starting to lost it. He walks slowly but the police appeared.
"Stop right there! Put your weapon down!" Captain Li commands pointing the gun at him. The others also doing the same.
I look at Elliott asking him if he called them but he shakes his head. He was confused, so do I. We take back our attention to Nathan who's totally not giving a damn about the police.
He totally lost it. He started to run at us but the police were faster and shot him on the shoulders. He lost his grip on the knife and Officer Brent went close to him and handcuffs him saying the police line when they arresting someone. Finally, it's over. I finally gave justice to their death.