Sophia
Turning around, I saw Liam still asleep, looking at peace. I barely got any sleep these days. My nights usually consisted of staring at the ceiling as if it was some interesting art piece till I got the little sleep I do get nowadays. And right now I was back to doing just that.
When will the killer be found? When will they be arrested? When will we finally be free from this hellhole? Lord, save us.
I took my phone from the side table and dialed a number I hadn't in a while. Luckily, the network complied and the call actually went through.
"Soph?"
"Hey oli"
"What's up with you? Mom told me a bit but I'm so worried. Are you even okay?"
"I'm barely holding up, but that's fine. Look, I don't know how much longer it'll take but I'm glad I can finally talk to you. Just take care, okay?"
"Okay."
"What about Iris?"
"She's surviving. We all are. But don't worry, we'll be back sooner than we think"
"Alright sis, take care"
"I will. You too"
I ended the call and sighed, my gaze drifting back up to the ceiling.
Just then I heard the doorbell ring followed by loud banging on the door. I took the blanket off of me and getting up, I rushed to open the door. I saw the detective standing right there and the officer behind him. I stepped aside, giving them space to enter the place.
Mr Yuto stepped in, clearing his throat he said, "Call everyone down, we have evidence"
My eyes widened.
Finally!
Hopefully the killer is found out soon. I go towards the room to wake up liam and Iris comes down at the same time.
"They found some evidence, can you call Isla and Carl? I'm going to wake Liam up."
She just nodded and went towards Carl's room.
Entering our room, I moved towards liam. "Hey, Liam, wake up" I shook his shoulders.
It didn't take too long for him to wake up "What's wrong, soph?"
"The detective is here, he's found some evidence"
As soon as he heard that he got up and headed out faster than a beam of light. I followed behind him, as we went down.
Isla was heading out with Iris as Carl was already standing there, looking confused as hell.
"So, I found some evidence"
All of us looked at him, waiting for him to reveal further
"I found fingerprints on the knife, I guess the killer wasn't too smart about it after all. The fingerprints we found on the knife that stabbed Claire are those of Isla"
Wait, hold up a minute.
Isla.
Isla?
Are you kidding me?
I looked at the officer as he explained what exactly happened but I couldn't hear him. I don't even know if I can move right now. Me and Iris have known her since school. We've been together so long, Sure, she was silent and closed off, but a killer? I couldn't imagine her being one.
"We found the same fingerprints on her arms. She probably tried defending herself, and that's how the fingerprints are there"
How is this possible? How can this be?
He walked towards Isla
"You have anything to say for yourself?"
She looked pale. Her face as white as a ghost's.
She gulped.
"It was because she was going to kill Carl"
The detective raised a brow "She was going to kill Carl? Would you mind explaining?"
"I got up in the middle of the night because I wanted to drink water, so I went to the kitchen. But when I was in the kitchen, I saw her walking towards Carl's room. I found it weird because why would she be going to his room so late? So I went behind her and then saw her take out the knife. I couldn't let that happen in front of my eyes so I tried pulling her away. After I tried stopping her, she was now behind me, because I'd seen her about to kill him"
She took a breath in before continuing
"Then I moved away, thinking that she'd move towards me to kill me, but instead she went closer to him. After that, I pulled her back and tripped her. After getting up, she went after me. I ran towards the kitchen and she followed, but she would've killed me, so instead I stabbed her to save my own life"
Mr Yuto seemed to think about something before looking at her
"Now I don't know how much truth your defense holds but you'll be taken to court. This much is clear that you murdered him but your crime isn't completely clear. The sentence will be decided by the judge in the court."
She just looked at him.
"Did you kill Ethan?"
Her arms were crossed as she nodded.
"Yes...yes I did"
He pinched his nose as he sighed
"Why?"
"Because he tried to rape me. At the time, I took the first thing near me which was the knife. I went to the room to check if Iris was still there, but when he saw me, he made me come in with some excuse, then he trapped me on the bed, when he tried to force himself on me, I took the knife beside me and stabbed him. I wouldn't have done it multiple times but he tried to choke me. So I did it multiple times out of panic. After that I felt so dirty, so then before I knew what I was doing, I did the thing which made it all worse before he died"
What the actual hell?
Lord, if this is true...
I turned to look at Liam but his face was so pale and he looked too shook.
I shook his shoulders to bring him back and tried calming him down.
The detective looked at Isla.
"You confess to both these crimes, irrespective of the reason which will be proved soon?"
"Yes, I confess to my crimes"
"Since the crime was committed in Indonesia, the case will be taken care of the same government. All of you will be taken to another area. You all need to be present in court, and all of you are restricted from leaving the country right now."
I sighed and nodded while the others also could do not much more than just nodding.
Even as the things were clearer, I had a feeling that even though it all seemed clearer, things had only gotten more messed up than ever before.
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