12

After about two hours, the policeman called again. Finn already felt like life was making fun of him and I was just waiting to hear how that Serenity killed herself.

"Hello Mr. Finneas."

"Hello."

"The autopsy results are in, Mrs. Serenity Hale appears to have died of mercury poisoning, apparently she injected herself with a syringe, filled with mercury. She probably got it from a thermometer."

"Thanks for the result, goodbye!" "Goodbye."

Mercury poisoning? Why the hell would she even think of such a method, she couldn't just kill herself in a way that didn't require an autopsy like cutting her veins, hanging herself, throwing herself off a building. I wouldn't have believed her capable of injecting a dangerous substance like mercury into her veins. Finn was just as confused as I was, he didn't understand what made her kill herself like that. After 2 days I was studying for my exam, I still haven't confronted Darren about what he did to Finn, mostly because I don't even know where Darren was. It was as if he had disappeared after he left dance classes, I go down to the kitchen to eat something and I hear the doorbell, I was getting ready to confront him because I was one hundred percent convinced it was Darren. I open the door and there was, an older woman, she had black hair and brown eyes, she was elegantly dressed, her mascara was running down her face as if she had been crying.She looks at me and approaches me, all she does is leave an invitation in my hand, I don't even get to ask her who she is, what she wants, what this invitation is because she is already leaving. I open the envelope on which the invitation was written and I was about to faint.

"Dear Hugo, I wrote this invitation especially for you, don't be scared if a stranger gives it to you, it's just my mother. I invite you to my funeral, Sunday at 2:00 p.m., G. cemetery. Signed, Serenity."

Next to that mini text was a picture of the church near the cemetery. Why would she invite me? What else does she want from me? She died! Does she think I'm going to inject myself and go after her? No way. My phone is ringing, it's a group call. Lydia, Finn and Aiden. I answer and Aiden says with a small hint of sadness in his voice. "As you know, your colleague has passed away, her funeral will take place on Sunday at 14:00 at the G. cemetery, try to go, you have known her for a long time, notify the others, even those who have left the classes. " None of us had anything to say in contrary, we all said we were going even though Lydia and I didn't get along with her. I also announce Finn, the only one I couldn't announce was Darren, he wouldn't answer text, calls, anything

Sunday, 1:00 p.m

There was still an hour until the funeral, I was dressed in a black suit, I was wearing a black tie. A bunch of people were going to the cemetery, some were crying, some were trying not to faint and some of us were trying not to make a sigh of relief that we got rid of a problem, at 2:00 pm we were allowed to enter the church, the service began, the priest said the words and I and the others were quiet, a deep silence. The priest was saying the words, suddenly a gunshot is heard and we see the priest fall to the ground, blood was flowing from his throat like a waterfall. We all panicked because several shots were heard, everyone was hiding under the chairs, some were screaming in pain because they were shot. Something made me want to see what kind of lunatic started shooting like that out of the blue at a funeral.There were 3 people, dressed in black, they seemed to be gangsters, but what shocked me was the fourth person. Was it... Serenity? How the hell was Serenity here? She didn't die, did she fake her death?

They were shooting whoever they caught, my mind was focused on Aiden, Lydia and Finn, and Nevaeh too. I try to move on my knees so that she doesn't see me and shoot me, among all the corpses, I notice one, it looked familiar. Aiden? I kept from panicking as I searched for Lydia, Nevaeh, and Finn Nevaeh I find her, she was rather scared. "Hugo, did you find Finn, is he safe? Please tell me he's safe." "

No Nevaeh I haven't found him yet." We go to look for him and we see Lydia, she was in a sitting position, holding Finn in her lap, he was shot in the stomach, still breathing. "Lydia..." I say as I scan her too to see if she was hurt...she was shot in the leg. Nevaeh panics.

"Lydia, your calf is bleeding."

Lydia looked horrified and held back from screaming. I pull out the phone to call the police and to also call for medical help

"I already called." Nevaeh said. She was stroking Finn's hair trying to keep him awake. "Don't fall asleep!"

"But Nevaeh, I'm dying of pain!"

"It doesn't matter, don't fall asleep!"

I wanted to get up to face her only to find myself with a gun to my head. He was a tall man, probably one of her gangsters. "Don't move or I'll blow your brains out."

Fear filled me, at the same time I couldn't help but notice the horrified looks on my friends faces as they tried not to scream. I was getting ready to die and I heard a shot, luckily it wasn't me who got shot but the gangster who was holding the gun to my head. The police had arrested the 3 men but Serenity was nowhere to be seen among those in handcuffs, had she run away? The ambulances came to take all the dead bodies, they also took Aiden's. They also took the injured people, including Finn and Lydia.