Is He Your Boyfriend?

"Where'd you pick her from?" Deb, standing at akimbo, asked her father.

"She found me here"

'Has she been acting strange, like..weird or…"

"Yeah she has"

"What's she doing?"

"Wandering around the house at night, sleeps while sitting on the bed….

"You mean she sits and sleep?" David interrupted.

"Yea…almost threw him out last night" Deb's father replied.

'Gross"

"Yea…just like the strange girl called Eleven in 'Stranger things'…"

"Eleven lies down while sleeping" David scoffed.

"No she doesn't"

"You didn't watch the original 'Stranger Things'…" David added.

"Deb" Amanda called her and she turned immediately.

"Can I talk to you for a minute?" she said, heading outside. Deb sighed and followed her. David stared at Claire and turned his eyes to Deb's father who smiled aggressively at him.

"David and I can't stay here with your father and that kid, I-I'm sorry but it's very risky for us both, for we all" Amanda, looking at Deb, said.

"I understand what you're talking about and we living, ain't gonna let you and David stay here either" Deb replied.

"Thank you"

"But what do you think that we are supposed to do with the kid?"

"I don't know, I don't think I can do anything positive for her, she killed my sister and my Dad" Amanda replied and got Deb staring steadily at her.

"You and I knows that she was been used by a demon"

"Everyone else can believe that including me too but I can't really stand her sight, you know what am saying right?" she sobbed and exhaled imperceptibly.

"Come on baby, you don't have to do that" Deb said and hugged her.

"Don't worry a shit about her, I will take care of her myself" she replied and went to her father.

"Am adopting the child"

'What"

'No you're not doing that" David said harshly.

Adam brought Maxine to his office and made her sit opposite her. Alice stood outside, leaned beside the door and was eavesdropping to their conversation

"What does she look like?"

"Australian, but she looked very young"

"Like your age?"

"Maybe"

"What were you doing with Alex in the toilet?"

"I-I ummm, Jane texted me that ummm…

'Who's Jane" Adam interrupted.

"My School mate"

"Okay?"

'She texted me to come to the toilet and Alex was there when she texted, so he followed me"

"So he followed you to the bathroom and the masked killer appeared from nowhere and stabs him from the back?"

"You have to believe me sir"

"Off course I do, I do…but he could have defended himself, what was he doing that he didn't notice the killer?" Adam asked, staring at Maxine.

"He was uhmm…"

"Making out with you?'

"I'm sorry but I warned him to stop but he wouldn't…

"Is he your boyfriend?"

"No-no he's not"

"Does your boyfriend know about that?"

"Is that supposed to be part of this investigation?" Maxine asked her.

"Okay, do you think that Jane set you up?"

"No, no Jane can't do that'

"Why'd you say so?"

"She's my closest friend and I know what she can do and what she can't. she can't set me or Alex up with a killer" Maxine said out loudly, staring at out. Adam brought out a pen and a sketch book out from the drawer in the table.

"I heard you re great in sketching" he said and Maxine nodded in.

"I want you to sketch me the picture of the girl you saw when the mask fell off, I'll be back in twenty" he said after drooping the pen and paper in front of Maxine. He headed out of the office. When he opened the door, Alice has already left.