Chapter 11

  " I  don't know what am feeling , I don't know what am doing, neither do I know why am doing so. But is done has been done , no going back" Said the latter.

"Won't the cops question for us for being here? Ariel stared at Nate who was literally busy on his phone. The cool breeze filled the late spring afternoon.

"They are done with their search" He dipped his one into his pocket. "So chill,  girl" Ariel was sure he had noticed her tense expression. She was scared of what they might find out and not knowing how to hide her emotions would literally worsen it. So she simply rolled her eyes walking a little bit ahead of him as they approached The abandoned Beverly towers.

"We are not heading to the tower" He screamed slightly making her stop her pace.

"Where then?" Ariel gave him a questioning look.

"Am sure the phone isn't there since the cops already searched the entire building"He walked to where she was turning around.

"Do you think Camille met this person on her own accord?" He suddenly asked a question which she probably knew the answer to or not. But then, her mind drifted to the day at the memorial. She had seen when Camille left immediately they were done with the burial not heading to the road but to a path along Beverly tower?

"Mm?" He looked at Ariel seeing she didn't respond and had a weird expression on her face.

"And how am supposed to know that... maybe he stalked her I guess" Ariel bit her lips as she didn't say what she had in mind maybe I was mistaken.

"I don't think so, let's search the nearby path" He pointed to a distant sloppy path.

"We are not splitting" Ariel said walking ahead .

"You scared?" He chuckled lightly catching up with her.

Time:4:00pm.

Location: ???

As usual the dark room looked gloomy as a man in a dark red cloak was seated reading a through his laptop this time he wasn't wearing his usual black mask his face was unusually bare with a thin, rough scar on his left cheek one could say the scar was ugly and at the same time different due to the rough shape it had.

"What are you doing?" A blonde high-pitched girly voice filled the room as she stepped in making the man brows crease in annoyance.

"Don't you know how to knock?" He glared at her angrily with his deep voice resounding in the room.

"Huh? You are not wearing your hideous mask today? That's surprising" she sat down on a chair with her cross-legged.

"Watch your tongue" He turned to what he was doing knowing that no amount of effort he tried to make her scared of him won't work.

"It's all over the news, uncle" she stated while looking at his direction.

He didn't respond which she had expected.

"Don't you think you need to stop?" The blonde girl ask slowly waiting for his reaction.

But still he remained focused and didn't respond like he didn't hear what she had asked which pissed her off.

"You're suddenly dump and deaf, that's surprising" she takes a laughter.

"If you don't have anything to say Darby just leave" he finally talked with a tone of anger in his voice.

"Don't call my name again and who was the student who met with you?She stood up walking towards where he sat.

"When did my business become your headache uh?" He smirked.

"Uncle...I know this isn't about my sister anymore but about your past misery" she crossed her arms.

"Misery, you say?" He stood up walking towards the door. "Just remember the days are been numbered for all sinners and that doesn't make you an exception."

"Same goes to you, My dearest Uncle" she hissed angrily walking away.

Time: 4:35pm.

" We've been searching for the past thirty minutes, don't you think which should call it a day?" Ariel walked towards Nate who was busy looking under the grasses.

No response.

She sighed and sat down on a rock which sat firmly on the ground.

Then suddenly Nate came towards her and bent down to her level making her pull back.

"What are - you doing?"Ariel asked slowly and surprised at the same time.

"Do you have Camille's phone number" He said not minding the way he was close to her.

Ariel stood up immediately. "You could have asked without coming so close"she brought out her phone and started scrolling down her contact list but stopped when she saw her name Camille.

"Why do you want it?" She asked looking at him.

"To call her phone... Did you find her number?"

Nate saw the ' are you okay' look on her face.

"It might ring or something" he looked away frustrated and at the same time exhausted from the fruitless searching.

"Mm... Yes" She tapped on her name and it started to ring which surprised the both of them. After some nervous seconds it stopped ringing.

"Call it again" Nate said walking to a nearby distance, Ariel did as he asked by calling the number again with a anxious look.

"Found it " Nate yelled while bending down to look at a cracked phone which was slightly covered by the overgrown leaves it was still ringing. Ariel came over while cutting the call. They didn't know whether to scream in happiness that they found the phone which they had lost hope of finding.

"Told ya " he flashed a smile as he picked it but immediately the phone went totally blank.

"Looks like it went out of battery or got messed up some where" Nate said scanning around the phone.

"Will you hand it over to the detective?" Ariel asked with a questioning look.

"I don't think so" He walked on

"Do you think what will might find will be really shocking?" she suddenly asked with him knowing where the question was coming from.

"To be honest... I don't know but chill girl" He said casually putting his strong arms around her neck.

"What the -" She flung his arms off her neck.

"That was rough"

"We are not friends enough for you to be doing that you know" she said looking at Nate who had a smiling look.

"So what level do I need to attain that?" He casually asked.

"Hmm... when you get there I would let you know" she walked on as they approached the road to get to the nearby bus stop.

"So I should keep trying then?"

"You talk alot, you know" she chuckled.

"Been a while I saw you laugh while we are together" Nate stated.

"Oh really"

"Yeah"