I woke up on my bathroom floor, covered in blood and water. I wasn't sure when I'd fallen asleep or how long I was out.

I slowly got up from the floor and changed into a pair of clothes inside the cabinet. I grabbed my phone and realized it had been two whole days since the incident. 

"Did I sleep for that long?" I thought to myself. 

I felt so numb, I wasn't hungry despite not eating for so long. It was only now that I realized the notifications ambushed my phone. Most of them were from the C.B news app. I opened it and gasped, the trending article was titled "Young Man Found Dead Behind The Cemetery"

They were talking about Ethan! 

I read the article and realized that a few hours after I left, a man's dog sniffed out Ethan's body and the cops were called.

I felt so bad for Mrs Smith, in just four months she lost her entire family. I couldn't imagine how hard this was for her.

I still felt so guilty about what happened to Ethan, he had so many hopes and dreams but they're all gone now, all because of me. 

I wasn't sure if I should or shouldn't call his parents, I didn't know what to say to them.

The next few hours passed by in a blur, I barely ate or slept, and I felt so stupid. My parents didn't have that much money, but they still struggled to send me to college and I wasted it all.

There was nothing left for me here anymore, no college to attend, no mystery to solve, and most of all, no money to live by.

I was supposed to graduate last week, which meant my parents would stop giving me my monthly money. 

Just then, I heard a knock on my door. I opened it and my parents barged in with a furious look on their faces.

"What the hell, Arya?" My dad screamed.

"Woah, chill," I told him.

"You expect us to be chill?" My mom shrieked. "We saw the news yesterday to find your friend dead, we call a million times but you don't respond, so we fly all the way here, only to find out that your apartment burned down" 

"We were worried sick about you," Nathan said. 

"I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys" I sighed "There was just a lot going on"

"Like what?" My dad asked, angrily.

"Also, how could you not mention you dropped out of college?" My mom asked, disappointed. 

I felt so bad, they must've been so worried about me. I was so selfish.

I broke down into tears, and my parents tried to console me. My tears came non-stop for the next five minutes. I'd ruined everything.

"Don't cry, sweetie," My dad said while hugging me.

"I came by two months ago, everything seemed fine," My mom said "What changed?"

"I have a confession to make," I said taking a deep breath. I couldn't keep lying to them.

"Go on," My dad said.

"It's ok, you can tell us, we won't judge you," Nathan said. Aw, he was so cute.

"I dropped out of college," I said.

"We know," My mom said rolling her eyes. "But why?"

"My friend Olivia died a few months ago, right after I came here from Christmas break," I told them. "I wanted to find her killer, so me and this girl named Taylor worked on the mystery, then we got kidnapped but escaped, and some men tried to kill us, that's when a scientist named Kaylee saved us, and we told her about the mystery"

"Wait, you got kidnapped?!?!?!? When??!?!" My mom shrieked.

"Right before you came over," I said, sheepishly.

"I can't believe you wouldn't tell us," Dad said disappointed.

"Anyway, it turned out that Kaylee was the killer in disguise, and her non-disguised version was named Caia, who's Taylor's long lost sister, and they both turned against me and tried to kill me and Ethan, we tried to bargain, and they made an example out of Ethan by killing only him" 

My family had a lot of questions in the middle of my storytelling, so instead of trying to tell the story in short, I told them the whole thing.

"OMG!" Nathan exclaimed.

"How could you not tell me?" My mom asked, shakily. 

"I-It's complicated" I stammered.

"I know what I did was wrong, okay?" I said between sniffles. "But I thought I had no choice when I saw Olivia's body like that, I just felt like I owed it to her"

My family's expression soon changed from rage to pity.

"Oh, sweetie, we understand why you did it, I just wish you'd told us," My mom said hugging me.

"Thanks, mom," I said "And you're right, I regret keeping this from you." I said "And dad, I have to tell you something"

"What?" He asked.

"Logan got arrested," I said.

"Wait, what?" Dad screamed. "Why?"

"Well, we thought Logan was the killer so we followed him, but turns out he wasn't" I explained.

"Then why did Mr Smith get arrested?" Nathan asked.

"He was selling weapons to evil people," I told them "He died in jail a few weeks later"

"He's dead?" Mom asked in horror "I always knew something was off about him, I just thought he was cheating on his wife. I never thought he'd be this evil"

"I know," I said.

"First thing we need to do is go to the police station," Dad told us.

"No way!" I said.

"Why not?" Nathan asked, confused.

"Were you not paying attention?" I asked, "They killed Ethan, what if they do the same to me?"

"Yes, but you mentioned that they moved away," Mom said "They'll never know what hit them"

"I don't know, it seems too risky," I said "I don't wanna die"

"We won't let that happen," Dad said.

"Your father is right," Mom said. "We can't let them get away with what they did to you"

"The cops will keep you safe till those two are arrested," Dad said.

It took a little more convincing, but I eventually agreed to go down to the station. I changed my clothes, brushed my hair and all that because I kind of looked like a mess.

We booked a cab and went to the station.

"What are you doing here?" An officer asked.

"My daughter would like to confess," My mom said. I got annoyed when she spoke for me, especially since I'm an adult now, but I decided to let this one slide, I couldn't argue with her right now.

"Name?" He asked.

"Arya Moore" I replied.

"Ok, follow me," He said.

I turned back to see my family all giving me reassuring looks, I gave them a weak smile before following the officer.

They took me to an interrogation room, with a detective sitting on a chair in front of me, and a bunch of other cops recording the whole thing from outside.

I took a deep breath before I started to explain everything, they looked so shocked. I finally finished after thirty minutes.

"I'm impressed," The detective said. "You've accomplished what none of the cops could"

I nodded.

"Thank you, for coming down here," He said "You can leave now"

"I need cop protection, what if they try to kill me for telling you?" I asked.

"Ok, we'll send cops to guard your house," He said.

"We will find and arrest  Caia and Taylor Anderson by the next 48 hours"

Author's note: Hey guys! Long time, it's not like I was busy or anything, I just didn't know how to continue, but now I know. I think there's gonna be one more chapter + epilogue. Nothing much to say, except the usual, comment and vote. Thanks for all your support, see ya next week!