Athena's Point of View

2 months later...

I was walking in the corridor when suddenly someone called me.

"Athena, wait!" Keanu shouted as he was running toward me.

"What's up?" I smiled as I answered him. He was panting as soon as he arrives in front of me.

"Do you already have a partner in homecoming?" He asked like he was embarrassed to say it.

"No, I'm all alone,"

"Oh! Uhmm... Can I be your escort?" He said while his sweats are slowly falling on his forehead, biting his lower lip.

"Of course! Of course!" I tapped his shoulder to calm him down, and he smiled back at me.

I went straight to my apartment and toss my things on my bed as I take my clothes off. I took a long cold bath to relieve my stress, as waters drip on my hair, I took a glance at the scar on my wrists. Remembering how I slit my wrist from depression.

After I took a shower, I went outside and saw the landlady looking over at Jax's apartment. She looked at me and came towards me.

"Young lady, the owner of this room is already gone for a couple of months now. Will you help me to unoccupied this place and find some way to take the things out?"

"Yes, sure I'll help you" I quickly opened the door of Jax's apartment and then memories flashed in my mind of when he was still here. I shook my head to forget about those moments. I came in and started to pack the things.

"Young lady, could I leave you here? I have something to do. Just call me if you need anything, okay?"

"Alright. Ms. Jones," I responded to her and continued my business.

While I was cleaning, I saw the family picture that Jax grabbed in my hands. This time, I looked at it very closely, and it turns out it was Jax's family.

Where could they be? Are they still here? If it does, why is Jax all alone?

It took me a long time to finish everything since every time I clean an area; I saw valuable and precious things that maybe one day Jax might want to keep it.

After a long hour of cleaning, I decided to take all the trash out and inform the landlady that the place was now empty.

I went to my work at the convenience store, and everything was usual. Not until two armed guys barged in aiming their guns at me and the customer did I automatically hold my hands up high and place them on my head.

"Don't fight back! Give me the money!" He ordered me, still aiming the gun at me.

I saw the other hold upper on the convex mirror of the shop threatening a mother and a child, which is now crying in fear. I instantly opened the cash box and handed it to him obediently.

He grabs it in my hands and he was about to pull the trigger but then a guy came in and shoot the holdupper's leg, making him lose his balance and fall to the floor. The guy pinned the hold upper and place handcuffs on his hands.

The other hold upper appeared and shoot the guy, but good thing he was able to avoid it. The bullet blasts on the counter and I instantly duck and hide below, enough to protect myself from another bullet.

The noise stopped. As I peek, the hold uppers were now on the ground, lying as their hands were tied.

"Is everybody okay?" The guy asked, and everyone nodded their heads in response. The guy took his walkie-talkie and reports the scene.

I stood up and thank him by bowing my head a little to him. Minutes passed, police appeared and arrested the hold uppers, the ambulance also came in case someone got hurt.

The guy came toward me as he introduces himself.

"I'm sorry for earlier. I hope you're okay, ma'am. By the way, I'm a criminal investigator assigned to this town. I'm police officer Liam Beckett," he handed his hands to mine, and I took them as I introduce myself.

"Yes, I'm okay. Thank you for earlier, sir. I'm Athena McCarthy working a part-time job here"

"Nice to meet you. If you need anything, you can call me anytime. I just lived nearby"

"Alright sir," I responded to him. He nods his head and turns his back on me as he walked toward the others. A police officer came toward me to give him information about what had happened earlier.

I stand as a witness to the scene, and they ask me a few questions. The victims were also treated by the medical authorities and also they start to investigate what happened. I also inform my manager about what happened and there are a lot of things to start at it again.

After everything, I walked alone in the dark, going towards my apartment. And I got this feeling of someone watching me from afar.

I turn my back and saw a guy near the lamppost, and I thought it was him. I walked faster, going to that lamppost, expecting that it would be him. As I arrive, I called out his name.

"Jax?" He came out from the shadow and I was surprised.

"So, you're still thinking about him?"

"Oh, hey Dash, I'm sorry—I just thought... It was him." I bowed my head as I answered him.

"How are you?" He asked me, looking straight at me while his hands were in his pocket.

"I'm good. How about you?"

"Same as usual," he smiled as he rolled his eyes.

"By the way, my mom invited you for dinner." I bit my lip before I could reply to him.

"Yeah sure, just call me when" then I slowly turn my back on him. I closed my eyes and felt discomfort after everything happened.

The next day, Dash's message me about the dinner, and so I prepared myself before going to their place.

As I arrive, his mom welcomed me with a hug, and his father greeted me. We sat in the kitchen and prayed before digging up.

"How are you, Athena? I never heard the news about you from Dash," she asked as she was busy slicing her steak.

"I'm fine, I just got busier from school works and my job"

"By the way, your mother dropped a letter here for you since she never knew your place," Mr. Wilson said as he wipes his lip with a napkin. He stood up and took the letter, then handed it over to me. I took it as I thanked him.

"The Latest update about the case of Benjamin Wilson 2 months ago"

Every one of us turned our gaze to the television. All of them were focused, but I was nervous. I felt my skin start to get cold and my heart was palpitating so fast.

"The suspect Jax Lombardi was now arrested after he surrendered himself to the authorities. He is now under investigation and will be charged for homicide and will be in prison for 10 years."

My heart skipped a beat after what I heard. I accidentally lose my grip on the spoon, and it falls to the floor. Does his life end here? And is this already the end of us?