It has been three days since the incident. And so far, we haven't heard from Elijah. My blood boils even at the mention of his name. We were now at school. I sat in my history class while Kam sat in her art class. And yeah, the history teacher was on leave today. I was so bored. But then, from my peripheral view, I saw Yulia walking towards me. I sat properly and straightened my clothes. Don't get me wrong here, Yulia and her gang of five girls were all sweet people but they were bossy at times.

'Hey Genevive!' Yulia spoke in her thick French accent. I smiled back at her.

'Hey Yulia! What's up?' I asked her as she took a seat in front of me.

'Gen, is Ian your brother?'

'Ian, as in Ian Carter?' my heart was beating wildly.

'Yeah!'

'No, he is my friend.'

'How did you befriend those boys? They are kinda popular know, like not the badboy type but still...' Yulia spoke while I was sitting clueless as to why she was asking all these.

'The four of us are family friends actually.' I said politely.

'Oh... So how's Ian doing?'

'Pretty good actually.'

'Genevive?'

'Ask.' I was getting impatient.

'You know Melissa right?'

'The one from your gang?' I asked and she nodded. I gave her a thumbs up indicating I knew Melissa.

'She has got a tiny crush on Ian and asked me to ask you if you could set them up! You know since Ian and you are good friends! ' Yulia said as if it was the simplest thing while my heart clenched for some reason. What was I supposed to do now? It was true we weren't in a relationship or anything but I like him.

Wait... Did I just admit that?

'Yulia, Ian doesn't like to have girlfriends.' - I lied with a shrug. The truth was that I didn't want him to have other girlfriends.

'You sure?' she asked and I nodded.

'Ok then, don't mind!' She said with a fake  smile and left. I sighed in relief.
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'Guys, Elijah has been calling me for the past five minutes.' Ian said with a strained face.

'Don't attend!' Asa said and Ian nodded.

'I wonder why he'd be calling us now.' Kam remarked.

'Probably to say give me 1 million dollars or I'll kill you.' Asa spoke with disgust. Just then, Ian's phone rang with Elijah's name flashing on the screen.

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ELIJAH'S POV

      Why were these kids not attending my calls? Too shocked to speak? I smirked a little and dialled Ian again. He rejected. Confused, I decided to read whatever was in the other USB. It's been three days since I have stolen this USB and I hadn't gotten a chance to read it's contents.

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FLASHBACK (3 DAYS AGO)

'Sir, Mr. Miller wants you to submit the Beach Resort file.' Livia, my PA, informed me and I nodded at her. I stood up and went to the top floor, aka His Majesty's cabin. Delano wasn't present there. So I kept the file on his desk and was about to return when something caught my eye. A USB! What was so special about it? It was kept next to the bathroom rug on the floor. As if whoever kept it there, didn't want anybody else to notice it. But of course, since I am extraordinary and talented to perfection, I noticed it.

So yeah back to the point, USB on the floor wasn't appropriate at all. And not to forget Delano was a little too trustworthy. (note the sarcasm). I took it up and observed the place. Luckily I was out of the camera surveillance. I put it in my pocket. It had 'DM' written on it. I just wanted to see what the USB contained. Since Delano loved me a little too much, there was always a chance he'd plot against me. If the USB contained nothing offensive, I'd put it back. I did a victory dance in my brain. Quickly, I went back to my cabin and resumed my work.

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     I got out of my car in the hope of taking a nap. It was then I remembered I had to give the USB to those kids. The USB that'd change all our lives. The USB that'd scream out the truth. I sighed and went to freshen up. I had to move fast. Quickly gulping down the coffee my wife gave me and sending smiles at everyone home, I rushed to vintage cafe. After meeting up with those kids, I handed them 'my' USB and left the place. I couldn't stand there to watch their reactions or anything. It wouldn't be safe.

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PRESENT

     I went to my room to find the USB I had stolen from Delano. After searching for it for almost ten minutes, I found it in my pocket. Yeah, I know I am a pretty skilled man to store things in pockets and all. Would have been more brilliant if your wife washed that pants of yours. My subconscious chipped in but I quickly shrugged it off. I would never let anybody degrade me. Not even my own self. And yeah, I found it in the pocket of my pants that I wore to Vintage cafe last time. I took out my laptop and pinned in the USB. I noticed that my  USB which contains all the truth and His Majesty's USB which probably contains big fat lies looked so damn similar. Even the marking on both were same. DM. I waited for a few more seconds and the USB loaded it's contents. As I read it, my face went pale and my eyes widened in shock as realization hit me hard in the head. My heart was beating wildly and suddenly I knew why those kids were not attending my calls. God knows what lies Delano had written in his USB. Yes, I had given them the wrong USB!

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