Chapter ten,

her conscious is ticking

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   "YOU DIDN'T CATCH WHO THE ASSAILANT IS?" An officer had questioned Naomi, again. She had a cigarette that was just simply between her lips, removing it to exhale once, again.

   Her eyes were just bloodshot red, she was suffering many emotions. The plan was just to scare the friend group, Quinn pretending to play dead, she had no idea that her brother was going to commit murder, especially murdering her friend. Her conscious was ticking — She could admit the truth, right now and just get this shit over with, but out of her fucking fear, afraid of what her father can do to her for being a snitch, she had ultimately decided against admitting the truth.

   She was just bad as them.

   Lying, again to the officer that's simply in front of her own eyes, "No. My boyfriend and I alongside Tara had all ran out of the apartment before it was shut on us, and then calling all of you for help." Her voice cracked.

   Naomi had roamed her eyes around, she noticed her boyfriend not from a far distance from her that simply was waiting for her, he had sent her a reassuring smile that she had delivered back to him before it vanished, her spirits were brutally down.

   The officer had wrote that down in the notepad that was in his hand, sighing in defeat, speaking to her in complete sorrow, "If we find anything, we'll give you a call, Naomi. I'm sorry for the loss of Quinn, I'll keep your father and you in my prayers." He had given her shoulder a gentle squeeze before heading back towards the rest of the police officers.

   Naomi exhaled her breath, mumbling to her own self, "Keep me in your prayers before I end up murdered by my father." She had placed the cigarette, again between her lips.

   The figure appeared beside her, "I told you your dad is sketchy, and to not leave the damn game. . ." Romans eyes had roamed around the area, speaking again, "You need to stop letting your fear of him to get the best of you, Naomi. You need to stand up for yourself, you have a better motive on betraying your family." He quickly exclaimed as he was referring to the motive being that they taken Richie's side over her side.

   Naomi simply had tears dribbling down her eyes, exhaling again, speaking to the figure that was simply beside her, "What fucking motive? I literally have no damn motive, Roman." She had simply stressed on about. 

   Too busy arguing with herself, well that's what it seem like to her boyfriend. He couldn't help, but wonder on who she was was speaking with, he's always noticed her rambling, but she simply tells him that she talks to herself, that she's always talked to herself.

His attention was simply brought to a figure that had appeared towards them, clenching his jaw at the sight of the person who wasn't at the apartment last night, "Where were you!?" His voiced boomed loudly, and was seen shoving the boy against the back of a vehicle.

Naomi's attention was brought to her boyfriend, his yelling is what ultimately had captured her attention, running towards her boyfriend to simply send him comfort.

Ethan was morally confused on what his roommate was simply inclining at this sudden outburst, "What? when?" He had exclaimed.

Chad who yelled out, "Last night."

Naomi attempted to relax her boyfriend, especially since police officers were staring at him, "Chad, sweetheart. Calm down." She had soothed his arm, that was comforting to him.

Ethan who was glancing at the couple, speaking to them, "I had Econ. You know this." He defended himself.

Chad simply clenched his own jaw, as he simply pressed a kiss on his girlfriends head as an apology for the yelling that he was going to continue doing, "Bullshit, man! You disappear, and my sister almost gets killed." He angrily told his roommate.

Naomi bit the inside of her cheek.

She had felt extremely guilty for this. Her boyfriends sister could've died last night, and she's also to blame. Her conscious was ticking like a time bomb.

Ethan had stumbled with his own words, "D-dude I was in a study hall with a hundred other people." He reminded before speaking to him once, again, "You can ask any of them." He had retorted.

Chad sighed in defeat pulling his girlfriend with him and away from the boy, calmly was speaking, again, "Fuck, man." He didn't know now what to believe anymore, he was beyond furious and confused.

Ethan had glanced around the area, fake sorrow was just laced in his voice that only his sister was able to detect, "Oh, my God. Who?" He questioned.

Naomi had to refrain from rolling her eyes.

He knew exactly who that was.

Chad had simply answered him, eyes had roamed to his girlfriend, "Quinn and Anika." His arm slung around his girlfriends shoulder, as she leaned into him for comfort, he felt sad for his girlfriend who lost her sister, the entire remaining night, and early morning she had spent it crying, as he assumed those tears were for her sister.

Except all of these tears, tears that were soaking up her shirt they were all for Anika Kayoko. Naomi had actually wished her sister was the one who ended up dead, she wanted her sister dead alongside her brother and dad.

They were ruining her fucking life, the same way that Richie Kirsch had spent his entire life ruining her childhood years until his very last fucking breath.

   She remained zoned out until someone was approaching her, and snapping her out of her own thoughts, "Your dad wants to talk to you, Naomi." The soft voice belonging to Tara who had offered her a sad smile.

   Chad who wasn't letting go of his girlfriend had spoken to her in concern, "You want me to go with?" He didn't feel comfortable with his girlfriend alone with Detective Bailey, he didn't know if this was the person hurting his girl, so he found it best if he were to go with her.

Naomi had shook her head, "No. I'll be fine." It's not like he can even hurt her in front of all these people, he always had a tendency of just slapping her on the face cheek, all while yelling at her also.

She had quickly pressed a soft kiss on her boyfriends lips before heading on over to her dad who pulled her into a hug, his grip was just tightening on her that had made her wince in simple pain, though to others it would just somehow seem like two family members who are grieving the loss of someone, but it was far from that.

Naomi wincing, "You're hurting me."

Bailey had snarled into his daughters ear, as he had also dug his finger against his daughters back, "You see how easy that was for us to get rid of someone you love?" He taunted her, as that made her eyes get glossy, "You disobey me, again Naomi. . . that boyfriend of yours is next, and I'd give you front row on his death before murdering you." He harshly spat at her.

Naomi had began to lightly sob, all while he had pulled away from the hug, and squeezing her arms, tightly, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I won't disobey you, again. Please, don't hurt him." She had whispered back to him.

No one was aware of what was happening to the father-daughter that was standing in the corner, he was just simply blocking everyone's view to catch a glimpse of Naomi, all everyone can see was his back.

Defective Bailey had kissed his daughters forehead, all while she was cried in discomfort from the conversation and this, "Good girl." He ultimately left his daughter to sob in the corner who had fell towards the ground, the palm of her hands placed on the cement floor to keep her steady from her sobbing.

Chad ran towards his girlfriend, pulling her into his lap, pushing her hair aside from her face, "Naomi, are you okay? What did he do to you? Did he hurt you, again?" Panic was laced in his voice.

He hadn't realized Mindy headed on over here, eyebrows furrowed, "What do you mean 'again'? Naomi are you in danger?" She wasn't able to bend down from her wound, but she was already getting concerned for her brother's girlfriend, especially with what her brother had revealed.

Is detective Bailey an abuser? Is Naomi in any kind of danger? She had so many thoughts.

Naomi who remained sobbing on her boyfriends lap, she wasn't responding to them. His touch was comforting her, but she couldn't stop crying from her dads threat, though her eyes had widened when she seen someone, and it wasn't just anyone. The person approaching her father alongside the Carpenter sisters was Gale Weathers.

Her crying slowed down, "Is that Gale Weathers?" She had questioned them, as she ignored their questions about her dad.

The twins nodding their head, "Yeah."

She had nodded her head despite still trembling in quite the fear that her boyfriend wanted to so desperately know, he didn't want his girlfriend to be in danger, but unlike him who was concerned about this, her concern was set on something else. She just needed to get close to Gale Weathers in order to retrieve on what she wants, and find her ticket way out of this damn mess.

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞, hope you
liked chapter ten.

I feel like this chapter is rushed.

But, I'm excited on what
Naomi is going to pull off...
you think Chad will find out
on what is happening to his
girlfriend?