"No! Please, don't... Help me! Someone please help!" She cried out the top of her lungs -running down the hallway towards her brother's room. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQLulrKyOi
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There was no one there but she already knew. In one swift movement, she felt a rope tightening around her neck forcing her to ground. She scampered around, trying to free herself. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ru1wkIBbr
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Breathing became impossible and dead she was. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizhEDhpi7j
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The morning sun peeked through the curtains of Timothy Graham's bedroom. He had no intention of moving from his bed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ46N8lNMd7M
"Timothy!" His mother, Tiffany called from downstairs.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdNdsQ7TDa
He was now fully irritated and popped his head under the pillow which supported his head. His bedroom door flung open and he knew that it was somewhat late 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKxWyYOzut
"Rise and shine lover boy, it's senior ditch day!" Jessica his childhood bestfriend announced, jumping onto his bed.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvivCl8SzA
"I'm fully awake damn woman," he said irritated.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxqBbMZOJy
"Cranky as hell!" She rolled her eyes, "have you seen the picture up on East High Weekly? I made cover!" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3ciPdv6s3
"Wow!" Timothy rolled his eyes, turned to his side and seeked for his phone on his beside cabinet.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaiwIRiiuP
Jessica was now standing in front of the mirror, combing her bangs even though they weren't out of place.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbgSmBuQuhE
"She hasn't posted anything yet. She's a total ghost on us."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhVDaLgBmM
"I was not..." Timothy tried to argue.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XB6wckGMB
"Did you forget I've known you since the third grade, since before you and your mom split from Hemshore!? I know you're into her, I don't know why the hell but yeah." She shrugged her shoulders and adjusted her cheer uniform as it slid up.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZ9UFP5RPh
"Aren't you friends?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1540ZkFD19
"Not by choice, no." Jessica's voice sounded bitter and Timothy quickly caught on. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfUPrl4rVd
He rouse from his bed and moved to his closet, "You've been friends since I returned...about how long? Over five years and I've never seen you talk about your friendship this way."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYGjQuDdnJ
"Friends don't throw themselves at their friends' boyfriends."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXAlYPGKyH
"Poppy and Chuck?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSLnBgaLdV
Jessica waved her index finger through the air, "oh nah...Chuck knows where it's sweet and juicy. I guess Mike and Poppy got into it again and she was like all over Chuck, touching on him. Urgh!"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZsP9hKgII
Timothy chuckled, "Call her out on it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwe9IkgXTJ
"You know what Timothy, sometimes I feel like you've been abducted by aliens who raised you all this time. You've been here since sophomore year but clearly you haven't been paying any attention. Too busy up in Poppy's fake blog."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxfmcprQMo
"There's nothing fake about her blog. She tackles real issues. It's not about shoes and girl drama. It's the realest thing Poppy Marshall has ever done. I think you're just jealous."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRBqtz2Rjj
"This is why you don't have friends. Keep on defending the backstabbing bitch and you'll have none."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YPxgSIyu6
Timothy chuckled, "I have no friends by choice. You should be lucky you're standing here. Seriously Jess, if you feel like they're not the crowd you wanna hang around, you could always come sit by me."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2iEIpsgSz
"I can't... Look, Poppy is nothing I can't handle. It's almost graduation, I'll be rid of them soon enough. Ditching them isn't as easy as you may think."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtGwL2qTph
"Is there something you're not telling me, Jess?" He said as he watched her intently.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v4M5rN8bm
"Things are really different from what they see from our appearance. Poppy isn't as innocent as you may think. She's an evil human being, Timothy. The best thing you've done so far was not get caught up with the it-crowd."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCvb2N0c6w
"What do you mean by that?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWFfpq1elF
"There's a reason why Poppy Marshall and Starlet Corelli became arch nemesis'. I can assure you it's not as simple as pure teenage girl hatred. Poppy is not who you think she is."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhthsUXKXy
"She's your friend..."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76BQyoVrCb
"Have you not been listening to a single word I said!? Just because we're always together, doesn't mean we're actual friends. Popularity comes at a price and Poppy ensures that price tag. You get it."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zMBX9QmWO
"You make her sound like some twisted kind of mean girl. That's not the Poppy I know."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVNzYw2YXf
"That's because, my dear friend, you don't know Poppy Marshall at all. Now, if I was to tell you everything it is I know of her, you'll probably mysteriously disappear my friend."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorz7qXyGpS
Jessica stared at Timothy intently, challenging his gaze. There was something inside her eyes Timothy hadn't seen in all the years they'd been friends. Ever since his return sophomore year, he'd notice a change in his bestfriend. She was far more feminine than he remembered -even discovered a love for cheerleading to the extent of making captain. Above her new personality and athletic achievement, Jessica had grown to become less communicative -always swearing and talking specifically dark matters. Like death was something that fascinated her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUsNdOY8Wo
"I don't understand you rich girls..." He threw his clothes on his bed and sat down, watching Jessica as she paraded in front of him. "I have news, finally...remember that girl Ashley Greeley that went missing. You asked me to look into that tracker necklace, find out where she is."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqXuovxzem
"That was so long ago Timothy, it doesn't really matter anymore. The cops are sure she ran away, she had a miserable life. "960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe3C79ZG1Ok
"She was last in Borrisville. About a mile out from my granddad's place. You remember that time we went out there and we got lost and came across a deserted cabin. I went out there yesterday...that place was trashed, Jess and the worst thing of all...I think she might've been there."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t9Sc45Qaa
Jessica froze, slowly exhaled and turned around. Timothy noticed the tears well up in her eyes, "Did the necklace lead you there?" 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGgTRfsm9R
"Yes..." He said sympathetically, "Jess, does this have anything to do with your friends?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2lLGNM4TtT
"No, Timothy, it doesn't. Ashley was my friend too, she knew me like no one else. Not even you. I wouldn't stay quiet if they had anything to done with this."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH2tHeA4y3e
"So they are capable of kidnap...murder even?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57nY2sbnQb
"I didn't say that Timothy! If you know what's good for you, best learn to not talk about things like that. It could get you into a shitload of trouble."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dBD0hpOeb
"You did say you know things about Poppy and if I was to know, I'd probably disappear. When you found out about my secret side job, you were determined to find your friend. You're reacting differently, like it never mattered to begin with. I'm sorry Jess but I don't trust you right now. I think you already know what happened to Ashley Greeley -and on top of that, I think you don't hate Poppy solely for flirting with Chuck."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZxUKZjfdQ
"Timothy you don't know what you're talking. Can you put on the daily Timothy for me when we're alone? I like him around, he knows not to ask questions and snoop around places his nose does not belong." Jessica walked up to Timothy, standing as close to him as possible, "I'm not going around telling people you're some kind of PI with actual contacts. Just stay away from the it-crowd, I'm saying this as a dear caring friend. Now, stop being stupid and lets go, don't wanna arrive when everything's over."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWPKksi80ni
Jessica stepped away and moved to the door, "Just let it go, Timothy..." She sighed and disappeared into the hall.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3V2snZ4OJ
The beach was already full of sweaty, drunken teens. This was the only time when cliques didn't matter. The populace were civil to all the others -not that it was something different in the case of Poppy Marshall. She was always nice to everyone and sometimes it made no sense that she was friends with the arrogant jocks -her girlfriends however was not that bad but after what Jess had said earlier, he was starting to believe that they really had something to do with Ashley Greeley's disappearance. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu45jwoH5Jo
Timothy scanned over the crowded bodies in search of Poppy -because of his new found information, he wanted to get her alone and lightly touch on the subject. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ39qRw2d9jY
"Haven't seen her today. Mel was supposed to pick her up but she apparently wanted to make a big entrance, by herself." Kelli appeared next to him. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0f2ch1KRL8
He was shocked to her suddenly speaking to him. Kelli was Poppy's bestfriend -the quiet kind that only minded her friends -a closet nerd. Everyone who'd been familiar with them knew that Timothy occasionally only spoke to every member of Poppy's circle except Kelli. Their encounters were more mysterious, always maintaining eye contact whenever they were in the same room -the chemistry between them as heavy and intense as wondering whether she and her friends was capable of murder.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmT9VUgDnr
"That's our girl." Timothy said awkwardly, knowing that Kelli too was under the impression that he liked Poppy and not her.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcoBkNGW7p4
"I have to go." Before Timothy could manage anything else, a disappointed Kelli was already pushing her way through the crowded bodies.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8V0hDDxBea
"Wow! Jumping from bestfriend to bestfriend. I don't think Kelli will break girl code, ever." Jessica appeared beside him giving him a smirk.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdNIXJUWG4
"You should thank me for being your friend... best one at it otherwise these girls would've thought you're socially...uh...awkward." She laughed teasingly. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCZ9L3I813
"After this morning, I'm not sure if I'll be pursuing any of your friends."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq6eJ995na
"What changed this morning?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAqdKpXSqlz
Somehow the girls of the it-crowd had found a way to include him into their day. First Kelli than Farah, Timothy concluded they must have something planned for him. He did, after all, take the basketball team to yet another championship and perhaps they were planning on doing something explicit like they did Mike when his football team landed that trophy. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnjitDZAtG
The glory and recognition was something he wasn't interested in, especially now since he was so close to knowing what exactly happened to Ashley.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVlXVDD9dG
"Nothing much...lets go find Mel before she ends up naked with some guy she hardly knows." Jessica hooked her arm into Farah's who smiled at Timothy as they walked away.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpPUmf8dTh
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Tiffany Graham sunk into her office chair, a small box awaiting her arrival on her desk. She stood up again, slid out of her white doctors uniform -again crashing into the chair.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4H5uJ0U26
The office invited a homely feel, the same calming atmosphere she regained in her home. It was a reminder of her late father Dennis, whom went by Danny. Her grey sofa was the exact one that once stood in his office -now with more modern décor -white and African printed cushions neatly set. He was a big adventurer for a doctor and was most fascinated by the African culture. She had learned as much as her father knew over the years and was most drawn to their religion when she and her son lived there. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXrx5e9tHR
Her walls was each a different color, painted yellow, orange, red and navy blue. Her desk, a dark brown wood and chairs elegantly matching.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsaglYtBpd
In the far corner, next to the beverage table, was a closet occupied by different business outfits -she usually never had time to drive home to change for a sudden conference.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYY3UvRNgTO
She focused her eyes on the box in front of her, quickening to the window. The staff parking lot downstairs was deserted and every here and there a car was parked. Nothing out of the ordinary. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytQdD4K4gP
She grabbed her telephone and punched the numbers of the reception desk. "Hi, Lydia, can you tell me who send the small yellow box to my office?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiboRKzzT0E
She waited a few minutes, listening in anticipation as the woman on the other side of the line typed on her computer.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQap2jKof6O
A creaking sound came from the closet, Tiffany quickly moved to her desk and replaced the phone to it's hook. Under her table, was her pistol attached -she quickly grabbed it and turned the safety off. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdHxOw1Ik0
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Another creak echoed as she slowly walked to the closet. Tiffany had only one thing in mind -her son and his safety. Whatever lurked inside the closet had come back for them and could only have vengeful purposes. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxP7z4BrLc
She reached for the doorknob when the office door suddenly flew open. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ513NMjT2rn
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"Dr. Graham!?" Lydia intruded.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK7NTn2OAJ
Tiffany spun around placing the gun in the back of her pants. "Yes..."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0gHut6Rxd
"You hung up so suddenly I thought something might've happened. Are you okay?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlWjzodpID
"Yes, I'm fine Lydia. I was just going to grab a coat and head out to the club. I'm starving."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHTaG1WqDf
Before any consideration, Tiffany opened the closet. Nothing out of the ordinary. 960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pSYVmDWXU
"Are you sure you're okay Dr. Graham? You seem a little edgy."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSszr5m9LX
"Yes," Tiffany sighed "like I've said. I'm just hungry that's all. Did you get the name of the person who send the box?"960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡasRFxJ7zqq
"I wasn't at the front desk when it arrived but Susan said it was a tall man in a dark fancy suit that came by. He waited for you for about an half an hour, asked her to give it to you and left. He didn't give a reference -nothing."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDindCJQVVi
Tiffany was growing anxious by the mystery behind the yellow paper. She smiled at Lydia and gave a nod, "Thank you Lydia. Call the club and make a reservation for me for half an hour from now."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfSXoGEeD9
"Sure doc. I could have security make a copy of the video footage from the time range the man was here."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjwfENj78Gm
"No that's fine, just the reservation. You may go now, thank you."960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbx8HroIcAW
Lydia left the room and Tiffany was growing more curious about the mystery. She unwrapped the box cautiously -considering it could contain anything. A white rose, the symbol of their once dominant popularity was emblemed on the small lit. She gasped at the sight of her old necklace shining back at her -one she wore when she was seventeen and immature -innocently in love. Swept by the dark mind of her highschool crush and bestfriend. It was something she hoped would remain secrete -forever in the time capsule they swore to never dig up again. When she looked closely, dry blood remained where it was when she had buried it over twenty years ago.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡey2paiVOc6
It seems like secrets weren't meant to be kept hidden and trust was never meant to be kept...at all.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTH59gZEaUs
Tiffany Graham returned her gun to it's hook and grabbed her coat. There was only one person she could think of that would be as miserable as to dig up all the ghost from their pasts. She thought of her son and how everything would affect her family. She needed to protect him and the legacy her father had already started to build for them. Even if that meant someone had to vanish.960Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLNQMWF2e3
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