Zayreen’s pov:
I’m boiling from the inside thinking that my best friend got attacked brutally. If i got the chance to catch that person who did that to scarlett then iam going to torture that person with my bare hands. I smirked at my evil thoughts and left my room to check up on Lilly. Unfortunately Lilly is not alone at the moment but that dumb blond muscle Barbie is there sitting on the couch munching chips like a pig. I don’t know why but he irritated me to the extent that I wanted to strangle him. Ughh.
” omg there is a pig in our apartment lilly” I yelled startling them both. Lilly jumped and her magazine fell on the ground and the blondie started choking on chips.
“What the hell! Zay, you scared us” Lilly said glaring at me totally ignoring the fact that Blondie is still choking dramatically.
” I told the truth Lilly that we have a pig in our apartment and now that pig is choking on our couch” I said, controlling my laughter.
” Oh my god zay! What are you doing standing there and not telling me earlier that Eli is choking” Lilly yelled at me and started helping eli.
” why would I? I didn’t tell him to stuff his mouth and I didn’t choke him with chips” I said leisurely going to the kitchen.
“Y.. you are ev.. vil Red” Eli yelled, coughing following me to the kitchen.
” hahaha so funny blondie” I sarcastically replied, opening the fridge looking for something to eat.
” Seriously! Red! I would have died minutes before because of you and you are being sarcastic” Eli grumbled taking Apple from my hands.
” How am i the reason for your nearly death adventure blondie?” I asked, smirking.
” Don’t act innocent Red, I know you did it purposely and I also know that you implied me being pig” Eli said narrowing his eyes and folding his arms looking at me intently. In the process of folding his arms i absentmindedly eyed his biceps which are huge.
” like what you see?” Eli asked with a smug grin on his stupid handsome face, what the hell zayreen! Where did that come from? I forcefully dragged my eyes from him and answered indifferently.
“You wish Blondie!” With a scowl on my face I left him in the kitchen with that stupid grin on his adorable pink lips. Ughhh my hunger is dominating my thoughts. I have to fill my stomach to stop these thoughts.
“I’m going out Lily and don’t prepare my lunch. I’ll be back by the evening” I yelled, taking my car key from the wall and going to my car.
There are two things to be done, first – feeding my baby that is my growling stomach and the second thing – going to omer’s office to find out about the investigation. McDonald here we go.
I ate a burger and fries and ordered some for omer, because I know that omer hadn’t had his lunch yet and he has the habit of skipping his meals and indulging himself in his work totally.
It’s time to on the detective zayreen’s mode.
As I predicted omer hasn’t had his lunch yet according to his temporary Secretary who is replaced in Scarlett’s place. Thinking about Scarlett is making me sad. She is a pure soul without any greed or evil in her. Who would want to harm her that brutally. Iam brought back from my thoughts by the secretary that omer is free now and I can go in.
” Hello big brother! How are you doing? ” I entered his caning in a singsong voice and I knew it would irritate him and bingo he started scowling.
” ugh! Stop zayreen, we are not kids anymore and this is my office. What are you doing here anyway? I asked, raising his eyebrow with suspicion.
” We are still kids in my eyes brother and I bought you food” I said, making innocent eyes at him.
” i know you very well zayreen, food is just the excuse to come here. So, tell me why you are here ” he said, narrowing his eyes.
” You know so well, omer” I replied sheepishly. He just folded his arms and waited for my answer. Seeing him in this position suddenly made me remember Blondie and In a second I discarded that idea and focused on omer.
” umm. .. you already know why I came, obviously to help you in Scarlett’s investigation” I replied sitting in front of him.
“Yeah but I clearly remember saying that I will call you when needed and now you are not needed,” omer said casually, leaning back.
“Yeah! Maybe but who knows you may need my intelligent brain” I replied with a grin.
” this is not some game zayreen, this is much more serious than you think” omer said seriously.
” I know Omer and tell me everything from the start and maybe I can help you a little bit and don’t forget that Scarlett lives with me. Maybe I have seen something that may help you “I said leaning in to the table waiting for him to tell.
” hmph! Scarlett has been stalked before the attack and the stalker and attacker are the same person. She is being stalked and no one knows about it. I saw that attacker at the hospital where Scarlett was admitted but she slipped through me. I Was able to recognise her from the CCTV footage of my office. My detectives are on the hunt but they didn’t get any clue yet” He said clenching his jaw. I know my brother likes Scarlett and seeing her like that had hurt him too. I hope that the attacker gets caught soon.
” oh my god! Scarlett was being stalked and no one knows about it. We would have talked to her more and would have made her at ease to share with us” I whispered feeling guilty that i have failed being best friend.
” It is no one’s fault zay, don’t blame yourself. It’s totally the attackers fault” omer said in a soft tone, making me relax.
” wait! So you’re telling me that the attacker was a woman?” I asked confused and shocked at the same time.
” yes, the attacker was a woman. I clearly saw her on the cctv” he said without hesitating.
” then it means she is not stalked by an obsessed lover or pervert but from a woman? Why did she attacked Scarlett?” I asked even more, getting confused.
” I don’t know either. There will be a motive behind the attack” omer said frowning.
“We exactly don’t know about scarlett’s life back at home, her friends, neighbours and the people around her” I said frowning
” shit! ” omer cursed under his breath.
“What? What happened?” I asked.
“I thought that Scarlett being away from here will be safe for her but by listening to what you said I think it’s a mistake” omer said with wide eyes.
“Shit! You are right. What are we going to do now?” I asked anxiously.
” First thing first I will call her to know if she is okay or not,” he said, taking out his phone and calling Scarlett. I sat there bouncing my leg in anticipation waiting for Scarlett to answer her phone.
” she is not answering zay” omer said with fear in his eyes.
” Try again omer, maybe she is sleeping or doing something that’s not answering” I said grewing more anxious.
” I already called her twice and still called her without getting any response. I think we should go and check on her” omer said, taking his car keys and getting ready to go.
“Omer! I think you should stop” I said
“Why? We don’t have much time, zay. We have to be there on time” omer yelled frantically.
” you are worrying too much for nothing omer. What are you going to say to Scarlett if you suddenly appear at her house? What if she gets scared after hearing all this stalker stuff? Maybe she is busy somewhere, that’s why she is not answering her phone. So, calm down and think rationally” I said
” I don’t know zay, what if she is in danger and we are not there to help her? I don’t want to see her get hurt again zay” omer said tears forming in his eyes. This is the Devon time I have seen him cry and it made me cry too.
” don’t worry omer, nothing is going to happen to scarlett. Let me call one of her parents and ask about scarlett” I said, calling Scarlett’s mom. She answered immediately. I don’t want to scare her by asking about scar so suddenly.
” Hello Mrs Williams, iam zayreen. Yeah! I’m good. How are you?”
“That’s nice to hear from Mrs William. Where is Scarlett ? I called her but she is not answering her phone. Is she sleeping?” Hoping to get a positive answer. I stopped breathing for a second hearing what she said.
” ummm no.. no Mrs williams everything is fine. I just want to talk to her about uni, nothing important. Yeah okay, thank you. Have a good day Mrs williams” I ended the call and turned to see omer looking my way hopefully.
” First you have to relax and listen to me clearly, okay” I asked him, already knowing his reaction.
” i am fine zay, now tell me what Mrs Williams said”.
I hesitated before saying but seeing omer being impatient I blurted out ” Scarlett is not at home and she left two hours ago”.
“What?” Omer yelled, getting up from his chair. I hope Scarlett is safe and not in danger.