Omer’s pov :
There is only one thing in my head and that is to reach greenport as soon as possible. I can’t waste a second and I’m driving like a madman breaking every signal and speed limit. I’m surprised that I am not followed by the cops yet! And I don’t have the time to get caught. Zayreen Is yelling beside me to drive slow clutching the seat belt tight.
” omeeeeeeeerrrrrr! Stop the car, I don’t want to die this young and I didn’t even got married yet and I have a lot of things to do”
“Calm down zayreen, nothing is going to happen. If you distract me by telling me that we are going to hit something. So, stop yelling and stay calm”
” how do you expect me to stay calm omer. Oh my god i’m going to die to today”.
” you are exaggerating zayreen” I rolled my eyes at her.
” whatever omer but please drive slow. We are going to reach on time and I know nothing is going to happen to scar”
” I don’t want to take any risk zayreen and what if we don’t reach on time and it’s too late? No! I just can’t let that happen” zayreen’s eyes softened and she patted my hand.
” I know how it feels omer but you have to be calm and think properly, when we reach Scarlett’s house please don’t panic and interrogate her parents okay?”
I just nodded my head and focused my head on reaching on time.
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We reached in one hour and zayreen called Scarlett’s mom for their address and we drove there. Scarlett’s mom opened the door for us, she is clearly confused to see us here.
“Hello Mrs Williams and sorry for arriving without informing first but it is very urgent urgent necessary to come ” zayreen blabbered in one go.
” Hello zayreen! It’s good to see you again and first come inside and we will talk” Mrs Williams smiled warmly at zayreen and eyed me while opening the door some more for us to enter.
“Who is at the door darling? ” I heard someone yell from inside and I know it’s Scarlett’s dad.
” scarlett’s friends from new york came”
She ushered us inside the living room and it has a homey feeling and I relaxed somewhat but from the inside I’m really anxious and ready to pounce.
Scarlett’s dad is sitting on the couch working on his laptop. He stopped working once he saw us entering the living room.
” Hello Mr William! How are you doing? and he is my brother omer” zayreen introduced us.
” It’s nice to meet you Mr Williams ” I said , forwarding my hand for a handshake. Mr Williams squeezed my hand tightly and he was sceptical about me and I don’t blame him because anyone would be skeptical about a stranger.
“Hello! What are you guys doing here?” He asked and nodding at us to sit on the couch.
” Its really bad news mr and Mrs Williams and you guys really need to sit down and relax before listening to us and just don’t freak out” zayreen said with a slight smile to make them relax.
” you are scaring me zayreen, what’s the matter?” Mrs Williams asked while clutching her husband’s hand tightly.
” scarlett’s accident is not an accident but an attack on her and she has a stalker who Is stalking her. Scarlett may be in danger right now because she is obviously not at home and she Is not answering her phone” I said impatiently and waiting for their reactions.
” what the hell are you talking about and how would we trust your words to whom we don’t know anything about and don’t say such nonsense next time” Mr Williams burst out with anger and ready to pounce on me but Mrs Williams holded him back.
” mr Williams calm down and we don’t have time for doubting omer or anyone in this situation and what my brother saying is 100 percent true and if you don’t believe us than I want to show something to you” zayreen removed her laptop from her bag and switched it on ready to play the cctv footage of my office.
” zayreen don’t! They can’t handle seeing that video” i urged zayreen with my eyes to not play that video.
” It’s okay omer, we want to see it” Mrs Williams answered for the first time after listening to the truth which zayreen said. Zayreen played that clip and we sat back waiting anxiously.
There is horror on their faces and Mrs Williams started sobbing in her husband’s arms and mrWilliams started rubbing her back to calm her down.
” Who dares to mess with our daughter and why did you guys didn’t tell us about anything and the main thing is why did Scarlett didn’t tell us about anything?” Mr Williams asked us while containing his posture not to break down in front of us.
” We also know after the incident when I watched the CCTV footage and hired detectives to find out more about the person but till now we didn’t know who the stalker is” I answered.
” we just know that the attacker is a woman and maybe she is from here” zayreen added in.
” Oh my god my poor baby. How did we let it happen to our baby jordan? We didn’t save her on time, what parents are we jordon?” Mrs Williams started sobbing hard.
“Mr and Mrs Williams we don’t have time to blame anyone because first we have to find Scarlett ” I said.
“Okay then I’ll go now and check the places in the town where she visits mosts” mrWilliams said and started going out of the house.
” I will come with you mr Williams ” zayreen followed him out. I didn’t go with mr Williams because he will be awkward with me because he is seeing me as a threat or something and not believing me completely.
” Can I check Scarlett’s room with your permission? I want to see if we can find any clues, ” I asked politely.
” yeah sure I’ll show you the way”
Scarlett’s room is upstairs and Mrs Williams opened the door for me and left me there saying she will bring something to drink. I nodded and said thank you.
Her room is totally like her, simple, calm and serene and the room is surrounded by scarlett’s fragrance and I really missed her fragrance and now it surrounds me like a blanket making me calm and relaxed.
I started searching from the drawers of her table and till her bed but I didn’t find anything odd or suspicious. I sat on the bed and started playing with my ring which is a gift from my Baba ( father in Turkey language). Whenever I feel anxious or nervous I will start playing with that ring. It’s a habit I never got rid of.
My ring slipped from my finger and fell down on the floor and it went under the bed. I frustratingly bent down to pick the ring up but instead of my ring I found an envelope laying under the bed. I picked the envelope and my ring from under the bed and slipped the ring in my finger.
I opened the envelope which is addresed to Scarlett but other than that there is no information on it.
I suddenly felt cold seeing the contents of the envelope which confirmed my thoughts and fear.