The Dead Body On The Seashore

"What if our parents find out that we're in the night club?" I leaned against the wall in the corner of the hallway and looked at my best friend Marjan McCarthy.

"They won't find out. We'll tell them that we three are going to a restaurant for dinner." She smirked mischievously.

"Wow, we're going to a club and our parents will know that we're going to a restaurant. This idea is insane, we're insane." Reema Morales, my other best friend laughed loudly.

"Shhh.. someone will hear us." I whispered.

"What about our dresses?" I frowned.

"Leave it on me baby." Marjan winked.

Marjan, Reema and I have been attached to our hips since we're kids as our parents are pretty close friends. Marjan is a chilling and charming girl with brown hair and hazel eyes. Reema is talkative and has a big mouth with short zed black hair and black eyes.

We were planning to go to a night club for the first time in our life and of course without our parents permission. Actually Marjan had gone to a club twice with her cousins before so it was mine and Reema's first time.

As we belong to typical strict families of Bangladesh, our parents would never allow us to go to a bar or night clubs. If we go back home drunk then they will kick our asses and throw us out of the house. Night clubs, bars and alcohol are totally banned for us.

"I heard that some students of our school also go there everyday night. What if they catch us and tell our parents?" Reema whispered.

"I think they won't leak because they wouldn't want to be exposed." I mumbled.

"Yeah you're right. Be ready at 7 tomorrow evening. I'll pick you two." Marjan muttered.

"Well, well, well.. What are we missing?"

We paused when we saw the familiar caked faces with bitchy clothes, Delilah Lawrence walking towards us with Amrin Knowles and Sima Vanderwood behind.

"And why do you care, granny?" I snorted.

"You should restrain your fucking mouth bitch or you won't like the consequences." Delilah looked at me like she was gonna bite me.

"Oh yeah, granny has a rattan stick." Marjan laughed.

"You three stay away from my boyfriend, especially Natalia. If I see you're looking at him anymore, I'll pluck your eyes out of their socket and then I'll shallow them with some tasting salt." Delilah pressed a finger on my forehead and tilted her head.

"I don't look at your ball less boyfriend. We're not pathetic like you." I slapped her hand and removed it from my head.

"You won't learn how to talk until I break your jaw." She hissed.

"Why don't you go to your boyfriend and suck his three inches dick instead of teaching us how to talk to someone like you?" Reema inputted.

Marjan and I laughed out loudly. Reema knew how to defeat Delilah.

"You bitch!"

Delilah rushed toward Reema and was about to slap her but Marjan grabbed her hand and shoved her back. She was almost falling on the floor but Amrin and Sima grabbed her.

"You three will regret it later!" Sima gritted her teeth.

"And look who is threatening us. A tiny maid." I chuckled.

"Ouch! We're scared!" Reema fake-widened her eyes and laughed.

"We'll see you later." Amrin pointed at us as they stormed down the hallway.

Delilah's father is the mayor of our town. She's quite infamous in our school for her rich lifestyle and itchy bitchy behavior. There are rumors that she slept with many rich men and takes drugs and alcohol. She always walks with two chickens named Amrin and Sima. Their fathers are also renowned businessmen in the town. They walk with some power like they can behave whatever they want.

Delilah has a boyfriend named Fardinn Matthews. He is the popular boy in our school with a huge attitude. His father is the commissioner of the town. He's also the captain of the school football team.

We had been good friends for a few months. I helped him with some study materials and then became friends. But Delilah ruined it by telling the whole school that Fardinn took drugs and bad things but blamed me for the rumor. After that Fardinn stopped talking to me though I tried to explain, he neither talked to me nor listened to me.

School went well but we were afraid thinking about Dalilah would do anything stupid. But surprisingly she didn't do anything, except throwing us ghosty glares. It was quite funny because she looked like a circus joker with a ghosty look on her caked face.

Returning home, I took a quick shower and moved downstairs to help my mother with making dinner. When dad returned, we had dinner together.

I came to the living room and turned on the TV as I sat down on the couch.

"A few fishermen discovered a dead body on the seashore behind the mangrove forest of Monpura town this afternoon. Monpura police arrived there immediately and sent the dead body to the forensic department." A news anchor read the news.

"Talia, give me the tv remote! I wanna watch Oggy!"

"Shut up, Ell ! Let me hear the news!"

"MOM!" Ellerie started wailing.

"What happened again!" Mom shouted and came to the living room.

"Mom, just hear the news. Please." Mom looked at the TV while dad came to the living room and sat on the couch.

"According to the senior officer Jacob Hernandez's speech, the killer cut the victim's hands and tainted his face badly. "

"The dead body is almost unrecognizable. But monpura police are trying their best to find his identity. We haven't gotten any information from the forensic department yet."

I gulped the lump in my throat. I had watched many Korean psycho thriller movies where psycho killers kill people horribly. But I never imagined something like that would happen one day in my town. That was horrendous.

"This is so horrible, God. Now nobody's safe in this safest town. I never thought this would ever happen." Dad sighed and shook his head.

"Please stay cautious when you're outside." Mom looked at dad, worries clearly visible in their eyes.

"Yeah, we all have to be cautious. Natalia, don't go outside unless it is necessary. Okay?"

"Okay, dad."