They Said They're The Murderers

A day before the winter holiday, the prettiest girl in class, Mandy Smith, died. She was found dead in the dorm’s toilet. There were eighteen stab wounds on her, and her blood covered the entire floor. The dorm manager found her dead body, and she immediately called the police. When the other two roommates, Anna Anderson, Fiona Lee, and I, arrived at the dorm, the police and counselor had already arrived. There were students watching outside of the caution tape. Everyone was talking about it. “Have you heard? There are eighteen stab wounds!” “The murderer must have hated her!”“Aren’t there four of them in the dorm? Where are the other three roommates?”“There they are. The counsellor called them over. It’s them…” Numerous gazes scrutinized the three of us, as if they were trying to find some clues. None of us spoke; we simply watched as the police entered and exited the crime scene. The counselor that was talking to the police saw the three of us and waved us to come over.

Officer King looked bewildered. He suddenly stood up from his chair and took the expulsion letter that Fiona handed over. The official stamp on the letter was blood red. It indicated that due to Fiona cheating in an examination, the university was expelling her.Fiona was mocking Mandy in the interrogation room. “I killed Mandy because she reported me for cheating. Actually, Mandy is a horrible human being. I’m delighted that she’s dead! I didn’t cheat at all. She’s the one who cheated. She didn’t know anything about working hard; she just enjoyed life, so she wanted to cheat. “A day before the exams, she begged me to let her copy my answers. I didn’t agree to that. In the end, because she couldn’t answer the papers, she reported me for cheating. She placed a cheat sheet in my pocket in advance. “Tell me, wasn’t she horrible? If that witch hadn’t died, I wouldn’t be happy. I stole Fiona’s cyanide and put it in Mandy’s water cup. When she fell, I took my sweet time stabbing her

“I’m giving you one last chance for you to confess. I might just be able to let you off the hook if you do.”Upon hearing that, all three of us were obviously stunned. Anna subconsciously lowered her head while Fiona’s expression froze. My heart skipped a beat. Officer King took note of our reactions. “Why? Why aren’t you talking? The murderer should confess and stop dragging other people into this mess. That’s way too selfish.”I caught the weakness in Officer King’s words. I hid my frantic expression and looked at him before saying, “Officer King, since you’ve found the murderer, you should capture them then. Why are you still trying to manipulate us? I’ve already confessed to the crime; why are you still arguing with me here? You should just detain me.”I knew that even though Officer King knew who the murderer was, he did not have enough evidence to support his claim. Officer King was stunned by my words. He stared at me for a while before answering seriously, “Rosalie, yo

Both my and Anna’s parents were in the photos. Someone had splashed paint on my house, and my parents’ supermarket was smashed. Someone even wrote ‘die,’ ‘murderers,’ and ‘trash’ on the walls. My parents had no choice but to stay with our relatives and bear the disdain from them. As for Anna’s house, it had been burned down completely. Her grandmother was sent to the hospital after inhaling too much smoke. She was still unconscious in the ICU. Her parents’ hair turned gray overnight. The orphanage that Fiona stayed in was affected too. The sponsors took back their donations, and they ran into financial issues. The adults and children of the orphanage were despised by others.Of course, our counselor was affected too. The university had suspended her, and her promotion was cancelled. Some parents even started a petition to get the university to fire her. They claimed that she had groomed murderers.We were triggered by the photos. The images of our loved ones being insulted hu