Patrick’s POV           I am sitting on my chair in front of the table in the precinct.          At this moment, I am watching videos on the newsfeed of my YouTube account using my cellphone.          A few minutes later, I was shocked when I saw a news article about the death of a woman. Because of the curiosity I felt, I watched it.          “Woman was found dead in a creek at Barangay Sakura in Quezon City. She had 34 stab-wounds, and authorities on Sunday, January 19, released her identity. She is Pearl Ingram, 21 years old. Until now, they are investigating what happened to her.” The reporter said.          I was shocked when I saw the pict

  Phoenix’s POV                    After our class in a subject earlier, all my classmates left the classroom to buy food in the cafeteria, because break time had arrived, except Patricia, “Phoenix, let’s eat together,” she said while I was organizing my things.           “Go to the cafeteria, I just have to talk to someone,” I said to her. After organizing my things, I left the classroom and tried to find where Melody was.           She must know I now remember everything. So, we can plan how we eradicate Sage in my life.           I stopped walking when I heard someone call me, “Phoenix,” Sage seriously said. He is the thorn in my throat.      &nb

  Phoenix’s POV             “My older brother destroyed my life,” I started to talk to Patricia, “He falsely claimed to dad and mom I was smoking. Dad died due to a heart attack when he did that horrible thing.” I said, so my tears started to fall again.           Patricia and I are sitting on the bed in my room. “Is that the reason why you are acting coldly around your mother?” She asked me. So, I nodded in response to her question.           A few seconds later, I held her hand, and I started to speak. “Mom blamed me for what happened to dad,” I said to her. Then, I wiped out my tears. After that, I told her every horrible thing my brother did to me. “Promise me you will not tell anyone I killed my older brother, including Sage!” When she heard what I said, she pull

  Phoenix’s POV             When SPO2 Patrick Smith, Sage, and I arrived in an abandoned building, I closed my hands after seeing the corpse of Patricia hanging on the ceiling. “Call backup, Patrick,” Sage ordered to him. So, I smirked, then I kneeled. After that, I screamed.           I cried like a toddler in front of them, so they would not blame me for what happened here. A few seconds later, Sage touched me on my left shoulder. “Calm down—” he did not manage to continue to speak when I forcefully removed his hand from touching my shoulder.           “Calm down? My cousin died! How can I calm down?!” I asked while crying. So, he sarcastically laughed.           “Can you please stop acting like that,” he coldly s

  Sebastian’s POV             When break time had arrived, I went to the school garden. Then I sat on the bench. I learned that Patricia died. According to some people, someone killed her because she knew who killed Nate.           What happened to her made me think if revealing that Melody helped the person who killed Nate to hide his crime is correct or not.           The parents of Patricia and the mother of Phoenix also went to school yesterday.           Her dad punched Phoenix because he blamed him for what happened to her.           I am not going to lie; I pity Phoenix because her dad blames him for her death.