The Day She Fell のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 9

I had just reached the bottom of my apartment building when I heard someone scream. "Someone jumped off the roof!"A girl in a school uniform lay face down in a pool of blood. Her hair was messy, and she didn't move.I looked up in shock. Cecilia Webster and her two friends were standing on the rooftop, staring at me with cold smiles.The residents gathered around, whispering among themselves, but no one dared to go near the girl."Whose child is she?""She's so young. Why would she want to die?""What will her family do now?"The woman who lived across from me grabbed my arm.She looked at the girl on the ground and started trembling. "She jumped from the roof. I don't think she made it."I pulled my arm free and rushed into the building. I quickly ran into Cecilia and the other two girls in the stairwell.I blocked their path and shouted. "Cecilia, did you push her off the roof?"The three girls exchanged glances. Then they burst into arrogant laughter."What? Are you planning to se

I sat on the ground and shot back. "Do you even know what she did?"Anna glanced at the body lying on the ground. "What does my daughter have to do with your sister's death? Your sister was just unlucky!"I was furious. But more than anything, I kept thinking about the girl who had fallen from the roof.Who was she? And why had she been here?"You're a mother too. If your daughter had fallen from that roof today, would you still say the same thing?"Anna's face turned red with rage. "Your sister is dead, and now you're cursing my daughter! You're completely insane! This is karma! Your sister should have died a long time ago!""Enough!" A police officer who had been investigating the scene walked over to stop the argument.I raised my bleeding hand and pointed at Cecilia, who was still in Anna's arms. "Officer, she's the one who pushed the girl off the roof!"Anna immediately started defending her daughter. "Don't make things up! Cecilia is just a child. How could she possibly do someth

I suddenly looked up. The voice came from behind the crowd. It was so clear that it almost hurt my ears."Mavis?"Mavis Vance was my best friend. She knew everything about me and Judy.She tightly held Judy's hand as she pushed through the crowd and walked straight toward me.Judy's hand was shaking. Her face was pale, but her eyes were strangely determined."Tiffany..." She called my name in a soft, trembling voice.My eyes almost filled with tears. For a moment, I could barely speak. "You... You're back? Why did you come back? I told you to stay at Mavis's house!"Judy lowered her head. Her eyes were red. "I... I had a nightmare. I dreamed that someone was hurting you. I was worried about you."Mavis crouched down and held my cold hand. "I couldn't stop her. She kept crying and begging to come back."I grabbed Judy's hand tightly. It felt like I had lost something precious and then gotten it back. I was so relieved.Cecilia and the other two girls were completely stunned. The smug sm

"Do you really think your daughter will ever be able to go back to school and live a normal life after this?"Anna finally broke down.She dropped to her knees. "Mr. Curd, please! My daughter is still so young. She doesn't know any better. Please let her go! We're rich. We'll pay you whatever you want!"Mike looked down at her with a cold smile. "How much money do you have? Can you pay me enough to bring my daughter back to life?"Then he turned toward the two girls who were already shaking with fear. "Which one of you made the first move?"The two girls immediately hugged each other and burst into tears."This has nothing to do with us! Cecilia was the one who pushed her!""We only wanted to watch! We didn't touch her!"Cecilia looked up in disbelief. "But you both insulted her too! You can't pretend you didn't do anything!"Mike looked away without any expression. "It doesn't matter. None of you are getting away."The police soon arrived and took control of the scene again. They put

Sally lay there quietly. The blood on her school uniform had dried into dark brown stains.I couldn't help thinking about the soft sound of her door closing every morning, the way she smiled at me in the elevator, and the sight of her standing on the rooftop, hanging blankets out to dry.From behind, she looked exactly like Judy.She had died in Judy's place.But no one should ever have to die for someone else.Even after Cecilia was shoved into the back of the police car, she kept turning around and crying out to Anna. "Mom, save me!"Anna collapsed on the ground. She cried so hard that no sound came out anymore. Two officers had to drag her away.The police car door slammed shut, and the car drove away with its siren blaring.Mavis put an arm around my shoulders and said in a hoarse voice, "Tiffany, they definitely can't get away this time."My eyes burned as I squeezed Judy's hand tightly. "I won't let anyone bully you again."Judy buried her face against my shoulder.I looked up at