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The morning sun peeked through the curtains of Timothy Graham's bedroom. He had no intention of moving from his bed.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjnMuFEbpI
"Timothy!" His mother, Tiffany called from downstairs.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPlFC5DhvVO
He was now fully irritated and popped his head under the pillow which supported his head. His bedroom door flung open and he knew that it was somewhat late 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRIra6Io5Z
"Rise and shine lover boy, it's senior ditch day!" Jessica his childhood bestfriend announced, jumping onto his bed.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHnfouv3kN
"I'm fully awake damn woman," he said irritated.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcZnUVC683
"Cranky as hell!" She rolled her eyes, "have you seen the picture up on East High Weekly? I made cover!" 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2pvELM2Wi
"Wow!" Timothy rolled his eyes, turned to his side and seeked for his phone on his beside cabinet.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSjd9XXyxM
Jessica was now standing in front of the mirror, combing her bangs even though they weren't out of place.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81mgVq49Ex
"She hasn't posted anything yet. She's a total ghost on us."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5RpJk8gkl2
"I was not..." Timothy tried to argue.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah1OmWXayx
"Did you forget I've known you since the third grade, since before you and your mom split from Hemshore!? I know you're into her, I don't know why the hell but yeah." She shrugged her shoulders and adjusted her cheer uniform as it slid up.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAaBSaaLxJ
"Aren't you friends?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGSDMnEPto
"Not by choice, no." Jessica's voice sounded bitter and Timothy quickly caught on. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzOOFMvODNd
He rouse from his bed and moved to his closet, "You've been friends since I returned...about how long? Over five years and I've never seen you talk about your friendship this way."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4see1l4UdS
"Friends don't throw themselves at their friends' boyfriends."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrFOE6grZE
"Poppy and Chuck?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHQ6vATUln
Jessica waved her index finger through the air, "oh nah...Chuck knows where it's sweet and juicy. I guess Mike and Poppy got into it again and she was like all over Chuck, touching on him. Urgh!"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtu4Qh8I3wB
Timothy chuckled, "Call her out on it."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHrXTglOXhQ
"You know what Timothy, sometimes I feel like you've been abducted by aliens who raised you all this time. You've been here since sophomore year but clearly you haven't been paying any attention. Too busy up in Poppy's fake blog."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr240GJh582
"There's nothing fake about her blog. She tackles real issues. It's not about shoes and girl drama. It's the realest thing Poppy Marshall has ever done. I think you're just jealous."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsKJW7nUwP
"This is why you don't have friends. Keep on defending the backstabbing bitch and you'll have none."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXxNRQGIjg
Timothy chuckled, "I have no friends by choice. You should be lucky you're standing here. Seriously Jess, if you feel like they're not the crowd you wanna hang around, you could always come sit by me."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaxwZezUsSK
"I can't... Look, Poppy is nothing I can't handle. It's almost graduation, I'll be rid of them soon enough. Ditching them isn't as easy as you may think."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxQo9Qw2zg
"Is there something you're not telling me, Jess?" He said as he watched her intently.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiq5k0ES07
"Things are really different from what they see from our appearance. Poppy isn't as innocent as you may think. She's an evil human being, Timothy. The best thing you've done so far was not get caught up with the it-crowd."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡofd51PqQp2
"What do you mean by that?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlmpFWdW4Z
"There's a reason why Poppy Marshall and Starlet Corelli became arch nemesis'. I can assure you it's not as simple as pure teenage girl hatred. Poppy is not who you think she is."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiqWRCYjK4
"She's your friend..."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdruYBzqBir
"Have you not been listening to a single word I said!? Just because we're always together, doesn't mean we're actual friends. Popularity comes at a price and Poppy ensures that price tag. You get it."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdN9Sg5uCl4
"You make her sound like some twisted kind of mean girl. That's not the Poppy I know."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ybRV2MOod
"That's because, my dear friend, you don't know Poppy Marshall at all. Now, if I was to tell you everything it is I know of her, you'll probably mysteriously disappear my friend."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OHQHxE8hD
Jessica stared at Timothy intently, challenging his gaze. There was something inside her eyes Timothy hadn't seen in all the years they'd been friends. Ever since his return sophomore year, he'd notice a change in his bestfriend. She was far more feminine than he remembered -even discovered a love for cheerleading to the extent of making captain. Above her new personality and athletic achievement, Jessica had grown to become less communicative -always swearing and talking specifically dark matters. Like death was something that fascinated her.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSjBt0jUv9
"I don't understand you rich girls..." He threw his clothes on his bed and sat down, watching Jessica as she paraded in front of him. "I have news, finally...remember that girl Ashley Greeley that went missing. You asked me to look into that tracker necklace, find out where she is."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqkfHwBixi
"That was so long ago Timothy, it doesn't really matter anymore. The cops are sure she ran away, she had a miserable life. "1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSk8ZTdCd8
"She was last in Borrisville. About a mile out from my granddad's place. You remember that time we went out there and we got lost and came across a deserted cabin. I went out there yesterday...that place was trashed, Jess and the worst thing of all...I think she might've been there."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡicLZL58FVf
Jessica froze, slowly exhaled and turned around. Timothy noticed the tears well up in her eyes, "Did the necklace lead you there?" 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8B0H0GuEp
"Yes..." He said sympathetically, "Jess, does this have anything to do with your friends?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVRchyDnnR
"No, Timothy, it doesn't. Ashley was my friend too, she knew me like no one else. Not even you. I wouldn't stay quiet if they had anything to done with this."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wnLrSkFEI
"So they are capable of kidnap...murder even?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGaPFcEWK5P
"I didn't say that Timothy! If you know what's good for you, best learn to not talk about things like that. It could get you into a shitload of trouble."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjuHFQ8vgO
"You did say you know things about Poppy and if I was to know, I'd probably disappear. When you found out about my secret side job, you were determined to find your friend. You're reacting differently, like it never mattered to begin with. I'm sorry Jess but I don't trust you right now. I think you already know what happened to Ashley Greeley -and on top of that, I think you don't hate Poppy solely for flirting with Chuck."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjh9hqLIQhW
"Timothy you don't know what you're talking. Can you put on the daily Timothy for me when we're alone? I like him around, he knows not to ask questions and snoop around places his nose does not belong." Jessica walked up to Timothy, standing as close to him as possible, "I'm not going around telling people you're some kind of PI with actual contacts. Just stay away from the it-crowd, I'm saying this as a dear caring friend. Now, stop being stupid and lets go, don't wanna arrive when everything's over."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd7k37GpsM7
Jessica stepped away and moved to the door, "Just let it go, Timothy..." She sighed and disappeared into the hall.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRsyOI2yk1
The beach was already full of sweaty, drunken teens. This was the only time when cliques didn't matter. The populace were civil to all the others -not that it was something different in the case of Poppy Marshall. She was always nice to everyone and sometimes it made no sense that she was friends with the arrogant jocks -her girlfriends however was not that bad but after what Jess had said earlier, he was starting to believe that they really had something to do with Ashley Greeley's disappearance. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJCwXs6KHxh
Timothy scanned over the crowded bodies in search of Poppy -because of his new found information, he wanted to get her alone and lightly touch on the subject. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcqMXSDxpg
"Haven't seen her today. Mel was supposed to pick her up but she apparently wanted to make a big entrance, by herself." Kelli appeared next to him. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgD2vqIWER1
He was shocked to her suddenly speaking to him. Kelli was Poppy's bestfriend -the quiet kind that only minded her friends -a closet nerd. Everyone who'd been familiar with them knew that Timothy occasionally only spoke to every member of Poppy's circle except Kelli. Their encounters were more mysterious, always maintaining eye contact whenever they were in the same room -the chemistry between them as heavy and intense as wondering whether she and her friends was capable of murder.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzR8nnJPPIZ
"That's our girl." Timothy said awkwardly, knowing that Kelli too was under the impression that he liked Poppy and not her.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVv3C7a1OMg
"I have to go." Before Timothy could manage anything else, a disappointed Kelli was already pushing her way through the crowded bodies.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRhviHta2j
"Wow! Jumping from bestfriend to bestfriend. I don't think Kelli will break girl code, ever." Jessica appeared beside him giving him a smirk.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPKMXiWuS0
"You should thank me for being your friend... best one at it otherwise these girls would've thought you're socially...uh...awkward." She laughed teasingly. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJAkeQS5dS
"After this morning, I'm not sure if I'll be pursuing any of your friends."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquVuQOKOcC
"What changed this morning?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKO5lOi70C
Somehow the girls of the it-crowd had found a way to include him into their day. First Kelli than Farah, Timothy concluded they must have something planned for him. He did, after all, take the basketball team to yet another championship and perhaps they were planning on doing something explicit like they did Mike when his football team landed that trophy. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqCr5LYnPH
The glory and recognition was something he wasn't interested in, especially now since he was so close to knowing what exactly happened to Ashley.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEjQhVAMpja
"Nothing much...lets go find Mel before she ends up naked with some guy she hardly knows." Jessica hooked her arm into Farah's who smiled at Timothy as they walked away.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVJOKP9gMp
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Tiffany Graham sunk into her office chair, a small box awaiting her arrival on her desk. She stood up again, slid out of her white doctors uniform -again crashing into the chair.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJ4r7OS3Fp
The office invited a homely feel, the same calming atmosphere she regained in her home. It was a reminder of her late father Dennis, whom went by Danny. Her grey sofa was the exact one that once stood in his office -now with more modern décor -white and African printed cushions neatly set. He was a big adventurer for a doctor and was most fascinated by the African culture. She had learned as much as her father knew over the years and was most drawn to their religion when she and her son lived there. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGv1rwvCfht
Her walls was each a different color, painted yellow, orange, red and navy blue. Her desk, a dark brown wood and chairs elegantly matching.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5ipywxC6h
In the far corner, next to the beverage table, was a closet occupied by different business outfits -she usually never had time to drive home to change for a sudden conference.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRJUfmFAvY
She focused her eyes on the box in front of her, quickening to the window. The staff parking lot downstairs was deserted and every here and there a car was parked. Nothing out of the ordinary. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHeEfUBWxn
She grabbed her telephone and punched the numbers of the reception desk. "Hi, Lydia, can you tell me who send the small yellow box to my office?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BzZvRb5lt
She waited a few minutes, listening in anticipation as the woman on the other side of the line typed on her computer.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYLUwogrur
A creaking sound came from the closet, Tiffany quickly moved to her desk and replaced the phone to it's hook. Under her table, was her pistol attached -she quickly grabbed it and turned the safety off. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUVH9j2z3I
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Another creak echoed as she slowly walked to the closet. Tiffany had only one thing in mind -her son and his safety. Whatever lurked inside the closet had come back for them and could only have vengeful purposes. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzQIbpYTLM
She reached for the doorknob when the office door suddenly flew open. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL56k0x32JN
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"Dr. Graham!?" Lydia intruded.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkb1Q5b2LO
Tiffany spun around placing the gun in the back of her pants. "Yes..."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpI9FTBt9Hp
"You hung up so suddenly I thought something might've happened. Are you okay?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjC448ziD0X
"Yes, I'm fine Lydia. I was just going to grab a coat and head out to the club. I'm starving."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDPitiA4vJ4
Before any consideration, Tiffany opened the closet. Nothing out of the ordinary. 1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2UZyLqfAL
"Are you sure you're okay Dr. Graham? You seem a little edgy."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQOekD2loQ
"Yes," Tiffany sighed "like I've said. I'm just hungry that's all. Did you get the name of the person who send the box?"1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG0OQXtWFZ
"I wasn't at the front desk when it arrived but Susan said it was a tall man in a dark fancy suit that came by. He waited for you for about an half an hour, asked her to give it to you and left. He didn't give a reference -nothing."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY25uDypWke
Tiffany was growing anxious by the mystery behind the yellow paper. She smiled at Lydia and gave a nod, "Thank you Lydia. Call the club and make a reservation for me for half an hour from now."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN69bv9WAA8
"Sure doc. I could have security make a copy of the video footage from the time range the man was here."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbs7qwMtFmy
"No that's fine, just the reservation. You may go now, thank you."1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzx5lzVQ3Q
Lydia left the room and Tiffany was growing more curious about the mystery. She unwrapped the box cautiously -considering it could contain anything. A white rose, the symbol of their once dominant popularity was emblemed on the small lit. She gasped at the sight of her old necklace shining back at her -one she wore when she was seventeen and immature -innocently in love. Swept by the dark mind of her highschool crush and bestfriend. It was something she hoped would remain secrete -forever in the time capsule they swore to never dig up again. When she looked closely, dry blood remained where it was when she had buried it over twenty years ago.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2trvwfjf4
It seems like secrets weren't meant to be kept hidden and trust was never meant to be kept...at all.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTW7GfXo47
Tiffany Graham returned her gun to it's hook and grabbed her coat. There was only one person she could think of that would be as miserable as to dig up all the ghost from their pasts. She thought of her son and how everything would affect her family. She needed to protect him and the legacy her father had already started to build for them. Even if that meant someone had to vanish.1019Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgnQXsJgQp
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