Jesse told her everything would be alright. On this account, even the cold concrete floor could not be bothered anymore. Alexis woke up with the thought that she would be free this day. After a short period of sleeping, Alexis saw some of her friends still had eyes open wide. All acknowledged the fact that Belinda Carter reported the lie. Therefore, some felt comfortable with the situation but some continued to be unsettling. Due to this law directly related to the H01 case, the authority regarded the Risk and the Suspect as harmful threats to the federal republic so did the arrested. As everybody here was caged because of the lie, if the law was strict but just, the authority would not treat them like the criminals for sure. Alexis had faith in justice and Jesse. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUIGBFsFCg
Thanked the luck or whatever, Alexis stayed in the opposite cell that imprisoned Wade and Belinda together. They shouted and stopped and shouted. The heat around them which might be hotter than the heat in summer could be visible to the eyes, as she saw the way friends moved away from their radius and let them fight at the center. They had never been enemies until this day.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSRcH1m4YZ
Belinda had to suffer from the angry eyes of many friends after their parents told them who brought up this trouble, they blamed her for everything. It might be hard to believe that this girl, who was the student president, had done such thing. Firstly, Alexis felt indifferent to Belinda’s behavior but began to feel a little bit frustrated when she insisted her right to do. Sometimes smart people could be unexpectedly stupid but Alexis wanted to learn what the real reason was.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA2Hb0cXRh
Later, the argument between Wade and Belinda started to be more violent until the other had to intervene or else they might kill each other before being released. It was about an hour and the new fight started. It turned out to be the boring loop.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi8KW9z3gQ
After midday, the police came to free some cellmates. At least, the whole cheerleading team was freed. Alexis and Oslo watched their friends walking out of the cell crying with happiness. They were eager to be free like them but as the sunlight withdrew from the small window above their head, they began to be anxious because there were only Alexis, Oslo, Wade, and Belinda waiting for the call, even Wade and Belinda stop fighting.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡBB25ksSd1q
“Why there are only us...left?” asked Oslo wrinkled his brows together. “Is it fishy?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sMNeQE2Ac
“There are many people. We’re just the last,” Alexis tried to explain the current situation. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡri9Zprigji
“Why me?” murmured Belinda. As Alexis saw Wade’s capillary on his forehead gradually danced, she hurriedly talked to him just to shift his attention to herself; or else, they might fight again, “It’s gonna be alright.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdkWsQEcfo
“Don’t you think it’s weird? We’re all the candidates,” Oslo was still skeptical and then he pointed out the clue.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDjAITf2Az
“We’re no more candidates, redhead. Thanks to this bitch,” replied Wade.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFdzs6Ty4u
In a few seconds, Alexis understood Oslo’s point. He was right that it was too long and the only people left were the crème of the school. They should be released since the others were free. It was not a good sign at all.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡwVSZ9lPJhG
“Just take time,” Alexis summarized with her fingers’ crossed.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8ihAT2KLm
In the late evening, Joseph, a policeman, called them to change their clothes that the parents packed for them yesterday’s night. Horrifying, they demanded the answer from him.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYAIMi5ZlX
“Why don’t you free us?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡheOr2hqYaL
“Is there anything wrong?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcxbMaiCu5
“Please, I can’t stay here any longer!”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡedXvdUkM9Z
“I’ve done nothing!”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoYBRS5VWd
“Easy…easy, guys, we found some errors in your profile data. Actually, I don’t have anything to explain so no more questions. Just follow me, okay?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡffgUUR3J0H
“So cold,” the soccer team captain muttered.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡQsGIWqtL29
Oslo and Alexis exchanged their looks. Both were confused. But when the girl thought of her brother’s advice, she continued to obey and told her friends to do so. The girls were taken into the women’s shower rooms which were divided into two small booths as same as the shower rooms in the school’s gyms but here was smaller. As they were allowed to wear the clothes that their parents had prepared for them, not the prisoner’s uniform, this comforted them a little bit.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrWY79ZSla
Jesse, I can trust you, right? copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡWolUOAlebE
It was the longest showering she had ever experienced. Staying with Belinda was the same as sitting on the giant ice cube. They were used to be friendly as an acquaintance but now the former student president acted coldly toward her as if they were enemies for ages. Nonetheless, the change of Belinda’s reaction did not irritate Alexis as much as her non-guilty face. Belinda believed that she did the right thing even telling the lie. It was really upset to live with this type of people who blamed everyone but themselves and hated everything but forgot to fix the attitude.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡThKhiD8wgX
First, June, now Belinda…Alexis exhaled tiredly.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwZdEChuSV
She was confident that their family must take a visit and hoped to get them back but because there was no order to release the adolescents. They might be sitting somewhere in here or mournfully staying at home waiting for the call.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FHqFA1QvZ
“Do you think we can get out?” Oslo asked when they returned to the cell, fresh and clean. At this time, they moved all teenagers to the same cell and there were only them. The other cells were empty. San Bosa was a peaceful town with 0.02% of the crime rate.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBkYQgeYJs
“I don’t feel like that,” Alexis admitted. Her faith in Jesse began to fade away when the clock ticked and ticked. At this point, her disappointment towards the withdrawal of the government scholarship could not disturb anymore. It was the justice she desperately needed it to exist. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyGUYUxDhL
“We can. Maybe it takes some time to check our innocence. The video is just a magic prank. And it’s the best evidence to prove that the bitch beside me reported the false information.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlegMeI0yE
Belinda glanced sideways to Wade. Alexis tried not to look at the girl when her haughty face had the effect to provoke anger.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3evaLJ0ONJ
“That officer did say that there were errors in our data,” Oslo reminded him. “What errors?’copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9TkD1FVCX
Everybody closed their mouth, no idea about it.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TKZyMObFq
“If we…If we can’t get out?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡymoYAcA6ud
Wade shook his head. “No way! Stop saying that Ossy!”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDpyvqmuqU
“Oslo! My name is Oslo.” The boy with red hair yelled. “Bel, why you did it?” Now the boy turned to ask Belinda. Wade did not start another argument which was really thankful. He kept his mouth shut, dying to know too.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7s4YDm0KHw
Belinda hugged herself tightly and budged to the corner, replied shortly, “I’ve done the right thing.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡVL9isu0mCP
Wade evilly laughed. “It’s obvious you tried to eliminate us from the list. You can lie to yourself as you please…arrogant bitch.” He moved away from her as if the girl was the most disgusting insect he could not tolerate to live with while Alexis and Oslo sighed. The girl did understand how Wade’s temper rose easily but it was useless to be frustrated with the person who had no regret for their behavior. The situation attracted her attention more than the will to blame Belinda because it was about her whole life.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡfl6y4ITU5m
Can I believe in you, Jesse? Can I still believe in you? She thought. Jesse had never broken his promise or never lied to make her feel better. But there was something wrong. She was so sure about it.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9oOw7WiKu
On the next day, the same officer came to wake them up. Thought that they would be free, they were disappointed again when he just came to serve bread for their breakfast. Wade could not control his temper as always. He started blaming on Belinda but this time she chose the other way to fight him by sleeping. And it brought peace to the other two when Wade had no counterparty to challenge with for a while. Anyway, the heat still existed when Wade tried to make Belinda answered him why she destroyed his party until Oslo was unable to listen to Wade’s complaint anymore.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPQ3aCkzIW
“Miller! Please shut your mouth. You get on my nerves!”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡhE1KcI91uC
Before Wade countered, Alexis stopped the new war, “You guys! We can do nothing. Don’t make another quarrel, please? Wade, trust me. No matter you shout or scream or blame anyone, they won’t come to release us unless they receive the order. Calm down, please?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2vpakZp37i
She placed her hands on his shoulder. Like Alexis could activate his wisdom and tolerance modes, he remembered how she told him what Jesse had suggested what to do; the boy shut his mouth finally. In a few minutes later, this time, the policewoman came.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3tvmOvOrz
“Come with me. The interrogation team is waiting for you.” copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡHxS7Qzs7ov
They glanced at each other. Only Belinda bubbled to herself, “It’s ok, it’s gonna be ok.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡxfHrEcsOZC
“Why we have to be interrogated?” Alexis asked the officer.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4Jxcw2Bu9
She did not give the answer. They had to follow her anyway. These officers did not like being questioned. All of them wore the emotionless face. The police officers were not town’s people. They came from other cities, changing their face every two or three years.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9MrEcGmn4
The interrogation room had no similarity to the room she had seen in the movie. In the movie, the table stood on the center and the police would perform the interrogation process while the other officers stood behind the glass window listening to the conservation. It was far from likeness and it was scarier. There were no table but four office chairs and four electric chairs that looked like mechanic tormentors in a horror movie. No doubt they were prepared for Alexis and her friends. The atmosphere was not chilling. What would they do to them? Alexis did not understand why they treated them like violent criminals.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡeupI2dDlZQ
Age of terror, it still existed. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xfo09yoer
They led Belinda to the first chair and she was crying in fear; Wade sat on the second, speechless. Alexis sat on the third and Oslo sat on the last one. Her legs weakened. She watched the police officer locked her arms on the armrests. The police wore the metal helmet with wires connecting to it on her head. Oslo and Alexis exchanged their eyes, wondering why they had to use this kind of methods to them. Four interrogative officers in black suits entered the room and sat on the empty chairs. Two men and two women sat opposite to the boys and the girls. The woman in front of Alexis put the stonehearted mask on her oval visage, with her eyes fixing on the encounter. The two police, one was the woman who brought them here and another one was Joseph, stood as their assistants. The silence frightened them. The time slowly killed their courage. She heard herself swallowing the saliva and also the beating heart.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡXeepZtv48H
She still could not believe it was real.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOr6pw3v1Z
“Good afternoon young ladies and gentlemen, we brought you here for good information and the truth. Don’t be afraid.” The man opposite to Wade spoke. “We have normal questions to ask you. All we need is the truth, the most truth. You can see that you are sitting on the polygraph. In fact, it’s not the normal lie detector that you may have recognized. Once your mouth spread one lie, the chair will transmit the electrical current to cause an electric shock to you.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaLX8aWdIB
He paused and smiled as if demonstrating how to brush teeth for little kids. “Listen carefully, one lie, your friend on the left-hand side will get the electric shock. And you, redhead,” he mentioned to Oslo, “For your lie, Ms. Carter will pay for it.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡKy6xcGVKis
“To warn you all, don’t try if you don’t want to cause pain to your friend. You understand?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡcOBvUolPXy
They slightly nodded. Wade fixed his eyes on Alexis, trying to give a message through the eyes contact that he should not have to sit next to Belinda who was the biggest liar among them.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2hAT4ULCD
“I must be roasted alive.” She heard him whispering. It did not sound joking but serious.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡy52cHtCtoh
“Okay, let’s start with Ms. Carter,” the woman on the right-handed side began. “Ms. Carter, tell me if you reported the false information to us that some of your friends who attended the party at the Miller’s mansion performed something that may involve with the qualifications of being the Risk.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQFzk9zhsj
“No”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡluQKQq1fub
Wade screamed in pain when the electricity shocked him. In her horror, she saw his big body suddenly shaking violently. The scream of pain made her blood run cold. It lasted just one second. Yes, only one second but that one second killed all her optimism. There was no sign of burns but Wade breathed hardly and was still shuddered for a few minutes after the shock.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7LgvNroaa
“Fuck you, Bitch!” At least, he still had the energy to scold Belinda.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyR5biZjbL
“Are you alright?” Alexis asked him, shocking; still, her heart seemed like it stopped moving for a while when heard his howl. The boy shook his head telling he was alright with a dreadful look. Alexis was incapable of seeing Belinda but heard the former student president’s sudden sobbing. Perhaps, Belinda might feel sorry to cause Wade’s pain which she didn’t mean to do or she was just too scared.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHZxjGPi4W
Dad’s right. This is not a joke. This was indeed a torture room, not the interrogation room. Alexis put all her effort to search for the answer to this arrangement but found none.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ81VGLnaqCy
“May I ask you again, Ms. Carter? Did—you—lie—to—us?” The woman stressed her words.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡtufIpQ4SYN
“Y…es”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4rlrIOipb
Nothing happened. Wade exhaled, soothing.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx8mtHLzm1
“Why did you lie?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡame0kmjVcz
Instead of answering them, Belinda preferred crying. For a few seconds, Wade screamed again. “Tell them!” He yelled after taking a breath.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡi9AyAH3sxc
“I—I—I want to win the scholarship. I want to get rid of her. If—If she’s withdrawn, I know I will get it.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfZZSo7JI4
She? Belinda meant to entrap me only? WTH?!copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHVQCUqfQ0
“She? You mean Ms. Davis?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡr6iHYmaNIv
“Yes. Yes, of course. She was likely to win…and I need the scholarship. I didn’t intend to frame all of them but-but I can’t think of the other way to frame only one.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6UNQh0xkX
“My dear, you can win if she wins. The scholarship provides for five students and we don’t have the quota-limited. It is still possible for you all to win together.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9DAyDqibwo
Belinda sobbed. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz7JQzl9a9
“Thank you, Ms. Carter, you committed the wrongful act in accordance with the Surveillance and Control of the Risks to Humankind Act 2966, Clause 31, the punishment of false accusation committed with the purpose to defame the other to be the Suspect or the Risk, the convict must be sentenced to life imprisonment. You’re convicted.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNvIvtcPIw
Life imprisonment? Alexis thought that it was excessively severe punishment but if she considered if that false accusation destroys someone’s life, for example, Wade, Oslo, and Alexis were withdrawn from the scholarship, it might not overact. However, if they could prove themselves that they were innocent; this punishment for Belinda was a little bit too harsh.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nz50b4oPV
Belinda did beg but Alexis could not catch the words because her pleading fused with her wailing.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDLbZX7pHm
“Calm down, Ms. Carter. (Who can? Alexis thought.) If your action leads us to discover any Suspect or any Risk, intentionally or unintentionally, in other words, by your luck, the sentence shall be pardoned. Unfortunately, we still have to give you the other punishment instead.” The woman changed her paper, the act of carelessness. “The good news is we found none evidence demonstrating that you are one of the Suspects or the Risks. Therefore, please wait for the others and we will come back to make the final judgment for your wrongdoing again.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGLxH5os3z
She ended the interrogation with the fake smile while Belinda could not control her emotions well. Life imprisonment meant the end of everything, the bright future, the dream. Belinda might not expect for the softer punishment. Alexis felt the complexity of her feeling towards Belinda, between sympathy and satisfaction.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmDqbI8ObS
The man who had to interrogate Wade moved his focus from Belinda to the boy in front of him. He arranged a pile of papers several times before questioning Wade.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTqB8TpbuR
“Mr. Miller, please answer our question carefully. Do you have any idea about this?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO3ESMGzew
He showed the photo of Peter walking on water. Because the picture had been captured from the video clip, its quality was not good. Wade held his breath, ready to answer. “We tried to make a magic trick video to upload in our school community website. You can see it clearly that there is a glass sheet under the water and four boys in the pool carried it. I am the one who recorded the video. In the video clip, it may look like he can walk on water. We tried to trick our friends and intended to upload the second video that reveals the trick after the first one. Anyway, I was drunk and now I see that it’s a foolishly fake video.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmskCvM7Er
No electric shock, Alexis listened carefully. In the deepest sense, she knew he would not lie after experiencing the pain he had experienced and his answer was assuring without any staccato rhythm.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8BLWSQhIHj
“Good. Now this,” he showed another photo. It was the drugs in the party, including packs of cocaine, marijuana cigarettes, and condoms.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3HwV2eoROV
Wade confessed immediately, “Only one belongs to me. The others, I don’t know.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoo2eQsh4G
“Which one belongs to you?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3cSbYUxQq
“The cocaine, that one in the blue zip lock.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5wDyMJzIt
“Did you regularly organize sex and drug party?” The officer chortled, so did the others.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4WmlK0u1mD
“Once a month, does it regularly?” Wade paused and seemed to concern on his bad mouth. He looked at Alexis to see if his answer wronged to them. When she said it was alright, he continued. “No…sir. It’s normal party. You can find it in every party, teens or adults. They always have these things”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡfmosSsoaDR
“But they’re illegal and you’re the candidate and the team captain.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hWCUNyFzS
“Is condom illegal too?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSoNvZIGp5
The eyes of cruelty glared at them. Alexis got chilling when those eyes fell on her. Wade realized his mistake. “My bad, sir. Yes, I know wholeheartedly they’re illegal.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7mZyFFI1H
The man who questioned Wade controlled his temper. The boy had the irritating habit sometimes but he should know when he could do it.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡdpR5ZGVJCd
“Mr. Miller, you are convicted of illegal drug possession less than 100 gram and will be fined 50,000 rels or sentenced one year in jail. Unless we find any Suspect or Risk, your punishment will be pardoned but we still have to give you the other punishment. Like Ms. Carter, we found none evidence indicating you are qualified as the Suspect or the Risk, please wait for the final judgment again.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡYO8zdkrqkC
Alexis had expected it but she understood that it was impossible to control the temper when their judgment was clearly unfair.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7fvFM1EOHQ
“Excuse me? Do I have to wait for the final judgment? So if you found any Suspect or any Risk, I have to go to the program with them, right? To seal my mouth and my witness in this room, I know what you’re going to do. Can you tell me how it relates to my offense? This is unfair and I want to pay the fine.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPA6uyYrMN
In a flash of time, the electricity passed through Alexis’s body, she could not help but scream in agony. It lasted just one second but absolutely painful, as if it fed all her energy and all she could do was breathe difficultly. The girl tried to control her stiff hands.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eGx84Igyz
It’s not a lie detector. Someone must control it!copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVDgqzy9Aw
“I’m sorry, Alex. I don’t know it will hurt you,” Wade apologized and kept his mouth shut eternally, losing his courage to be against the judgment that lacked legitimacy. This proved that Jesse’s warning was right. These people had made the decision. They could do nothing but listened to their bullshit.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoV4ZQZHCi
“Do you have anything to say, Mr. Miller?” His tone was full of mockery.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡl16Jcx42VZ
“No sir,” Wade replied, his hands shaking.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7Lk4eOTk0
“Good.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡNIbb0zLON1
Alexis lowered her head in disappointment. Jesse was right but not all of it. He was correct about the authority acted like the bully. Like Mr. Miller’s case, she meant Wade’s father who threatened the police with the will to free his child but the outcome was dissatisfied. More importantly, Wade was right. They tried to close their mouth about this cruel interrogation and unjust judgment. Alexis could sense they attempted to accuse them of the wrongdoing they did not commit. She prepared her mind to handle anything that was going to come to her next.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4hyX5dSAD
It took a few times for Alexis to discover the answer. If all the adolescents were released, the government would be the fool in front of the public when they listened to the girl’s lie without proper investigation. She thought she knew what would happen to her. The girl clenched her fists. I can handle it. I can prove that they threaten the innocent children. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0H79MqhHb
The woman in front of her revealed a soft smile, the same smile that the psycho murderer showed the victims before slaying them cruelly.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfmRAlR2lx
“Ms. Davis, tell us what is your special ability that Ms. Stephen tried to cover it from us?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtTkBvr6Zk
Alexis sensed the eyes of friends staring at her but she truly did not understand the question how Ms. Stephen related to this case, “Ms. Stephen?” She frequently met this nurse when she was a little but it was long ago. To be honest, Mary Stephen was not the family’s close friend. Bianna, her mother did not like Alexis to play with this nurse.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDPMmslzi7
The corner of her left eye caught how Oslo tried to shrink away but nothing happened.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBoBUKi760
I speak the truth and my feeling is true, except that someone’s holding the controller. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkbx0YhxBf
“Yes, Mary Stephen” The officer stressed her words but the girl was still confused.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL6rsF0na0
Alexis shook her head, “I don’t understand, honestly not’.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡfELazyQAYQ
And Oslo was still fine.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBOzKvfsLH
The interrogative officers discussed with each other. So she spent this time to survey around the room, learning how the two police stood still like marble sculptures. Alexis could not saw the blond police’s name when her fish tails covering the nametag.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzSmAHyNxo
In a few minutes later, the officer continued her job.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡSWMZGdmfa0
“Ms. Davis, please looked at this screen.” Alexis raised her head, watching the plan of this police station on the screen object whose size was similar to a large book. She had never seen this kind of advanced technology before because the users only touched the screen and could control the application via the display screen. The female officer counted to ten then signaled the police Joseph to unlock her right arm. “Please draw the plan,” she ordered and overturned that tablet.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡhiVvqoUmdY
“I’m left-handed sir.” She told him. The cop nodded and changed his position to unlock her left arm.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUFAFjdRQ2
They gave her a transparent sheet and a black pen. Alexis began to draw the plan from her memory. It took about five minutes then she returned her drawing to Joseph. He locked her arm again.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8tNnwVcL6
The woman laid her drawing on the screen. She showed it to everyone in the room. Alexis’s drawing perfectly fitted in the original plan. The other officers nodded to each other.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡRtB2mhpwRY
“When did you discover this skill?copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1s7DTd5UJW
“Maybe seven years old, I’m not sure.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXOIf7tELr
“With this skill, don’t you think you’re better than anyone else? Or different from the others?” copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvBGA5HSGX
“No, it’s just a memorization skill. There are plenty of people have better skills than me or weirder than me. I like it, especially when I have exams.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QnIRhCcgr
Her interviewer laughed softly and bobbed her head.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJIPP68STS
“Did your parents know?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVQjE1Nw0l
Alexis got stunned for a few seconds because she was afraid they would try to arrest her parents too. “…Yes, they said God gives me a very good gift but it doesn’t make me different from the others.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡarnij9S0l1
“They did say that? Don’t you think they try to cover it?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPmJVKBH3b
Alexis tried to be wise. “No. If they try to cover it they would ask me to hide it but they didn’t.” It was the half-truth but the electric shock had not harmed Oslo. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgV3hoooNB
“She really thinks she’s normal,” the male officer who interviewed Wade interrupted and all of them were nodding in mutual agreement. Their similar gesture stirred up a strange feeling inside her stomach. These people act like the robots from the same factory. copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡw401yoOUMF
Alexis tried not letting the nervousness troubling her mind. She spoke the truth or at least, she thought it was the truth and it would not harm her. Their attempt to accuse her would be unsuccessful, the girl assured herself. It’s gonna be alright. I just have a good memory. Father always says that it’s a special talent but not the danger. But what happens to Ms. Stephen? Why did they mention her name?copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFQGuBxW7r
“Ms. Davis, how do you feel when you’re in a dusty room?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡhK2QqgyZMn
“Itchy, I get running nose and rash on my skin. I’m allergic to dust.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡyIIbNuQ3LA
She hated the way they exchanged their eyes to each other.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYSVoMbeWl
At last, the women declared the judgment. “For your case, we can’t say you have hypochondria because you are made to believe that you’re allergic to dust since childhood. It’s our body that sometimes plays trick to us. Ms. Davis, according to your blood test, you have no allergy in anything, which means that you are 100% healthy and Mary Stephen who recorded this false information in your medical history is trying to cover something about you…from us. And it may relate to the talent you have.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbEUw06rNm
“It’s a normal gift,” Wade blurted out. Again, another electrical shock ran through Alexis’s body. “I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡvUvb8kZZPY
“Don’t say anything. Please?” She begged him even though knowing that he just wanted to protect her and himself for the reason that if they found none who could be the Suspect or the Risk, Wade could just pay the fine and returned to his normal life.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YSXvArgzJ
“I’m sorry to say this, but Ms. Davis, you are qualified to be the Suspect.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWX6nVna4Z
It was the same feeling when she saw June and Davy together, the emptiness inside her chest. After that, the greatest disappointment started to move her mind.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡR2sqKFRFws
“I speak the truth and this skill is just a normal skill,” she said to them, trying so hard to control her voice volume.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡYBCwUG4fXl
“My dear girl, we’re all in mutual agreement that you’re qualified and need to join our rehabilitation program. Don’t worry, child. We can fix you.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFwkbpH8Mo
Fix me? Ridiculous. So what? So I can’t argue with your wrong judgment? Alexis tried to steady herself. Be calm. Be calm.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡAkxYm0kCEq
It was hard to accept the judgment with the same old obedience because the judgment denoted the undesirable legal process. A few days ago, apart from the heartbroken story that seemed to be ancient, Alexis still saw her life as the new freshman in the medical school of Delphi in the case that she could not win the scholarship, bright and beautiful her life would have been. She would have joined a sorority and the basketball club, taken the other magazine shootings, and returned home during the breaks. Even though her father did not like the model job, Alexis loved it and dreamed to be the famous model and the smart doctor at the same time. Being the suspect means the end of the bright future, the end of liberation, and the dream. The rehabilitation program they claimed to fix people had never succeeded to cure those whom they charged with. No one returned to tell them what they had faced and how. Alexis could not return home, the best place in this world. She could not return to the people she loved.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX0LFEvvq4
Is it…the new freedom they claimed?copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMI5GGwSeN
“Is there anything to say to us?”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9O2y7vFUf
“Obey them,” Jesse voiced in her mind. No, her heart opposed but…How can I do? How can I change their judgment? If I try to defend myself, Oslo will get hurt.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ675s1rYP41
“No” Alexis reluctantly answered. Her eyes brimmed with tears.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEMh1ARo1p
She was always obedient but what gave her? Her life was ruined. Alexis was not the only one who was crying. Belinda and Wade also realized their fate. We are merely the slave of the corrupted system.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡKsnqwSSV1I
“…So if you found any Suspect or Risk, I have to go to the program with them, right?” She looked at Wade but he did not return his gaze to anyone. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I can’t defend myself and you’re dragged with me.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJYErzcddi
The last one was Oslo. She hoped that he would survive from this unjustness. Even so, the man that interviewed him mentioned about the abnormality of his grades recorded by Mrs. Dobies, their math teacher, and was Ms. Stephen’s sister.copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwsWmf6ruH
“…Mr. Jessens, it is clear that Mrs. Dobies, similar to Ms. Davis’s case, tried to cover something about you. Regarding all of your profile, it is possible that you are qualified to be the Suspect. We all have the mutual agreement to judge that you are qualified and needed to receive the rehabilitation program as same as Ms. Davis.”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi6CXXy4Dl
“It’s not clear that I’m one of them. There’s no clear evidence indicating my identity as the suspect. I don’t think I deserve…”copyright protection172ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ShD9UKti3
Belinda bellowed in suffering. Oslo closed his mouth tightly. Alexis saw the tears at the corner of his eyes but he held it bravely. In this room, everyone’s name should be removed from this fucking H01 case. They swallowed the bitterness inside because sometimes tears could not release the entire sorrow they were enduring now. How was their future? Who ought to be responsible for it? How would the program treat them? Who knew?176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaAm4cJ4sZ
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Bullshit, this is bullshit.176Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KNPMMDhDa
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