SECRETS AND LIES (Unedited)

chapter-23~ perfect liars

Got a secret, can you keep it? Swear, this one you'll save

Better lock it in your pocket, takin' this one to the grave

If I show you, then I know you won't tell what I said

'Cause two can keep a secret if one of them is dead

The pierces.

While in the middle of the party Ian is desperately searching for Chloe.

" Why aren't you dancing?" Taylor approached him.

" I can't. I don't know where is Chloe," His eyes searched all over the party hall.

" But she was with us. Am I right?"

" It's been an hour. I didn't see her. I asked Sookie and Sara but they didn't saw her today. I called her but she isn't attending,"

" Maybe we should check apart from the hall," Taylor suggested. They both made their way around all the corridor hoping to find her. They even searched in the restroom. Finally, they stood in the corner of the corridor to catch their breath.

" You should call her sisters," Taylor said panting. When Ian took his phone, he heard someone shouting, screaming from somewhere.

" I heard a familiar voice," He stated.

" me too," Taylor said running towards the voice. The scream is getting louder and louder until it's crystal clear to them.

" It's from the locker. It's your locker Taylor," Ian got confused.

" Help me, get me out please," Chloe voiced boomed inside it.

" Chloe is that you?" Ian got closer to the locker. Taylor took her key and unlocked it fastly. Chloe fell right into Ian's arms breathing heavily after an hour.

" how...how did you got here. I don't understand. You are with us at the party," Taylor blurted in shock.

" Let's give her some space. Don't ask questions," Ian said harshly. Chloe is having a grip on Ian's shirt tightly. She's so glad they found her. She won't have a fate of dying in the locker.

" Becca did this to me. You guys didn't notice me," Chloe replied after a few minutes.

" Iam so sorry. I shouldn't have left you alone," Ian apologized holding her safely in his arms.

" I won't let her escape like this. Iam going to find her," Ian said angrily.

"Okay. I will take care of Chloe," Taylor told. Ian kissed Chloe's forehead and walked out of their eyesight. Chloe and Taylor got seated in their classroom.

" I need water," Chloe pleadingly asked.

" Sure. Wait here," Taylor ran away to get her water. Chloe still doesn't have her cellphone. Suddenly she looked down at her feet. It seems like water spilled all over the floor. Her eyes were adjusted to dark for an hour so she looked closer at it.

" Oh my god, oh my god" Chloe shouted knocked a chair seeing the blood on the floor. She followed the way it goes. She can't believe what she's seeing. Even in a weak state, she followed it...

after an hour:

Chloe is the person who approached Caroline, charlotte, Caleb in the dark.

" Ahhhhhhh" Caroline shouted giving others a panic attack.

" It's me, what the heck happened here?" Chloe said with trembling legs. She can't see who's body lying there but she's sure they are dead.

" Chloe. Where have you been? I thought Becca did something to you" Caroline rushed to hug her sister with her one arm.

" She locked me in the locker for an hour and stoled my phone. But can you explain the person here isn't dead," she asked with expectation?

" That's Becca and she's dead. I killed her," Charlotte said calmly and sounded like she's just taught how to use the violin to a student.

" Please tell me, you are role-playing,"

" No. It's the truth. Becca tried to kill Caroline. Well, she shot in her arms. So Charlotte killed her for self-defense." Caleb let out a sign looking down at the body.

" OMG, I want this to a nightmare. Why she wants to kill Caroline?"

" Because...because of the footage. I think Iam missing something. Why she tried to kill you for the footage. You didn't involve in it," Caleb raised a question after all these days.

" That's right. Why? you two seem like hiding something," Charlotte asked Care and Chloe who kept staring at each other.

" Please don't be angry. The truth is Ruby took the footage before she died. She asked me to help and I gave it to Care and she's close with Daniel you all know that. She sent it to him and boom he confronted her" Chloe explained waiting for their angry reaction.

" Why tell it now? When you all started keeping secrets from your family. I didn't care about that but you should have told it," Caleb shouted punching his fists on the building wall.

" It's not time to fight, Caleb. I didn't think this will end up like this. We can talk about this at home. Now, all we have to do is bury her." Care pleaded impatiently.

" Fine. But I own an explanation," with that word they all buried Becca and closed it. Chloe took her phone from Becca's pocket before burying. When it's all over it's time to join the party and act like nothing happening. That's the difficult task that burying. They never lied badly until this year.

" It's time for dispersal. Just tell any valid reason to your friends and let's get this day over. Then we will be having a discussion at home. Don't forget one thing if it's not for Becca and her gun I would have not killed her." Charlotte announced.

" Still one thing remaining. We should clean the bloodstain in my class" Chloe whispered. When everyone agreed, They cleaned the class, Chloe went to lie to Ian and Taylor. Care went home alone so no one will notice her injured arms.

" Where have you been?" Ian held Chloe's hands.

" I lost my phone. It took me time to search for it." she's bad at lying but they didn't notice it. Ian is happy to see she's safe.

" We can't able to find Becca," Taylor apologized. Chloe's heart started to beat faster mentioning her name.

" It's okay. Can we dance?" Chloe changed the topic. Ian smiled and took her hands and led her to dance. On the other side, Charlotte told Jason that her sister called to get some help in giving cupcakes and drinks to students.

" You went without telling me. If you don't want to dance with me, you should have told me the truth," Bianca let her words out once she saw Caleb.

" Defiently not. I need to see my sister. Believe me, I want to dance with you, "Caleb lied holding her hands. Seeing his smiling face, Bianca forgot she's been angry with him for an hour. With a broken heart of missing Ruby and Becca's dead face coming to his mind, he danced showing a calm face. He's smiling outside and dying inside.