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Love In Another Shadow
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4 Chapters
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Chapter 7 Seven img
Chapter 8 Eight img
Chapter 9 Nine img
Chapter 10 Ten img
Chapter 11 Eleven img
Chapter 12 Twelve img
Chapter 13 Thirteen img
Chapter 14 Fourteen img
Chapter 15 Fifteen img
Chapter 16 Sixteen img
Chapter 17 Seventeen img
Chapter 18 Eighteen img
Chapter 19 Nineteen img
Chapter 20 Twenty img
Chapter 21 Twenty One img
Chapter 22 Twenty Two img
Chapter 23 Twenty Three img
Chapter 24 Twenty Four img
Chapter 25 Twenty Five img
Chapter 26 Twenty Six img
Chapter 27 Twenty Seven img
Chapter 28 Twenty Eight img
Chapter 29 Twenty Nine img
Chapter 30 Thrirty img
Chapter 31 Thirty One img
Chapter 32 Thirty Two img
Chapter 33 Thirty Three img
Chapter 34 Thirty Four img
Chapter 35 Thirty Five img
Chapter 36 Thirty Six img
Chapter 37 Thirty Seven img
Chapter 38 Thirty Eight img
Chapter 39 Thirty Nine img
Chapter 40 Fourty img
Chapter 41 Fourty One img
Chapter 42 Fourty Two img
Chapter 43 Fourty Three img
Chapter 44 Forty Four img
Chapter 45 Forty Five img
Chapter 46 Forty Six img
Chapter 47 Forty Seven img
Chapter 48 Forty Eight img
Chapter 49 Forty Nine img
Chapter 50 Fifty img
Chapter 51 Fifty One img
Chapter 52 Fifty Two img
Chapter 53 Fifty Three img
Chapter 54 Fifty Four img
Chapter 55 Fifty Five img
Chapter 56 Fifty Six img
Chapter 57 Fifty Seven img
Chapter 58 Fifty Eight img
Chapter 59 Fifty Nine img
Chapter 60 Sixty img
Chapter 61 Sixty One img
Chapter 62 Sixty Two img
Chapter 63 Sixty Three img
Chapter 64 Sixty Four img
Chapter 65 Sixty Five img
Chapter 66 Sixty Six img
Chapter 67 Sixty Seven img
Chapter 68 Sixty Eight img
Chapter 69 Sixty Nine img
Chapter 70 Seventy img
Chapter 71 Seventy One img
Chapter 72 Seventy Two img
Chapter 73 Seventy Three img
Chapter 74 Seventy Four img
Chapter 75 Seventy Five img
Chapter 76 Seventy Six img
Chapter 77 Seventy Seven img
Chapter 78 Seventy Eight img
Chapter 79 Seventy Nine img
Chapter 80 Eighty img
Chapter 81 Eighty One img
Chapter 82 Eighty Two img
Chapter 83 Eighty Three img
Chapter 84 Eighty Four img
Chapter 85 Eighty Five img
Chapter 86 Eighty Six img
Chapter 87 Eighty Seven img
Chapter 88 Eighty Eight img
Chapter 89 Eighty Nine img
Chapter 90 Ninety img
Chapter 91 Ninety One img
Chapter 92 Ninety Two img
Chapter 93 Ninety Three img
Chapter 94 Ninety Four img
Chapter 95 Ninety Five img
Chapter 96 Ninety Six img
Chapter 97 Ninety Seven img
Chapter 98 NInety Eight img
Chapter 99 Ninety Nine img
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Chapter 4 Four

CHAPTER 4

Alicia does have strong intuitive abilities. Although she refused to connect with the death that had just happened, her intuition told her otherwise. Something inside Alicia's head forced her to come, so Alicia finally got up from the chair in the main hall and went to the dormitory hallway.

Everyone seemed to be filling the hallway. From a distance, Alicia could find some students who were sick to their stomachs, or whispering about the incident. Although she wasn't really interested, Alicia ended up standing among the crowd of people who were watching the process of moving the victim with enthusiasm. They looked curious, worried and scared at the same time.

It was a rare scene. However, it wasn't the first time for Alicia.

A man with a black mustache approached Nicholas. Nicholas was still gently patting Brittany's back in the corner of the hallway. "Brittany, isn't that the James I know?"

"Yes, Dad. He's my boyfriend," Brittany said through tears.

Paul Scoots lifted his chin, giving Nicholas the code. "Nic, we need to talk." He patted Brittany lightly on the shoulder. "I'll talk to Nicholas, you'd better stay away from this location."

"Okay, Dad."

Afterward, Paul and Nicholas returned to the scene near James' body. Paul whispered, "Mr. Blake asked us to keep our mouths shut in the media. He doesn't want his kindness to get bad press."

Nicholas cocked an eyebrow, surprised. "Wow. One of his students is dead, but that old bastard is busy making a name for himself," he thought. But what came out of his mouth was something else, "Okay, chief."

After the police left to escort the ambulance carrying James, the other students were instructed to return to their rooms by the Golden High officials to help with the investigation. Classes were dismissed for the day.

Brittany then approached Nic. The two puffy eyes were now looking at him uncertainly. "Nic, what exactly happened to James?"

"From the condition of the victim, it is suspected that James was assaulted and murdered," Nicholas said diplomatically.

Britt shook her head slowly, still in disbelief. "Who could have done all this, Nic?" her tone of voice was still soft.

Alicia leaned closer and cleared her throat. "Britt."

Britt turned her head and was momentarily stunned by the presence of Alicia, who had said she didn't want to leave the hall, now standing in front of her.

"Alicia?"

"I'm sorry for you," Alicia said with a nod of thanks from the chubby-cheeked girl.

As someone who had been left behind, Alicia understood exactly how Brittany felt right now. For a moment, James' death had also brought her a piece of the past. But now was not the time to get nostalgic about those dark times.

Alicia was now staring at the floor, then observing the dark gray-patterned gazled tiles beneath her feet. She then deliberately rubbed her boot-clad feet against it a few times, seemingly to prove a point.

Alicia muttered under her breath. "The floor surface is a bit rough and scratchy."

Britt and Nic exchanged surprised glances. Both were silent, as if waiting for Alicia to continue.

"Is this blood... Only belong to James?" Alicia turned to Nic.

Nic looked at Alicia, then Brittany, then Alicia again. He rubbed the nape of his neck awkwardly. "Through the luminol test, we did find blood that we suspect belongs to the victim."

Alicia rubbed her chin, as if considering something. "Are you sure all the blood scattered here is just his?"

Nic nodded confidently. Britt watched silently as she wiped away the remnants of her tears.

Alicia observed the trail of blood that formed a long pattern before finally ending in a pool of James' blood in front of her. Curiosity led her to follow the pattern of blood that formed like splatters. She then stopped, in front of the last drop of blood.

"The blood starts here," she said, pointing to the red droplet near his foot. "Can you take a sample of this blood, detective?"

Nic glanced at Brittany and nodded in agreement. She quickly performed a luminol test on the blood. Matching it to the tools they had at their disposal.

Nic furrowed his brow in surprise when the blood match came back negative. "Negative," Nic announced.

Britt looked at both of them confused. "What do you mean by negative?"

Alicia and Nic looked at each other for a few seconds and nodded in agreement, without even saying it. "James put up a fight here, he managed to get the perpetrator injured." Nic said then grinned with satisfaction. "Good job, James," as if the owner of that name was now in front of him.

Alicia looked up, seeing the intersection of dormitory hallways in front of her. "Looks like James has been followed since he left his room."

Her luminous blue eyes looked up at the worn ceiling of the hallway. Looking for anything that might help her investigation. Unfortunately, there was only one CCTV camera in the corner of the hallway, and it was obscured by thick dust.

"Does it work?" Alicia asked Britt.

Britt chuckled dismissively. "What can you see from that far away?" She paused her sentence and shook her head lazily. "Even the camera is covered in dust."

Alicia then returned her attention to the area around where the victim was found. Nic, meanwhile, silently smiled at Alicia. What an attractive girl.

Britt bent her forehead deeply and muttered softly. "Nic, why is James' corpse so horrible? Even his eyeballs are widened and his tongue... Euh, horrible."

Nic carefully hypothesized James' death. "I think he was choked before he was stabbed with something," Nic sounded unsure.

"What if he did die from choking and the stabbing was just an alibi?" Alicia said suddenly.

Brittany and Nicholas turned their heads in surprise. A look of astonishment mixed with amazement crossed Britt and Nic's faces as Alicia came up with this conjecture.

Britt muttered under her breath. She was looking at the intersection of the hallways with apprehension now.

Nic watched the movements of the blonde girl next to him suspiciously. She cleared her throat, breaking Britt's agitation. "What's wrong, Britt? You're so restless."

"There's something wrong here," Brittany whispered, as if afraid that someone had eavesdropped on their conversation.

"Why, Britt?" Alicia asked.

Brittany bit her lower lip in doubt. "Didn't the officials distribute the new alphabetized rooms?" She paused for a moment, then turned to Alicia and Nic in turn.

"If what Alicia said about James being followed from the room is true. Shouldn't he have been killed on the second floor, since his room was on hallway 002?"

Alicia and Nic looked at each other, before Britt let out a long breath and finished her sentence.

"So James just came out of whose room?"

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