Chapter 4

All three mothers at that moment could see that Chloe was on the verge of falling apart thanks to the pressure and it was getting to the point that it was hard to watch her break down in such a manner.

Grateful that someone was willing to lend her an ear and ask her how she was.

Even though she dared not hope that she would ever have someone to speak to.

Just hearing that question had completely shocked Chloe to the point of tears, making both couples feel their hearts go out to her and her predicament.

So instead of asking more questions for they could see that she was anything but alright had all came to an agreement to help the troubled family out.

Even if other people who worked with them were not so keen to work with the parents of a suspect.

Sure things had been tough during those years but Chloe had hardly complained even when her parents cracked a few times and had lashed out at her because of the media’s cruel words, they still loved her dearly enough to try and keep her safe.

Sure they made an error by allowing Chloe to see a counselor who had done anything but make things worse but it was something to learn from, yes they didn’t like how the media and the people around them portrayed Chloe in the way that they saw fit.

But they knew that without a doubt Chloe had not murdered anyone.

In fact there was no blood on the teen’s fingers let alone her nails nor did she had a murder weapon on her when they arrived and according to the autopsy report he had died half an hour before they arrived.

So what happened was known and seen only by Chloe, and if their daughter said that she didn’t kill anyone then they believed her… even if though they were confused as to how he died.

However what shocked them was that Chloe had confessed that she didn’t know either.

All she knew was that her friend was leaning towards her and then his face was slashed multiple ties by something she could not see, before he got up to get something to help him with the pain and blood.

Only to blindly land on the glass table resulting in the destroyed table they had come across the moment they entered the house.

Hearing her side of the story had shocked her parents a lot for it was something that they could not see happening, however despite all that they had agreed to keep the first part quiet.

Given that it sounded ludicrous and impossible but on the other hand there was no explanation that they could come up, given that they had not been there when it happened.

Chloe meanwhile was the sole witness to what had happened, so they all agreed to keep it to themselves to avoid backlash.

Now home Chloe sighed as she took her shoes off and placed them on the shoe rack, once they were in their usual spot the tired teen forced her feet towards the stairs leading to her room.

Not caring if she was dragging her sore and tired feet thanks to the day she had.

On route her mother a pale skinned who had long dark brown haired woman with greenish blue eyes had popped her head out from the kitchen and smiled as soon as she saw who it was.

“Oh hi Chloe, how was college?” her mother asked with a bright smile on her face which then faded the moment she saw Chloe’s brooding look.

When she saw Chloe’s expression it had informed the mother of all that she need to know- it was bad.

“Not good today?” Her mother asked kindly until Chloe had given at her a withered look that signalled that her day at college was anything but good.

“No” Chloe replied glumly as she moved her bag strap slightly so it wasn’t digging into her right shoulder thanks to the unwanted weight caused by her books.

“Anything new though?” her mother asked with an interested smile leaving Chloe to realise that her mother wasn’t going to let things go until they had talked about how college was.

Sighing and lowering her head slightly in defeat Chloe had then slowly walked towards her mother.

She then went to sit on a chair in the kitchen that was located near a large round table, was often used for their family meals.

Her bag strap was taken off her shoulders while her bag went to the floor.

“New student today” Chloe replied glumly but thanked her mother for the drink after it was handed to her and began to drink it slowly.

Her mother smiled as she sat down, the mother then made a noise that signaled that she was interested before she sat down beside her daughter.

“Oh? So what’s this new person like? Are they nice? Is it a boy or a girl?” her mother asked sounding a little too eager, this in turn left Chloe slightly uncomfortable since that could lead to problems.

After all her mother at times did try to get the unhappy teen to make new friends given the circumstances.

Sadly this had always ended in either the ‘friends’ being rude and hating her or avoiding her like the plague, mostly thanks to her ‘reputation’, the media or the people in either school or college.

Giving her mother a look she shook her head before sipping on her orange juice again, the tangy but tart taste left her slightly relaxed as she slumped a bit in her seat.

“It’s a guy called Daniel Stevenson, unfortunately I wouldn’t know if he was nice or not because he chose not to show up today” Chloe replied bluntly as she frowned at her mother.

Just hearing that the new student had not turned up for class shocked her mother a lot given that she took education seriously.

The older women had made sure that her daughter did as well.

“Does anyone know why he didn’t show up?” her mother asked still surprised from the information while Chloe shrugged her shoulders looking like she didn’t care.

This in turn made her mother frown at her rude behaviour.