Who Killed Her

Chapter Twenty-Two

"You know Nova used to love that view too"

He poured some tea into two tea cups and handed them to me and Rowan smiling.

"Thank you"

I said taking the cup from him with the handle.

"So how did you guys meet?"

"through a mutual friend"

I'm wondering if Ayden even knew that Nova was cheating on him with Nick. From the looks of it, he didn't do it, my Nova has some pretty good taste in guys, Nick's cool.

"It's weird to be talking to you right now"

I took a sip of my tea, it was green tea, just like my mother makes, it was warm, hot to the touch.

"Uncanny even''

he smiled with glee

His expression started to change a little bit until he let out some sort of a laugh,

"You're investigating the Nova's murder aren't you?"

Our cover has been blown, what would we do now?

"Look, when I found Nova was dead I was so depressed for months"

"I'm sorry for your lose?"

"thanks"

Me and Rowan shared the same grief expression. 

"Look, I don't know how Nova died, but you guys need to stay out of it"

"okay we will, have a good day thanks for everything

Rowan told him as we walked out the door, he had a smile plastered on his face when we came in, again as he waved goodbye. As soon as we both walked out we looked at each other,

"Why was she keeping this from me, does Nick know?"

'He shrugged his shoulders,

"Olora, we're not staying out of this are we?"

He asked looking at me,

"No, if anything now I'm more determined, even though we're back to square one, we can't stop now, we're finding out so much already"

We both walked to the car, the walk there was quiet. There was now snow all over the floor, higher than before. All of my my hunches have been wrong, it brought us back to square one. We got into the car and buckled up

"What now, we were wrong"

I looked at him with a tad bit of sadness in my eye. 

"We weren't gonna stay out of this, now I was more determined than ever,"

"Of course"

I smiled as politely as I could as we both got into the car and sat down.,

"Well we better be on our way, thank you for everything"

I texted the group chat telling him that Ayden freed was out of the picture, I guess.

"Olora, it's not your fault she lied to you, stop blaming yourself"

He leaned in for a hug and held onto me tightly, I had to admit, he was pretty good at cheering someone up. Finally, I cracked and let out a smile

"Yea, that's better"

He smiled at me before starting the car. All of my sadness was now gone, and I felt like a new person like everything was going to be okay, he was pretty good at that. He pulled the car of the mansion driveway before driving me home, I watched as the trees went by, they were green, they hung down, and they blew in the wind so beautifully, sometimes I imagine myself as one of them, blowing in the wind so carelessly, without worrying about anything. The melted snow fell from the branches, they were slipping down, so carelessly and easily, they were blue and shiny, glossy even. I leaned my head on the window once more feeling the coldness of the window touching my hot forehead. It was nice, even though everything kind of sucks right now, this didn't. I took a deep breath enjoying and taking everything in. Then the car made a turn and went up on something, making me realize we were at my house. The ride was over, and so was my time to relax. I sighed at the thought of not being able to feel this anymore before getting out of the car and going to the door I went around the car to where he was

"this was interesting"

"were going to figure it out"

he said trying to cheer me up. I smiled weakly and went t my door. I pulled out my house key and unlocked the door,  I walked into the house door seeing My mom on the table the minute we came in,

"hey hon"

she said looking me, I just had a weak smile on my face

"are you okay Olora?"

she asked me concerned, but before I could say anything she pulled me into the biggest hug she'd ever given. I felt her warm arms wrap around me, but to be honest right now the only person I wanted to cheer my up was Tamyson. Was I wrong for wanting a guys comfort over my mom's, the woman who gave me birth, the woman who gave me life. I tried my hardest not to let my tear fall down on her cheek, I really didn't want her to know how sad I was in that moment. I tried so hard, if I cried again I would have cried twice already, and crying one for me was already a low place for myself. She pulled away from me. I was so thankful that I was able to hold in my tears

"I'm gonna go to bed"

I told her releasing from her grip and going upstairs to my room. I went onto my bed and just laid there. I didn't get up to change, I didn't get up to do anything, I just laird there and fell asleep trying to forget about everything that had happened that night. I woke up the next morning, the weakened had gone so fast I didn't even realize it. I had been awaken by the clock, it was 7: 30. I got out of my bed and went to change into something decent. And put my black vans on. After getting vans on I finished getting ready and headed downstairs. The living room still looked like an elf threw up everywhere, but I guess that's how she liked it. Something about Christmas just made everyone so happy. I walked over to the kitchen and made myself some toast with Nutella on it. I pulled out the milk and finished this combo before heading to my car

"by mom love you"

I said as I walked out the door. I unlocked my car and started to drive to school. I put the heater on so the car could warm up, I loved when it was cold outside but It was still freezing.