UNDER EDITING
Charlotte Cooper's life had been a simple one up until Louise Bauman went missing. And she was okay with that. The day that the girl had gone missing, everyone immediately became on edge, growing suspicious of each other, trying their...
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"So starting from the beginning - first thoughts; did she run away or was she kidnapped?" Tyler asked as the group sat in Granny's diner, the tiny restaurant completely empty except for the group and an elderly couple on the opposite side of the building.
"No, she didn't get kidnapped. If she did, she wasn't held captive for long." Charlie shook her head as she replied. "I saw her, remember."
"Or at least you think you did," Tyler said. "You're not sure."
"Wait, what?" Trystan asked.
"Oh yeah, I forget you don't know all the details." Tyler rolled his eyes, "Charlie thinks she saw Louise."
"How?" Trystan asked.
"Yeah, even I'm a little lost here." Kiya leaned forward, resting her elbows on the white shiny table in front of her. "If you saw Louise, why didn't you say something?"
Charlie began to say something but stopped, realizing this was when the secrets began to really come out. Of course, her having asthma wasn't a huge secret, it was just something she hadn't wanted everyone to know.
"I, um..." She stopped, clearing her throat as she ran her fingers through her hair as she glanced over at Ren before back to the others. "I had an asthma attack and she saved me."
"Excuse me, what?!" Jade exclaimed, "Since when did you have asthma, Charlie?"
"I've had asthma since I was little, it was just something I've only ever told one person," Charlie explained, resting her hands on the table in front of her.
"Let me guess, Ren?" Jade asked, raising her eyebrows.
"Actually, no." Charlie shook her head, "Kiya. But that's because she was my childhood best friend, Jade. She's seen me have one of my attacks before and that's the only reason she knows and she swore not to tell anyone. Mikey didn't even know. And yeah, afterward Ren and Tyler knew but that was because they came to my house after it happened. Otherwise, they wouldn't have known."
"I don't get how you having asthma has anything to do with this." Trystan shook his head, "And why it's a big deal if anyone knows. It's just asthma."
"Basically, when I first started all of this when it was just Renny, Tyler, and I - we went around talking to people. I talked to Nadia, and I found out about the video about Jade and Louise, and I needed to show them because it was serious. Obviously, Granny's is a bit distance away from my house and I never used to keep my inhaler on me but I tried to run the distance to my house and I didn't make it." Charlie explained, motioning her hands around as she talked. "I collapsed right by my house. Someone pulled me down to my house, and it was her."
"Are you- are you sure?" Mikey asked.
"Yeah, are you sure it just wasn't someone else?" Jade asked, her features surprised instead of angry at the fact that Charlie didn't tell her.
