C12 Chapter 12.

Keva was still contemplating where she could find miss Lucy when she heard Oliver panicking, she turned over and found Lucy pointing a gun behind his head. How did she ever get to do that? Perhaps she must have used the opportunity of the dark room on them.

"Drop your weapon now!" Keva ordered.

"Sorry lady, I don't take orders… I'd prefer you drop yours" she threatened as Oliver shivered in fear.

"Please drop your weapon, she can kill me" he pleaded and keva scoffed, how was miss Lucy so good at holding a gun

"Perhaps acting experience" miss Lucy yelled, and it felt like though she read keva's mind.

"Stop wasting my time!" She barked at keva as her hands were shaking and keva lowered her weapon.

"What do you want from us?" Keva questioned, boiling with fury, now she got the culprit at hand yet couldn't do anything. Miss Lucy gazed around and heaved a sigh.

"Promise you would help me if I do" she petitioned and keva scoffed while Oliver looked confused.

"Seriously?" He said.

"Shut up!" The two women yelled at him. How was this his fault? Oh! these women, why should he get involved with them? Just like his imagination, the only thing that went wrong was that he was meant to be the hero and not be ruled.

"My bad" he muttered with a frown on his face.

"Why should I trust you?" Keva asked with a Stern look at miss Lucy, who kept trying to hide her nervousness.

"We both are in danger and…the only way out is to"

"Work together?" Oliver concluded her speech.

"You're a criminal and wait to answer the rest questions behind bars" keva roared and shot in the air and immediately miss Lucy's phone beamed and she panicked at the message on its screen. Miss Lucy raised her gun at keva aiming at her chest, so did keva.

"Stop this madness now!" Oliver beckoned, pacing to and fro. He was the only one without a gun or probably because keva was using his.

"I'm just trying to save my daughter" miss Lucy cried, cracking the gun loud.

"And then we all end dead" Oliver added.

"Shut up!" The two women yelled again, and he sat quietly on the rock.

"What made you think I would buy that?" Keva said dialing the emergency line and miss Lucy shot at her but keva was able to Dodge it and for Oliver, he had already fallen on the ground with fright. Keva also shot at miss Lucy,, but she quickly bends low to avoid been hit by the bullet.

"Could you stop this! Both of you, or we end up dead!" Oliver tried to convince but miss Lucy's phone kept beeping which was causing a noise.

"Surrender now! Or else face the law!"

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Brian had waited for a while on the dinning table waiting for keva with his placed order, he kept glancing at his watch, and a mini box that stood on the table.

"She promised not to be late" he murmured, smelling the flower which laid in front of him. He brought out his phone that was ringing in his pockets.

"Are you Mr. Brian?"

"Yes" he replied, surprised at who was using keva's phone to call him.

"There's an emergency" the voice muttered. Brian ran hurriedly to the hospital as he searched every ward for someone. He paused when he got to the theater, he tried not to be nervousness or sober, but it wasn't working. A doctor walked out of the theater and pulled out her nose mask to address Brian.

"You must be the patient's guardian, right?" The woman questioned and Brian nodded.

"Can we discuss in the office?"

"Can you say it here?". He petitioned ready to hear any news. Brian's heart pounced with fear and grief.

"I'm sorry….".

Oliver groaned as he opened his eyes and found himself in the hospital with a young man looking sad beside him. He cleaned his eyes to see him clearly, and he rose slowly with pain.

"Lie low to ease the pain" the man muttered, standing up.

"You look familiar…the guy in the picture…"

"Can you answer some questions?" He beckoned, diverting the conversation.

"Are you an officer of the law?" He snapped, closing back his eyes and then opened them again.

"Where's keva!" He wailed, staring at the man.

"She couldn't make it…" He paused to hide his tears.

"Are you ready to speak?" He continued sniffing.

"You must be Brian right?". There was silence for a while as Oliver began to shed tears. He wasn't man enough to fight back tears in front of others, which made Brian emotional.

"How did it all happen?" Brian asked. His question made Oliver shudder with fear and agony, he preferred not to recall what went on inside and most especially, was Brian able to handle since he suddenly wanted to investigate the crime?

Brian stood staring at keva's lifeless body, behind him was Oliver, who was sniffing and cleaning his tears.

"She was my crush" Oliver confessed, hugging Brian.

"Stop being all gummy" Brian cautioned and Oliver pulled back.

"Sorry, just couldn't control my emotions… I needed someone to share my feeling with…"

"How do one cope with you?". Oliver blinked his eyes and adjusted his glasses, as it was now a usual habit of his. Brian suddenly left the hospital and sat in his car. Hitting the starring wheel in anger and pain. He cried and screamed in his car while Oliver watched him through the window upstairs. Brian opened the mini box that at this moment sat beside him, and he brought out a ring made of diamond, the sight of it made him cry the more. It was his surprise, and presently his love was dead. What would have probably happened? Why was Oliver trying to avoid that question, since he seemed to be a witness?

"You promised me…you would come back!" He yelled angrily, wiping his tears and exhaling deeply, he couldn't stand the chance of watching keva's body because it really hurt losing your loved one. He started the car engine and drove off.