The Crystal 2 by Jones M (reading cloud ebooks .txt) 📕

Third Person's P.O.V

Everyone was back on the tour bus, asleep on their bunks. The bus was moving along the tarmacked highway in the night, taking everyone to the next city where the boys would perform. The night sky produced some lighting that illuminated the room where everyone was asleep.

Bianca was awake, staring at her phone in disbelief and shock. She hadn't heard the recent news until everyone was in bed; but once she did, she could not believe it.

Emery had exposed and had the hacker arrested.

Bianca could not believe Emery had done that. She didn't think Emery would follow through her warning. In fact, her threats seemed empty to her. It felt like a dream to Bianca. She never thought Emery would have the balls to actually get the hacker arrested, especially on live TV.

The interview had resulted in doubts about Emery's personality. People on the Internet were not sure about hating her anymore, and that angered Bianca. 

It went against all the plans she had for the crystal. She wanted Emery to be hated and for no one to forget about her, but that wasn't going to happen.

The interview had also raised doubts about Bianca. Emery told the interviewer that Bianca was one of the people she would be seeking revenge on. At the moment, the focus quickly shifted to Bianca. It was bad for her because she was certain people would start taking an increased interest in her personal life. They could dig up her past and uncover many unfilled holes that would leave everyone uncertain on trusting her.

What also frightened her was the possibility of the boys not trusting her. She did not want that, especially when the band was becoming more popular.

That meant more money for Bianca, and she did not want to miss her supplier. 

That was why she was dating Zane in the first place. 

Bianca had to do something about Emery. She had followed through with her warning, and she was uncertain on what she could do next. She needed to stop her before things went out of hand.

Maybe she could send the hitman on her again.

That thought brought a smile to Bianca. She switched off her phone and lay on the bed, closing her eyes as sleep overcame her.

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Emery's P.O.V

It was another morning. I had gotten out of bed, dressed up and ready for what the day had in store for me. 

The next concert was going to be in Las Vegas. It meant no exploring for me, especially since I had to be in the presence of everyone else.

Ugh.

The rest had woken up and were eating their breakfast. They ignored me as usual, talking about their lives and tour stuff. It was so boring, I was glad I sat far away from them. I had my laptop and headphones, watching the news about how I exposed the hacker.

Tom Michael Acker was arrested for hacking into Emery Davis' account and posting awful things about the popular band, the Ordinary Brothers. The 28-year-old was found in a secluded building here in New York with many computers. The screens showed Emery Davis' Twitter account among other details that were used for hacking into the girl's account.

Tom Acker was also found to have hacked into bank accounts. The police have refused to give details on those who were hacked, promising to communicate with the affected to give them the news. Tom has recently been sentenced to life imprisonment without trial and without bail because of the evidence found.

Apart from that, there were speculations that the suspect was innocent. After a lot of further investigations, the police confirmed that the person is not. 

This whole incident changes what we all thought we knew about Emery Davis. This brings into question the things Emery said about Bianca. Is it true that Bianca wanted Emery dead? Is it also true that she tried to kill Liam Gray? 

I re-read the article once more, and a smile took over my features. Ashley had heard about the reports, and she was happy for me. She was glad I got the asshole arrested. There wouldn't be any awful posts about the Ordinary Brothers and their fans from my account. In fact, I made sure to change my password to a critical one before logging out on my devices.

I felt relieved after Tom had been arrested. I felt giddy, and I was planning on my next plan.

I had to get rid of Bianca.

The knowledge that Tom couldn't get out of prison for what he did brought a desire to finish off Bianca. I wanted her to pay for all the pain she caused me.

I sat as I thought about it. If Bianca was arrested, the others that remained would swiftly follow through.

I had no doubt that the bitch would expose them. She would have nothing to lose, and I would revel in seeing her being escorted to prison.  

That also brought on the question: how would I get her arrested?

Framing her was out the picture. I didn't want to get my hands dirty so that she could be arrested. I needed Bianca to get her own ass arrested.

I sat in my seat as I continued thinking, and an idea came to mind: I could record Bianca confessing every vile thing she had done.

But how would I do it?

A piece of tissue paper floated into the bus, bringing my attention to my surroundings. I swatted it and forced it out of the bus through the open window.

I shuddered, wondering where the tissue had come from and why I touched it. As I headed towards the sink, I noticed that it was very quiet. I looked around, noticing that everyone had left the bus. 

I smiled as I washed my hands before heading back to my seat. On my way there, I spotted Bianca looking at me.

Ugh. Why was she around?

"Where are the guys?" I asked with raised eyebrows.

"They went to get ready for the performance tonight," Bianca replied with a smug look.

I shrugged before resuming my walk to my seat. As much as I hated the bitch, I was not in the mood to hear whatever she had to say.

"That was smart of you," Bianca said suddenly, stopping me in my tracks. 

I knew exactly what she was talking about. I went to speak to her, but then something came to my mind.

The proof. That was my chance! 

If I could capture Bianca confessing to employing the hacker to make my life miserable, the guys would know I was telling the truth. Also, she would be imprisoned.

"What?" I asked after secretly using my powers to turn on the camera of my laptop. The advantage of the spell I had used to protect my Twitter account from Tom was the ability to just use my mind to do anything on my devices.

"Stop playing stupid! You know exactly what I'm talking about," Bianca said as she walked towards me, leaving some space between us. I used my powers to see if the camera was recording our direction. It was, and I mentally sighed in relief.

"I did warn him, you know," I said. "But he thought I was joking. Well, too bad for him. He's off the list and you are next." 

Bianca looked furious.

"I can't believe you got him arrested!" she yelled in anger. I shrugged with a smug grin.

"And that makes you angry because..."

"You and I both know why I'm angry!" she shouted. "I paid that guy a thousand dollars every month to make sure he did his job. I mean, it had been so easy to just hack into your account and pretend you were insulting the Ordinary Brothers and their fans. I thought he was a genius with computers! I also thought he would know how to deal with people hacking his own computer!"

I smirked.

Gotcha.

"Do you know how many times I had to borrow money from Zane?" she asked, still in her angry state. 

"What, you don't have your own money? Bitch too broke to do her own dirty work?" I questioned, feigning innocence.

Bianca snorted.

"You must be stupid. Of course, I don't have my own money! Whatever Zane would give me was not enough, and so I had Tom hack into his bank account."

"What?" I asked in disbelief.

"Lucky for me, my rich boyfriend is too stupid to even check his bank account," she said with a smirk. "In fact, it made things easy for me. I could stop borrowing from him, and I wouldn't look like a gold-digger."

"What the fuck?" I commented. "You hacked into Zane's bank account?"

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Bianca hacked into Zane account? The hell?

"And he never checks the balance! Whenever he buys something, he just swipes his credit card and leaves."

I was angry with Bianca.

"I can't believe you! He's your boyfriend!"

"No, bitch," Bianca said, "he's my bank account."

My mouth dropped in shock. I suddenly felt bad for the boys; my heart mostly broke for Zane. He was in love with Bianca. I thought she loved him back despite her evil ways. But apparently, I was wrong.

This could crush him.

"Since we are alone, I'd rather we clear the air. Wonder why I hated you from the first moment I saw you?" Bianca stated with a smug smile. "I knew you had feelings for him. I also knew he was confused about his feelings for you. His mother had even confessed that he was in love with you when the two of you were in high school! I couldn't have that, and so I had to get rid of you to keep him."

"What?" I asked in shock.

"You were right about everything. I sent a hitman to kill you. Too bad you lived. You forced me to step up my game. I wanted Zane and his friends to hate you, and so I began making plans. Guess what I did first."

Things were beginning to make sense.

"You posted the first hate tweet about the boys, but then I already knew that."

"Yes, but that was not enough. I wanted you completely gone and completely hated. I didn't want the boys to rekindle any relationship they had with you."

Bianca pursed her lips as if she was in thought. 

"That's why I sent my hitman to dress like you on that same day. I even gave her your phone before sending her to hit Liam with a car."

"YOU BITCH!" I yelled at her. Bianca just smirked.

"Now, they're all wrapped around my finger. You have no one, Emery, and I have your friends who will listen to everything I say."

Bianca laughed.

"They think you are an awful person. And don't think that TV interview changed anything. The boys and your own cousin believe you arrested an innocent person for making it look like he hacked your account."

"But he did it!"

"Exactly!" Bianca deadpanned. "I'm even as surprised as you are! Those people who were once your friends are idiots. They are making this all too easy for me!"

I felt tears threaten to escape my eyes. I just couldn't believe what I was hearing.

The guys thought Tom was innocent? 

I forced my tears back into my eyes, too proud to shed them in front of Bianca.

"What about the other thing?"

"What other thing?" Bianca asked in honest confusion.

"Those guys. The ones who you sent to--" 

"You're wondering about that little thing?" Bianca said, shocking me. "It was a little something to think about before you would come to the hotel and be arrested for shit you clearly didn't do. Besides, from what I heard, you defended yourself before they got any further."

"You sent them to rape me!" I yelled in anger.

"Yes, I did. Too bad they didn't finish the job. I wanted them to make you look like a slut and then I would have spread the news that you slept with two men at once. Anyway, I don't need them now. My job is done, now that everyone hates you."

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