Betrayed by Flowerz. (books to read in your 20s female txt) 📕

'if your looking for Carter you missed him about an hour ago'

I looked at him and sighed 'good because it's you who I've come to see'

he gave me a strange look

'why....'

I sighed. Ho was I going to say this. My body was telling me to just bolt while I had the chance but my mind was reminding me that Richard would kill me if I even tried. Ugh. 'well if you let me in I'll explain'

he sighed and moved aside

'come in'

I tried to keep a straight face while I was walking in.

'so what do you want?'

I sighed and took a deep breath 'you know Ruth....'

he gave me a strange look

'yeah....'

'well do you know her dad?'

'he gave me another strange look

'not really'

I sighed 'her dad Richard has sort of sent me to bring you to him. He's a pain' I literally hit myself when I said the last part. That last part wasn't supposed to come out.

He gave me yet another strange look

'so...if he's a pain then why are you doing what he asks?'

I sighed. 'that normally would be a good question. Unfortunately I don't have a choice in this.'

'why?'

oh man. What was I going to tell him? 'we sort of made an agreement about something and now I have to do what he says. Trust me you don't want to get on his bad side'

he gave me a funny look

'what does he want?'

good question. I wish I knew. 'I don't know. I just do what he asks.'

'okay...but why does he want me'

I hesitated. Oh great. 'he...um...he-'

he gave me an annoyed look

'look if you know something then spit it out girl!' he snapped

this annoyed me 'I know you murdered my sister' I snapped back

okay now he definitely looked angry 'look girl. I killed no one! If you have evidence that I did it then you can tell me. Because it isn't true!' he snapped

'oh yeah then how can you explain Ruth's dad wanting to see you.'

'YEAH SO WHAT IF I DID. IT'S YOUR WORD AGAINST MINE, WHO'S GOING TO BELIEVE YOU! Anyway I didn't move here to be bossed around.' I was glad that he calmed down but still.

'your a criminal Michael and if you don't go to Richard I'll spread the word' that was the best threat I had and it sucked

'oh yeah....like I said it's your word against mine. OOo I'm scared, not'

oh shoot. He was right, I had to think of something else 'fine then because I'm sure that the school would love to hear that you killed an innocent young child. Even if they don't believe me. Or I could get Richard over here' I threatened

he sighed

'fine. But only for Richard.'

Lauren

The biggest thing has happened to me this week. It all started when my little sister Lindsey asked me for help for the first time in years, actually the first time since mum left. The story about my mum will have to wait because this isn't what I'm here to talk about. What do you think of vampires? Before today I would have said that they are myths, now I don't know what to think. I am only sixteen and I'm in year eleven so this shouldn't be a problem but it is. My sister Lindsey is only a year below me and she is telling me that vampires exist and that they need help, well what do I do? My brain is telling me that they are just myths but my body and my inside is telling me to believe them. My brain is spinning, UGH! My sister has never asked for help unless she really needs it and she never tells me stuff that is a myth isn't, never. Not even when she was little. So what do I do, okay I actually did do something. I refused to help her and it sent her in tears, she is never going to forgive me again. Do I believe her or do I go with what my brain is telling me, that they don't. That's the main question.

Because I was so eager to find out I searched the web to see if vampires really existed and what it came out with surprised me. It came out with information about Ruth and I wasn't even looking for information about her. I found out that when you say 'vampire' it somehow links to her name. I wanted to find out why. I then found out that ever since Ruth was born she has had this, destiny, if you like. The destiny was unknown but I wasn't going to give. I then decided to go to Ruth's locker at school. Seeing as it was Thursday. To see what I can find out, to my shock though I saw that her locker was all dented, someone must have tried to get in but who? I know for definite that it wasn't Ruth because she hasn't been in school for days. The lock on her locker door was also pretty battered, it was a combination lock. However they forgot one crucial thing. When I touched it the locker opened. They forgot to lock the lock again by moving the numbers so it was in the wrong combination. What was in the locker though surprised me the most. It was filled with pictures of Ruth on the move with red targets covering the picture. There were also a few messages, they all basically said the same. They said

I am watching you. Beware! You can't hide from me. When you come back I'll be the first to know. Beware! Every step you take I am a step behind, look back and you'll see nothing.

At that moment I knew she was in some sort of danger, who was the person after her and why? All of those questions were flowing threw my head. I had to get answers and the first place to go would be my sister Lindsey and Jackie. Of course I didn't think they did it but I had to let them know, maybe they would have some information. Seeing as Lindsey and her friends weren't talking she was With Jackie talking about stuff. 'um...Lindsey I think you might want to see this' oh wow that was awkward. We never really talk, especially not at school

they both gave me a strange look

'what do you want Lauren'

I looked at Lindsey and sighed 'someone's following Ruth'

Jackie gave me a serious look

'what! Who's after her?'

I sighed 'I don't know. However I have a lot of proof that says that someone is after her'

Lindsey rolled her eyes

'and....how do you...know this?'

I took another sigh 'you told me that vampires existed and I told you that I didn't believe you and I refused to help. However when you left I changed my mind and so I though I'd look it up,' I look at Lindsey's face drop and I sighed 'However when I was searching I found stuff out about Ruth, which was weird because I wasn't even looking for information about her. I soon found out that when you say "vampire" it somehow automatically links to Ruth,' I then looked at Lindsey again in hope but her face was still the same 'I then went to her locker and it was dented. Someone had tried to get in and succeeded. They left the locker key unlocked and in the locker there were lodes of stuff that gives me proof.'

Lindsey still didn't show any signs of even wanting to give me a chance so I looked at Jackie for help and Jackie looked at Lindsey. Lindsey sighed

'okay fine. Show me your evidence' she said in an annoyed tone

so I showed them and they were really shocked. Especially Lindsey

'wow.'

I looked at Jackie and sighed 'yeah. This is why I came to you. The locker was tried to get into at first but then the locker combination was unlocked so my guess is that whoever is after her isn't working alone,' I looked at their worried faces 'I'm guessing that the first person tried to get in without the code and the second person, who knows the code unlocked it and together they did this,' I looked at them again and sighed 'someone that got into her locker knows the locker combination so they must know Ruth. Do you know if she has any major enemies?'

Jackie shook her head

'not that I know of...'

Lindsey sighed

'she has quite a few. For starters were not exactly seeing eye to eye and neither are the others. Plus theirs Michael, Carter's brother and I assume others.'

yep just what I expected unfortunately. I sighed, the only way to find out who is after her we have to start from step one.

'should we tell a teacher or something?' Jackie said in a worried voice

'uh Jackie normally I would agree with you but I don't think that it will be a very good idea. They'll just involve the police and that's the least that we want'

I sighed. Lindsey was right, if we told someone they would just involve the police and we really don't want that. Step one here we go 'I agree with Lindsey. Jackie we just can't take the risk. So tell me what caused you to fall out with Ruth and the others?'

Lindsey sighed

'depends so you believe in vampires now?'

I sighed 'yeas. It's hard not to'

Lindsey and Jackie smiled and it made me smile

'we fell out because Lilly, Ruth's best friend was turned into a vampire. She blamed Sam, Luke and Sharlene for that because their vampires. They didn't do it though and that's what caused us to fall out'

okay I was a little surprised by what Lindsey said. 'do you have any idea on who actually turned her?'

Jackie sighed