CHAPTER 36

{AHVI’S POINT OF VIEW}

It's vivid. The sight of Shane lying there in his pool of blood is so raw that I can't seem to get the image out of my head no matter how hard I try, he's right there when I close my eyes and I hate it.

“Miss Ahvi, did you hear what I said?”

The question bucks me back to the reality of me sitting in Miss Xenia's office with Quinn and three other girls and in front of us is an officer scrutinizing my face with a distrustful look in his eyes.

“Can you please repeat the question?” I request in a modest tone that's almost muffled.

“What relationship do you have with the victim?”

A victim. That means he was killed. “My skat partner,” I reply in the same modest tone.

Quinn scowl. “No, please! I saw you two sucking each other's faces yesterday and today he winds up dead,”

“Is that true?” Miss Katherina unexpectedly asks from the corner of the room. “Were you in a relationship with Shane?”

I grimace. “Of course not!” Even the mere thought creeped me out and nauseated