Surreptitious
"I have been hiding something from everyone,Veronica", she slurred,slowly,as if she is afraid anyone might hear her."I don't think you are in a right mind,Mrs.Carson. I'll take you to your room",I said as I put her arms around my shoulder and helped her up.She was calm, too calm. And that scared me. She slowly pulled herself away from me and took the papers lying on the kitchen counter. A small smile was playing on her lips, her eyes were holding mine. She started speaking softly,"No you don't get it darlin'. Melanie she-Her next words made my body numb. I stood still for what felt like hours,processing her words.No. I can't be. She is drunk. My heart refused to accept it. It can't be true."Take a look at this,Veronica. Maybe then you'll accept it."I looked at at the reports that had been put in my hands by her.And that's when I came to know that everything I've believed was a lie.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Melanie Carson was dead. She jumped from a 60-storey building. Finally the realization of her wrong doings dawned upon her. Or that's what everyone believed.Melanie's friends are hell-bent on knowing what's behind her suicide. But certain events make them question the known truth and gives birth to raw doubt in their minds. The fear of being caught forces them to be condour and face their demons.The perfect life of the populars gets disrupted as secrets comes out. Stories of dead people make their way to everyone. People get betrayed. The only thing they know - Anyone can be holding a gun at your back.The only question in their minds - Who's next?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________…