Framed: A Dark Romantic Suspense (Framed Trilogy, Book One) by Marilyn Don

Author:Marilyn Don [Don, Marilyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Marilyn Don Publishing
Published: 2023-10-03T16:00:00+00:00

chapter fifteen

Scarlett

The school decorated in memorial to Naomi was a constant reminder of that horrible night and haunted me every time I closed my eyes. Her big brown doe eyes painted in the center of the poster laughed at me, mocked me, and watched me. Hateful sneers were painted on the faces of passersby as I made my way to my locker.

It had been a week since I got the last letter that led to Naomi’s bloodied body and my arrest. I was a person of interest in her murder and enemy number one. Dad let Suzanne talk him into making me to go back to school. Said it would show that I wasn’t afraid of the rumors but to be completely honest, I was.

I was terrified. Not about what was next, but because Xavier hadn’t been back to school and hadn’t answered any of my calls or texts.

I needed him to know I had nothing to do with this. Notes be damned I couldn’t allow him to think I did that to Naomi.

A blonde-haired figure and the sound of laughter became more prominent as I made it to my locker.

“What… what the hell are you doing?” I stammered in a horrified whisper as I took in the boy I identified as Shawn Stewart, Naomi’s cousin. He was writing something on my locker in red paint and had a crowd of students surrounding him. Their laughter was a loud siren in my ear that grew louder with every approaching step.

Whatever he was doing couldn’t be good. Shawn and I never got along, that was never a secret but I never expected him to do this. To react in such a way. He and Naomi weren’t even close.

I swallowed the unease that crept into my throat as I pushed my way through to close the remaining distance.

A gasp left my lips as I read the words written in all caps on my locker: Murderer. My vision blurred with tears as I stumbled back and locked eyes with a set of familiar light-brown orbs.

Xavier.

I tried to step forward but stopped in my tracks when I caught his emotionless gaze. His whole demeanor dripped with indifference. It was too controlled, too blank, so much so that he appeared bored by the display.

It wasn’t the Xavier I knew. The Xavier I loved.

His full symmetrical lips were set in a tight line and his gaze shifted to his cousin and my locker. His lips twitched: it was fast, fleeting, almost imperceptible. But I caught it as if he was about to say something but he had to stop himself.

Then he did the last thing I would have expected him to do. His lips lifted into a smirk and he turned away. He didn’t spare me another glance as he walked away, taking my heart with him once again.

Similar to the past two days, I replayed the last time I saw him. It was like watching a movie for the fifth time. It didn’t matter that

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