LOCKWOOD: FINALE

 

NOA POV ❤️❤️

It was exactly 3pm when we arrived at the police station, earlier this morning, I met Khalils mother.  She was really sweet and said I could stay in the guest room till I resolved the issues with my birth givers. I just gave her the bare facts of what happend and she was still happy to have me. Mum called me and I told her I was okay and that she shouldn't worry. She tried to convince me to go back home but I declined telling her I wasn't ready yet.

We were sited at Detective Walters office when he walked in looking as bored as the first time we had met him, he sat on his chair giving us his utmost attention.

"Speak." He said with authority. Khalil looked at me and I took it as a sign that I should take the lead on this one.

"We believe that Megan West is the murderer." I said 

"On what basis, their rivalry?" He said mockingly.

"Not just that, I overheard you saying that forensics found peanut oil on the murder weapon?"

"Continue." he said looking interested.

"Megan has a peanut oil brand, a kind of hair product. She let it slip once when we were talking to her and from what we found out in our little break in..." I said and he looked at me clearly remembering our embarrassing moment. 

"We found out Claire was seeing a married man and guess what? Megan's parents are filing for a divorce because of her father's Infidelity, we believe Claire was the girl he was seeing." I said with finality.

"Is that all?" He said. Khalil and I looked shocked.

"Look, just because Megan has a hair product brand and her parents are filing for a divorce does not mean that she's a murderer. Anyone could have been using that oil, it could be any married man out there. Even if I was to take your word for it there isn't enough evidence." He said.

"What if we could get evidence." I said

"How?" He was attentive now that was good.

"We have prom in a few weeks". It was still so surreal that graduation is just a few weeks to go, a lot has changed in such short time. 

"We could bait her into spilling, you could call backup if something goes wrong, so the police can help just in case." I said 

"And if you guys are wrong?" He said

"It would have still been worth it even if our theory is wrong, you are meant to protect us from danger, this is a possible threat, so even If you dispose a thousand men and its a false alarm? What matters is that lives are saved". I said looking determined.

"Fine, for your sake I hope you're right Martinez and also that you're wrong." I understood why he said that, either way whether right or wrong we were in serious danger. Khalil looked at me, his eyes showing reassurance.

PROM NIGHT

It was finally the day, Khalil was my date naturally and for obvious reasons. I didn't dress fancy, If not for Claire I wouldn't even be going at all. We met Walters and his men outside the school in a secluded area, they didn't make themselves obvious. It would have been weird for a bunch of students to see policemen outside their school. 

They put a body wire inside my dress so they could hear everything Megan and I would say to each other. Khalil and I already discussed how it would go, he'd send her a message that he knows everything and he wants to talk. She'd see me at the roof top instead and I'll bait her into spilling. If things go haywire I would distract her until the police come. If our theory is wrong we'd be back to square one, I hoped we were right though. Walters wished us goodluck and said they'd be close by to make an arrest if they needed to.

We went into the venue, and stood at a table, I saw Megan smiling and chatting with Aria and Stacy. She looked like a vixen in her black dress, red lipstick and long acrylic nails. Somehow she wasn't looking like innocent Megan anymore, she looked dangerous in my eyes, deranged if you would say.

"Send the text, I'll head to the rooftop." I said to Khalil heading up, before I could take another step he dragged me back.

"Be careful, please." he said. I nodded and left.

A FEW MINUTES LATER 

I stood and gazed at the stars, waiting for Megan, its been an hour and no sign of her, I was about to give up when I heard the door open. I turned back to see her staring at me in shock, realizing it wasn't Khalil.

"What is it now, I already told you guys everything I know. What the hell do you want?" she said irritated.

"I know it was you Megan." I said 

"Me what?" She said looking convincing, if she was lying she was really good at it.

"I know you killed Claire, she was having an affair with your father wasn't she?" I taunted.

"What the fuck are you on about." She said wide eyed. 

"She was ruining your family so you offed her, stop lying, the jig is up, the police found peanut oil on the murder weapon, you thought you cleared your tracks but you left that one loophole. How did you know Claire was pregnant, she would have never told you that, she dispised you enough, why would she tell you her secret. huh?" I continued to taunt.

"Shut up Noa." She said her eyes looking murderous.

"I know you hate Claire so much, thinking about it now some cheercaptain title and Khalil wouldn't be enough for you to hate someone so much, it had to be deeper, it was your dad wasn't it, he's the one she was seeing wasn't he?". Suddenly Megan screamed.

"SHUT UP, SHE GOT WHAT SHE FUCKING DESERVED, I WOULD KILL HER ALL OVER AGAIN IF I FUCKING HAVE TO, THAT BITCH!" If she looked scary then, she looked even worse now. 

"My family was perfect, we were happy. Believe it or not we were friends until she decided she could screw with my dad." She cried.

"What happened?" I said buying time.

"It was 11th grade, dad was going to sponsor one of our cheerleading competitions, I introduced him to Claire, I should have noticed something about their smile or how they shook hands longer than necessary, but I didn't. I was happy Claire was making waves in the team believe it or not I was happy she was going to be captain but then I caught them one day kissing in his office. 

She had the gall to tell me that they loved each other and that I wasn't going to be a barrier to their stupid affair. I confronted dad but he said that if I mentioned anything to mum that he would disinherit me. I wanted to tell her but I knew it would break her. She would wait for dad all day thinking he was just running late because of office load but I knew it was because he was fucking my friend at night. When she became cheercaptain in the 12th grade, I was so furious, even knowing that she was fooling poor Khalil broke me, he would have been happier with me." She said mascara melting all over her face.

"BUT HE CHOSE HER EVERY FUCKING TIME!" she yelled.

"I started sending her threat notes, she suspected it was me but she had no evidence, I would often sneak In on her conversations with dad, hearing her whining about how I was scaring her with my notes, dad said she was just being paranoid". I realized that this was why Claire looked unhappy most of the time.

"Later on, she found out she was pregnant, dad foolishly let it out when we were arguing about her once. Claire started sending him texts, threatening to tell mum if she didn't leave us for her. I would settle for her screwing my dad but not rendering my mum heartbroken and me fatherless. So I decided I was going to just take care of the problem, so during Max Cornwells party, I killed her. I slit her stupid throat and threw her off the fucking roof." She spat.

"She had a baby, how could you do that Megan. Are you that heartless? That was your sibling she was carrying." I cried.

"I DONT FUCKING CARE!" She screamed.

"And now you know, I have to take care of you too" she said moving closer to me with a pocket knife. Before she could get any closer, the police came up with Detective Walters.

"Megan West, put your hands up in the air, you're under arrest for the murder of Claire Parker." Megan looked scared as the police came and handcuffed her. She screamed as they read her rights. Khalil ran to me, asking me if I was okay. I hugged him, sobbing because it was all over and I could finally be at peace.

ONE YEAR LATER

Its been a year since the court case was finally done and it was decided that Megan would be taken to an asylum, she wasn't alright at all, after that she would serve 20 years without parole in prison. Mr West was also arrested for sleeping with a 17 year old which was illegal, he was going to serve 10 years. 

Graduation was over and Khalil and I decided to take a gap year. We wanted to figure ourselves out and what we really wanted to do with our future after the mess that just occurred. I returned home, my father apologized for what he said and we are both trying to make our relationship work, it would take a lot of time though but he was trying his best.

Khalil and I were at the beach, Claire's special beach. She wasn't perfect and she made mistakes but that doesn't mean she wasn't my bestfriend. She was an important part of my life and I would never forget that. 

Khalil and I held hands, looking at the night sky, a month ago we decided to try something out, see where this thing between us would go. I guess it was meant to be after all. I looked at my boyfriend,  he smiled at me and kissed me on my lips. I'm sure he was thinking about the same thing I was. We missed Claire but I'm sure she would have wanted us to be happy. 

I was ready to see what life held for us and I was sure it was going to be difficult. But as long as Khalil and I had each other, it would all be fine.

THE END.