"The school authorities hereby regret to announce the passing of our most amiable student Riley Reigns,she was one of the promising and a part of the standard pillars of our prestigious school....

"... promising my foot" she snickered hissing out almost loudly,a large hoodie draped over her head as she plugged in an earpiece to ward away the principal's voice from disrupting get ear drum

"The police have requested for cooperation in order to finish the investigations right on time, but mind you

You all must be mindful of your words ,we can't afford to drag the school name into this profounding chaos.....we can't afford to loose our prestige over a student's death....

.....

The crowd of students dispersed from the assembly hall, whispering to each other as they made their

Way to their various classes.

"Hey ...happy now? Huh ? A girl yelled banging on the table hard

"Riley's dead ain't y'all happy...? Screw y'all! She gritted irritably loosing her composure

"Yeah... she's dead so what,are you gonna accompany her to her grave ? Another girl suddenly said

All attention diverted towards her

She was overly composed, her hair was neatly permed with her fringes falling loose on their own accord

" She deserved it... didn't she ?she deserved something worse more ...

" How dare you! The first girl gritted madly, fuming towards the other girl

"You've got to be calm Nora " a male student chipped in holding her back, the concerned look on his face was obvious , her boyfriend.

"Let go off me that wench knows something... she's the one who gets to benefit from Riley's death I f*cking hate her to the core" Nora screamed . looking madder

"You're talking like you ain't happy 'bout her death...stop acting like you were her friend,I guess you're happy cos you wouldn't feel overshadowed anymore... apparently you have more to gain..." The other girl, Lisa said still maintaining her composure

"What? are you seriously trying to frame me now...bitch?

"Mind your words scaredy cat,do you think I didn't know you were trying to screw her over the other day? Lisa suddenly blurted and Nora suddenly fell quiet

What? She blinked

" You were covetting her position right?

You wanted to be the next beequeen am I wrong?

"Shut the fuck up... you're tryna screw me over right?

You are the rival in the f* cking chart... I bet you want her out to build your own lousy empire " Nora fired back

What.... Lisa shrieked, rage building up

"Just stop this madness already! An angry voice rang out

Attention shifted yet again

This time on her ...the slender figure in the oversized hoodie

She closed the book on the table before her darting her face up

"Why didn't I realized? Huh " Nora scoffed running her fingers through her hair

Without hesitation she bolted towards her , dragging her up in a flash

"You've got some nerves now that Riley's out of the picture right,why didn't I realized you must be killed her?

The girl in hoodie smirked , pulling the hoodie off her head

"What if I did? Do you have proof ? She scoffed with a smirk playing on her battered lips

" Bitch..." Nora cursed raising her hand to hit her but the the girl was quick catch Nora's hand mid air

"Ain't gonna sit back and watch y'all continue with this madness , I'm gonna end it all myself,either by force or by will I'm gonna make y'all pay for making my life hell... I'm not gonna be LESSER anymore get used to this f*cking psychotic LESSA!

She said pushing Nora out of the way , sending her crashing amongst the desk

"How dare you push her like that ..." Aiden Nora's bf yelled stepping closer towards Lessa

"Get the fuck outta my way...mutt!

She cursed , rolling her beady eyeballs cockily

"If you don't wanna die!

Lessa burst out of the class with tears almost blurring her visions

She had acted all tough and mighty in the class only to breakdown like a dumm afterwards.

She clutched her notes as memories from her assault from Riley flooded in.

"Lesser beings like you ain't needed here"Riley's hollow laughter rang out as she banged lessa's head repeatedly on the wall.

"Now you get to do whatever I ask you to do ... Strip...

Her breaths hitched as she remembered the ghastly incident.

Her tears choked her up and she ripped her tie off so as to regulate her already hitching breath

"You okay? A voice called out dragging her out her lingering memories

"Yh " she mumbled, scrambling up quickly.

"Seems like you need this "the person said holding out a handkerchief, judging from the voice it clearly belongs to a boy

But she didn't have the leisure to look up at the moment.

"Ion need it..." She stated rather impulsively

Walking away with her head bowed,not daring to look up in her current state.

***Poolside....

The detective paced around, obviously back from checking the CCTV camera units.

He scoffs loudly as frustration seeped deep into him

He ran his hand through his, nothing had been recorded in the camera

The predator must have been a mastermind for whosoever it is to have erased the clip from that day

He was about to give in to his thoughts when he noticed a presence behind him

He darted around swiftly but the person was faster

"Who are you? He yelled after the fast figure and the person turned slightly revealing a slight silhouette.

He could not tell whether it was a male or a female due to the oversized overall the person was putting on .

The figure dipped it's hand in it's pocket tossing a tape towards the detective with it's gloved hands

"Wrap your shits up faster,I'm beginning to get bored with all this unnecessary dramas.."

With that the person slid away through the hallways , vanishing out of sight

The detective contemplated for a while before grabbing the tape before him

"What could this be? He thought staring at the USB converted tape in his hands

..... Classroom.....

A student raced in speedily almost out of breath , stirring up the others

"Guess what y'all! He yelled breathlessly

"What's it?

Some students asked seeming interested while some don't give a fuck

"The cops are around...! Apparently,there's a suspect and they're coming to arrest whomsoever it I....

He was still yet to finish his speech when the policemen barged in

Walking towards Lisa's seat

"Miss Lisa Hughes you're arrested for the murder of miss Riley Reigns,you have the right to an attorney, any futher words would be used against you in the court of law"

The whole class swallowed hard.

"what's going on ?

"There's no way this is true!

The cops cuffed Lisa , leading her out of the school.

Words spread out like wild fire

"Lisa Hughes has been arrested?

"OMG wonders never cease to end!

"Gosh she's a suspect?

Words swirled round as the cops led Lisa towards the van

Her face was unhinged,stoic and emotionless

"How could she still be so calm after killing a fellow human ? Arrghh!

Students continued to whisper as the van drove out of sight

"It's no news to me she has always been threatening Riley,it wouldn't be a surprise if she turns out to be a murderer"

A Girl said not minding the intense stare she received from others .

Apparently Kingston high is known all through the country not only for it's prestige.

It's academic excellence is the most applauded and of course the biggest in the country where only elites are welcomed and are being treated according to hierarchy.

Until the advent of a special programme which enabled the less privileged to be enrolled as scorlaship students.

But, behind every glamour of the school's prestige there is a group of students backing up the process.

  The supreme six.

They're considered the ideal backbone of the school and apparently they eat their cake and have it

And on the top of the supreme chain was Riley Reigns!

***Police's custody....

Detective James stared at Lisa with a look of complexity in his eyes

The girl was still unhinged .

"Are you just gonna sit down there and stare all day? I have a party tonight" she blurted, brushing the strand of hair from her face

"Why did you kill miss Reigns? He finally asked , after a long overwhelming silence

Lisa laughed.

" Do I look like a killer or something?

"We don't judge a book by it's cover ..." He paused for a while plugging the USB into his laptop before shoving it right in her front

"Still gonna deny ?

Lisa's face fell

"Where did you get this ?

"Does that matter? Explain why you two were arguing right beside the pool on the day of her death? Care to explain"the detective asked raising his brows

" I was there and so what? Lisa shrieked

"You pushed her into the pool...see..." James muttered showing her the clip

Lisa turned ashen

"Now, care to explain why you stabbed the gut outta her?

"I didn't! She yelled banging on the hard desk furiously

"I have more than enough proof already,won't mind seeing them...with this you might rot In jail forever...I bet you know how powerful her family is!

Lisa gulped, for the first time ever fear came crashing into her like the waves of a sea storm .

what could she possibly do In this situation?

Her throat tightened and she felt a hot sensation running up her sleeves

"I didn't,I swear down " she mumbled dryly unable to accept the fact that there's a card against her already

"Do you know how scary cells inmates can be? Seems like you want to get a firsthand experience!

Her guts cracked and she whimpered, sinking into her seat with fear eating her deep.