Falling For The Girl I Bullied
Chapter 145

No One’s P.O.V.

“Are you listening to yourself, Sebastian? You are talking about me (Mrs. Knight pointed her index finger towards herself)…. Me… here. I am capable enough to finish my dirty deeds n my own without leaving a trace behind me. I don’t need a teenager as a scapegoat,” Mrs. Knight said to Mr. Knight in an angry tone when he confronted him for Violet’s kidnapping. “Then why did you withdraw twenty million from our personal account a few days ago, huh? Why did you need so much amount in cash, huh?” Mr. Knight asked him angrily about the amount that he found withdrawn from her personal account.

“I gave that amount to the union leader of our Manhattan branch factory. You know what was going on there,” she yelled, answering Mr. Knight and there was silence in the room after that. Mr. Knight lowered his head while thinking about what Mrs. Knight said. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. “I know that you won’t believe me, Sebastian, but I am his mother too. I hate that girl but I can’t deny that she took good care of our son. My men were around them all the time, and according to what they reported to me about her, he is not just a tenant in her house, she is providing him with meals, and also helping him in his work when he has to go to the shoots. She didn’t get any other financial aid other than rent from Kyle. Still, she is doing everything so that he can be financially independent,” she said in a low tone while sitting on the couch again.

Mr. Knight looked at her blankly while listening to her. “I know that… that Kyle also suspects me for her kidnapping but I am not involved in this. I want him to come back to us, Sebastian. I … I miss him too (her voice choked this time)… He is our son… the sole heir of the Knight’s Empire… he doesn’t need to work like this, but he is only doing it to prove… That he is capable enough to fend for himself without our help. I don’t want to admit it, but I am proud of him. He… he is not weak, Sebastian, but,” she paused and took a deep breath. She looked up at her husband with tearful eyes. “He will break beyond repair if anything happens to that girl. I don’t know why he loves her so much, but that girl is important for his existence. He will break if… if something happens to her,” she continued in a choked voice.

Mr. Knight sighed aloud and sat down on the single seat. He lowered his head while clasping his hands between his knees. Everything that happened in the last two days was taking a toll on him. “Did you know anything about the bodies that we found in those water tanks?” he asked her after some time. “No… I really don’t have any idea about someone using our property as a dump yard. I asked Mitchell (their security head) to check the whole area before giving the clearance for demolition. He told me nothing about them,” she replied to him in a calm tone but she was desperate to make him believe her words.

He lifted his head and looked at her blankly. Suddenly his eyes narrowed when something crossed his mind. “You said that your men were around them all the time, right?” he asked her with the same gaze. “Yeah… that’s right,” she answered him without even blinking. “Then why the hell they didn’t inform you when they attacked our son, or did something to save them?” he asked him in an angry tone again. She just stared at him while processing what he said. Her eyes widened and she immediately took her phone from the coffee table beside her side of the couch. “Where are Nick and Joseph, Mitchell? They haven’t contacted me in the past two days,” she asked the security head of their company in an angry tone.

“I was about to call you, Mrs. Knight. We found them unconscious near the school parking lot an hour ago. I got a call from Nick’s sister that he didn’t return home and also his phone is switched off. I… I was suspicious after I came to know about what happened to Kyle, Mrs. Knight. So, we searched for them according to their last location and found them unconscious and tied,” he told Mrs. Knight in an apologetic tone at the end. “What? Where are they now?” she stood up from the couch in shock and asked him worriedly.

“They are in the same hospital, Mrs. Knight where that girl is. They also have head injuries but they are not critical,” he answered her in a calm tone. She hung up the call and looked at Mr. Knight worriedly. “They… they found unconscious near the school parking area,” she informed him in a daze and his eyes widened in shock. “They are in the same hospital where Violet is right now,” she told him further in the same tone and sat down slowly. “What is going on, Sebastian?” she asked him in a worried tone this time. All their security officers were trained assassins and they knew their work better. If someone managed to knock them out, then it couldn’t be a random gang.

Mr. Knight sighed aloud and rubbed his forehead. “We have to tighten the security around them. Violet is in the ICU and is in the most vulnerable state. Kyle is also there. I have to ensure their safety first,” he murmured while dialing Mr. Parker’s number on his phone. “Alex… we have a situation,” he said to Mr. Parker, as soon as Mr. Parker picked up his call.

Sia’s P.O.V.

“I am thankful to you, dad, that you believed me this time. I really don’t have any involvement in this case,” Sia thanked her dad for trusting her in a cracked voice. Mr. Bishop sighed and leaned back on the backrest of the couch. “I trust you, Sia, because I know you well. You can do anything to harm that girl, but you will do nothing to harm that boy. I talked with his doctor. He said that Kyle’s injury was not serious, but still serious enough to keep him unconscious for a good few hours. That was when I realized that you can’t be behind this incident,” he told her the reason why he was so sure. Sia’s eyes widened in surprise but she took a breath in relief. “But,” he continued and banged the armrest.

“You are still under suspicion because of that pendant. I trust you, and all the evidence that Mr. Westfield has found so far indicates that you were not involved in this, but we still need solid ground to prove your innocence, Sia. They can easily prove that you fabricated the evidence. Your friend… that Millie. She gave the statement that it was you who asked her to take your bag from your car. She said that you gave her the car keys, and it was you who asked her to meet the kidnapper to take that pendant. If I am not wrong, then she is the one who was always with you in all your wrong deeds, right?” dad explained to me what could happen to me in the future, and asked me in the end.

I nodded while blinking hard, processing what he said. “But I didn’t do anything,” I said in a daze while looking at him, still blinking hard. He sighed and rubbed his forehead. “You are right, Sia, that you did nothing, but this is the fact, that you are framed by your own friends. The whole school knows that she always did things for you, and she… she can use this fact to save herself,” he spoke further and my heart started thumping aloud in fear against my chest. Tears started building up in my eyes.

I couldn’t believe that Millie could do this, but everything…. Everything pointed towards her. She had a crush on Kyle? What the actual f**k here? I was her friend for ages, but I had no idea about this. Grace told us that she also heard it from Violet. It… it meant that I didn’t know my friends well. If she managed to prove that I am behind Violet’s kidnapping then…… “No,” I screamed in panic when the thought of being behind the bars crossed my mind. “Dad… dad,” I screamed and looked at my father while freaking out. He and my mother immediately came near me. Worry was written all over their faces.

“I swear to God, dad… I … I did nothing… ask… ask her.. father… the lawyer to… to do something to save me. I don’t want to go to prison. Ask him to replace the real culprit dad… I don’t want to go to prison,” I started crying out aloud in the end while holding his hands tightly as if my life depended on that. “I got this, honey… I got this… just trust me, okay? Trust me. I will never let you go to prison for a crime that you didn’t commit. Trust your father,” my father tried to comfort me and I cried on his chest as he embraced me tightly. “I really don’t know, dad, what happened after I left the parking lot with them,” I cried while trying to convince him that I am not lying right now.

“Okay… okay.. I trust you, Sia… I trust you, and you know that,” dad comforted me while rubbing my back gently. “Excuse me, sir,” we all looked in the direction of our servant who interrupt us in a polite tone. “Yeah,” my father answered him questioningly. “Someone named Mr. Westfield is here, and he wants to meet you,” he informed my father, and my ears immediately perked up. Mr. Westfield was Violet’s lawyer stepfather, and he was also the one who found out that Millie was the one who took my bag out of my car in the parking lot. “Send him in,” dad instructed him and then looked at me.

“I want to stay, dad,” I immediately said to him when I guess that he was about to ask me to go to my room. He sighed but nodded in agreement. He stood up and straightened his shirt on the chest. I sniffed harder while looking at him apologetically. I had ruined his shirt but he had no time right now to change. Mr. Westfield came inside with the servant and my father went towards him to greet him. “I am sorry to disturb you, Mr. Bishop… but you know the situation,” Mr. Westfield said with a polite smile while shaking hands with my father. “It’s okay, Mr. Westfield. You are helping us a lot and this is enough reason for me to meet you whenever you want any answer,” my dad answered him while taking him towards the couch. I was now on the single seat with my mother on the armrest.

“Please have a seat,” dad asked him and then looked at the servant. “Actually, I have a few questions for Sia. You already know what her friends have given the statement, but I still have this feeling that she is framed here,” Mr. Westfield told us about the reason for his visit and also what my friends did to me. Dad also sat down on the other side of the couch and took a deep breath. “I … I am ready to answer all your questions, Mr. Westfield. Just save me,” I pleaded to him in a cracked tone. He sighed and looked at my father at first and then back at me. My mother was still holding me by my shoulder and was rubbing my arm gently.

“I want you to remember anything related to Millie and your other friend Grace that can lead us to the source of the money. I got a copy of Millie’s father’s bank statements of all accounts, and there is no such transaction from his account. Also,” he paused and jerked his head a little. “Millie didn’t withdraw any big amount from her account, neither did she use her credit cards,” he told us and my mind started running a marathon of thoughts. “Wh… what about Grace?” I asked him after some time when something crossed my mind.

“What about her?” he asked me in confusion. “She… she works as a model and has her own money. She can lend money to Millie. In fact, she gave Millie a good amount so many times in the past. Millie’s parents were so strict to her that they always keep their eyes on her expenditures. So, Millie’s always asked Grace to lend her some money if she wants to buy something for her,” I told him what came into my mind. He immediately raised his brows in surprise and also my father straightened up his upper body.

Mr. Westfield looked at my father and then looked back at me while thinking about something. “By any means… do you know about her feelings about any boy who is now friends with Violet?” he asked me after some time in a curious and calm tone. My eyes widened in shock when the realization hit me hard. They were my friends. How was I not aware of this? For the first time, I felt so pathetic because I really didn’t know a thing about my friends. “I.. I don’t know,” I answered him while stuttering a little in embarrassment.

He sighed and looked at me helplessly. I looked at my father in panic who had a stone face right now. “Uhhh… by any means… any of your… your.. uhhh… ex-boyfriends have any grudge against you?” he asked me in hesitation but I didn’t mind his question. It was known to everyone and there was nothing to hide from my parents. I looked in the other direction downwards while thinking about everyone. “No… there is none…. My ex-boyfriend is even in love with Violet. He… he can do anything to harm me because of … of something that happened a few months ago… but will never do anything to harm Violet,” I answered him and told him about David.

He raised his brows in surprise and nodded once. I was sure that he was thinking about something hard. His face was serious, and his eyes were still blank. “Okay…. “I need you to do me a favor, Sia,” he said solemnly as he returned my gaze. “What?” I immediately asked him in a cautious tone. “I want you to go and relax for some time, and give your mind some time to relax too. After that, I want you to think about each and everything about your friends and your ex-boyfriends that can give us any lead or clue in this case,” he asked me and I nodded. I looked at my father and he also gave me a curt nod.

Ethan’s P.O.V.

“This is really strange, Ethan. I mean… I know that Millie is jealous to Violet but this is a lot of planning and I am also sure that Millie is not alone in this matter. She can arrange the money but can’t reach to a gang,” David said while thinking about who helped Millie. Violet was still in ICU and was critical. All the boys came after a few hours as they were restless and didn’t feel like sitting at home, thinking about everything. So, now we were sitting in the ICU lobby and were racking our brains to get an idea about who helped Millie.

“No… I don’t think that Millie can arrange that much money. She must have got that money from someone else or a part of it,” Vivek spoke this time and I sighed helplessly. It was really a big puzzle for us. “Can you tell me again why Milli is so against Violet?” Matthew asked this time and I glared hard at him. He was looking confused and it seemed that he had something on his mind. All of us looked at Kyle, who sighed and looked in the other direction. “Okay…. Now… the summary is,” Matthew spoke when he got the hint on Millie’s hatred towards Violet.

“Milli also has a crush on Kyle. She helped Sia all the time and stayed friends with her while she went mad when she came to know that Violet is Kyle’s girlfriend. Don’t you think it’s absurd, huh?” he asked while looking at us curiously and I rolled my eyes in frustration. “This is the same thing that David wanted to say, smart a**,” Vivek smacked his head and answered him annoyingly. “Ouch… why did you hit me?” Matthew yelped in pain and glared at Vivek. “Because you are a fused bulb,” Vivek scolded him, and I g*****d in frustration. “Stop bickering like an old couple,” I scolded both of them, and they glared at each other.

I scoffed and then looked back at Kyle. He was sitting silently for a long time. “What are you thinking, Kyle?” I asked him in a calm tone as I was not able to tolerate his silence anymore. He looked at me blankly and took a long breath. “It was Grace who told us about the bag, right?” Kyle asked me and I nodded while narrowing my eyes in confusion. “It was also Grace who told us that she heard Violet saying something about Millie’s crush on me, right?” he asked me again and all of us nodded together this time. “Grace is also a model and has earned a good name in this field, right?” he asked me again in a calm tone and my eyes widened in shock. All of us nodded in agreement again but my mind started working faster this time.

“Arranging ten million for a model like Grace is not a big deal. She has been modeling since primary school, and I am sure that she has millions of dollars as her own money,” Axel said this time while rubbing the knuckle of his index finger on his chin. We all looked at each other as if we all had the same thought in our minds. “Think carefully. When Violet got kidnapped, our prime suspects were my mother and Sia at first. Both of them had a motive against Violet. “If I want to get rid of my enemy, I’ll make sure no one suspects me first,” Kyle said calmly again.

“We got that Millie has a motive here. What about Grace then? If… if you think that she is the one who schemed with Millie then what was her motive. Grace is not a person who will do anything for friendship. Nope… she is not that kind of person,” David asked this time while giving his opinion about Grace. “He is right. Grace is not that kind of person,” Noah also agreed with him. I looked at Kyle whose face was still cold. “Grace is not that kind of person. Still, she did everything to harm Violet for Sia all these years,” Kyle said in a mocking tone, and everyone pursed their lips into a thin line.

I looked at Axel while thinking about something. “Axel, Justin,” I called both of them, and they looked at me questioningly. “I want you two to replace out everything about Millie and Grace, especially what they did and whom they met in the past three months,” I instructed them, and they looked at me in confusion. “I know you two very well. “So, don’t give me this look, and Axel,” I said, pointing to him. “Ask your informant to replace out all about that group and how they operate. “First, we need to replace out the extent of what they can do,” I told him again, explaining why we needed to replace these things.

They nodded, and I looked at Kyle again. “I… I think… I know something about Grace,” suddenly David said while narrowing his eyes. “What is it?” Kyle asked him immediately. David looked at Kyle with a serious look. “Grace also has someone in her heart,” he said in a serious tone, and I sucked on my breath while looking at him blankly. What did Violet do wrong to get so many psychopaths against her?