(4) - Meeting

It was me and Fakhri alone. He had to reassure Naim countless times that he will be fine. Fakhri was sleeping well while me, scrolling through my phone. Then, a notification pops up showing Fahmi calling me, so I answered.

"Apa?"

"Naim kata dia nak jumpa kita semua lagi."

"Kau serius lah? Aku tengah busy ni." I lied. I'm actually not busy. I'm just lazy going anywhere for now.

"Busy apa? Busy dating dengan Fakhri? Gerakkan kaki kau yang Tuhan dah bagi Sarah. Gi sekarang. Cepat." Fahmi demands.

"Ish yelah yelah." I sighed.

"Kalau kau tak datang sini dalam 10 minit, aku suruh Mira heret kau." Fahmi says before hanging up. Kenapa nak violent sangat? Aduhai. I look down and see Fakhri looking at me with extremely tired eyes.

"Kenapa?" He asked me.

"Aku perlu pergi." I answered him.

"Why? Semuanya okey ke?" He asked me back. I began sitting up.

"Ye. Just, aku taknak Mira heret aku sebab Fahmi ugut aku tadi." I replied. I put on my pink jacket and Nike shoes.

"Nak aku call someone untuk teman kau ke?" I asked while taking out my phone from my pocket.

"Eh tak payahlah." Fakhri replies.

"Kau pasti ke?"

"Ye aku pasti. Jangan risau lah." Fakhri gives me a reassuring smile.

"Okey. Kalau macam tu, aku pergi dulu. Jaga diri tau." I said, then waved him goodbye. He then waved me back.

"Kau pun sama. Jaga diri jugak." Fakhri tells me as I shut the door.

-

"Yey bestie aku dah sampai!" Mira yells happily and hugs me.

"Kau ni, macam tak pernah jumpa aku pulak." I said.

"Okay, semua ambik tempat duduk masing-masing ye." Mira said. Everyone listens to her and takes a seat.

"Okey ni untuk ape? Kenapa kita buat meeting lagi?" Hakeem asked sitting right beside Kahar, arm over his shoulder.

"As korang tau, ghostface serang Sarah." Naim said. Everyone nodded.

"Aku dah buat conclusion that we should make a pair up in groups or something. Dia takkan berhenti datang untuk kita sehingga semua orang dalam bilik ni mati. Kita perlu bersedia. Naim explained.

"What if salah satu daripada kita dalam bilik ni is a killer? Dia akan tau plan kita, kita dengan siapa." Mira scoffs.

"Betul apa kata Mira. Aku rasa macam aku takleh trust siapa-siapa pun." Kahar looks around the room. Hakeem furrows his eyebrows at him.

"Unlike you unprepared assholes, aku ada pepper spray!" Zahrin proudly said.

"Kau takleh spray benda tu dekat topeng lah gila." Ariz scolds him.

"Taik lah! Aku out. Korang semua buang masa aku dekat sini. Bagus aku duduk dekat rumah, makan, minum, tidur!" Zahrin gets up and leaves Mira's house. We hear the door shut.

"Aku pun nak keluar. Buang masa betul." Kahar said, gets up with Hakeem.

"Jap, korang!" Naim tries stopping them, yet they still leave.

"Aku pun nak keluar." Ariz said then put on his red jacket.

"Nak main game dengan aku ke?" Mira asked.

"Boleh lah." I answered, leaving Naim, Mia and my dad outside.

About 10 minutes pass and I still playing games with Mira. "Kau rasa, siapa pembunuh tu ek?" Mira suddenly asked me.

"Aku bukan nak tuduh siapa-siapa lah sebab ni opinion aku. Aku rasa Mia lah. Perempuan tu act suspicious sangat." I replied.

"Okay dia pun annoying sikit bagi aku, but she's too much of a lap dog to be a killer. Aku rasa pembunuh tu Naim." Mira explains.

"Mustahil Naim cuba nak cederakan adik dia sendiri, walaupun sebelum ni diorang pernah gaduh teruk dekat Kudrat." I said.

"Sebab tulah dia suruh orang lain buat untuk dia. Ingat, dalam kes-kes macam ni, akan ada dua orang pembunuh." Mira reminds me.

"So, siapa pembunuh yang kedua?" I asked her.

"Ariz."

"Hah? Ariz? Kenapa dia? Bukan ka laki tu dah insaf ke?" I asked her again, confused.

"Walaupun si Ariz tu dah insaf, dia berkemungkinan untuk cedera Fakhri. Kadang-kadang kawan kau sendiri pun boleh buat ape-ape benda kejam dekat kau." Mira said.

"Okey, macam ni lah. Aku tau Ariz tu kadang-kadang annoying sikit, tapi seriously? Him?"

"Anyone is a suspect Sarah! Kita dah bincang pasal ni! Kau nak aku cakap pasal-"

"Tak payah! Aku taknak dengar!" I quickly said no since I'm not in the mood to listen to things like this.

"Then apa rule yang pertama?"

"Everyone is a suspect."

"Yes, anyone is capable of murdering. Even Fakhri sendiri-"

"Jap, apa?!" I furrow my eyebrows.

"Ni bukan kali pertama seseorang mencederakan diri mereka sendiri untuk mengeluarkan mereka from the suspect board!" Mira defends.

"Maksud aku, ingat bila Anas fake his death, jadi Athirah takkan menyangka tu dia, pastu dia datang berguling menuruni tangga, dan mengambil pistol."

"Ye ye, aku tau! Tapi Fakhri tak sanggup bunuh seseorang! He will never do something so evil like that!" I said.

"Just because boyfriend kau 178 cm dan looks like dia tak boleh menyakiti seekor lalat, tak bermakna dia tak mampu membunuh seseorang. Kau tak tau pemikirannya."

"Apa motif dia kalau macam tu?"

"Baiklah Naim bagitau kitorang yang pembunuh tu tau rahsianya, aku rasa Fakhri nak membalas dendam untuk uncle dia sebab Naim buat dia pergi. Now that's a perfect motive!" Mira smiles.

"Let's run down the suspect board and their motives then." I said.

"I'm down." Mira shrugs.

- (timeskip sebab aku malas dh skrg ni)

"Uncle Naim tu Anas. Tu je apa yang aku nak kata." Mira soffs, laughing.

"Aku still rasa pembunuh tu Mia." I shrug.

"I think it's Naim and Ariz." Mira said.

"What if it's Naim and Mia? Diorang tu macam sepadan aku tengok. Mia do the killings, Naim buat call." I voiced out my opinion.

"Terbalik. Naim do the killings sebab uncle dia Anas. You know, ikut keturunan." Mira said.

"Macam mana dengan Fakhri? Kita tau dia takkan..."

"How do you know, Sarah?" I think for a moment.

"Butoh. Semua orang sekarang ni is a suspect." I sighed out.

"Well, macam mana dengan kau? Bapak kau dah banyak kali terlibat dengan kes-kes berkaitan ghostface ni." Mira said.

"Kita akan ada motive yang bagus. Kita memang obses gile dengan cerita Tikam ni sejak dia mula ditayangkan, which makes two killers. Aku buat call, kau bunuh orang. Tapi aku rasa, kau takkan cederakan Fakhri. Lagipun, bila kau kena serang, aku dengan Fahmi ada." Mira answers. Suddenly, we heard sirens go off close to us.

"Apa kejadahnya tu?" I furrow my eyebrows. Both Mira and I sit up and look out at the window.

"Bunyi tu datang dari rumah Zahrin." Mira looks at me.

"Kau rasa..?" I trail off.

"Kita patut keluar dan tengok." Mira said then looked at me. I nodded and Mira grabbed her car keys.

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