97 Hopelessness 2 (1/2)

Sofony embarrassedly climbed out of the cab. But because she knew what to prioritize, she got it out of her mind and rushed towards the lobby of the police station.

The moment she arrived at the open doorway, she immediately asked the first blue-uniformed officer she met.

”May I know where Wendy Gomez is?”

The female officer who was about to go home from shift stared at the pretty girl who spoke. She smiled and answered,

”You mean, Officer Gomez' little sister? Oh, she's already left! I remember she's with her boyfriend! Who knows where they headed but they left around four or five minutes ago!”

They?

”Miss Officer, I-I'm her best friend. As far as I know, she's still single. Who's the guy you're talking about?” she asked because she became worried why there was suddenly someone unknown on Wendy's side.

”Errr...” The female police officer turned her head to another passing officer and passed Sofony's question to him. ”Hey, SPO2 Rey, who's the boy with our Wendy?”

The one asked was a man with dark circles under his eyes. It was Rey Salazar, one of Simonne's good friends.

”Huh? That annoying brat has a boyfriend? Are you sure there's someone who can stand her sh*tty attitude besides her equally detestable brother?”

”Hey! We're in front of a kid! Mind your language!” chastised the female officer. She also shook her head at this colleague. In Simonne's presence, he would politely address his sister as Miss Wendy, but once his back was turned, Rey would call her annoying brat.

Rey disinterestedly looked at Sofony. ”Are you after the annoying brat or the young man she brought here earlier? Hmm, is it a love triangle story? I see a case opening up in front of me!”

Sofony wryly smiled, ”Sorry, I'm in a hurry. Forget about me asking who that guy is. Please just tell me where Wendy is!”

”Ah... It's already past 8 pm. Where else can they go if not home? Motel?”

Sofony felt impatience in her heart so she just asked the system.

While hating herself for stupidly asking unhelpful people and wasting precious time, she began sprinting at full force towards the direction pointed by the system. While at it, she also asked who the guy was, and was surprised to hear Chris Meyer's name.

Sofony didn't know the reason for their meetup, but she prayed for none of them to be under Clarissa's control!

She gritted her teeth after seeing the tall building where the restaurant was. She cursed the system because she only saw the destination after a little more than five minutes of running!

'Ugh, you told me it's only two minutes away!'

She did not have time to complain anymore as around this time, she raised her head to where the people in front were pointing their fingers were.

Yes, outside the main entrance of the commercial building, many people had gathered and all of them had their heads raised.

Out of curiosity... and a bit of bad feeling about it, Sofony also looked up. Sofony's sight was enhanced by the system so under the illumination of the moon, stars and some bright lights above, she clearly saw what was up there. Unfortunately, it was also because of this that she was greatly stunned by the sight.

”Wendy!” Great dread overwhelmed her as she shouted. She felt like cold water was splashed all over her. She trembled at the scene, her heart also feeling the coldness.

She felt extreme fear drowning her as she entered the building and headed for the staircase. She didn't wait anymore for the elevator to descend. She just ran the long flight of stairs as fast as she could!

Sofony was very frightened because she saw her friend standing at the edge of the rooftop with her arms spread in the air! If that was only what Wendy did, Sofony would not have been that alarmed. There was a safety railing up there so as long as Wendy stays where she was, there should be a small chance of an accident happening.

However, she saw her friend slowly and unsteadily climbing it! Because of this, Sofony's eyes widened and she became very anxious and scared! She realized that Clarissa had most definitely mind-controlled Wendy to jump off a building!

Clarissa wanted Wendy to commit suicide! Clarissa wanted her to lose one of her reasons for staying sane! All in the name of revenge!