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Nikki

Three ambulances were parked outside of Cody's house. One took Brandon, the other took Jay and the other took Emil's body. Police and EMTs confirmed 100% that Emil was dead. Jason finally killed him.

The police were asking us all questions separately. But we were forced to go to the police station for more questioning while crime scene investigators did their job in Cody's backyard.

We all went in separate cop cars and were taken into different rooms. It took 3 hours to finish interviews between all six of us. We were all put in a waiting room and we finally got to see each other in the fluorescent light. Isa looked bothered. Becca looked worried. Kyle had a few bruises. And Cody had blood and bruises on his hands and face. Finally a cop comes and lets us go. All the investigators seemed compassionate and sorry for us.

Once we got outside, Cody sat on the curb and put his head in his hands. Becca squatted in front of him and took his hands.

"My best friend's a murderer." He says.

"Eye for an eye." Becca shrugs.

"I hate that it had to end like that." Cody sighs.

"I'm not," Isa said.

She came off the curb and stood in front of Cody.

"He was evil. He needed to die."

"Why didn't you leave, Isa?" Cody asked.

"I was a stupid woman. But, now Jason's safe and Nikki's safe. I just wish Ellie was saved."

"No one knew though," Becca said.

"I can't get his face out of my mind." I say.

"Who's?" Becca asked.

"Jason's. When Emil said he assaulted Ellie. And that he planned on raping my dead body."

"I didn't think it was possible for someone to turn green. I thought that was only in cartoons." Cody said.

"When will they talk to him now?" Isa asked.

"Probably when he's alert. He lost a good amount of blood, he was in a great deal of pain... he was going through a lot." Kyle said.

"Ellie was there." Abby says.

"She was?" I asked.

"Yeah, Jason was giving up and she told him to get up."

I smile.

"I gotta thank her." I say, quietly.

"Okay, we need to figure out how the fuck we're getting home." Becca says.

"I'll order an uber." Cody says, pulling out his phone.

We all return to Cody's house. Police are still investigating and crime scene cleanup came. I looked over at the spot where Emil died by the hands of his own son.

Then I switched my gaze to the spot where Jason laid, screaming. My heart sank at the memory. He was so broken, so destroyed, so devastated.

"Where do we go now?" I ask.

"Yeah, I kinda don't wanna be here at the moment. The cops have my number." Cody says.

"Let's go to Mom's." Kyle says.

"Yes, come. I'll make a stew."

"It's 1 in the morning, shouldn't we go to bed?" Kyle asks.

Isa slaps Kyle in the back of the head. "No one's eaten." She says.