Chapter 78: Keep Him Safe From Me
Steph’s mother had a million words to say to the people of Mega Academy and to the public. She and her husband had not even slept once since they saw their daughter’s corpse and what was done to her—and when Mega Academy announced that they would have their annual trip early, they decided to make several signs and sit in front of the gates.
His husband was even close to the road, planning to stop the buses from leaving until they gave them a sufficient answer. Their respective families urged them not to do this, but they didn’t listen to any of them at all.
They weren’t going to continue their lives knowing that their daughter’s killer was still out there, no matter the price they would have to pay.
They prepared a lot of things... her husband even brought a gun.
This was their chance, after all. Their chance to be heard.
But now, the long and raw speech that she had prepared to tell to the world was stuck in her throat as a boy seemingly even younger than their daughter stood right in front of her, with the barricade between them the only thing keeping them apart.
She stared at this little boy in front of her for a few seconds, waiting for him to say something. It didn’t help that his face was completely covered and that it was impossible to tell what he was thinking, or where he was actually looking at.
But she was sure he wasn’t looking at her, however.
Was it... the sign? Was he looking at the sign?
"What are you—"
"You are Stephanie’s mother?"