Chapter 33: Suspect

When Shirley called and informed me about Fred's death, I didn't know when tears rolled down my cheeks. We had known each other for only a few days but I felt like we had known each other for years. Shirley was crying on the phone, and so was I. In the end, I had to terminate the call because I couldn't control myself. I quickly called Frank and told him what was going on, I mean the whole thing. He was shocked too. He came to my floor and consoled me, thus he offered to drive me home but before then he told me to wash my face, to which I did in the washroom. After that, he told me to be bold and to pretend as if everything is fine. That was how we left the head office, I composed myself and took my mind far from Fred's thought. But as soon as we arrived at the parking lot, another series of tears streamed down my cheeks and I quickly began sobbing. "Saw him yesterday, he was on life support but his grandma told me he was fine. I heard he was fine from Shirley too, although