Missing

(Hey guys, quick note. So this chapter will be in third person because I need to write everyone's perspective now that Bria has gone missing.)

Mickayla was awoken by the ringing of her phone on the bedside table . Opening one eye, she reached over the side of the bed and took it up ,squinting at the brightness of her phone screen as she checked the caller ID. Mrs.Tomlinson, Bria's mother and for a moment she wandered what could be the reason for her calling .

" Mickayla , morning ", she said as Mickayla swiped right on the screen to accept the call.

"Morning ", Mickayla replied , the sleep evident in her voice.

" sorry fi wake yuh but, wi a try call Bria phone and she nah answer . Har fada send sumuh to har account and need har fi check fi si if she get it . Yuh cah ask har fi mi please ? and tell har fi check har phone because mi nuh know why it a ring and she nah hear it", Bria's mother stated.

" she nuh deh here right now though.  She did spend eh night wid somebody suh when she reach in mi will mek har know ".

"Alright,  thanks Mickayla ", she said and the call ended.  Mickayla checked the time on her phone, 6:30am . She replaced her phone on the bedside table , throw the covers off of her and sat up in the bed, her legs dangling off .

Despite having gone to bed around 10:30pm , she still felt tired and could do with a couple more hours of sleep but, she had classes today starting at 9am so she got out of bed and made her way to the bathroom. While she brushed her teeth , she tried calling Bria but, her phone went straight to voicemail instantly.

It didn't even ring and for a brief moment she felt dread, the same anxious worrying feeling she had felt that night at the restaurant when she couldn't find her best friend, however this time she brushed it off as her phone being off so as not to be disturbed .

Maybe Bria had turned her phone off from earlier so as to avoid getting interrupted with spending time with her boyfriend Romero. Yes , it wasn't like her to do that but, this was her first time spending the night with someone and also her first time having sex, so either her phone was dead and she had forgotten to charge it or she had turned it off and would turned it back on when she gets up .

Mickayla continued with her morning,  making her bed, tidying up the apartment , choosing an outfit to wear for the day and then making some breakfast. Around 8:00 a clock she rang Bria's phone again but, again it went straight to voicemail and that dreaded feeling returned,  this type much stronger and for good reasons too. Bria had classes today and her first class started at 10 a clock sharp , so she should have been up and on her way back to their apartment by now .

She started to think about how much she knew Bria's boyfriend Romero. He had came over to their apartment three times in total since he and Bria started dating and Mickayla who prided herself on being a good judge of character saw him as good person.

He wasn't one to talk alot unless he was talking to Bria but, he was respectful, kind and based off of how happy and content Bria was , Mickayla knew he treated her as Bria would have liked to be treated, so unless Romero was a psychopath or a master of manipulation , he didn’t seem like the type of man  who would potentially harm Bria .

She tried calling her two more times , once on Wattsap and the other  a straight call but, neither one was answered. Her worry increasing, she sent a message to Bria's phone telling her to please pick up her phone because she was getting worried and also the fact that her parents was trying to get through to her. She then finished eating,  cleaned up the kitchen and went to get ready.

She arrived at UTEC and was on the way to her first class when she overheard some students talking about how Romero’s body had been discovered this morning with a bullet wound through his head and her stomach dropped. Turning, she made her way over to the group of students,  three girls and two guys who stood talking each of them adding their own piece of information to the conversation.

" sorry excuse mi, unu just mentioned wah name. Romero Davis? A the same Romero Davis from Microbiology unu a talk bout?" , she asked , silently praying they would say no but, her worse fear cane through when one of the girls replied yes and one of the guys added,

" a him same one fi real man. Hear seh him roommate who him a share eh apartment wid find him inna him living room dead , blood deh everyweh" .

She started panicking then , as she ran  to the main office on campus. An hour later and her worse fears were confirmed. Romero had been killed , shot at close range with zero chance of survival and Bria was nowhere to be found. The police questioned her and she explained to them what she knew . Her best friend had left to spend the night with her boyfriend and she hadn't returned home .

By then Bria's parents had gotten the news and they were just as worried and anxious as she was if not more, considering Bria was their daughter. The police explained to them that they hadn't found any belongings of Bria at Romero’s house but, they did find her phone and it was destroyed beyond repair but, that they would still try to get any form of information possible off of it.

Her parents also reminded the police about the stalking Bria had endured over the years and the police assured them that they would reopened the investigation and do everything in their power to try and find their daughter.

Sorry for the late update guys, felt a little better today. Enjoy these two chapters and please remember to vote , comment and share the story. Love unu ❤️🫶.