Episode 8: The Last resort to the truth
Previously on Nathan's Journey... Nathan returned back to where it all started and reunited with his love Andrea and they rekindled but there's still the police on Nathan's trail and he needs proof to clear his name but there's only one place left that might hold the answers...
{It resumes to Nathan and Andrea walking up the stairs}
"Are you sure you want to go up with me?" Nathan asks as he knows what's up there won't be a pretty sight.
"I'm sure. We're in this together all the way." She tightly grips his hand.
They slowly walks up the stairs each step the air is filled with the stench of rotten flesh.
"I hate that smell..." Andrea says as her fear grows. "I Know... Look I don't want you to see this." As they reach the door. "Stand behind me baby, because this will traumatized you." He says standing Infront of her as he slowly opens the door.
"Nathan... I can't handle.. that scent so..." She stands by the door.
"I understand, you've always had a sensitive nose." He pokes her nose as he steps forward.
"I'll find what we need." Nathan walks into the room and he sees her body. "Poor girl, if I remember correctly her names Emily... I am so sorry that this happened to you..." He bows to her bedside.
"I promise your death won't be in vain."
Nathan looks through the dark dinghy room.
"I can't see anything." He opens the curtains.
Something catches his eye at the edge of her pillow.
"Is that?" He grabs it. "It's her phone!" Nathan says with a sense of hope in his voice.
"That's good, bring it here so that we can check it together." Andrea says excited that this could change everything.
They go back downstairs.
"There's barely any battery life left, we have to find what we want quick." Nathan says as he rushes Andrea down the stairs.
"Your gonna make me fall if you keep pushing me." Andrea says amidst this serious moment.
Nathan looks into her eyes. "I already made you fall for me and you still haven't gotten up."
"Don't say cheesy lines like that in a time like this" She playfully hits him as they sit at the couch.
"Andrea you know me by now I'll never let a moment slip me by to make you smile ." He says as he holds her hand.
"Let's focus on this right now." She nods to the phone.
"Your right." As Nathan picks it up. "Weird she left it unlocked." He looks through the phone. "She has a bunch of guys here in her contacts for one night stands, drugs, all of it. But what interesting me is her boss." He looks through there conversations.
"He really has been mistreating her..." It shows text of the boss making her work overtime without pay, him yelling at her for being late.
"This guy sounds like a asshole." Andrea says as she looks at the texts over Nathan's shoulder.
"He doesn't just sound like one he is a asshole!" It's clear this boss pushed her and made her feel miserable." Nathan says piece the clues.
"Did he do it then?" Andrea says confused.
"No if he did, then the cops would've found his finger prints on the knife." Nathan says as he straches his head.
"Well, what was found on the knife?" Andrea asks as she also scratches her head too.
"Just her finger prints but they saw my DNA on her body because of you know." Nathan akwardly says still feeling ashamed of it.
Andrea hugs him from behind. "Looks let's not go into it and stay focused on this okay?" She says looking up at him.
Nathan blushes. "Yeah..." He focuses as he thinks of how to connect the dots. "They only assumed it was me that killed her, but what if..." Nathan looks through the diary on her phone. "She left a..."
"Suicide note..." Andrea finishes his sentence.
"And she left a voice message with it." He plays it.
It cuts to Emily's voice.
"Hello. Whoever finds this... It means I'm dead. No one killed me... I killed myself, because I couldn't take this anymore. My work, my boss ,my life I hated all of it. I tried to fix it, I tried to escape that club but he held by the throat and refused to let go... I sold my soul to him... And I regretted... Because he could do as he pleased with me, treat me like trash drug me up. Make money for his as by sleeping with his clients. I hate, hate him!! If your hearing this police arrest him his name is-" It cuts off as the phone dies.
"Wait what? No!" Nathan says in shock.
"Don't worry the phone just died we'll just charge and finish the Message." Andrea says comforting Nathan.
They looks for a charger but they come to no avail.
"Why do we have a micro charger?!" Nathan says.
"Because we both only use C type chargers." Andrea responds.
They search but still find nothing.
"Damn it! When we were so close to finding out the name of that boss. Yet again... This is just a dead end." Nathan says losing all hope.
"Hey don't worry, we may have taken 2 steps forward but one step back. But we made one step forward. We know she killed herself you can clear your name of that. But finding the real reason she wanted to kill herself is still missing." She says calming Nathan.
"Andrea even your optimistic view can't help... This is really bad. The cops won't believe this. I'll get arrested for the rest of my life." Nathan says grabbing his hair in destress.
Andrea grabs his hands. "If you... Turn yourself in they will have to hear your side of the story. And with this phone you'll have real proof that you didn't kill her. Nathan, this is tough but... You can't give up on yourself." She suddenly breaks to tears. "Because I can't lose you." Andrea says crying into Nathan's chest.
"I'll never leave you baby." He also breaks to tears as he holds her tight one last time.
"So... What are going to do?" Andrea asks looking up at him with her teary eyes.
"Well..."
It cuts to black
To be continued!!