Chapter 55: 41|Playing the duty of Astrid's personal Sherlock Holmes-1

Liam's POV I replayed Astrid's statement whole night as the peculiarity of situation kept hitting me. It was as if the truth was on my tongue but I couldn't choke it out. Every bit of evidence pointed towards Neal but I couldn't tell her this when even I had doubts on Alex too. He is hiding something and I am sure of it. Firstly, I hacked Pete Knight High's records and they clearly said that their Neal Wyatt didn't look a bit like the Neal we know. Secondly, why did he say that hospital was opposite to her home when you have to pass our neighbourhood in order to reach the hospital? Thirdly, Hospital records show no evidence of an Ethan Wyatt. As much as I remember, I saw him rushing through front doors when he got the news of Astrid. This means that he wasn't even in hospital at that time. Every evidence points at him. I have everything on my laptop along with evidences but at this stage, I am not sure. I mean, I spied on Alex too. Turns out, Riverwood High isn't even a school in first place. How Rose and Alex came from there, is a mystery to me. I don't understand what kind of school we have. I know more about their students then them. How did they even get admission here? I was so busy in my own world that I accidently knocked and fell beside a crouched Alex. He seemed to be searching for something on the floor. He cursed and immediately started bringing his fringes forward. I frowned as he quickly scrambled away without even looking at me. I shrugged it and got up but felt a sticky thing on my finger. Lifting my hand up, my eyes widened when I saw a coloured lens on my finger tip. A grey coloured lens. Alex's eyes are supposedly grey. Gulping at the thought, I rushed towards the nearest washroom and banged open it. Class had already started and not a lot of people were in corridors. "You forgot something." I called Alex in an emotionless voice and saw his back go rigid as he looked down. I frowned. "Alex." He made the mistake of looking up. My jaw dropped as I looked into his reflection in the mirror. They have same eyes. He saw realization in my eyes as he looked down and tried to pass by me. I stopped him. "Not so fast." I glared at him. "Tell me the truth." He shrugged off my arm and continued to walk away. "You won't want her to see this, do you?" He knew what I meant as he froze and turned to face me with a furious expression. I couldn't look away from his eyes. "You won't tell her anything." He growled and I shrugged. "I am, if you won't tell me." "Why would I tell you?" "Because looking into your eye, I have a feeling that Astrid is wrong about her doubt on you as potential attacker." "What?!" "She thinks that you planned her attack." "You've gotta be kidding me!" I exclaimed. "How can she? I am working my ass off to protect her and...why can't she see that." His whisper wasn't meant for my ears. It contained so much hurt that even a cold hearted like me felt a pang. "Maybe because you're not letting her see that." He looked up with an ajar mouth and studied me for a moment before breaking the silence. "Listen Liam, I have a feeling that you're a nice guy and that cuts you out of my suspicion list. I advise you to stay out of this mess because I don't want your curiosity to rope you into it." "I can't. Astrid is my friend." "You should! Because she is my sister!" he screamed and then paled. I froze at his confession and he took this as his cue to continue. "Listen carefully, I don't want her to get hurt. I am done suffering and seeing her hurt will be something I won't be able to take. S-She doubted me? She thinks that I will kill her. How am I supposed to tell her the truth? My only family thinks so low of me. What am I supposed to do? I-just take care of my sister because I failed as a brother." And with this, he rushed out of there. I stayed frozen in my place as I took in the intensity of pain behind a brother's words. I sighed and decided to just call it a day as my fingers were itching to add this on my report which I may never show to Astrid. Is she adopted? What did he mean by only family? What happened to rest of his family? Where was he for so long? Do Aiden and Asher know about this? Does this means that Neal is the attacker? "Mr Williams?" My eyes met the furious and sceptical ones of Ms Walker. "Why aren't you in my class right now?" "I wasn't feeling well." I shrugged. Her nose flared and I almost smiled thinking about how proud Astrid will be if she sees that I finally grew a backbone against teachers. "I see." She stretched her hand and gave me a phone. "Keep this on my desk and wait for me there. I would like to have a chat with you." I furrowed my eyebrows. "Join me?" Okay, I was pushing her buttons now. "I would have but I have a class to continue and this horrible cell phone won't stop blaring!" she gritted out and I decided to push my luck. "Whose is it anyway?" "Neal's." my ears perked up and I immediately looked at the phone in awe. "He thought he could get away with texting just like you thought that you'll get away with bunking. Now go, Williams. I will decide your fate in 10 minutes."