3

Lectures with Mr. Jolyon was over, and Alexis decided to go to the campus cafeteria. Bought some food and drinks for her to take to her dorm room. She has also filled out a membership card which is usually used to buy necessities on campus. And Alexis no longer had to worry about her needs. Although of course he had experienced a delay in refilling her balance, and required her to have lunch outside of campus. But Alexis can handle it so well. Alexis is now standing in line right at the fast food stand. It was time for Alexis to arrive, she ordered a few things and started handing over the cards. Not much, but at least it's enough.

“Hey, have you all seen and heard the news this morning?”

Alexis sharpened her ears there. While occasionally glancing at a group of students and female students sitting at the table in the cafeteria. Then walked slowly, looking for a seat that was near the group there. While placing the food and drinks he bought right on the table. "Not. What news are you talking about?” One of them asked his friend who had asked first.

"Oh God. You all must have missed the news. I heard last night there was a murder near the Grill and Mac Restaurant. Right down the hall next to the building.” The man answered loudly.

"Hey is that right? It was horrific.” A woman joined in commenting with fear clearly visible on her face at this time.

Murder? Alexis asked herself. Subconsciously, she began to grip the sling bag that she was using right now. Her face was pale, with her lips tightly pressed against them. "Yes. And the police were confused because there was no trace of DNA or fingerprints on the woman's body. The police only said that the woman was bleeding, and all that was left on the body was a wound that even the police still needed to investigate further about the wound. Because it doesn't seem like the wounds of the beasts around this area." The man continued to explain in more detail to his friends.

Instantly the atmosphere in the cafeteria became noisy. Some said that they saw the process of evacuating the body this morning from the aisle of the Grill and Mac Restaurant. "Hey. I also heard that this afternoon, the police found CCTV footage of the surveillance camera located on the side of the Grill and Mac Restaurant. They said they could definitely find whatever it was through the CCTV footage.” Another woman spoke.

CCTV? Gosh... w-what if on the CCTV footage I was seen? What if the police might suspect me? Shit. How could I forget that the restaurant has CCTV located right at the side of the building to monitor the customer parking lot which is right near the hallway? Alexis' mind was getting more and more restless and scared, about all the possibilities that could happen right now. Especially for his safety.

"Alexis!!" Call someone who just surprised Alexis right there. Then immediately Alexis turned her head and looked at the group of people who were nearby at this time.

"Yes?" Alexis asked and tried to normalize her facial expression there.

"You work at the Grill and Mac Restaurant, don't you?" A man who had called her earlier began to ask. It instantly made almost everyone stare at her right now.

"Yes. I work there… what's the matter?” Alexis asked and hoped that there weren't any strange questions that would make her slip up on what she knew.

“Didn't you see something weird and strange happened last night? When you working at the restaurant?” The man asked again.

"Not. Of course not. I worked late because there were a lot of customers coming. And when the closing hours of the restaurant came, I went straight home. Maybe, I missed that horrible incident when it happened. So, I don't know anything about it.” Alexis replied immediately. Which is almost in part a lie. She certainly couldn't say out loud that the murder was caused by a vampire. There is even the possibility that she will be considered crazy by everyone on campus.

***

“Excuse me, we would like to speak to Mrs. Alexis Calder. Is it true that he works here?”

Alexis could hear a man talking about herself from her direction who had just finished delivering orders to customers. There, Alexis could see Zoe standing opposite two police officers. Unlucky. Alexis cursed inwardly. Then slowly, she began to walk more closer to Zoe and the two police officers there. Zoe who saw Alexis' presence immediately smiled a little. “Right, Alexis works here. And she is Alexis." Zoe replied while pointing at Alexis who had stopped walking right next to the two cops there.

Immediately, the two policemen turned and looked at Alexis. Alexis tried to smile a little there. "Yes? Is there anything I can help you with, sir?” Alexis asked politely.

“Yeah, actually we wanted to ask about something. Can we talk to you for a moment?” One of the police officers asked slowly.

Alexis looked at Zoe. As if understanding, Zoe nodded her head slowly. "I will ask permission from Mr. Joseph. You just talk to the officer. Okay?" Zoe said as she walked away to Mr. Joseph.

"Then let's sit over there..." Alexis directed the two police officers to follow her to a table that was slightly behind the tables of the other customers. Inwardly, Alexis hoped anxiously about what the two policemen would ask her.

Soon, the three of them sat right at the table. And immediately a police officer took out a cell phone from his pocket. Another police officer took out a small notebook and a pen. Alexis tried to muffle and regulate her breathing and heartbeat. She had to act normal. She should be able to do it. “We would like to ask about the murder that occurred last night. We found CCTV footage of where you, Mrs. Calder, was near the passage and running. What do you avoid? And what were you doing there?” The officer asked while showing the video where Alexis ran quickly away from the hallway area.

“Last night was closing time for the restaurant. We missed our closing hours due to more customers coming than usual. Mr. Joseph assigned me to dispose of the trash bags that were in the kitchen area. And when I threw the trash bag into the trash can in the hallway next to the restaurant. I saw something big in the hallway. I didn't dare to find out about it. Other than that, I didn't see anything else. Because I've been running to get home by using a taxi. Moreover, I also just found out that last night something terrible like that happened in the hallway.”

Alexis answered quite a bit. And everything he said was recorded by the other police officers. Then when the police officer finished taking notes, he turned to his friend who was holding the cell phone, and shook his head slowly. As if understanding, the other police officers immediately put the cellphone back in his pocket. “Mrs. Calder, we warn you to be careful from now on. We still don't know who and what killed the woman last night. If you saw something last night, you could be the next target. And you are the main witness in this case. So we don't want anything to be happen to you. As much as possible you ask for work shifts in the morning to avoid terrible things from happening. Of course you already know what if you come home at night. How dangerous that is.” The police officer explained at length with a serious look on his face.

Alexis nodded her head slowly. "Certain. I will try to discuss this with Mr. Joseph." Alexis answered in the end.

"In that case, okay." The two police officers rose to their feet. Followed by Alexis who also stood there. In turn, the police officer extended his right palm to shake hands with Alexis there. “Mrs. Calder, thank you for your statement on this case.” they said in turn. And Alexis took turns shaking hands with the two police officers there. Then quickly the two police officers left the restaurant.

Alexis was stunned and silent after all the things the police officer had said to her. Every word said by the police officer seemed to continue to fill Alexis's mind at this time. How dangerous it would be if she came home at night after yesterday's incident. And how about Alexis who is likely to be the next target.