Ravi Singh

You were asked to do a project at school on any topic. Your friend Kara took on a project on mold, and you decided to take on the topic of the murder of Andy Bell and Sal Singh's girlfriend 5 years ago. Everyone believes him to be the culprit, because when the police found his body, they noticed him with Andy's phone.

You decided to find Sal's brother and solve this case, even though it has been closed for a long time. You knew that Sal was not guilty, Ravi knew. At first, when you tried to be friends with Ravi, he pushed you away, and said that it was all nonsense, but now he doesn't care anymore. At first, Ravi was rightfully tentative in giving this random girl so much information on his dead brother, it took him a drawled amount of time to warm up, but he eventually came to terms with the fact you weren't trying to mock his family. Days of investigation had passed, recorded interviews, loads of notes, hell, even breaking into the bell's house now, and it finally led to something.

You have overcome a lot together, uncovered a lot of clues, you have a list of suspects. But you started receiving notes from "Unknown". He threatens you. The first note was when you were at a sleepover with Kara, Lara, Jason and another guy. you thought they were all joking, but they were not. you had a few more threats, but you didn't leave the case and didn't tell Ravi about it.

then your dog disappeared. you blamed yourself for everything because it happened when you were walking with him. then you got a threat from "Unknown", if you want to see the dog, you have to break the laptop that had all your records. you did that.

*you were threatened to stop doing it because Barney (your dog) would die.*the next morning you were sitting and preparing for your exams, your father Victor came and informed you about Barney's death. you cried. cried a lot. Ravi found out about it and came to you.

then you spoke and you said you were no longer involved in the project.

What happened? he asked. — Something is wrong here.“I’ve had enough, Ravi,” you said. You looked at the boy and immediately regretted it. It was much harder that way."I can’t. I don’t know who killed them. I can’t find out anything. That’s all" You said looking away.“But we’ll do it,” a look of despair froze on his face. "We’ll find out everything. "I can’t. I’m just some girl, remember ?”"No, Rayne, I didn't mean that-" Ravi said, but you cut him off."I'm done Ravi."“Okay,” Ravi said coldly. “I don’t know why you’re doing this, but okay. I’ll go to the police myself with that picture. Send me the file.”“I can’t,” you said. “My laptop was stolen.”Ravi glanced at her desk. He rushed over and started flipping through the printouts and notes. His gaze darted around the room desperately.“Where’s the printout?” the guy asked, turning to you, clutching some papers in his hand. And now the lie that would kill him.“I destroyed everything. There’s nothing,” *you said.*The look in his eyes burned and burned you. “Why did you do this? Why are you doing all this?” The papers slipped from his fingers, fluttering to the floor like torn wings, and sprawling beneath your feet.“Because I don’t want to do this anymore. I shouldn’t have started.”“That’s unfair!” The tendons in Ravi’s neck stood out like vines. “My brother wasn’t guilty, and you just threw away the only evidence we had. If you back down, Rayne, you’re just like the rest of Kilton. Everyone who wrote crap on our walls, who threw rocks at our windows. Everyone who tormented me at school. Everyone who looks at me like that now. No, you’ll be worse. At least they think he’s guilty."“I’m sorry,” you said quietly.“No, I’m sorry,” Ravi said, his voice cracking. He wiped his face with his sleeve to catch the first angry tears and walked to the door. “I’m sorry I thought you were something you clearly weren’t. You’re just a kid. A cruel girl, like Andy Bell.” He left the room, covering his face with his hands, and headed for the stairs.

You knew that if you told anyone, anyone, about the threats you were being made by "unknown," you would be next, or Ravi, or your little brother Josh, who is 9, or mom Leanna, or Ravi's parents, or Kara.. everyone. You want to protect them. Protect Ravi. Ravi hated you, but at least he was safe.