Runaway thief...

"Well then Kaila I can see you have some good grades on your GCSE's (exams in year 10), even some A*'s. However I can also see that you have gone to prison over three times which means before we are aloud to employ you we have to send this to our company management, to see if it will be ok to allow you to work here" "Look I know in the past I have done some bad things but I promise you that those days are over" I said as honestly as possible. "We'll get back to you in less than a month Kaila, thank you" I nodded shook his hand and walked out.

I had just been in for a job interview at Top-shop. It was my favourite brand of clothing, and if I was gonna get a job then I would like to be there. As you just heard though they have to consider allowing me to work there, in case I take anything. It was hopeless I was never gonna get a job. The guy was just being polite, what he meant to say was. "Sorry we dont employ people who steal like you so leave now, there's no point in trying". I hated myself even more.

It was Saturday morning again and I had just got back from the interview, when I heard a noise coming from Helena's flat. I decided to change out of my interview clothes, and into something more casual. Then quickly but slowly ran down to the flat. I stopped for a minute thinking it might be one of her cats, coming back to find Helena, but the thought left, as I remembered the police saying about giving them to a local animal shelter. I quietly opened the door, and looked around, realising that no-one was there.

There were pictures up every where that I had never noticed before. One's with random faces that I didn't recognise, possibly some of her family, that according to the police, never came to see her. Then I recognised a face immediately. In one of the pictures Helena was sitting down on a chair, with Harry standing behind her with all the rest of what looked like Harry's family.

A noise came from her bedroom, and I froze. It was the kind of noise a person made when they were shuffling around a room. Before I could make it to the door, the person appeared out of the door. He looked stunned, and I'm pretty sure I did too. It was Harry! "What are you doing here?" we both shouted at the same time.

"I'm here to take one last look at my grandma's house before it gets sold of" Harry shouted, and angry expression flooding across his face. "I'm here because she was like a Mum to me". I stopped realising what I had just said. His frown left and a confused look replaced it. "What do you mean, like a mum to you" I looked around wishing I hadn't said anything, I looked back at his face, and soon enough his frown was back. "How did you know my Grandma?" I was not about to tell him I lived upstairs, just in case. "Mmm I used to do the paper rounds, and I had to come up in to the flat". "Bullshit, I can tell your lying Kaila, how did you know my grandma, tell me" "Fine I live upstairs, in the flat above" "On your own" "No". I said defensively.

"Ok look I was just asking, you dont have to be soo angry all the time" "I'm not, I just seem to get angry when I'm around you". Harry looked a little hurt at that, wont do him any harm to know some people dont fancy him. "Well it may surprise you to know that I dont like you all that much either" "No well I couldn't tell from all your constant bullying and egging on the other girls to be unkind" "I do not egg them on, what they say is totally true" "Are you sure your not just agreeing with them so they'll sleep with you?". He laughed "Obviously not, any of them would sleep with me in a heart beat whenever I asked them".

I laughed at his ignorance, and big headed comment. "You wanna know what you are Harry?" I walked up closer to him, trying my hardest not to notice his devilish good looks. "A player, a self obsessed, big headed, player!" His smile went. "And you wanna know what I think of boys like you.......I hate them, no I dont hate them I completely loath and despise them. The way you treat people who aren't 'good enough' for you is disgusting, and how you completely subject women to a role of sex toy is horrible, thoughtless, and disgracing. You've managed to put me of having a boyfriend for ever, even if he was a hundred times the boy you are!!!"

-----Harry's POV------

Ouch that hurt. I tried to find words to say but I couldn't think of anything. I refused to say anything mean about her, as I probably knew deep down that it was true. She shook her head in disappointment. "Before you ask what I'm doing here, I'll tell you. I knew Helena, she said goodbye to me everyday before school. Like I said was the closest thing to a Mum, and I'm not going to explain that. The police say that it was an accident how she died, but I disagree, she was murdered, and I'm sorry to have to say that to you" "No I agree, she was always on about safety and that stuff" Finally someone who agreed with me!

"I'm finding out who did this and why, but not for you or your family, for her she deserved that much" As I considered those words, she walked away. Then another voice came from the staircase. "Midnight!". Kaila looked surprised, but walked to the stairs anyway. Who was Midnight?

"Yeah, who is it?" Kaila had answered to that, why was this person calling her Midnight?". I walked over to the door, to see her and some other lady talking.

-----Kaila's POV-----

"Yeah so I just got a call from Top-Shop, and they told me that you have got the job!" My hand covered my mouth as I gave an excited squeal. "What how come?" Stacy smiled patting me on the back. "They said that in the interview you showed real charisma, and looked like a really cheery person who would be a credit to their shop!" "Wow really, and even after they looked at my record" "I know it's great". Then I realised Harry was still standing there, and that he had just heard Stacy call me Midnight, and me say about my records. Hopefully he wouldn't catch on, but even still it would make him suspicious and ask questions.

I said goodbye to Stacy and ran back upstairs, stopping when I heard Harry's footsteps following me. "Why did she call you Midnight Kaila?". I guess I could tell him that, but that's the name I told people when they asked about what I had been doing if people got suspicious of me. stealing. Ah well I guess it cant hurt. "It's what my name means in Dutch ok, now please can you leave me alone now Harry" "Hey your the one who came in to my Nan's flat" "Yeah like you ever bothered about her or going to see her". I spun around bumping in to him slightly, making me nervous feeling his chest. "You know I was the one who found her dead, and the reason why I was there , was because I said I would help her make some cakes! Sadly Harry that's probably more than you ever did for her" "How do you know that?"

"Because she never said anything about a family, or a grandson"

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