Chapter 1The Blind Side

To escape late-night seminars and mandatory study halls, I forged a medical record claiming I had night blindness.

Everyone believed that once the lights went down, I was effectively blind.

Then, one night, a murder occurred in my dorm hallway.

When the killer was dragging the body at the dark end of the corridor, I was standing right at the other end.

He saw me, but he didn't panic.

Because he knew me, and he thought I couldn’t see him.

Right before my eyes, he calmly dragged the body away and cleaned up the blood.

I could only stand there, pretending to enjoy the evening breeze, pretending to be blind.

But the truth was, I saw his face perfectly.

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It took me a long time to stop shaking.

I thought about going to the cops, but I had my doubts.

First, the killer was my roommate, Toby.

Second, when he was dragging the body toward the stairs, someone else was clearly there waiting for him.

I had no idea who the accomplice was.

I couldn't even make a guess.

School was out on break now.

We were just a few stragglers left behind in the dorms. My dorm room only had Toby and me left.

So, his partner in crime definitely wasn't one of our roommates.

There were barely any other students left in the entire building, which is probably why he felt brave enough to kill someone in the hallway.

Killing me wouldn't be much harder.

So, rushing to the police right now felt way too dangerous.

Plus, if the cops couldn't find where they hid the body, I'd be screwed.

I could leave campus immediately, but if the police never found the body...

Would I even be able to come back next semester?

I could watch out for Toby, but how could I watch out for an unknown accomplice?

And Toby was absolutely convinced about my night blindness.

He must have believed it, otherwise, he would have come over and dealt with me right then.

I should be safe, at least for tonight.

I had to survive the night and wait for the body to be discovered; then I could make my move.

Thinking this through, I exhaled, preparing to go back inside.

But just as I turned around, Toby’s face was inches from mine!