" I DIDN'T DO IT! " KIMBERLY SHOUTED. SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS. SHE WAS BEING BLAMED FOR THE MURDER OF HER BEST FRIEND! KIMBERLY HART HAD BEEN A NORMAL TEENAGER ONLY DAYS BEFORE, BEFORE TRINI WAS FOUND. KIMBERLY WAS SIXTEEN AND HAD IT ALL. TALENT, BEAUTY, AND MONEY. " ADMIT IT! TRINI HAD TOLD YOU SHE WAS IN LOVE WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND AND THAT HE LOVED HER BACK AND THAT DROVE YOU TO KILL HER! " SARGENT MICHAEL BROWN SHOUTED AT HER. " THAT'S QUIT ENOUGH SARGENT. " DR. CHRISTOPHER HART SAID WALKING IN. BESIDES BEING A DOCTOR HE WAS A HIGH POLITICAL OFFICIAL. " DADDY! " KIMBERLY CRIED WITH PURE JOY. " COME ON KIMBERLY. " HE SAID.
IN THE LIMO KIMBERLY FOUND HER MOTHER, BROTHER JASON, AND LITTLE SISTER ELLIE. " OH MY BABY! THE MINUTE WE HEARD WE CAME TO GET YOU OUT! HOW COULD THEY THINK YOU KILLED TRINI! YOU TWO WERE LIKE SISTERS! " Mrs. Hart EXCLAIMED. IT WAS APPARENT TO KIMBERLY THAT SHE HAD BEEN CRYING. " I'M OKAY REALLY. THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO GET ME TO ADMIT TO A CRIME I DIDN'T DO. " KIMBERLY SAID TO HER MOTHER. " ARE YOU SURE YOUR OKAY? " KIMBERLY'S FATHER ASKED COMING UP BEHIND HER. " YES DADDY. " SHE ANSWERED HUGGING HER FATHER.
" THEY'VE ONLY GOT CIRCUMSTANCEL EVIDENCE. NOTHING THAT IS INCRIMINATING. THEY KNOW ABOUT YOU AND TRINI'S FIGHT THE DAY BEFORE ABOUT ZACK. THEY THINK HE WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND NOT YOUR FRIEND. THAT IS ALL YOU AND ZACK ARE RIGHT? " HE ASKED cautiously. IN THE LAST WEEK SHE HAD LOST HER TWO BEST FRIENDS. ONE TO SUICIDE THE OTHER TO MURDER. ZACK TAYLOR WAS HER BEST-GUY-FRIEND. HE HAD COMMIT SUICIDE THE DAY AFTER HIS GIRLFRIEND TRINI'S BODY WAS FOUND. FOR SOME REASON KIMBERLY WASN'T SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT ZACK HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE. EVERYONE KNEW HE WAS A NERVOUS WRECK AND THAT YOU HAD TO BE CAREFUL AROUND. ONE WRONG MOVE AND THAT COULD SEND HIM OVER THE DEEP END. THAT WAS WHAT TRINI AND KIMBERLY'S FIGHT WAS ABOUT. KIMBERLY HAD TOLD TRINI THAT SHE THOUGHT THAT TRINI AND ZACK NEED TO COOL DOWN. THEY HAD ONLY BEEN GOING TOGETHER FOR TWO WEEKS AND WAS ALREADY SLEEPING TOGETHER. TRINI TOLD IT WAS NONE OF HER BUSINESS. THAT WAS THE DAY BEFORE TRINI DISAPPEARED.
THE NEXT KIMBERLY WAS AWAKENED BY HER PHONE ringing OFF THE HOOK." HELLO? " SHE ASKED SLEEPILY. " KIMBERLY? SORRY WERE YOU ASLEEP? " A QUIET ASKED. IT WAS BILLY CRANSTON. BILLY WAS ALSO ONE OF HER BEST FRIENDS. SHE TRUSTED HIM TOTALLY. SHE SMILED AT THE THOUGHT OF BILLY. " YEAH. I WAS DREAMING OF US RUNNING AWAY TO VEGAS AND GETTING MARRIED. " SHE SAID. SHE ENJOYED FLIRTING WITH BILLY CAUSE HE WAS AS BIG A FLIRT AS SHE WAS. " SO WHEN DO WE LEAVE? AFTER THE COURT HEARING? " HE SAID IN A MORE SERIOUS TONE. " WHAT COURT HEARING? " SHE ASKED. " I HEARD YOU HAD BEEN ARRESTED. DID THEY CHARGE YOU? " HE ASKED. " NO. HEY JUST WANT TO SEE IF I REALLY DID IT. " SHE ANSWERED. " HEY. WHY DON'T YOU PICK ME UP AND WE'LL GO UP TO MACK'S TO STUDY FOR OUR FINALS. SOUND GOOD? " SHE ASKED. " PICK YOU AT TEN. " HE SAID HANGING UP.
AT STRAIGHT UP TEN BILLY PULLED UP AT THE HART'S CURB. KIMBERLY WAS SITTING ON THE FRONT PORCH PLAYING WITH HER BABY SISTER JESSICA. " SHE LOOKS LIKE YOU. " BILLY SAID WALKING UP TO HER. " THANKS. ZACK AND TRINI THOUGHT SO TOO. GIVE ME A MINUTE. " SHE SAID PICKING UP JESSICA. BILLY LOOKED AFTER HER THINKING ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL SHE WAS THEN THE HONK OF A HORN BROUGHT HIM TO REALITY. IT WAS TOMMY OLIVER. KIMBERLY AND TOMMY HAD THIS ATTENTION BETWEEN THEM AND BILLY COULD SEE. " HEY BILLY. WHERE'S KIM? " HE ASKED JUMPING OUT OF HIS MUSTANG. " KIMBERLY, IS PUTTING BABY JESSICA TO BED THEN WERE GOING TO MACK'S. " BILLY SAID COLDLY. HE HATED TOMMY WITH A PASSION. NOT ONLY DID HE HAVE KIMBERLY, BUT WAS THE CAPTAIN OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM, FOOTBALL AND HOCKEY TEAM. " THAT'S GREAT I WAS GOING TO ASK HER IF SHE WANTED TO GO TO MACK'S WITH ME BUT I GUESS I'LL FOLLOW YOU TWO. " HE SAID. " HEY TOMMY! YOU READY BILLY? " KIMBERLY SAID WITH HER DAZZLING SMILE.
AT MACK'S ALL BILLY, KIMBERLY, AMD TOMMY COULD TALK ABOUT IS THE NEXT DAY'S FINAL. " WELL I GUESS I'LL TO TALK TO YOU TWO LATER. " TOMMY SAID GETTING UP. " OH REALLY. I GUESS I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER. " KIMBERLY SAID. " HEY KIM. YOU KNOW THE DANCE IS COMING UP. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH ME? " TOMMY ASKED. " I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO GO. SORRY. " SHE ANSWERED. WITH THAT TOMMY LEFT. " SO WHY AREN'T YOU GOING TO THE DANCE? " BILLY ASKED. " I DON'T FEEL RIGHT WITH ZACK AND TRINI'S DEATH. " SHE SAID LOOKING DOWN. " COME HERE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO BRING THEM UP. " BILLY SAID HUGGING KIMBERLY. HE KISSED HER ON THE CHECK. THEY NEVER EVEN KNEW THAT THEY WERE BEING WATCHED BY EVIL EYES.
" SO HOW DID YOU DO? " BILLY ASKED. " GREAT! I THINK. THERE WAS ONE QUESTION FROM LAST YEAR I DIDN'T REMEMBER SO I GUEST. " KIMBERLY SAID. " HEY LET'S GO TO A MOVIE. THE NEXT TWO PERIODS ARE JUST REVIEW FOR PETE'S SAKE. " BILLY SAID.
THAT NIGHT AFTER THE MOVIE THEY DECIDED TO GO TO A NICE RESTAURANT FOR DINNER. " WE CAN'T GO IN HERE! YEAH YOU LOOK NICE BUT WHAT ABOUT ME? I'M IN A TEE SHIRT AND JEANS. THIS IS A REALLY NICE RESTAURANT. I DON'T EVEN HAVE A NICE SHIRT ON! " KIMBERLY EXCLAIMED. " GOOD. THAT MEANS I CAN GIVE YOU YOUR BIRTHDAY PRESENT. " BILLY SAID SMILING PULLING OUT A BIG J.C. PENNYS BOX. " OH BILLY! I LOVE IT! WHERE DID YOU GET THE MONEY! I MEAN THAT WAS A REAL STUPID QUESTION. IT'S PERFECT! WHERE CAN I CHANGE THOUGH? " SHE ASKED LOOKING AT HIM. " HERE. JUMP UP AND I'LL KEEP A LOOK OUT. " BILLY SAID WITH A SMILE. " YEAH I BET YOU'LL KEEP A LOOK OUT. " SHE SAID.
" THANK YOU FOR THE DRESS. THANK YOU FOR THE NIGHT. BILLY, WOULD YOU KISS ME? PLEASE. " KIMBERLY SAID WHILE THEY STOOD AT HER FRONT DOOR. WITH THAT THEY KISSED.
IN A CAVE ABOUT TWENTY MILES OUTSIDE OF DENVER, COLORADO WHERE KIMBERLY AND HER FAMILY LIVED. A COLD HEART SAT. HE HAD WATCHED IT ALL. FROM WHEN THEN WENT TO THE MOVIES FROM THE KISS GOODNIGHT. " SHE THINKS SHE SO PERFECT. THAT SHE CAN JUST PRANCE AROUND WITH HIM. WELL IT'S JUST A FLING. SHE REALLY LOVES ME. TO BAD FOR POOR BILLY. " AN EVIL VOICE SAID. " IF HE GETS IN MY WAY THEN HE'LL BE NEXT. JUST LIKE ZACK AND TRINI. " THE VOICE SAID.
CHRISTMAS VACATION HAD STARTED AND THERE WAS STILL NO CLUES TO WHOEVER HAD KILLED TRINI. JUST AS KIMBERLY WAS ABOUT TO OPEN THE DOOR TO GO OUT THE DOORBELL RANG AND STARTLED HER. " HI TOMMY. " SHE SAID WITH A SMILE. " HI. SORRY WERE YOU ABOUT TO GO OUT? " HE ASKED. " YEAH.ME AISHA CAMPBELL, BILLY, AND HIS BROTHER ARE GOING TO THE MALL TO DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING. YOU WANT TO COME? THE MORE THE MERRIER. " SHE SAID. " THANKS. SO WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH YOU AND BILLY. ARE YOU A COUPLE? " TOMMY SAID AS THEY WERE ON THE ROAD TO FOUR CONNERS MALL. " YEAH. WE STARTED GOING OUT THE LAST DAY OF FINALS. DOES IT REALLY SHOW THAT MUCH? I'M JUST SO HAPPY EVEN THOUGH IT TOOK A TRAGEDY LIKE TRINI'S MURDER AND ZACK' SUICIDE TO BRING US TOGETHER. OH DID YOU HEAR. THEIR STARTING TO THINK THAT TRINI KNEW HER KILLER. THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN FRIENDS. BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANY OF HER FRIENDS THAT WOULD KILL HER. " KIMBERLY SAID LOOKING AT TOMMY. " WHAT ABOUT ZACK? WHAT IF SHE TOLD HIM THAT THEY WERE BREAKING UP AND THAT JUST DROVE HIM OVER THE CLIFF. " TOMMY COMMENTED. " TOMMY OLIVER! HOW COULD YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT? ZACK WOULD NEVER KILL ANYBODY! LET ALONE HIS GIRLFRIEND. ANY WAYS HE HAS AN AIRTIGHT ALIBI. HE WAS AT THE DOCTORS AND THE REASON I KNOW WAS BECAUSE I WAS THE ONE WHO SECURED IT AND I WENT WITH HIM. " SHE SAID GIVING HIM A COLD LOOK. HOW COULD HE POSSIBLE THINK ZACK COULD KILL TRINI. HE LOVED HER WITH ALL HIS HEART AND SOUL. STILL HE DID HAVE A POINT, TRINI WAS KNOWN FOR PICKING UP AND DROPPING GUYS LIKE A BAD HABIT.
" HI SWEETIE. " BILLY SAID GREETING KIMBERLY AT THE DOOR. " HI. HEY AISHA. HEY ADAM, THIS IS TOMMY. TOMMY THIS IS BILLY BROTHER ADAM AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AISHA. " KIMBERLY SAID WITH A SMILE. IN THE MALL WHILE EVERYONE WAS GONE BILLY PULLED KIMBERLY TO THE SIDE. " WHAT'S HE DOING HERE? " HE ASKED. " I'M SORRY. I KNOW I TOLD YOU IT WOULD ONLY BE ME, YOU, AISHA, AND ADAM BUT WHEN I OPENED MY DOOR HE WAS THERE AND HE LOOKED SO SAD AND LONESOME. I'M REALLY SORRY. ARE YOU MAD AT ME? " SHE ASKED cautiously. " NO. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU IS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHER PEOPLE. I LOVE YOU. " HE ADDED WITH A SMILE AND QUICKLY KISSED HER. THEY WERE AGAIN UNAWARE OF A SET OF EVIL, COLD EYES WATCHING THEM.
THAT NIGHT KIMBERLY WAS IN HER ROOM WRAPPING PRESENTS WHEN HER PHONE RANG. " HELLO? HELLO? " SHE ASKED. SHE LOOKED AT HER CALLER IDEA AND IT READ UNAVAILABLE. " IS ANYONE THERE? " SHE ASKED. THEN A CLICK. TEN MINUTES LATER IT HAPPEN AGAIN. AFTER THE THIRD TIME KIMBERLY CALL BILLY TO COME OVER AND GIVE HER A HAND WITH THE PRESENTS AND HE EAGERLY AGREED. AFTER SHE HUNG UP THE DOORBELL RANG AND SHE COULD HEAR JACEN RUNNING TO GET IT HOPPING IT WOULD BE HIS LITTLE GIRLFRIEND ELIZABETH. SINCE THEY WERE HOME ALONE SHE WAS IN CHARGE AND THIS MEANT POWER.
" I HOPED YOU CHECKED WHO IT WAS BEFORE YOU OPENED THE DOOR. " SHE SAID COMING DOWN THE STAIRS. " IT'S FOR YOU. " JACEN SAID. AT THE DOOR WAS TOMMY. " HI, COME ON IN. " SHE SAID. BEHIND HER SHE CALLED TO JACEN, " BILLY'S COMING OVER SO DON'T GIVE HIM A HARD TIME AND TELL ME BEFORE YOU LEAVE OKAY? " " YEAH. " HE SHOUTED BACK.
" SO WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? " SHE ASKED FALLING ON THE BED. " NOTHING. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GO TO CHERRY HILL. " HE ASKED. " NOW? I'M SORRY I CAN'T. BILLY'S COMING OVER. " SHE SAID. " OH. WELL OF COURSE. BILLY COMING OVER. WE COULDN'T DARE GO BILLY'S COMING OVER. " TOMMY SAID. " TOMMY, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH BILLY? " SHE EXCLAIMED. " I'M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT BILLY! BILLY THIS! BILLY THAT! OH I'M SO SICK OF HEARING ABOUT HOW IN LOVE YOU ARE WITH BILLY! COME ON YOUR GOING WITH ME. " TOMMY SAID GRABBING HER BY THE ARM. " I CAN'T. MY BROTHER AND SISTER ARE STILL HERE. " SHE SAID TRYING TO GETAWAY FROM HIM. " WOULD YOU PREFER THAT THEY COME ALONG? " HE ASKED WITH FIRE IN HIS EYES. " JUST LET ME TELL THEM THAT I'M LEAVING. " SHE SAID. " FINE BUT I'LL BE WAITING IN THE DOOR. " HE SAID. " JACEN, LISTEN TO ME. I NEED YOU TO WATCH JESSIE FOR ME. I HAVE TO GO UP GO CHERRY HILL WITH TOMMY. TELL BILLY I'LL BE BACK. " THEN LEANED OVER A WHISPERED IN HIS EAR, " TELL BILLY TO COME. I MAY NEED HIS HELP. WHEN I COME AWAY LAUGH AS THOUGH I SAID SOMETHING FUNNY. " SHE FINISHED. WITH THAT HE STARTED SNICKERING. " BYE. " SHE SAID.
TEN MINUTES LATER BILLY WAS AT THE DOOR. " HEY SQUIRT. IS KIMBERLY UPSTAIRS? " HE ASKED. " NO. SHE WENT TO CHERRY HILL WITH TOMMY. SHE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE WANTED YOU TO COME UP THERE SHE MAY NEED YOUR HELP. " HE ANSWERED. WITH THAT BILLY BOLTED TO HIS JEEP LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL.
" ISN'T BEAUTIFUL KIM. " TOMMY CONTINUED, " ME. YOU, TOGETHER AS WERE SUPPOSE TO BE. " " LOOK TOMMY. I DON'T LIKE THIS PLACE. THIS IS WHERE... " SHE TRAILED OFF. " OH YOU MEAN WHERE TRINI FELL. I KNOW. I BROUGHT HER UP HERE THAT NIGHT. WE WERE TALKING AND THE SUBJECT CAME AROUND TO YOU. SHE ASKED ME IF I LIKED YOU AND I SAID I DID. THEN I ASKED HER IF SHE THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE A CHANCE WITH YOU AND SHE LAUGHED AT ME. SHE STARTED JOKING ABOUT IT. I PICKED HER UP AND STARTED TO SHAKE HER. SHE WOULDN'T STOP LAUGHING. THAT'S WHEN I REMEMBERED THE KNIFE I HAD IN MY BAG. I GRABBED IT AND STUCK IT IN HER. JUST AS I WAS ABOUT TO THROW HER OVER THE EDGE ZACK HAD TO DRIVE UP. HE TRIED TO STOP ME BUT HE COULDN'T I THREW HER OVER THE EDGE AND THAT WAS THE END. THEN TWO DAYS LATER I GOT A CALL FROM ZACK SAYING THAT HE WAS GOING TO TURN ME IN. I WENT OVER THERE AND HE WAS ASLEEP I TYPED HIS SUICIDE NOTE AND THEN STUCK THE GUN IN HIS MOUTH AND SHOT HIM. CLEAN SHOT THREW HIS BRAINS. NASTY MESS. " HE SAID WITH A SMILE. " THE STAIN ON THE SHIRT I GAVE YOU. THAT WAS? " SHE ASKED STUNNED. " YUP. THAT WAS PART OF ZACK'S BRAINS AND BLOOD. " HE LAUGHED." HOW COULD HE BE SO CRUEL? " ZACK AND TRINI WERE MY BEST FRIENDS. HOW COULD YOU? " SHE ASKED HIM ALMOST IN A FURY. " I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD COME TO ME FOR COMFORT BUT YOU TURNED TO BILLY INSTEAD. I WAS CRUSHED. I SAW HIM GIVE YOU THAT DRESS. I SAW HIM LEAVE LITTLE TRINKETS IN YOUR LOCKER LIKE THE LOCKET. I SAW IT ALL! I EVEN HAVE NOTES THAT HE WROTE YOU THAT WERE IN YOUR LOCKER I GOT OUT. " HE SAID. HE WAS STARTING TO PANIC AND THAT SCARED KIMBERLY. SHE KNEW IF HE PANICKED THAT HE WOULD MORE LIKELY KILL HER NEXT. SHE HAD TO STALL TILL BILLY GOT THERE. " THAT'S SO SWEET. I MEAN. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE GONE TO ALL THE TROUBLE IF YOU REALLY DIDN'T LOVE ME. I GUESS I COULD LEARN TO LOVE YOU. BUT LET'S START WITH A KISS. " SHE SAID BECKONING HIM TO SIT NEXT TO HER. THEY WERE ABOUT TO KISS WHEN BILLY'S JEEP LIGHTS SHINED ON THEM. " BILLY! " SHE SCREAMED. " YOU TOLD THAT BRATTY LITTLE BROTHER DIDN'T YOU! " HE SAID. " LET GO OF ME. I WOULDN'T KISS YOU IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT. ANY WAYS YOUR PROBABLY A BAD KISSER. UNLIKE BILLY." SHE SAID AS HER HEAD LEANED BACK TO ACCEPT A KISS FROM BILLY. " YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS " HE SAID GRABBING THE KNIFE FROM HIS BAG. HE CHARGED AT THEM AND ALMOST GOT BILLY IN THE ARM IF BILLY HADN'T TURNED IN TIME. TOMMY REGAINED HIM SENSE AND THEN MADE ANOTHER WILD CHARGE AT BILLY AND KIMBERLY. KIMBERLY LOOKED BEHIND HER THE CLIFF WAS A SHARP FALL AND IF THEY MOVED AGAIN TOMMY WOULD CERTAINLY GO OVER IT. SHE TURNED TO SHE TOMMY COMING CLOSER. JUST AS HE WAS WITHIN A FEW FEET OF THEM BILLY GRABBED KIMBERLY AND MOVED TO THE SIDE AS THEY HAD DONE BEFORE BUT JUST AS TOMMY WAS ABOUT TO GO OVER THE SIDE BILLY GRABBED HIS ARM. HIS BODY SUNG OVER THE EDGE AND BILLY AUTOMATICALLY FELL TO THE GROUND. " GRAB MY LEGS. " HE ORDERED KIMBERLY, " TOMMY, WE'RE GOING TO PULL YOU UP. " " NO! NOT WITH WHAT SHE KNOWS. " HE SHOUTED BACK, " I'M SORRY KIMBERLY. I JUST WANTED YOU AND ME TO BE HAPPY TOGETHER. I'M SORRY. " HE SAID LETTING GO. " TOMMY! " SHE SCREAMED AS SHE WATCHED IN HORROR AS HE PLUMMETED TO HIS DEATH.
" SO NOW AS WE STAND HERE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE AND WE SEE THAT WHEN THEY SAID WE... " THE VALEDICTORIAN SAID. " IF HE DOESN'T SHUT UP I THINK I'M GOING TO GO CRAZY. " BILLY LEANED OVER TO JASON SCOTT. UP IN THE FRONT HE COULD SEE KIMBERLY AND COULD SEE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING TO KATHARINE HILLARD. SHE TURNED AROUND TO SEE HIM. HE WAS SO PROUD OF HER. HE SAW THAT THE GOLD SASH SHE WORE WAS FOR HIGH HONORS.
AT THE END OF THE CEREMONY BILLY LOOKED AT KIMBERLY AND SLOWLY LIFTED HER HEAD TO LOOK AT HIM. " ARE YOU OKAY? " HE ASKED WIPING AWAY HER TEARS. " YEAH. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW WE HAD BEEN PLANING FOR THIS DAY SINCE OUR FRESHMAN YEAR. THE PARTY TO WHAT WE WE'RE GOING TO DO TONIGHT, TRINI, ZACK, ME, YOU, AND TOMMY. IT WAS GOING TO BE GREAT! BUT I GUESS JUST BECAUSE WE PLANNED IT THAT WAY DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT WAY. I MISS THEM. " SHE SAID. HE GAVE HER, A HUG A WHISPERED IN HER EAR, " I DO TOO. "