Donnel woke up the next day with vague memories of the recent Saturday night. His lips still warm from the kisses that he’d shared with Collette. He paused and his eyes filled with a depth that led to his moved soul as he relived some of last night’s memories. When he’d gotten caught in her hazel gaze as he drew back, breathless from their moist kiss that was alcohol flavoured.

“Ouch!” he groaned. The more he tried to remember, the more his heavy eyes pained and his brain slammed against his skull. So trying to ease his hangover, he stood, pressing his hand against his head and jumped over several unconscious bodies as he made his way towards the door.

He walked towards the door and all he could see were several cops and paramedics pushing several bodies into the ambulance.

“What the?” he said shocked, his eyes picking up seven familiar faces, including Jaylene and Collette. He caught sight of the chubby policewoman chewing a bubble gum approaching his immediate group as the ambulances drove away, the sounds of their sirens slowly fading.

“Alcohol-poisoning it seems, but self-inflicted or poisoned by someone?” he wondered as the lady approached him to take his statement. She winked at him, tickling his throat with a bit of laughter. One that added to his headache. Shortly before a fresh concern appeared in her suspicious eyes, making him struggle to regain his serious facial expression.

“We arrived last night, smoked some shisha and began drinking and …”

“Ewe, ewe, carry on…” commanded the policewoman in a patient tone before her eyes also shot to the door.

“And that’s when we…” continued Donnel. He was now looking into the policewoman’s fiercely suspicious eyes and turned to the door only to see Lethabo take off her hoody before getting into a white Polo Vivo. It drove out of sight and disappeared, leaving him in the angry presence of the policewoman, surrounded by confused suspects who were just as hungover as he was.

Katlego was about to insert the green flash drive that dropped out of Karabo’s pocket on the matric ball eve, into his laptop. He suddenly got a call from Thapelo.

“Ekse, didn’t see you at the matric ball yesterday, what happened?”

“It’s a long story, Thaps.”

“And bra, I forgot to ask about your birthday party theme tomorrow.”

“The Last Supper,” said Katlego before they both burst into laughter.

Two minutes after Thapelo’s call came to an end, Katlego got another call from Lutho and Sethu informing him of Zintle and Sphe’s incident at the matric ball, just before Thato got involved. When he was finally about to view the contents on the flash drive, he heard Katherine and Karoline’s footsteps. Excitement playing on their faces and they dawdled towards him. Their hands behind their back.

“Katlego!” said Karoline nodding.

Tell us: What do you think could be in the flash drive?