"What'd the message say?"
"Open me for the truth."
"The truth about what?"
"I don't know. Should I watch it?"
"Up to you. I still think there's a virus attached. If you want to risk ruining your phone, go ahead."
I click on the video. It's taken from the bleachers, a few rows up from the cheerleaders who are on the sidelines warming up. I recognize the girls but they look different. This girl who now has blond hair has brown hair in the video, and another girl who now has long hair has short hair.
"How old is this?" I say, looking for a date. I see it at the top. "October sixth. Last year."
"October sixth?" Trystan looks at me. "That's when Jason died."
"Last year?"
"Yeah. He died during the game."
"The game I'm watching," I say, getting a chill. "Why would someone send this to me?"
"I don't know. That's creepy."
The video ends before the players even go on the field.
"That's it? The video was only a minute. What the hell?"
"What was on it?"
"It just showed the cheerleaders warming up before the game. They were on the sidelines and some of the players were next to them."
"Watch it again."
I press play and look closer at the football players. Dante is there, laughing at something Wyatt said. Miles is stretching next to Korbin. Barron is smiling at one of the cheerleaders. And off to the side is Braden with a guy I don't know.
"What did Jason look like?" I ask.
"Big. Muscular. Why?"
"There's a guy in the video I don't recognize."
"Shaved head with tats?"
"Yeah."
"That's him."
I zoom in on the video. Braden is handing something to Jason. He takes it, puts it in his mouth, and tips his head back.
"Wait. What'd he give him?" I watch the video again and zoom in closer. It's the blue pills. Braden's giving Jason two of the blue pills. The high strength amphetamines. A stimulant. Pills that affect the heart. They could kill someone with a heart condition.
"Oh my God," I say, staring out the window as Trystan parks in the driveway.
"What?" Trystan asks.
"Watch this." I start up the video again, zooming in on the section with Braden. "Those pills were in Braden's drawer in the kitchen."
"Yeah, he takes them before games."
