Chapter 2
'The body of Marnie Myers has proven that the death of Susan Myers was no accident, or robbery. It was the act of a cold-blooded serial killer who is still out there roaming the world, possibly the town so freely. Question is, why Susan? She was always so nice to everybody. But perhaps that's why they or he killed her. Because she was too nice, when you don't possess a backbone you're often taken for granted and used. Maybe Susan was used? Perhaps. Or she witnessed something she wasn't supposed to? That or she's a guilty drug lord or criminal hiding behind an alias. People like Susan don't get ripped from the world often, especially with their children. What could the Myers have known or done that resulted in their cruel death? A question yet to be answered'.
"Journaling again?" Mr Caesar asks as he wipes a table close to mine. "That's not a word Mr. Caesar" I smile and turn back to the bright screen.
"It's pretty late, shouldn't you head back home now?" Mr. Caesar asks as he places his big wrinkly hands on my shoulders and begins to squeeze gently. "Perhaps" I whisper under my breath before rubbing my eyes and sighing. Patience runs thin with my mom, surprised she hasn't called yet.
"I'll see you tomorrow Mr. C" I say before standing up and lifting my bag that rests on the squeaky clean counter top and shove my laptop in.
The little rain drops hit the wind screen with loud sounds as i drive back home. I pass Susan's house on the way which is now a full blown crime scene. What did they know? I'm known to be a very pushy, curious and inquisitive person so this had to be seen. I make a U turn nearly running over a squirrel and head back down the road to Susan's house/Crime scene.
Yes i know this is trespassing on a crime scene and possible tampering with evidence but Marnie was my classmate and i owe her, the town and myself this. A chance to find who the killer is. I step into the living room and scan the area quickly when my phone rings. "Shh!" I hush to my phone as if it would help. I'm lurking in a dark dead person's house and someone calls me!
"Hello?" I whisper into the phone as soon as i pick up. "Hey A, um... so you're obviously not at home so where are you?" Carter's voice sings through the phone. "No where" I whisper as i walk through the house further, entering the kitchen to see if i can find anything that the cops could have missed.
"Why are you whispering?" She asks unaware that she too was whispering at that moment.
I sigh and say "I'm at Susan Myers's house".
"Oh my god! Are you nuts?" She exclaims then asks probably standing up now if she was sitting. "I need to find something at least" I sigh then move upstairs. "You curious little cat" She huffs through the phone. "So you gonna help me or what?" I ask running my fingers through the railing. "Fine hold on, we're on our way, so stay put!" She exclaims then hangs up before i can say anything else.
"We?... Who we?... Hello? Carter?". I sigh and move on, i open an ajar door and peek inside. Most likely Susan's room but it's been trashed. Raided.
I walk over to her shelf and run my fingers against the hard edges of the books and pull one out. "In the still of night" I whisper chortle to myself, "Nice". One would never have guessed Susan enjoyed horror books, or crime or thriller even. I place it back and pull out another but something falls out.
A flash drive.
"Ana?" A voice calls from downstairs. "You here?" Another asks. Carter and Adam. "Up here!" I yell back. Racing footsteps sound through the house as they run upstairs. "What's up?" Carter asks sticking her hands in her pockets. "I found this in a book" I blurt shoving the flash drive in front of their faces.
Adam takes it carefully and inspects it. "It's only two gigs, why would anyone have a flash of two gigs" He briefs handing it to Carter to take a look. "You can't save anything in two gigs" She says with a confused look. I take it from her and stare at it for a while, "No... except if you have something so important that it takes the whole flash memory" I state, "Let's go!".
As we all reach downstairs we hear police sirens and see blue and red lights flashing from the closed curtains at the corner of the living room.
"Shit!" Carter exclaims silently. The door opens slowly and before focus comes to mind a gun is pointed right at us.
"Never mind, it's just a couple of kids again" The police officer speaks into his walkie talkie then turns back to us. "What're you kids doing here?" He asks putting his gun back in place.
"Nothing we just um..." Carter tries to explain. "We just wanted to help" Adam summarizes. "Help? You can help by staying at your homes after 9 o clock" He laughs, "Now come on get outta here".
I shoot Carter and Adam a look that says 'Meet me at my place'.
Why would someone hide a flash drive in a book except if they're trying to hide it from someone? But who? What ever's in this flash drive can help solve the case, and i'm willing to help.
"Anayis where in the world have you been?" My mom asks furiously as i slam the front door shut and walk in. "No where" I mumble under my breath and keep moving. I make my way to the stairs when my mom grabs my arm and says "If you don't tell me where you went you're grounded".
"Okay" I say bluntly and keep moving upstairs. "Anayis Malery Hart!" My mom yells at me. "I was at Caesars okay!" I speak up and then roll my eyes.
Charlie's gone, she left this morning but her scent still fills the hallway. I close my room door quietly without failing to lock it then collapse on my bed and exhale all the air kept up inside.
"Knock knock" Carter exclaims as she slips into my room through the bay window. Carter and I are neighbors, her window is right opposite mine. "Hurry in! Where's Adam?" I ask as i pull her through completely. "Here" He whispers as he sneaks through afterwards.
I pull out my laptop and plug in the flash drive then click open. "Nothing incriminating here" Carter says quietly, peering over my shoulder to look at the screen. Nothing, just a will. Of course. "But why would you have a copy of your will in a flash drive?" Adam asks standing up and pacing around the room. "Hey there's something else" I whisper noticing another document on MS Word. "A letter" Carter states the obvious as i open it. "From Susan to someone named Mr. Blue" I mumble under my breath. "Lemme see" Adam says lifting the laptop and staring at it closely.
"Um... this isn't good stuff guys" He says handing the laptop back. I read quickly while scrolling down and he was right.
From: susanmyers@gmail.com
To: mrblue88@gmail.com
Subject: What do i do?
Dear Mr. Blue,
I don't know why you cannot reveal your name to me but i think i understand. You never told me what to do after though. I dumped the body somewhere in the woods, near the old creek. What if someone finds it? I think the girl is coming close to finding out about what happened. It was an accident and we never should have run, now we're guilty. Please help me, i'll send you my address so we can talk in person, last time i didn't get your face well because it was raining heavily plus it was dark. I look forward to our meeting, please reply soon, i need your help.
Yours faithfully,
Susan.
"Susan Myers's hid a body?!" Carter exclaims rather loudly after reading the letter. "Shh!" I hush her. "Perhaps something happened and..." I start but trail off, my brain can't think of any scenarios that cups this information. "This is bad" Adam blurts out and continues pacing. "That won't solve anything" I whisper gesturing to his pacing feet. "Sorry" He mumbles and then settles down uncomfortably next to me. "So what do we do?" Carter asks looking at me for an answer and fast.
Do we go to the sheriff with this new and very important information or take matters into our own hands?
"We go to the creek, Adam you were a scout you should know where it is" I blurt standing up and walking to my open window. "Are you insane? It's half past 10 and the killer is still out there and you want us to head out to the woods?!" Adam disagrees, "No way!"
"Come on Adam, we can't take this to the sheriff until we know it's valid or we'll be in trouble for snooping, let's go, you're the only one who knows where it is" I spiel holding his hand in mine.
"Fine" He says finally giving in. "Yes! Thank you!" I smile then grab three torches before climbing out the window and grab hold of the branch of the tree that arches over my room window.
"Ow! I think i stumbled into a rock" Carter whines, "Can you guys just please slow down?".
"No need, we're here" Adam says putting off his torch and stepping closer to the water.
"So where's the body?" I ask looking around the environment.
"Well you don't expect it to be out in plane sight now do you?" Adam asks sarcastically and turn on his torch again and trudges through the dry and wet autumn leaves to find a sign of lifelessness in the ground.
"Guys this area is really steep can we please just go back, we can look in the morning i'm tired" Carter continues complaining. "Fine" I sigh and turn back but i don't see Carter, instead i hear her screams.
"Guys help!" She screams as she continues to slide down the hill. The ground around the area must still be wet from the rain so i take light and slow steps towards the edge and see Carter holding on to the root of an extended tree only inches away from the freezing water below.
"Hold on Carter!" Adam yells and slowly slides himself down to her steadying himself with trees and roots and branches.
"Ah!" She screams again sliding a bit further but she grabs onto something to stop herself from plunging into the water. "Just hold on okay. Adam's coming" I yell down to her but her screams get louder and she lets go purposefully and falls but miraculously Adam grabs her and pulls her to steady ground only meters away.
I try and manage to slide down gently and join them where they are but Carter is still screaming. "What? What is it?" We ask at a time. Carter only points to the branch she was holding onto until she let go. "What?" I ask again turning back to her but her index is fixed on the branch as she wheezes and cries letting tears roll down her cheek. She must be pretty spooked by something so i stand and walk super gently so i don't slip to the place she's pointing to.
The branch, but that's no branch, that's a hand! A human hand! "Adam come over here!" I call and shine my torch over the area. "What is it?" He asks then looks to the area of light from my torch light. "Oh god!" He exclaims then covers his mouth.
I furrow my eyebrows then bend over and start moving off the leaves and dirt that covered the body. "Holy shit!" I exclaim as i see the face of our lifeless mate. "Megan!" Adam exclaims louder in surprise and devastation.
This is bad for Adam, he was dating Megan and having an affair with Marnie and now both are dead. Now he's definitely a prime suspect- the prime suspect. "Call the sheriff!" I say, "Looks like you're off the hook for cheating Adam".
Three bodies now. This is bad, this is a mystery.
"Journaling again?" Mr Caesar asks as he wipes a table close to mine. "That's not a word Mr. Caesar" I smile and turn back to the bright screen.
"It's pretty late, shouldn't you head back home now?" Mr. Caesar asks as he places his big wrinkly hands on my shoulders and begins to squeeze gently. "Perhaps" I whisper under my breath before rubbing my eyes and sighing. Patience runs thin with my mom, surprised she hasn't called yet.
"I'll see you tomorrow Mr. C" I say before standing up and lifting my bag that rests on the squeaky clean counter top and shove my laptop in.
The little rain drops hit the wind screen with loud sounds as i drive back home. I pass Susan's house on the way which is now a full blown crime scene. What did they know? I'm known to be a very pushy, curious and inquisitive person so this had to be seen. I make a U turn nearly running over a squirrel and head back down the road to Susan's house/Crime scene.
Yes i know this is trespassing on a crime scene and possible tampering with evidence but Marnie was my classmate and i owe her, the town and myself this. A chance to find who the killer is. I step into the living room and scan the area quickly when my phone rings. "Shh!" I hush to my phone as if it would help. I'm lurking in a dark dead person's house and someone calls me!
"Hello?" I whisper into the phone as soon as i pick up. "Hey A, um... so you're obviously not at home so where are you?" Carter's voice sings through the phone. "No where" I whisper as i walk through the house further, entering the kitchen to see if i can find anything that the cops could have missed.
"Why are you whispering?" She asks unaware that she too was whispering at that moment.
I sigh and say "I'm at Susan Myers's house".
"Oh my god! Are you nuts?" She exclaims then asks probably standing up now if she was sitting. "I need to find something at least" I sigh then move upstairs. "You curious little cat" She huffs through the phone. "So you gonna help me or what?" I ask running my fingers through the railing. "Fine hold on, we're on our way, so stay put!" She exclaims then hangs up before i can say anything else.
"We?... Who we?... Hello? Carter?". I sigh and move on, i open an ajar door and peek inside. Most likely Susan's room but it's been trashed. Raided.
I walk over to her shelf and run my fingers against the hard edges of the books and pull one out. "In the still of night" I whisper chortle to myself, "Nice". One would never have guessed Susan enjoyed horror books, or crime or thriller even. I place it back and pull out another but something falls out.
A flash drive.
"Ana?" A voice calls from downstairs. "You here?" Another asks. Carter and Adam. "Up here!" I yell back. Racing footsteps sound through the house as they run upstairs. "What's up?" Carter asks sticking her hands in her pockets. "I found this in a book" I blurt shoving the flash drive in front of their faces.
Adam takes it carefully and inspects it. "It's only two gigs, why would anyone have a flash of two gigs" He briefs handing it to Carter to take a look. "You can't save anything in two gigs" She says with a confused look. I take it from her and stare at it for a while, "No... except if you have something so important that it takes the whole flash memory" I state, "Let's go!".
As we all reach downstairs we hear police sirens and see blue and red lights flashing from the closed curtains at the corner of the living room.
"Shit!" Carter exclaims silently. The door opens slowly and before focus comes to mind a gun is pointed right at us.
"Never mind, it's just a couple of kids again" The police officer speaks into his walkie talkie then turns back to us. "What're you kids doing here?" He asks putting his gun back in place.
"Nothing we just um..." Carter tries to explain. "We just wanted to help" Adam summarizes. "Help? You can help by staying at your homes after 9 o clock" He laughs, "Now come on get outta here".
I shoot Carter and Adam a look that says 'Meet me at my place'.
Why would someone hide a flash drive in a book except if they're trying to hide it from someone? But who? What ever's in this flash drive can help solve the case, and i'm willing to help.
"Anayis where in the world have you been?" My mom asks furiously as i slam the front door shut and walk in. "No where" I mumble under my breath and keep moving. I make my way to the stairs when my mom grabs my arm and says "If you don't tell me where you went you're grounded".
"Okay" I say bluntly and keep moving upstairs. "Anayis Malery Hart!" My mom yells at me. "I was at Caesars okay!" I speak up and then roll my eyes.
Charlie's gone, she left this morning but her scent still fills the hallway. I close my room door quietly without failing to lock it then collapse on my bed and exhale all the air kept up inside.
"Knock knock" Carter exclaims as she slips into my room through the bay window. Carter and I are neighbors, her window is right opposite mine. "Hurry in! Where's Adam?" I ask as i pull her through completely. "Here" He whispers as he sneaks through afterwards.
I pull out my laptop and plug in the flash drive then click open. "Nothing incriminating here" Carter says quietly, peering over my shoulder to look at the screen. Nothing, just a will. Of course. "But why would you have a copy of your will in a flash drive?" Adam asks standing up and pacing around the room. "Hey there's something else" I whisper noticing another document on MS Word. "A letter" Carter states the obvious as i open it. "From Susan to someone named Mr. Blue" I mumble under my breath. "Lemme see" Adam says lifting the laptop and staring at it closely.
"Um... this isn't good stuff guys" He says handing the laptop back. I read quickly while scrolling down and he was right.
From: susanmyers@gmail.com
To: mrblue88@gmail.com
Subject: What do i do?
Dear Mr. Blue,
I don't know why you cannot reveal your name to me but i think i understand. You never told me what to do after though. I dumped the body somewhere in the woods, near the old creek. What if someone finds it? I think the girl is coming close to finding out about what happened. It was an accident and we never should have run, now we're guilty. Please help me, i'll send you my address so we can talk in person, last time i didn't get your face well because it was raining heavily plus it was dark. I look forward to our meeting, please reply soon, i need your help.
Yours faithfully,
Susan.
"Susan Myers's hid a body?!" Carter exclaims rather loudly after reading the letter. "Shh!" I hush her. "Perhaps something happened and..." I start but trail off, my brain can't think of any scenarios that cups this information. "This is bad" Adam blurts out and continues pacing. "That won't solve anything" I whisper gesturing to his pacing feet. "Sorry" He mumbles and then settles down uncomfortably next to me. "So what do we do?" Carter asks looking at me for an answer and fast.
Do we go to the sheriff with this new and very important information or take matters into our own hands?
"We go to the creek, Adam you were a scout you should know where it is" I blurt standing up and walking to my open window. "Are you insane? It's half past 10 and the killer is still out there and you want us to head out to the woods?!" Adam disagrees, "No way!"
"Come on Adam, we can't take this to the sheriff until we know it's valid or we'll be in trouble for snooping, let's go, you're the only one who knows where it is" I spiel holding his hand in mine.
"Fine" He says finally giving in. "Yes! Thank you!" I smile then grab three torches before climbing out the window and grab hold of the branch of the tree that arches over my room window.
"Ow! I think i stumbled into a rock" Carter whines, "Can you guys just please slow down?".
"No need, we're here" Adam says putting off his torch and stepping closer to the water.
"So where's the body?" I ask looking around the environment.
"Well you don't expect it to be out in plane sight now do you?" Adam asks sarcastically and turn on his torch again and trudges through the dry and wet autumn leaves to find a sign of lifelessness in the ground.
"Guys this area is really steep can we please just go back, we can look in the morning i'm tired" Carter continues complaining. "Fine" I sigh and turn back but i don't see Carter, instead i hear her screams.
"Guys help!" She screams as she continues to slide down the hill. The ground around the area must still be wet from the rain so i take light and slow steps towards the edge and see Carter holding on to the root of an extended tree only inches away from the freezing water below.
"Hold on Carter!" Adam yells and slowly slides himself down to her steadying himself with trees and roots and branches.
"Ah!" She screams again sliding a bit further but she grabs onto something to stop herself from plunging into the water. "Just hold on okay. Adam's coming" I yell down to her but her screams get louder and she lets go purposefully and falls but miraculously Adam grabs her and pulls her to steady ground only meters away.
I try and manage to slide down gently and join them where they are but Carter is still screaming. "What? What is it?" We ask at a time. Carter only points to the branch she was holding onto until she let go. "What?" I ask again turning back to her but her index is fixed on the branch as she wheezes and cries letting tears roll down her cheek. She must be pretty spooked by something so i stand and walk super gently so i don't slip to the place she's pointing to.
The branch, but that's no branch, that's a hand! A human hand! "Adam come over here!" I call and shine my torch over the area. "What is it?" He asks then looks to the area of light from my torch light. "Oh god!" He exclaims then covers his mouth.
I furrow my eyebrows then bend over and start moving off the leaves and dirt that covered the body. "Holy shit!" I exclaim as i see the face of our lifeless mate. "Megan!" Adam exclaims louder in surprise and devastation.
This is bad for Adam, he was dating Megan and having an affair with Marnie and now both are dead. Now he's definitely a prime suspect- the prime suspect. "Call the sheriff!" I say, "Looks like you're off the hook for cheating Adam".
Three bodies now. This is bad, this is a mystery.
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