That afternoon, during lunch break, Nancy approached me. For the first time, in a long time, she didn’t look hostile. Without looking the slightest bit awkward she took a seat beside Jenny and me. Both of us, in the middle of opening our lunchboxes, looked at her disbelievingly.508Please respect copyright.PENANADFCnVq1LEV
508Please respect copyright.PENANAwg5D7nZkRN
“I have something to say to you.” She said, more to me than Jenny. “I think you know what the Inspector has in mind…”508Please respect copyright.PENANAqOPdEI7Yzy
508Please respect copyright.PENANAjASow83h8I
“He intends to tie us three to Jolly’s murder.” I said, matter-of-factly. “He said as much to my face.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAmri1Tu8KGO
508Please respect copyright.PENANANB8fHtD0fR
I wondered about that too. Although, my interactions with the Inspector were far from friendly, something told me that he wouldn’t carry out the threat. Maybe it was foolish of me to believe that.508Please respect copyright.PENANAT6TJF5VTAU
508Please respect copyright.PENANA13yd2UzZb6
“You, Jenny and me.” Nancy said slowly. “He…He thinks we were working together to get rid of Jolly. We all know how much he hates your father… At the moment he’s chasing after the incident in the physics lab but…What if that leads nowhere and he turns his attention back towards us.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAkPPNfWchcu
508Please respect copyright.PENANA6SpQRIUA2j
“I don’t think he’ll go that far…”508Please respect copyright.PENANAmqLY8X97tB
508Please respect copyright.PENANAyjnkQEvCyR
“But what if he does?” Jenny chimed in. “What if we go down for a crime someone else committed?”508Please respect copyright.PENANAj0G8kMDprF
508Please respect copyright.PENANA1GwrrKMTID
“Look…I’m not saying we should be paranoid but…” Nancy said. “We have to protect ourselves.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAKI27K78FOf
508Please respect copyright.PENANAbMe8QSQDOC
“What?”508Please respect copyright.PENANASkpIF0BUSe
508Please respect copyright.PENANAFkPcx5MrxE
“Keep our eyes and ears open for…for anything that could point at the true murderer.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAUzjZyuwq6B
508Please respect copyright.PENANA4N6NbpNhjE
“Have you gone crazy, Nancy?" I asked incredulously. “Do you think we’re in a movie or something?”508Please respect copyright.PENANATA76bjxTLD
508Please respect copyright.PENANABiqFYlj0PA
“Don’t be ridiculous, Amy. I am not suggesting we play detective. Just….Watch people. Listen to the things they say. Start a harmless conversation about Jolly’s and Pinky’s deaths.”508Please respect copyright.PENANA4XXuZOhg0v
508Please respect copyright.PENANAmlicVMeu6S
Pinky’s death…That reminded me…508Please respect copyright.PENANA0SewhtjTiv
508Please respect copyright.PENANA3Gwc7yie7r
“Did he say anything to you about Pinky’s death? He never mentioned her to me.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAmChtUVXC3q
508Please respect copyright.PENANANcYZU2HOqi
“Of course he did.” Nancy said, frantically. “He knows she liked us and us her. He thinks we convinced her to poison Jolly’s drink. And…”508Please respect copyright.PENANASkDx2W3H6z
508Please respect copyright.PENANA6lZaE0PiP7
I felt as if I was drenched in ice cold water. Jenny glanced at me, panic written in every inch of her face.508Please respect copyright.PENANAuYIi6wPex3
508Please respect copyright.PENANAhoDHK0yCkL
“He…He doesn’t think we killed her, does he?”508Please respect copyright.PENANAjhTTO8sP9A
508Please respect copyright.PENANAYNI0zrDB7l
“Of course, he does.” Nancy said, impatiently. “He thinks the same person or people killed both of them.”508Please respect copyright.PENANAym2nvs5U3Q
508Please respect copyright.PENANAFpQMKbkkMt
Before I could respond to that, Nayana, one of our classmates came rushing in.508Please respect copyright.PENANAkaKCzsQ38v
508Please respect copyright.PENANAYPZESOOq2Z
“Guys…” She yelled. “Jo’s just been arrested. The police searched his home. They found a rope and a little bottle of poison hidden away in his house…”508Please respect copyright.PENANAFTienmD5Kq
508Please respect copyright.PENANAffP8jeMPwV
We abandoned our lunchboxes and listened in horrified silence. Nayana told us that Joseph had been arrested and convicted for murder once before.508Please respect copyright.PENANAMmZcB6TTdW
508Please respect copyright.PENANACstHQUBoi8
“His ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend. He shot and killed them in the middle of the street. Just stood there laughing and let himself be arrested…”508Please respect copyright.PENANARs7q8iU3W5
508Please respect copyright.PENANA2cfA8Nquuv
“He must have killed Jolly then.” Jenny whispered, relieved.508Please respect copyright.PENANAHV2KfJL5Fl
508Please respect copyright.PENANAahiCtIoZ7k
“Of course not!” Nancy scoffed. “Use your brain, Jenny. If you were a murderer would you hide incriminating evidence in your own home? Besides…Take his previous crime…He committed murder in front of a whole lot of people…He didn’t have an intricate plan to get away.”508Please respect copyright.PENANA2m9AYjLA1L
508Please respect copyright.PENANAuiRR86KjAR
“Do you think the police didn’t think of this?” Jenny asked her.508Please respect copyright.PENANA7HyvwUfgc4
508Please respect copyright.PENANA7WB291Jf1t
Nancy just shook her head. “The murderer is framing someone else…If Jo is irrefutably proved innocent...How long do you think we have before he or she thinks to provide the inspector some evidence to arrest us?”508Please respect copyright.PENANANj0iFK4zjG
508Please respect copyright.PENANAbUDGAGDveK
To be continued...508Please respect copyright.PENANA6Yb872vJej
arrow_back
INVISIBLE
more_vert
-
info_outline 資料
-
toc 目錄
-
share 分享
-
format_color_text 介面設置
-
exposure_plus_1 推薦
-
打賞
-
report_problem 檢舉
-
account_circle 登入
X
INVISIBLE
作者:
sitalakshmi
篇 #25
The Arrest
喜歡 0
閱讀 504
書籤 5
campaign
催更 0
打賞
提出編輯建議
以 Facebook 帳號登入
或 註册/登入 以留言或加上書籤
按此加載下一章
X
每次催更後,作者都會收到通知!
smartphone100 → 催更
×
INVISIBLE
奇幻
犯罪
懸疑
最後更新: Dec 31, 2018
總字數: 18,656
總閱讀時間: 86 分鐘
作者:
fantasy
mystery
suspense
murder
teen-fiction
×
寫下你喜歡這個故事的地方
×
對此喜歡的人