Once again, everyone in the living room was quiet again. The music continued to play on the television, but nobody paid much attention to it.554Please respect copyright.PENANAkI91QZr8vQ
Elliott, who had been sitting alone in the kitchen, had so much on his mind. He was now almost regretting having started the party. Of course, had he known this was going to happen, he would have had not had it. But he did, and now one of his best friends was dead, and his other best friend was locked in his basement. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVNCOyonxMZ
Elliott was also thinking about the guests who refused to leave the house. They now had turned on each other. If only they would go home. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAuESwp6fgkC
Elliott walked out of the kitchen into the living room. He just could not leave the guests in the room alone. The last thing he needed was for something else that he didn’t want to happen to happen. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAKURBkL5H0g
“There are still a few pistachios left,” Elliott said. “If anybody wants any.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANARrTyMGjMuy
Nobody even looked at him. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAu3LgapxyA5
Elliott sat down in a chair and put his head in his hands. He now had a severe headache. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAZHMyJK0CqC
Kathleen had not said a word to anybody after she made her accusation. She continued to sit on the couch, staring blankly. Katy and Mary sat next to her. Katy still held her two children, who were wide awake and clinging to her. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAs1JdlO89XX
Frances walked over to the couch that Kathleen was sitting on. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAH26aOrUl54
“Kathleen?” Frances asked, quietly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAkJkTzhNenr
Kathleen looked at her. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAS2ADqqk94T
“Yes?” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAvyLbWOWTgy
“I think it was him, too.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANALziThdIlXK
Kathleen stared at her for a minute. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAXrAkG9wtlj
“You think it was Anderson who killed Freeman?” she asked, quietly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANATCgZLJC26v
Frances nodded. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAxtWYhHC0ly
“As much as I am friends with Nadia, I never understood why she married Anderson. Everyone knows that he would love Freeman to be dead. And now he is.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAU4a3LDox9I
“I know why she is married to him. It’s just because he is rich. She doesn’t really love him.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANA0s80FOEEef
“Anderson has no qualities that can be loved.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAJNMliS0dYN
“I agree, entirely.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANARy7MGos4gE
Frances looked around the room, trying to make sure that nobody had heard them. Then, she turned back to Kathleen. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAWWr8V2mScw
“Please don’t tell Nadia that I said that,” she said. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAQHPF6zESou
“I won’t,” Kathleen promised. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAB33dIdxSlu
Frances smiled and walked over to his husband, who looked liked like he had been in a train wreck. 554Please respect copyright.PENANArAlJnIkiGP
On the other side of the living room, Nadia sat on a chair while Victor Jenkins and Lucille sat on a couch next to her. Lucille held Billy in her lap and Victor held Dominique in his. Both twins were fast asleep. 554Please respect copyright.PENANANUp1MyFafF
Nadia still denied that her husband was the culprit. She consistently glared at Kathleen, who would not look back at her. 554Please respect copyright.PENANALrv7VJiDFe
“Don’t worry, Nadia,” Lucille said to her. “Your husband is not a murderer. I am almost sure that it was Stewart.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANACPn9eHU2zs
“I am not worrying,” Nadia said, flatly. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAOuQxvDVVc0
“I don’t think it was Stewart,” Victor said. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAlZV6OnSAlg
Lucille looked at him. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAlp2s4tiwhC
“Then who do you think it was?” she asked. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAN6gPHLCcPe
“I’m thinking it was Sullivan,” Victor said, patting Dominique’s back. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAbsuwQycQOo
“Why do you think he did it?” 554Please respect copyright.PENANA0gj8HsvoIY
“Didn’t Sullivan work with Freeman? I am pretty sure that with his severe addiction, Freeman was not a great person to work with. My best guess is that Sullivan hated working with Freeman so much that he decided to get rid of him for good. That, to me, makes much more sense than Stewart angry about boat payments.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAYkz7nHaDkC
Unfortunately for Victor, Katy heard what he had said. She had stood up and was staring at him, wide-eyed. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAVJyavWax84
“Are you pointing the fingers at my husband?!” Katy shrieked. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAlDG92KM05E
Victor turned red. He had now fallen into a hole that he shouldn’t have dug. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAmIiGAIuBvi
“Can you not be so loud?” Victor said. “My kids are sleeping.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAsSElJRvTJa
“Don’t say Jason is a killer!” Katy yelled. “He would never do such a thing! Never!!” 554Please respect copyright.PENANApWAM7pIgqu
She plopped back down on the couch. Kathleen could see tears in her eyes. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAIHQVzJ6FGM
Fortunately, Billy and Dominique were heavy sleepers, so Katy’s screaming did not wake them. Victor was regretting having said anything. 554Please respect copyright.PENANAHVBC347teu
Kathleen had regrets as well. Her accusation had created a large amount of tensions between the guests. 554Please respect copyright.PENANA8upsNM7Bzd
“Mommy?” Ava asked. “Daddy didn’t kill anybody. Did he?” 554Please respect copyright.PENANAtjfBkTotO6
“No, Sweetie,” Katy said, stroking Ava’s black hair. “Daddy would never kill anybody. He never would.” 554Please respect copyright.PENANATMHqOjGcJ4
Ava squeezed her brother’s hand. 554Please respect copyright.PENANArqhBSpbyAI
Kathleen now wished she would have kept her thoughts to herself. If she had, the only person that anybody would have been talking about was Alan Freeman.554Please respect copyright.PENANAAV03wZH38I