Chapter 6
As I looked down at Dianne's body, something near the bushes caught my eye. It was a silver bracelet. I picked it up and put it in my pocket. I figured that it had to be a clue because you don't normally see an expensive looking silver bracelet in the middle of the woods. I'd have to show it to Nat later.
~*~*~
I saw Lance bend down and pick something up, but I couldn't see what it was. Meanwhile, Chris and Erica were oblivious.
"We found another body!" said Erica.
"I was the first to find each of the bodies so far!" said Chris.
"No you weren't. Lance found Dianne's body," said Erica.
"But I was with Lance."
"If you say so."
"Guys, shouldn't we go back and report the murder?" I asked.
"Um, yea!" said Chris.
We started getting back on out horses. As I was going to my horse, I noticed prints in the dirt that weren't made by any of our shoes. They were prints of Dr. Martins.
We rode back to the mansion as fast as we could. Chris somehow managed to get Grandpa to canter. Maybe Grandpa could feel the horror too.
After we put the horses back in their stalls and unsaddled them, we went back to the mansion. The first people we saw were Justin and Alyse.
"Hey, guys," said Justin, "what's wrong? You look like you've just seen a murder." And then he realized his unintended pun. "Who is it?"
"Dianne, the riding instructor," I said. "We were riding and her body was on the trail."
"Oh. Well, we were just going to the gym to play basketball. Do you guys wanna come?" Alyse asked.
"No thanks," we all said.
"Well, bye," said Justin.
"Bye," we all said, and we watched Justin and Alyse walk down the hall.
"Well, I think I'm gonna go to the pool. Nadine's probably there," said Erica.
"I'll come too," said Chris.
"Um, Chris, we gotta work on the video in 30 minutes, and you smell like a horse," said Lance.
"Oh. Well, see ya at lunch, Erica."
"Bye, Chris! I love you!"
"I love you too."
They each went in a different direction.
"I guess you need to take a shower too," I said to Lance.
"Yea. See ya at lunch."
"Bye."
I decided to go to my room and surf the net. I had brought my laptop with me, and I could hook it up to the phone in the room. I read some fanfic, but nothing was particularly exciting. Most of the time I just thought of Lance.
~*~*~
At 11:00 we started working on the video. Jospeh Khan started explaining the concept to us.
"Basically, what it is is you guys are in the flower gardens with the girls playing your girlfriends whom you're singing to. Very hard? I didn't think so," said Joseph. This guy was creppy. Maybe creppy enough to kill someone.
"Lance, are you paying attention?!?!" screamed Joseph.
"Um, yup."
"Good. Get your head out of the clouds."
Joey shyly raised his hand.
"What do you want?" snapped Joseph.
"Um, can Charity play my girlfriend?" asked Joey. Charity was the prettiest and "biggest" out of all the girls.
"No. I want Charity!" said JC.
"Come on, guys, it doesn't matter," I said trying to make peace.
"I need more light!" said Sarah.
"Shut up about the stupid light, Sarah!" yelled JC.
"I don't care what you have to say! You're in InStink!" said Sarah.
JC started crying. "She hurt my feelings!"
"JC, just go work on your jazz versions, and you'll feel better," said Sarah.
"I get the feeling that you guys don't appreciate my jazz versions!" said JC.
"No, JC, we love them," said Justin trying to shut him up.
"Really?"
"Oh course! Now come on, we have a video to make!" said Justin.
"I get Charity!" said JC.
"No, I do!" said Joey.
"I thought you liked Yasmine!" said JC to Joey.
"I thought you liked Nadine!" said Joey to JC.
"No comment," said JC.
"No comment here either," said Joey.
"Well, I still get Charity," said JC.
"Guys, hold on. I figured out who gets what girl by who would look best with whom," said Joseph.
"And?" said Joey.
"Let me check my list," said Joseph. "Lance has Sydney, Justin has Jackie, JC has Marie, Joey has Darya, and Chris has Charity."
"Man, Chris, I could just kill you!" said Joey.
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The Dying Game
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