Simon Death High by Blair Burden Read Free Book Online

the recent murder that happened
the night before. Usually on a Saturday, the mall was the only
place people could get away from their lives. Now, only elder
people, who were too demented to know what was going on, and
younger teens were the only ones roaming the mall. Everyone was so
frightened to walk outside and they had a right to be.
    As expected, Michael didn't like the idea of
Adam hanging out with the gang again. Mainly due to the fact that
he felt as though he had to act more manly around him. “Let's go
into Forever 21,” he said, not caring about Adam's thoughts
anymore. Adam spent the whole summer with the gang, and it was
obvious he knew Michael was gay.
    Linda grabbed Adam's hand and they followed
behind Michael. “So, did you talk to Hannah today?” she asked
Michael.
    “The last I heard from her was last night,”
Michael mumbled as she scanned through the shirts. “Oh my gosh! You
missed what she told me last night too.”
    “What did she say?” Linda said as she stood
next to Michael, waiting for him to speak. “Was she talking about
me again?”
    It wouldn't be a shock to Linda if Hannah
was gossiping about her. Anytime Hannah got away from the gang, she
tended to talk trash about Linda to the dance team. It didn't
bother Linda because, well...she heard worse.
    Michael turned to Linda, eyes huge with
excitement. “She admitted to it—she admitted to being in a
relationship with Dr. Smith—”
    “Ew!” Adam said. “She is with him?”
    “I guess so. Well, she didn't exactly say
his name because people were around but she said she is dating an
older man. She didn't want to tell us because it's
embarrassing.”
    “Hmm...did she talk about the murders?”
Linda said.
    “She knows about them?” Adam butted in.
“How?”
    “Well, from my research I believe she and
Dr. Smith are the ones doing it. They're hiding it well because no
one would suspect them to be the killers,” Linda explained. “It's
quite obvious when you think about it.”
    Adam laughed. “Really? Then, why haven't you
told the police yet if it's true?”
    “I know, she's crazy, but it's starting to
make sense,” Michael said as he tried on some shades. “And by she,
I mean Linda,” he joked.
    Linda smacked Michael, “This is
serious!”
    “I am being serious.”
    “Hannah was gone for six weeks. Where was
she? She must have been planning the murders. Then, the news said
that all of the people who died had bruises on their wrist. She has
it too—”
    Adam rolled his eyes, “The news is stupid.
Those bruises are from a stupid game the jocks play. If Hannah was
the murderer, why would she have the bruises? That doesn’t even
make sense, Linda. Here give me your wrist...”
    “Um...” She put her hand in Adam's hand and
stared at him, wondering what his actions were.
    Adam tied a thin string around Linda’s tiny
wrist. He tightened it until Linda shoved him away. “Do you feel
anything?”
    “No, but it hurts,” she moaned as she
snatched it off.
    “The jocks thinks it gets them high.
Tomorrow I guaranteed you'll have a mark there.”
    Michael rolled his eyes, “Interesting. Um,
so you hang out with the jocks?”
    “Um, not really. I just float around.”
    “Well, we never see you around...you
know...since you broke up with Lucy,” Linda said. “It sucks because
you're totally legit to hang out with.”
    “Why do you guys still hang out with Lucy?”
Adam asked. “Isn't she like controlling?”
    “Not really...I mean she can be a bitch, but
who isn't in our group,” Linda laughed.
    “Well, I guess I knew her differently,” Adam
said. “Is she going away to college with you guys?”
    “Um, I’m not sure,” Michael said. “Are you
going to college?”
    “I won't be staying here; if that's what
you're wondering. I move all the time. I’ve been here for the last
two years though,” he smiled. “I like it here, but I probably won't
stay long. Everyone knows everything—it's annoying.”
    “It's