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not too annoying if you have nothing
to hide,” Michael said. “Well, unless you have something to
hide.”
    “I like to have secrets,” Adam winked.
    Linda stared at Adam and then nodded that
she had to pee. Michael followed behind her, as if he could go into
the ladies restroom. As soon as she was out of Adam's sight, she
punched Michael, “Stop it! You're pulling a Hannah !”
    “What am I doing?” Michael whined as she
smacked him harder.
    “He's hitting on you. Oh gosh, I think he's
gay!” she whined as they stepped outside the store.
    “Oh no, I don't want to come out yet. My dad
will kill me!”
    “Stop it! No one said Adam is gay, I’m just
assuming, since he winked at you. I don't know why I’m getting
caught up with boys. I need to focus on more important things—like
exposing Hannah and her lies.”
    Michael elbowed Linda to shut up as he saw
Tyler walking toward them. Tyler waved and smiled at Linda, trying
to see if she were still mad at him. “Did you hear there will be no
school on Monday?”
    “Really?” Linda and Michael said. “Why?”
    “Because the school is now a crime scene.
They said the murderer had to be there on campus. I mean, they're
thinking that maybe it might even be a staff member—”
    Linda rolled her eyes, “Well duh! It's Dr.
Smith and Hannah. I’m not sure if you noticed yesterday, but she
had blood on her shirt—blood!”
    Michael giggled. “That wasn't blood. It
looked more like juice.”
    “Are you siding with her?” she snapped.
“Gosh, I hate when you don't defend me.”
    “I defend you everyday—”
    Tyler poked them both to stop arguing, “Is
he with you guys?” he asked as he pointed at Adam, who was looking
at the sunglasses.
    “Yeah, why?” Michael said as a smile aroused
from his face. He didn't want to admit that he was kind of happy
that Adam could have been gay. “That's Adam. He's Lucy's
ex-boyfriend.”
    “Hmm, so why are you guys with him?” Tyler
changed his thought. “Isn't that like a code—to not hang out with
Lucy's ex-boyfriend?”
    “Well, Hannah knew him way before she knew
Lucy. We all knew him before we knew Lucy. He was kind of our best
friend for a while until high school we lost touch. Then, when he
started dating Lucy we all caught up again,” Michael said. “Why do
you care?”
    “I was just wondering about him. I’ve never
seen him around.”
    “So, where were you during the murder last
night?” Linda said to Tyler. “You weren't with me.”
    “And?” Tyler snapped. “I was talking to some
people.”
    “Like who? You don't have friends.”
    “I can't remember. Why?”
    “Well, I was with Michael and we were
talking, but you?” Linda questioned. “Were you with Hannah?”
    “No!”
    “I'm just wondering. Everyone is a suspect
when murder is involved,” she said and then walked back into the
store.
    Michael shrugged, “I'm not sure what is
going on in her head. Sometimes I think she is loosing her
mind—just like her dad!”
    Tyler laughed and then his heart pounded as
he spotted Hannah walking toward them. “Um, look.”
    “Is that Hannah?” Michael said as he
narrowed his eyes. “Why is she here?”
    “You're her best friend, why are you asking
me?” Tyler snapped.
    “Hey!” Hannah said as she waved. “What's
up?”
    Michael’s mouth turned dry as she kissed and
hugged him. “Um, not much...you?”
    Hannah's perfume was loud, her hair was
perfect like always, and her teeth sparkled. “I had a girl day by
myself. I realized everything was empty today, so I used my credit
card to go to the local spa.”
    “Oh, really?” Michael said. “How fun.”
    “Well, tonight I’m going out to the city
with my boyfriend—”
    “Ew,” Tyler muttered causing Hannah to stare
at him.
    She rolled her eyes and then pulled out her
phone. “What do you need? Why are you always around?” she said to
Tyler. “I have ten bucks,” she handed him so money. “Here take it
to get some food.”
    Tyler