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.547Please respect copyright.PENANAdWtHf0MKiu
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. 547Please respect copyright.PENANArcMPu6zH0g
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. 547Please respect copyright.PENANA74Fa447bWn
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. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAqXRoITJj9a
“There are still a few pistachios left,” Elliott said. “If anybody wants any.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAwl6yHCjmjg
Nobody even looked at him. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAnWfKmo5fMW
Elliott sat down in a chair and put his head in his hands. He now had a severe headache. 547Please respect copyright.PENANA7HcaOvaTt4
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. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAbUDeaSFfXp
Frances walked over to the couch that Kathleen was sitting on. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAmQEgYWOq7c
“Kathleen?” Frances asked, quietly. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAsmNF6Zd6vZ
Kathleen looked at her. 547Please respect copyright.PENANA6VK59KJkFP
“Yes?” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAYRvnH403lq
“I think it was him, too.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANApWzFRkjhCi
Kathleen stared at her for a minute. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAAEa2rgA0EA
“You think it was Anderson who killed Freeman?” she asked, quietly. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAU4kK2hjXZV
Frances nodded. 547Please respect copyright.PENANApyIac6IbU6
“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.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAXVyemK8NKV
“I know why she is married to him. It’s just because he is rich. She doesn’t really love him.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAgUah9dcSDf
“Anderson has no qualities that can be loved.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAVHcQI5dhSC
“I agree, entirely.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANADOtEJlouYi
Frances looked around the room, trying to make sure that nobody had heard them. Then, she turned back to Kathleen. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAcumCaXujy9
“Please don’t tell Nadia that I said that,” she said. 547Please respect copyright.PENANASNfzY2cbSy
“I won’t,” Kathleen promised. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAgGIjK5x8tz
Frances smiled and walked over to his husband, who looked liked like he had been in a train wreck. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAXHUSk1LzCt
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. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAANgmI1KYMl
Nadia still denied that her husband was the culprit. She consistently glared at Kathleen, who would not look back at her. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAhr9pXj2ogk
“Don’t worry, Nadia,” Lucille said to her. “Your husband is not a murderer. I am almost sure that it was Stewart.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAgANVDgemKm
“I am not worrying,” Nadia said, flatly. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAVnZ3z8rESJ
“I don’t think it was Stewart,” Victor said. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAzgd6NMP1mj
Lucille looked at him. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAcOvPVT3w7P
“Then who do you think it was?” she asked. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAVl1c1JhRqx
“I’m thinking it was Sullivan,” Victor said, patting Dominique’s back. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAflWt0hunhf
“Why do you think he did it?” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAqTjcFroM2q
“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.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAffcCTvXmgW
Unfortunately for Victor, Katy heard what he had said. She had stood up and was staring at him, wide-eyed. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5sPR48hu0
“Are you pointing the fingers at my husband?!” Katy shrieked. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAxMI4JOFIP4
Victor turned red. He had now fallen into a hole that he shouldn’t have dug. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAs0ni1i6Bis
“Can you not be so loud?” Victor said. “My kids are sleeping.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAJh5XW5CxtE
“Don’t say Jason is a killer!” Katy yelled. “He would never do such a thing! Never!!” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAhSuZuzRHu8
She plopped back down on the couch. Kathleen could see tears in her eyes. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAs96qBrB04E
Fortunately, Billy and Dominique were heavy sleepers, so Katy’s screaming did not wake them. Victor was regretting having said anything. 547Please respect copyright.PENANA09w9RWPcqd
Kathleen had regrets as well. Her accusation had created a large amount of tensions between the guests. 547Please respect copyright.PENANA9X2YkTZ7zY
“Mommy?” Ava asked. “Daddy didn’t kill anybody. Did he?” 547Please respect copyright.PENANA5PunVY8ott
“No, Sweetie,” Katy said, stroking Ava’s black hair. “Daddy would never kill anybody. He never would.” 547Please respect copyright.PENANAHKzOMNzwD7
Ava squeezed her brother’s hand. 547Please respect copyright.PENANAr7XX8jZARi
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.547Please respect copyright.PENANAEfKUBOUPNW