“We saw all the lights from resident housing,” Justin said. “What’s going on?”
I triple-stepped it to catch up with them just as the police were pushing them back.
“We don’t need anyone else in here contaminating the crime scene,” a husky officer somewhere close to my age said.
Eden snapped her head back at me.
“Crime scene?”
“Why are you looking at me? I’m sure it’s what they say when anyone dies like this. It doesn’t mean something sinister is afoot.”
“You all really have taken this murder-mystery-play stuff a little too far,” Duff said as a female officer with broad shoulders and bushy bangs escorted Mary Sue to a quieter corner of the lobby.
“Read the room, Duff,” I said. “This isn’t the time.” He often made jokes in uncomfortable moments but still.
“It’s like he barely even kn
