Zach was starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel. The lineup had been a success. Peyton Benedict and Taylor Kendricks were indisputably guilty of arson, along with possession of m*******a, underage drinking and drinking and driving. They'd even given up their girlfriends as their accomplices. Penelope Wilkins and Tara Hennessey were responsible not just for lying about who they saw setting the fires, but for the threatening letters - which, since they'd put them in Laney's mailbox, was actually a Federal offense. While Zach knew a lot of it would be plea-bargained away, he also knew the kids would all be paying for their actions one way or another. Their parents were, to put it mildly, pissed. Once they'd been handed irrefutable evidence, the mayor and his buddy Kendricks had both
