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She nodded, dropping her hand before turning to the others. “What do you guys think?”
"You're the one who wanted to be a detective," she said quietly, reaching over and resting a hand on his shoulder. "It's frustrating."
"Right. We're back to square one."
"Perhaps..." Theresa said slowly. "Or just used as a backup. If she was framed, it would be a lot more obvious, I think."
“She wasn’t here. How could she have done it?” Theresa countered.
“I’m not so sure the other one did it,” she said with a shrug. “According to Fina, she doesn’t seem smart enough to pull this off.”
The girl looked visibly upset. "Can we go now?" Theresa nodded. "Yeah. You can leave." They turned and left almost as quickly as they had come.
“I think we have all the information we need,” she said primly. “I don’t think it’s wise to discuss this in front of them.”
“I already told you, I was out of town.”
She looked bewildered. “What do you mean?”
"I'm not sure. They were using a fake voice," he said with a frown.
"For my high school grades? I got a girl killed for that? I might as well have killed her!"
She squinted at him. "Why didn't you confess to the police?" "They would have made me an accessory to murder. I didn't do anything!"
"No, I..." He looked panicked, frowning. "I got a call on my phone from an unknown caller who had access to all my grades. All of it. All they...
He hesitated before speaking quickly. "Okay, yeah. I did do the storm that caused the power to go out. But I didn't know a kid would be killed!"
Theresa met his gaze before turning to the boy. "What about you? A storm is what caused the power to go out. You're the only kid around who...
"No one," she said, sounding like she was almost in tears. "Emily was a good friend of mine. I would never try to kill her."
She looked absolutely bewildered. "I don't even know! I emptied out my locker before I left because I was going to take a month to study charms...
The boy's brow furrowed and he looked over at the girl in confusion. The girl bristled, raising one eyebrow. "You think I killed her? Are you...
All the color drained from her face and she squinted at Maverick for a moment. “Excuse me?”
