Chapter 140: Asher
brushing mine, her warmth seeping
the room, trying to rend snippets of everyone whispered the
A few people start yelling out that goes
twear I tow bin whispering to ser
Jenny raises her hands to quiet the chans, “okn, dus
Ad on.” She grim. “Before I spilli
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iter and groans weeps through the
“How the hell would be know? He’s
curious. “Truh, actually, I’m interested. What do you i
Penny turns to time.
vide, a tiny crease
crease appearing between her brows.
I sigh, leaning back against the wall, crossing my arm. “Yeah” I say, my voice low but clear enough to cut through the chanow wha
rs of shocked gasps and disbelieving sorts.
“He’s messing with
Jenny hites her lip, leaning in, clearly intrigued. “Okay, hotshot. Who do you think it la
my possible angle. “Is Tyler
I glance around the room, eyes conching on every suspect, every witness, every
room goes dead silent for a full two seconds.
Then, chaos
*No way!
“That don’t make sense, man. He was with me at the starti
“Bro, explain.”
I raise a hand, and slowly, the voices die down, Penny’s watching me with those wide, unus eyes, his breath a little une
“You all came into the teary at some point.” I cles, they had to come to me ”
“Some of you nichtiple times. It’s the only room where the body” was, so if anyone wanted to check for
Someone scoffs. “And”
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I smirk, glancing at Tyler, who’s standing with his arms crossed, head tilted, a ne smile twitching on his lips. “And 1 watched all of you. People uve differently when they’re guilty.
Someone from the football team mutters, “Im, this is some Shedeck shit.”
Lignore him. “Tyler came in twice. The first time, he barely glanced at me, just made site sarcastic comment about how even dead, I look annoyed. But the second time, he stayed a little longer. He looked around the room, scanned the window, the dent, even checked behind the pool table.”
Jenny’s eyes go wide.
“That’s what I’d do if I were trying to cover my tracks,” I say “Check to make I didn’t leave anything behind. That my trail was clean?
Someone whistles low
Tyler’s jaw tightens.
“Hut that wasn’t the only tell, I continue, eyes still locked on my brother, “I also noticed something when the girl screamed on the stairs
The girl who played the “accidental” victim, leans forwand, “Me?”
1 ed. “When you screamed, everyone’s heads snapped toward the noise. Everyone except Tyler.”
People exchange glances, trying to remember.
I’til my head, smirking a little now. “He didn’t flinch. Barely even turned his head. Like he already knew someone else was going to die. Because be planned it. And when someone doesn’t react to a load, sudden noise in a murder pane, it means they’re either the killer or the next victim.”
Tyler’s eyes flicker, his jaw clenching and unclenching.
Another wave of gasps.
Jenny’s jaw drops. “Oh my god. You’re right.”
The room erupts
“No fucking way!”
“Brooooo!”
“Dude, how?”
Penny’s looking at me like I just parted the Red Sea. She leans closer, eyes wide, cheeks flushed, and whispers, “If I ever get murdered in cold blood, promise you’ll be on my case so that the guy who did it can go to jail
turn to her, my eyes locking onto hers, my chest tightening just a bit. “No one’s ever gonna get close enough to hurting you like that, princess.”
She blinks, her breath catching for a split second. I see the way her lips part, the way her pulse ticks in her throat.
Tyler breaks the moment, clapping me on the shoulder, his laugh too loud, too forced. “Brooo! Thanks for not outing me right away. You had me scared for a second. When did you figure it out?”
I meet his eyes, holding them for a fraction too long. “Thirty minutes in.”
He chuckles, but there’s a flicker of something in his eyes. Maybe annoyance. Maybe fear. Hard to tell.
Penny laughs, shaking her head. “You literally saw me at the beginning. You’re such a good liar,”
She’s giggling and Tyler joins in, but I stay quiet, my eyes never leaving my brother
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Chapter 140: Asher
Because the more I think about it, the more I’m starting to wonder just how mich he’s actually lying about.
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