“Tristan, I'm not
stupid. I saw you do that.”
“You won't be the one
to sit on it then, will you?”
“Don't you have
anything better to do? Can't you just read quietly like the other
two?”
“That's boring.”
“You're just putting
off your homework because we did it already and you didn't. You were
too busy stealing stationery from smaller kids and blaming Charon for
it.”
“No way! He's as bad
as me!”
“His dad is a cop,
he's the most morally-upright person I know, unlike you-”
“Do you two mind?
This is a library. Shut up so I can read in peace.”
“What's your book
about?”
“Global warming.”
“Wow. I'm not trying
to be mean or anything but that is boring.”
“Logan's going to be
here soon. Please can you at least try to behave?”
“Is he your
boyfriend?”
“No. We're just doing
a school project.”
“You're going red.
You like him, don't you?”
“For god's sake-”
“Are you going to get
together and have babies?”
“It doesn't work that
way. You have to be married first.”
“Stay innocent, kids.
It won't be that way for long but I prefer you innocent.”
“Hi, Saraya! Sorry
I'm late. Are these your siblings? They're sweet.”
“Yes, aren't they
just.”
“Anyway...”
“There's a picture of
Olivia in this old newspaper.”
“Really? What is it?”
“It's from the
archives. A school principal, John Atwood, was found dead at his home
in Bridgeport...”
“That's my
grandfather... what else does it say?”
“Police are
investigating the fatal shooting...he leaves behind a wife Olivia, a
daughter Sheri and a son Miles.”
“Holy shit...”
“Wow, no offence, but your
family is a bit messed up, isn't it?”
“Obvious statement of the year, but none taken. I'll
have to tell Ari about this.”
“Are we going to
solve a murder mystery?”
“No mystery about it.
And no, you're not. I am.”
“Aww. That's a
shame.”
“That's really
morbid, Carmella.”
“Saraya, are you
saying you know who killed him?”
“I'm not discussing
this with 8 year olds. And please do not mention this to our
dad.”
“Why not?”
“He has more
important things to worry about, like the election. Sorry, Logan.
Shall we get back to work?”
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