01 Remember Me by Christopher Pike

Author:Christopher Pike [Pike, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

IX

V VE DIDN'T LEAVE the cemetery right away. We had to decide how we were going to conduct our investigation. I started out by asking Peter if he could read people's minds.

He thought it was a weird question.

"Of course not," he said. "I'm not psychic."

"I was just asking. I figured it would make our work a lot easier if you could."

"I can't."

"All right," I said. "So what should we do now?"

"Who at the party do you feel was capable of murder?"

"No one."

"We're off to a great start," he said.

"But if I had to choose someone, it would be Amanda."

"Why? She seems like a nice, soft-spoken girl."

"She's too soft-spoken. I haven't trusted her from the day she started going out with my brother."

He chuckled. "Do I detect a hint of jealousy here?"

"No. Well, maybe. But I think that girl's hiding something."

"When did you start thinking that?" he asked.

"I've always thought that."

"But if she is the one, then she only just killed you a few days ago. What could she have been hiding before?"

"I don't know," I said.

"We should review where Garrett had everybody when you went over the balcony."

"All right." Something struck me. "How come I didn't see you in the condo when he was doing his questioning?"

"You're easy to hide from," he said.

"I am?"

"You've always been that way." He thought a moment.

"Wasn't Amanda supposed to be in the bathroom when you died?"

"Yeah," I agreed reluctantly. "When your brother came into Beth's bedroom, I was still on the balcony. Wait! What if she came out of the bathroom after Jeff left, shoved me off the balcony, and then reentered the bathroom before Beth came into the bedroom?"

"She would have had to have moved extremely quickly."

"But it's possible," I said.

"It's unlikely. Beth said she left the living room less than a minute after Jeff.

Besides, you haven't given me a single reason why Amanda would have wanted you dead."

"Let's look at Dan, then. Amanda said he was fooling around with Beth in the Jacuzzi. He had a motive to knock me off."

"A slim one," Peter said. "Dan only had to break up with you if he wanted to date Beth. He didn't have to kill you."

"But I had humiliated Dan."

"What did you do?"

I hesitated. "It's a long story." A disturbing idea occurred to me. "Peter?"

"What?"

"Since you've been dead, how much have you been

hanging out with us guys, you know, who were still alive?"

He smiled. "Are you asking if I ever spied on you while you were taking a shower?"

I would have blushed had I real blood in my veins. "No."

"I did once."

"What? You didn't!"

"Just once," he said, giggling.

"When? Was it last summer? Did I have a tan?"

"I don't remember."

"You don't remember! How did I look?"

"Fine."

"Fine? What does that mean?"

He continued to laugh. "You looked great."

I hit him. "You're disgusting."

"I was curious."

"Why did you choose me? Or did you go around peeking through curtains all over the city? I bet you did. I bet you still do. And here you were trying to give me the impression you're a guardian angel.

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