Deader Still: A Bridget Sway Novel (A Paranormal Ghost Cozy Mystery Series) by Jordaina Sydney Robinson

Author:Jordaina Sydney Robinson [Robinson, Jordaina Sydney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-06-29T20:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

I landed in the corridor as usual. And, as usual, when I walked through the double doors into the assembly hall, the rest of the seats were already filled.

Jenny pursed her lips at me, tapping her watch. “You’re late, Bridget.”

She hovered in front of the teacher’s desk with Matthew, Nancy and a short, chubby brunette girl who resembled Gracie only without the manic foot-to-foot stepping.

“Why are you saying it like it’s my fault?” I asked, finding my usual seat. “You’re the one in charge of my punctuality.”

“Now everyone’s here …” Jenny glanced pointedly at me. “Today we have another new face. This is Hannah and she’ll be standing in for Gracie today. So, today’s assessment will be role playing. Everyone will—”

“Excuse me?” Jessica, the lady who’d been the first murder victim from the previous assessment and the role play enthusiast, raised her hand. “Aren’t we going to talk about Gracie?”

Jenny narrowed her eyes at the woman. “No. Now—”

“Well, don’t you think we should?” Jessica’s question received a chorus of murmured agreement.

“No, I don’t.” Jenny gave the room a tight lipped smile. Or she might just have been grinding her teeth in frustration. It was hard to tell. “We don’t have time for—”

“I would like to talk about it.” Jessica stood up from behind her desk. “I would like to talk about how someone brought a knife with them specifically for that purpose. About how it was pitch black in that room. About how maybe Gracie wasn’t the intended target. About how someone” – she stared directly at me – “in this room is a murderer.” Every other pair of eyes fell on me.

Well, wasn’t this turning into another beautiful day?

“She does have a point.” Tommy spoke up from the back row. “It is likely someone brought the knife with them specifically for that purpose.”

And then everyone was talking at once, denying it was them. The only exceptions were Tommy, Warren, me and the assessment leaders.

“Quiet!” Jenny held her hands high at the front of the room, her face reddened by either the effort of keeping hold of her temper or from frustration. Or possibly both.

“Did everyone know what the activity was going to be?” Hannah’s nasally voice echoed in the silence as she looked around the room. “I thought it was a surprise.”

“It was.” Jenny nodded. “Only Matthew, Gracie, Nancy and I knew what it was going to be.”

Silence held around the hall while we waited for her to understand what she’d just admitted to. Or at least while Tommy, who raised an eyebrow at me, Warren, who grinned, and I waited for her to realise. I think the others were likely just enjoying the pause in conversation.

“But obviously,” Jenny continued quickly when she realised she’d just incriminated herself, Matthew and Nancy, “the killer was just carrying the knife in hopes of an opportunity to use it.”

“That seems unlikely, Jenny,” said Hannah and it sounded like someone was pinching her nose while she spoke. That was going to get annoying fast.

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