I Didn't Do It by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Epub3
Publisher: Penzler Publishers

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SUZANNE SHIH

Friday, 4:45 P.M.

I come to when Constantine throws a glass of water on my face. The confusion sets in. Why am I wet and why am I on the floor?

“Did I pass out?” I ask.

“Jesus, Suzanne, you scared the shit out of me!”

“Sorry.”

I look around the room. I know where I am, and I see my laptop on the desk. Constantine’s knapsack is still on the ground in front of me. Why, then, do I feel disoriented?

Oh, right. My boyfriend gave an interview about me to the Twitter stalker. Now they know that I’m afraid of the dark and enclosed spaces.

“Drink this,” he says. “I caught you before you hit the ground. Thank God. You could’ve split your head open.”

It’s water. I need something stronger, but I drink it anyway. When I stand, my legs wobble and I kick off my shoes, opting to go flat-footed in case it happens again. As much as I want to yell and kick and scream, it’s not Constantine’s fault. He thought he was doing me a favor, and I almost love him for that.

“I really wish you hadn’t filled that out. I wish you’d asked me first.”

“Why?”

“Because I never approved it.”

“Oh.” His face falls, confused. “What’s the big deal? They said you gave them my email. How was I supposed to know?”

“Well I didn’t. And after reading that, I think you should know that the person who was murdered here today was none other than Kristin Bailey.”

His hand flies to his open mouth. “Oh shit. Are you serious? You, like, totally loved her.” It stings coming from Constantine. “I’ll email them back and see if I can withdraw it. I really doubt the conference would publish this now anyway.”

“The conference didn’t—” I stop myself. The four of us agreed to keep this between ourselves for the time being. Though, right now, I have no idea where my loyalties lie.

Davis Walton is involved in something messed up with Jason Fleming, I just don’t know what it is. Vicky’s boyfriend was sleeping with Kristin. Mike wrote a book with her.

Mike.

I acted so cool when I saw him this afternoon. I didn’t run to him when he first texted, saying he wanted to see me, and instead said I was at lunch with Tara, which was true. I’m still kind of embarrassed about what happened this past winter. He didn’t bring it up, so I didn’t either. He probably wants to forget about it, and so do I. What was I thinking coming on to him like that? I’m a nobody. Did I think it was going to get a blurb from him or procure his contacts at the New York Times? It happened after the email from Kristin’s lawyer, and I guess I wanted to hitch myself to someone famous again so I could be famous by association. I’ve been pondering bringing it up to him, but we haven’t been alone. Only in the cab to Clover & Crimson, but by then I was terrified of the rando text and the stalker Twitter account.

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