I put my hands behind my back as I paced back and forth. “Right, so that confirms that we are in the right ce. Ld is east of New York. Chloe’s drunken confession to Ethan’s mom has to be urate.”
When Ava nodded, I continued. “So, the way I see it, we have two options here. We can either find Russell’s old friend named in the police report and somehow convince her to team up against Chloe. The only problem is that she might not want to because she might have been friends with Chloe in the past, just like she was with Russell. It’s a good chance that they were all in the same friend group.”
“Damn it,” Ava said and shook her head. “I hadn’t even thought of that.”
“Right, but it’s definitely worth a try,” I said. “Hopefully Russell’s old friend could give us some clue as to where his body is buried.”
“Well, our second n is all thanks to Celeste,” Ava said with a wicked glint in her eye. “Yesterday, she and I convinced Mrs. Windsor to bring Chloe to the spot where they had buried Russell to burn his remains and release the spirit. Then, we can follow them and wait for them to reveal evidence that we can use against Chloe. We will record them digging up that poor boy‘ s body, then call the police. While we wait for the cops toe, we will immediately upload the video to the inte so that there isn’t any way that the Windsor family can use their money or connections to get Chloe out of trouble this time. The public
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will be demanding for Chloe to be arrested.”
I crossed my arms. “I like that n, but we don’t know when Mrs. Windsor is going to bring Chloe. We only have this weekend, and then we both have to be back at work,” 1 pointed
out.
Ava sighed. “You’re right.”
“But I think both ns are worth a shot. We are just going to have to see what works out better at the moment.”
“Oh, definitely,” she agreed.
We shared a warm smile, and I couldn’t believe how lucky I was to have my best friend with me on this investigation.
Once we were done finalizing n A and n B, we told Aiden he coulde out and told him the basics of the n. It was the bare minimum for him to know. Ava and I didn’t want to take any more risks with his safety than we already were by simply bringing him along.
When the sun began to set, our stomachs were growling, so we headed down to the hotel’s restaurant for dinner. But right before we walked into the elevator, Ava clutched her stomach.
“Ow, damn it,<i>” </i>she groaned as her face turned white. “I knew I shouldn’t have chugged that iced coffee we had gotten from that sketchy drive–thru<i>.</i><i>” </i>She waved Aiden and me into the elevator. “You guys go to dinner without me. I’m not feeling well.”
Having gone through the same sickness myself just recently, I put my hand on her shoulder. “Ava, I can stay with you. Aiden
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and I can order room service.”
But Ava shook her head, “No, I want to be alone right now.<i>” </i>
Then, she ran back down the hallway,
I stepped forward to go after her, but once I thought about it
more, I paused. It was better to respect her wishes and give her space.
“I hope Ava will be alright,” I said as Aiden and I rode the elevator down.
“Me too,” he agreed, “She actually doesn’t get sick very often.”
That just made me worry even more about my best friend.
In the fancy restaurant, we were sat at a candle–lit table. Before I even opened my menu, I used my phone to order medicine for Ava to be delivered to the hotel. After that was done, I felt a little bit better about eating without her.
Aiden’s eyes widened when he looked down at his sleek ck menu. “Woah! One hundred dors for a steak? I can’t afford to eat here.” He nced at me. “I was just being my sister’s bag boy for ten dors.”
A giggle burst out of me. “Don’t worry, Aiden. This dinner is my treat because you dropped everything toe with us.” I
reached over and touched his hand, smiling at him with gratitude.
Of course, at that moment, Alexander, Richard, and Gai walked by our table.