I walked into the Restraunt Italian Heaven and none of the other girls were there. I picked up my phone and texted Marilyn.
Me: No one is here yet?
Marilyn: Just ask for a table with four seats or a booth.
I walked slowly to the register where a woman stood.
"Yes? May I help you?" She smiled.
"I need a booth if possible?" I asked.
"How many menus?" She asked.
"Umm... Four...." I said looking at the text.
"Follow me." She waved over to me.
I followed her to our booth and sat down where I could see the door so if one of the girls walked in I could see them. Quietly I checked my phone every second to see if they couldn't make it or if they were close to arriving.
"I'm here." Marilyn said.
"Oh Hey I didn't see you come in." I said to her. She moved placed her purse across from me and moved into the booth slowly.
"Are the rest coming?" She asked.
"Not sure." I said. For a minute we sat there on our phones.
"Oh wait, Claire and Rachel are on there way." She explained.
We waited about fifteen- twenty minutes before they arrived. Otherwise when they were gone we stayed quiet.
"sorry. My mom had to pay some bills." Rachel explained.
"And I had to walk. My brother needed to borrow my car." Claire said.
Rachel sat next to me while Claire sat next to Marilyn. We ordered our Italian food and drinks and waited for the waitress to arrive for our food before we spoke about Amy. After the waitress arrived with our food we sat there waiting for someone to speak up.
"So why exactly are we here." I sounded stupid.
"Smith knows we are lying." Claire said.
"Okay...." Marilyn said. "Lying is not a crime."
"But it is when your giving false statements to the police." I explained.
"It's called obstruction of justice."
"Oh please the only problem we lied about was drinking." She tried to look bright.
"The truth is that none of us know what happened to Amy that weekend."
"Let's just keep the same story so we won't have to look at options." I suggested.
"Carly's right. If we change it now we can have consequences." Rachel agreed.
We all finished eating and went home.
YOU ARE READING
Close Secrets
Mystery / Thriller"What do we do?" I asked. "We have to keep our friends close and our enemies closer." She said. "Why if your against each other?" I questioned. "Because expected is better than the unexpected." She responded.
