The Adventures of Monday Addams and Wednesday Addams

Chapter 13-Accusations

"How could you miss a dead body?" Monday asked calmly.

"'Cause it wasn't there. No footprints, no blood, no sign of a struggle. Nothing, nada. My search party looked all night." The sherif explained to the Addams girls.

"Well, your search party must have left their seeing-eye dogs at home." Wednesday said. No one called her sister a liar.

"I saw that monster kill Rowan right in front of me." Monday told them.

"Get a good look at this monster thing?"

"It didn't stick around for a chat." Monday replied sarcastically.

"Maybe it was one of your classmates." The sherif suggested.

"Sheriff, I find that question offensive." Principal Weems said.

"I don't care, 'cause I got three other dead bodies in the morgue. Hikers just ripped apart in the woods."

"The mayor said those were bear attacks." The principal said.

"Well, the mayor and I disagree on that." The sherif argued.

"So you automatically assume a Nevermore student is the murderer, even though there's no evidence a crime was even committed." Principal Weems said defensively.

"I'm sorry. I forgot, you only teach the good outcasts here, right?" The sherif said spitefully.

Weems sighed "My guess is Rowan ran away. State troopers have put out an alert, and I've contacted his family, but they haven't heard from him either."

Monday glared at the adults in the room "Dead people are notoriously bad at returning calls."

"What were you doing out in the woods with him, Ms. Addams?" The sherif interrogated.

Monday stared him down before explaining "I heard a noise in the forest and went to go investigate. That's when I stumbled upon the attack."

"Then what happened?" He asked.

"I remember passing out and waking up in my dorm."

"I found her and ran into Bianca Barclay, and I told her to go for help, while I stayed with my sister" Wednesday added.

"And just to be clear, this monster wasn't a bear or some other wild animal?"

"We've hibernated with grizzlies. We know the difference." The Addams girls said in sync.

"Thank you, Sheriff." Principal Weems thanked. "I think the Miss Addams's are done now."

"Actually, I would like to speak to Sheriff Galpin." Monday said. Wednesday nodded her head. "Alone." She added.

Principal Weems looked anxious "I'm not sure I can allow that."

"I'm sure I could take her to the station and get a formal statement." The sherif suggested.

"Yeah, let's go." Monday said testing Weems.

"Fine. You have five minutes, and everything is off the record." She and Wednesday began to exit "Play nice... or I will call the mayor."

When it was only Monday and the sherif she began "Someone is trying to cover up Rowan's murder. That's the only reason to scrub the crime scene."

"Is that your professional opinion as the daughter of a murderer?" The Sherif asked.

"My father's twice the man you are, and the only thing he murders is the occasional opera in the shower."

"It's been a long night. I'm tired of your games." The sherif said angrily.

"I'm not playing games. I'm telling the truth. You want to reject my claims but you can't."

"Why is that?" The sherif asked.

"Because you and I both know there's a monster out there. And Rowan is his latest victim."

A woman burst into the room "Sheriff?" She said.

"What?"

"You're gonna want to see this." She told him.

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Edgar Allan Poe said, "Believe nothing you hear and half of what you see." Clearly Nevermore's most famous alumni picked that up here. No wonder he became a drսg madman.