The Ghost Face Murders in Fall River

Ch. 24

Autumn and Kim made their way outside to the back yard where Richard was grilling up a storm while the others were watching the game. Autumn scanned the faces until she found her thin faced murderous lover. He looked utterly unenthused as a familiar looking gal sat next to him, chatting. It was Victoria and she was all dolled up. Autumn looked like a rag doll. She began feeling self conscious and decided to just stay where she was.

"Aren't you going to go see Jed?" Kim asked.

Autumn shook her head. "No... I g-guess not... I don't want to bother him."

The blonde looked toward where Danny was sitting and seen the issue. "Don't let her bother you, Jed doesn't even look like he cares about what she's saying. He's looking at her, but you can totally tell he's not listening."

"Oh, hey, babe, I didn't know you were out here," Richard said slipping his arm around Kim's waist.

"That's because we just walked outside..." she spoke with annoyance.

Clueless, Richard planted a kiss on his girlfriend's cheek. "How's things with Autumn?"

"She's okay for now... but I'm still mad at you for being so insensitive. This could've been a really dire situation..." Kim said.

Before Richard could reply, Autumn spoke up. "It's okay, Kim. It wasn't r-really p-p-polite of me to bring my relationship problems to Richard's party." She still had her eyes on Danny.

"Oh, it's fine, everything is alright now isn't it?" Richard asked.

"No, Victoria is here..." Kim muttered.

"I know, but there's nothing I can do about that. Give me a break, Kim."

It was then Danny's eyes traveled over to where Autumn was standing and he met her gaze but she looked away. That made him paranoid, was she mad over Victoria? Did she even care if he talked to other women now? Maybe she wanted him to... It appeared she hadn't told Kim his secret though so that was great.

"Jed, did you hear me?" Victoria questioned.

Danny turned his attention back to the overbearing brunette. "No, I'm sorry. What did you say?"

"I asked you what you thought about murder. Don't you think it's just a matter of opinion whether it's immoral or not?"

That wasn't a conversation he wanted to have with Victoria. "I can't really say, what do you think?"

Her red lips curled up into a wicked smile as she leaned in close to him. "I think wanting to kill is a natural instinct and the only reason why most people don't kill is because they're taught that killing is wrong."

"So does that mean you're one of the few who desire to kill?" Danny asked.

Victoria placed her hand on his arm. "What do you think?" she whispered running her hand up his arm.

"I think you're just one of those people obsessed with true crime," he said moving his arm away from her touch. It was too late though, Autumn was looking directly at him and this time she looked hurt. So she was still jealous. It was good to know that she still had feelings for him, but this may push her away even more. "Excuse me..." Danny got up, but as he did Richard announced to his guests that he was finished cooking. He watched as Kim took Autumn back inside. Luckily, Danny had gotten up before anyone else so he could get to Autumn without waiting behind a bunch of hungry people. "Auty," he said following the two into the kitchen.