𝐄𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ; 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝

THIRTY ONE

Brad and Hunter, the two dead jocks, both led the four detectives to the place where they had the party "Welcome to the Dragon's den" Brad said with his hands raised in the air. "You really need a couch?" Frances asked while looking at the black couch with a fire design on it "of course we do. Why would we not add a couch?" Brad questioned the teen "Its weird to have a couch in the woods." Frances said as she put her hands in her coat.

Hunter went over to Crystal and handed her a box "This was our community in case of emergencies box." Crystal grabbed the box from the jock and opened it, only to reveal money, condoms and lighters. "Only thing in there that's helpful for an emergency is the money." Frances commented before she shut the box close "Condoms are for emergencies, I don't want to get some chick pregnant" Brad snatched the box from Crystal's grip, wanting his stuff back.

Edwin dug in his coat and got out a small notepad with a pen "now, where exactly did you die?" He looked directly at the two boys "uh, that's were they found us" Hunter pointed over to the ground that had two crosses made out of sticks "We'd play Gray Lake that morning, and I pitched a one-hitter. We met up here, tossed a few back with the team, girls uh... then everything went black" Hunter explained what happened before him and his friend both died.

Frances looked over at Crystal, who was bent on the ground looking at something she found, Frances was going to check it out until Charles started to question them "What happened just before the blackout? Did you see or hear anything?" The two boys looked at each other "Just uh... the dead tree" Hunter answered, causing Frances to glance at them both "a dead tree?" She asked, how did they see a dead tree? 

"Yeah, it was all twisted and it was covered with eyes." Brad informed Frances, which only confused her more. She looked over at Edwin "Now, the tree you're describing could be a white bark pine, or perhaps even a Japanese maple. Neither of which are native to this area." 

"Maybe a supernatural tree?" Frances suggested, what else could it be? "A supernatural tree?" Charles turned his direction to the brunette "Possibly? I don't know.. all i'm saying its a bit fishy" Frances ran her hand through her hair as she spoke, she wanted to know what happened to the two jocks, but the case will be hard to solve.

"Did a lot of people go to this party?" Crystal asked her own question. The two boys nodded their head "Yes, everyone attended it" "We'll go to the school and ask the students questions. Bye." Edwin said before walking away from them.