"Ooohhh..... I love murder mystery dinners. My friend, Sandra, she once held a murder mystery dinner that was supposed to be in the Edwardian times. It was terribly fancy. Just that we kind of spent a fortune on it..." I drabbled on. I stopped, blushing.
"Wow... You are different than most of the girls around here. They just spend money like it's water. I like you for that you know," Alex teased.
"Just tell me more about the dinner," I said.
"Ok. Fine. So, as I told you, it's a murder mystery kind of thing. One of the partygoers is secretly the murderer and the other people must determine who among them is the murderer. It might involve the 'murder' of guests through the game or might start with a 'death' of a certain someone, then the rest of the time is devoted to the investigation. The suspects are played by the special actors I hired and we will be the detective. And, there will be a special tweak. There will be a time limit. Within 2 hours, you must find the criminal. If not, they win, you lose. Ok?" he winked.
"Ummmm... Yeah, sure. Am excited," I smiled. Great, I thought. All those moments thinking of an outfit to wear, and all will be in vain because we will be wearing costumes. All the same, I couldn't help but grip my seat in excitement.
"So... Since we will still be driving for another 10 minutes, tell me more about yourself. In fact, let's play 20 questions. I ask first, then you can ask. Fair?" Alex asked.
I gave him the thumbs up sign. Wait. Uh-oh. If Alex starts asking questions about my background... My hands started sweating. My head grew hot. Whatever, I think I would have to lie.
"Hmmmm... What is one thing you have done and that you never wish to do again?" he asked, drumming his fingers in the steering wheel.
Easy.
"Skinny dipping. It was a dare and when I was just halfway doing it, the cops yelled at me to come out and they called my parents. Let's just say, I was dead meat." I laughed. Alex laughed along too.
"Tried skinny dipping too. Water was too cold," grinned Alex sheepishly,"Ok, next question!!! If tomorrow was your last day on Earth, how would you spend it?"
"Me? Truth be told, I will spend the morning with my old friends, just goofing around, then I will spend the rest of the day with my family, probably having some family time together. Oh, and I will probably use up all my money. Not gonna be needing it anymore right?" I smiled.
"Not with me?! Or Akira?! I am truly hurt, Jessica Arana," Alex said, feigning a hurt look.
"Hey, I don't even know you guys that well!" I said. Then I kind of felt guilty because I am kind of going on a date with Alex, thanks to Akira.
"Ummmm... Sorry for saying that," I mumbled.
"Never mind. Would you rather be not attractive but rich or very attractive but poor?"
"Ummmm... If I was not attractive but rich, I can still get myself a husband but the husband would only love my money and not me. If I was attractive but poor, I can easily snag up a rich husband but his family won't allow it and will make my life hell. So either way, I won't be happy..." I trailed off.
"Quite the thinker, aren't you?" Alex teased," what type of guy are you attracted to?"
You. That was what I wanted to say but it was too cheesy and besides, I didn't want to ruin that whole friendship thing. I thought about what features of a guy that I liked.
"Well, I like guys who have black hair and blue eyes. Just colours that contrast. Not hair that covers half of their face, god, I hate those kind, the kind with their hair swept back. I like guys with bushy eyebrows and well, they don't need to be muscly. Just slim and I am fine. Not too alpha and more easy going and that's my kind, I guess," I shrugged. Alex stared into blank space, looking like he was trying to comprehend it all.
"Well, luckily you don't mind slim guys because truth be told, I am totally NOT a gym junkie," he joked," by the way, no more 20 questions cos we're already here!"
I looked out of the window. There was a huge mansion, the kind you see in Victorian times. It looked enticing.
"Let's do this," I grinned, my heart hammering in excitement.
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Novela JuvenilJessica Arana was an average high school student, but with her parents working as farmers and living in another state, she had to do 3 part time jobs. One day, though, she was at the port, somehow got whisked onto a cruise ship, and was headed to th...
