Chapter 6: The Party

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Tatum, Y/N, and Sidney are on the front porch talking as Dewey's patrol jeep is parked in the driveway.

Tatum: What if Cotton Weary is telling the truth? Maybe he was having an affair with your mom. I mean, your dad was always out of town on business. Maybe your mom was just a very unhappy woman.

Sidney: If- If they were having an affair, then how come Cotton couldn't prove it in court?

Tatum: Well, you can't prove a rumor. That's why it's a rumor.

Y/N: Exactly.

Sidney: Created by that little tabloid twit Gale Weathers.

Tatum: It goes further back, Sid. There's been talk about other men.

Y/N: And you believe it.

Tatum: Well, I mean, you can only hear that Richard Gere gerbil story so many times... before you have to start believing it.

Sidney gets up.

Tatum: Oh, I'm sorry.

Sidney: You know, if-if I was wrong about Cotton Weary, then the killer's still out there.

Tatum: Don't go there, Sid. You're starting to sound like some Wes Carpenter flick or something. Don't freak yourself out, okay? We've got a long night ahead of us. Okay? Let's boogie.

They go inside the house as the killer watches them from afar. Meanwhile, Stu was at a video store as Randy is working there. Stu scares Randy making him drop the movies.

Randy: Dork.

Stu: Jesus, this place is packed tonight, man.

Randy: We had a run in the mass murder section.

Stu: Comin' to my fiesta?

Randy: Yeah, I'm off early. Curfew, you know.

A girl comes up to them.

Girl 3: Cool. What's that werewolf movie with E.T.'s mom in it?

Randy: "The Howling." Horror. Straight ahead.

Girl 3: Okay, thanks.

She walks off.

Randy: Oh, now that's in poor taste.

Stu: What?

Randy and Stu see Billy talking with two other girls.

Randy: If you were the only suspect in a senseless bloodbath... would you be standing in the horror section?

Stu: What? It was just a misunderstanding. He didn't do anything.

Randy: You're such a little lapdog. He's got "killer" printed all over his forehead.

Stu: Okay! Really? Well, why'd the cops let him go, smart guy?

Randy: Because obviously they don't watch enough movies. This is standard horror movie stuff. - "Prom Night" revisited, man.

Stu: Yeah? Why would he wanna kill his own girlfriend and best friend?

Randy: There's always some stupid, bullshit reason to kill your girlfriend and best friend.

Stu: Oh?

Randy: That's the beauty of it all: simplicity. Besides, if it gets too complicated, you lose your target audience.

Stu: Well, what's his reason?

Randy: Maybe Sidney wouldn't have sex with him.

Stu: What, is she savin' herself for Y/N?

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