Guess the Killer Series - Gergage Mall - Book One

Part One: A Special Sale

"You have been invited to an exclusive sales event at Gergage Mall! You and fourteen other randomly selected guests can buy as much as you want in the mall - and only for one dollar!

The sale starts at ten o'clock sharp on Monday, June 18th, so don't be late! Doors close at 10:15 A.M.

See you soon, and good luck shopping! Sincerely, Gergage Mall."

Alyssa sets down the letter and giggles.

She reaches for iPhone 6s and carefully dials Amanda with her long pointed hot pink acrylics.

"Amanda! You are not going to believe this..."

***

Jerome stirs the spoon, mixing the brownie batter while Mariah showers. His phone vibrates with a new notification.

"You have been invited to an exclusive sales event at Gergage Mall!"...

"Bullshit." he says out loud. "Stupid ads." Mariah appears from the hallway, her hair dripping wet, and her body wrapped up like a burrito in her mint green towel.

"Who was that?" she asks.

"Apparently there's a "special sale" going on at Gergage Mall..."

"WHAT?"

"Calm down, it's a fake ad from someone fishing for information or something." he interjects.

"Give me that." she demands, reaching out for his phone. Her open palms sits in the air between them, an awkward silence hanging in the empty air.

"Nope. Not until you dry your hands." he says. "I'm out of rice from the last time you got my phone wet. Remember?"

"Pleaseee?" she whines.

"I said no Mariah. Now go get dressed." he reinforces. She groans, rolling her eyes as she shuffles to her bedroom.

"We are going to go to that you know!" she calls from the hallway.

***

Dixy pats her head, checking for any dandruff. Seemingly satisfied, she pulls on her pink hat, tugging at the sides until it fits just right.

The clock ticks beside her mirror, the seconds whizzing away as she puts on the finishing touches of her makeup.

Her phone rings gently beside her, and she turns her head slightly, her lips puckered while she applies lipstick, casually glancing downwards at her phone.

"You have been invited to an exclusive sales event at Gergage Mall! You and fourteen other randomly selected guests can buy as much as you want in the mall - and only for one dollar!"...

She puts down her lipstick, her lips half coated and finishes reading the message. At the bottom of the text are the words, "ACCEPT OR DENY? PLEASE RESPOND WITH YOUR CHOICE."

Dixy types, "ACCEPT."

She presses send without a second thought. She picks up her lipstick again and continues applying it to her plump voluminous lips, not bothered in the least that she will have to apply a second coat.