Same night,bonfire.
Jade's point of view
"Get out! He's bald too?!"Kate practically yelled.A couple of heads turned in our direction and I grabbed her arm,dragging her to the corner.
"Shh! You want everyone in the here to know that the english teacher at the highschool is a blood thirsty murderer?"I said flushing.
"Oops sorry.But seriously is anything about that guy real? I bet his teeth are fake too.No wait,he has dentures! "Kate said overdramatically.
I stared at her.Surely she couldn't be making jokes about a killer?
"Jeez! Chill Jade,it was a joke."Kate said relenting under my stare.
"Haha."I said dryly.
"Well now we know he's only keeping up appearances and you saw him so why don't we just go the cops and come clean?"Kate said.
I looked at her hard.She must be joking.
"You want me to confess for spying on him and getting him to put up his guard?"I said slowly making sure I got it right.My best friend wants me dead.
"No! Ugh, you make everything turn back to us.How is a gal supposed to turn in a killer?"Kate said throwing her hands up in the air.
"Well did you think that maybe it isn't all that easy? Real life isn't like those TV soaps you watch Kate. Bad guys don't always get locked up they find a loophole and find a way to get back on the street and the first thing they do is go after the rat who turned them in!"I said, my voice going up a notch.
Ok maybe I researched a bit too much on the patterns of serial killers.
"Ok, ok ,sheesh! So what do you propose we do?"Kate said.
Jace returned with our drinks.We had bolted out of the tree house as soon as Stan had shifted his gaze from me to his TV.I had literally gone ice numb when he had looked right at me or in my direction to be precise.It had taken me a few minutes to recover and to resist screaming hysterically before yanking Jace down from the tree house and having him give me a ride to the bonfire.I had cornered Kate a few minutes ago and filled her in on what I had discovered.
"Thanks."I said distractedly,thinking of our next move.
"What's up?"Jace asked casually.
"She's still not convinced that we have enough things on Stan to turn him in."Kate said rolling her eyes.
"That's because we don't have any substantial,concrete evidence that pins him as the one who killed Bill!"I snapped.
"Whoa! Easy.We'll figure something out."Jace defensively.
I opened my mouth to reply when an idea flashed in my mind.
"Uh-oh! I know that look.Nothing good comes out of that look."Kate said shaking her head.
"I don't know her that well and even I know the look!"Jace said sighing.
"What?"I said slightly confused.
"You have your I-have-an-idea-which-might-be-too-risky-for-Kate-but-I'll-go-alone-and-do-it-myself- look.You had the same look when you said you'd go out tonight alone."Kate said.
"Well I can't help it if I get ideas."I said huffing.
"It's okay to be the one who has ideas as long as they're not as stupid or death prone as your last one was."Jace said drinking.
I tried to think of a retort but was too eager to tell them about my idea so I let it go.
"We need proof right?Like legit proof that can be used against Stan?"I said and they nodded their heads tiredly.
