The Schuyler Scandal || Modern Meggy

Chapter 8 (Edited)

Third Person POV (Lams)

"Whatcha doing baby girl?" John asked while he sat down next to Alex on their shared bed. Alex blushed at the adorable pet name before answering.

"I'm trying to narrow down a list of suspects. We've already taken a few days off of trying to solve this case, so I figured I'd try and get some work done."

"Mmmm. Okay. Do you have any valid suspects yet?" John replied while yawning and leaning into Alexander's side.

"Yeah. Here, take a look." Alex then slid his laptop onto John's lap. John examined the beginning of the open doc on the screen, which was titled "The Schuyler Scandal", before scanning over the suspect list.

1.) Thomas Jefferson

Thomas lived across the hall from Peggy. He was also a cocky asshole who was constantly butting heads with Alex, so John wasn't surprised that he was on the list.

2.) James Madison

Despite the fact that they were polar opposites, James was in a relationship with Thomas. James was Thomas's roommate as well, which is probably the only reason that he was on this list. The poor man is most likely innocent.

3.) John Adams

John Adams owned the apartment complex that Peggy and Maria lived in. He hadn't liked Peggy from the start, but nobody knew why. Although, other than that, John couldn't find any other motive for Adams to try and kill Peggy.

The last person was........

"Angelica?!" John screamed.

"I'm not saying I think she's guilty. All I know is that her and Peggy got in an argument a few days before the incident. She's only on that list because it's possible that she could've done it," Alex explained quickly.

"Alright. That checks out. Any other people you had in mind?" John questioned, immediately calm again.

Alex stared at the screen in front of him. Since John had been using his laptop, Alex decided to use his phone to do some research on Maria's past. It would help to know if she had any connections with sketchy people. Instead, Alex discovered that Maria had already been divorced from a man named James Reynolds. Alexander considered adding James to the suspect list, but decided against it. Although Alex was suspicious about the fact that Maria was only 24 and had already gotten a divorce, if he hadn't met James yet, then Maria's connection with him must have been severed years ago.

"Nope. I think that's our final list for now."

"Alright Lex," John said before closing Alex's laptop and setting it on the nightstand. "Goodnight mon petite lion." John then curled up on Alexander's chest. Alex smiled down at John before replying.

"Goodnight tortue rousseur."

Maria POV

"Maria! Come downstairs! I ordered pizza!" Angelica yelled.

"Pizza? Hold on! I'm coming!" I scream back in reply. I ran down the stairs to find two boxes of greasy calories stacked on my coffee table in the living room.

"Thanks guys," I say while stuffing my face with food.

"No problem Mar. Hey, I know! Let's play a game!" Eliza exclaimed.

"I bet you $10 she's gonna say-"

"NEVER HAVE I EVER!" Eliza screeched excitedly, cutting her sister off.

***

"How do you play?" I asked curiously once we were sitting in a circle on the floor.

"The rules are simple. If someone (for example) says 'never have I ever licked a pole in the winter', all the people who had, in fact, licked a pole in the winter, would take a shot from one of the many shot glasses in front of you. This is the modified alcohol version by the way," Eliza explained.

"Huh. Okay. So, who wants to go first?" I ask.

"I will," Angelica says with a devious smile. "Never have I ever blurted out something stupid to someone hot." Me and Eliza looked at each other before we both took a shot.

***

After two hours of this madness, all three of us were super drunk and giggling like crazy.

"Okay okay okay," Eliza slurred through drunken chuckles. "Never have I ever had a crush on my best friend." I laughed before taking a shot. Suddenly, they both stared at me with curious glances. Knowing exactly who my best friend was, they started dancing around the room and singing "I ship it" to the tune of various different nursery rhymes. I fell on my side laughing. Suddenly, the door burst open.

"Thomas texted me that you guys were being too loud. What's going on-" Laf started to ask before I cut him off.

"Come join us Laf!" I giggled. He first shot me a confused look, but his expression soon changed when he saw the empty shot glasses on the floor. He laughed before he came inside.

"Guess I'm on hangover duty tomorrow."

A/N

wILL THE SISTERS REMEMBER MARIA'S DRUNK CONFESSION

THE ANSWER IS

You'll have to wait and see

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