Emily Keller-A Jughead love story (Book two) *Discontinued*

Sixteen

Like the Red Death showing up in an Edgar Allan Poe story, the Black Hood had come to Riverdale.
With that grimmest of reapers looming over us, how did we cope? In the case of Archie and Veronica, it was through carnal defiance.
With every kiss and embrace, they seemed to be saying: You have no power over me, Death.
In fact, "Varchie" became the opposite of death. In Archie's bedroom In his garage Even in the Pembrooke. After all, if our young lovers dared to defy the Black Hood, why not risk Hiram Lodge's wrath as well?

Emily's POV
I was at Pop's waiting for Jug. He walked in and sat down across from me.
" Sorry, there's no service in the bowels of City Hall."
" What'd you find? Any truth to what that creepy truck driver said about that murdered family?" I asked
" Yes, shockingly, Freddy Krueger didn't lie to me. A family of four was murdered by someone that the press called the Riverdale Reaper.
The victims were Jim and Mary Ellen Conway and their kids. Tommy was ten, and Sue was nine. Reaper was never caught or identified, so he could be our Black Hood, but I'm dubious.
He would be in his 60's by now." He said
" Why did he do it, Kill them?" I asked
" The reporter of the article talked
to a sheriff at the time who thought Killer chose them at random - or because their house was isolated." He answered
" Where was it?" I asked
" Edge of Fox Forest, down some service road.
There's a picture of it." He said giving me the picture. I looked at it and saw it was the house that the Black hood lead me to.
" Oh, my God. Jughead, I've been to this house.
The Black Hood sent me to it, as part of his game." I said to him
" Well, then there's definitely a link between the Hood and the Reaper. We should talk to Keller. Pull the files from the murders. At least get a list of all the players." Jughead proposed
" No, Jughead, I can't go to my dad. Not after Betty accused him of being the Black Hood and I agreed with her." I said
" Right, yeah, that would be awkward. You could go to the house." He said
" I can't go back there, Jug. He made me look in a mirror, you know, what I saw staring back at me I don't want to do that again." I said sadly
" Then you don't have to, okay?" Jug said holding my hands. His phone started ringing an unknown number and he picked it up.
" Hello?" He asked uncertainly. He then sighed and said " Yeah, I'll accept the charges."
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Betty, Jughead, and I were meeting Archie and Veronica in The Blue and Gold office.
" So the reason we called you guys in here..." I started
" My dad's getting out of jail." Jughead said with a smile and I smiled as I held his hand
" Jug, that's That's great." Archie said
" Yeah, what heralded this miracle?" Veronica asked
" Uh, overcrowding at the jail, I guess the judge reviewed my dad's case and after Cheryl's testimony it was A perfect storm." Juggie said
" What do you need from us, Jug?" Archie asked
" We have a new lead on the Black Hood case." Betty said
" And Betty, Jughead, and I, we were wondering if you guys would follow up on it for us. We can give you all of the details, the articles." I said
" It's just that I have to be there for my dad to help with his re-entry, so." Jug said
" Uh, yeah and we're just I'm taking a break from the Black Hood." I said referring to Betty and I.
" Wait, so, you want us to be you guys?" Archie asked
" Essentially, yes." Jughead said
" Why, is there a problem with that?" Betty asked seeing there worried faces
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I was at Betty's so we could ask to borrow her car.
" Wait, uh, Mom, before you leave, I wanted to ask if I could borrow the station wagon tomorrow?" Betty asked stopping her before she left.
" Why?" She asked
" FP's getting released from jail." I said
" So, Jughead, Emmy, and I, we're gonna pick him up and treat him to Pop's." Betty continued
" They're letting FP out?" She asked skeptically " And you're gonna hear it eventually, so, it might as well be from us" I said " Don't freak out, Jughead is a Serpent now, officially."
" I wish I could say I was surprised." Mrs Cooper said
" Jughead is important to us. FP is important to Jughead. So I'm asking, Mom, will you try to give him the benefit of the doubt, for us?" Betty asked her mom