Whodunnit?: The Final Game

Chapter Three: Flaming Out

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The Last Known Whereabouts: The small bedroom was crowded. It wasn't made to hold 6 people, 5 amateur investigators and one supervising maid. Camila looked uncomfortable, not a huge fan of tight spaces. Right off the bat, there was an obvious clue.

"Guys, look at that." Wendell said before internally scolding himself. Why did he just point that out for everyone to see? It's not like they wouldn't of seen it anyway, but still. He's trying to save his own life, not everyone else's. He couldn't take his own words back, so he just rolled with it. "The carpet, it's all burnt up."

"Yeah, you're right." Lilly said. The teacher walked over to the construction worker, wanting to inspect the carpet closer. Lilly raised her eyebrows, she noticed something on top of the carpet that Wendell didn't see. Sneakily, she pocketed it before anybody could notice. She wanted to get out of this alive, so anything that could give her an advantage she'd gladly take.

Blake started to walk over to the carpet as well before he slipped on something. Looking down, he noticed a puddle in front of the door. He didn't really want to draw attention to his discovery, but he saw that Camila and Benjamin noticed him slip. Embarrassed, Blake pointed at the puddle.

"What's this?" Camila asked, gathering Wendell and Lilly's attention as well. The two walked over, wanting to see what the big deal was.

"It's a puddle of liquid." Benjamin said, stating the obvious much to Camila's annoyance.

"I know that! I'm asking if anybody knows what the liquid is though. It smells weird, it's definitely not water." Camila scolded Benjamin.

Blake turned up his nose. The scent was weird, it smelled like a chemical or something. He'd smelled this before, he just couldn't figure out where.

Wendell recognized the smell as well. Unlike Blake, he was able to figure out what it was. This time, he didn't blurt it out. Keeping it to himself, Wendell mentally noted that the liquid was gasoline. It made sense to him. After all, Delilah was on fire when she died.

Lilly also was able to match a name to the scent. Lilly saw her opportunity and took it. Since everyone was distracted trying to figure out what the liquid was, Lilly quietly stepped out, slipping into the bathroom, noticing that the door was left open. She quickly slipped behind the door. She took the item out of her pocket in order to see what it was.

"What's that.." Somebody said from in front of her. The surprised teacher acted quickly, covering that person's mouth and pulled them aside. She held her breath and prayed they didn't attract the others. It was Blake, of course it was the stupid model.

Waving her arms, she motioned for him to be quiet. "Are you dumb?" Lilly quickly hid the item behind her, not wanting to share her discovery with anyone. "It's nothing, it was just a tag from this robe." The teacher lied, hoping the model would accept her lie and leave it at that.

Blake didn't believe her. He knew she was trying to hide something. He frowned, the teacher thought he was dumb so it was time to turn the tables. "I know you found something. Either share it with me, or I let the others know you made a discovery!" Blake stood there with his arms crossed, smirking.

Lilly glared at him. Dammit, he was good. She decided to share with him. It was either that or put all of them on an equal playing field. She couldn't believe that the model had put her in this position.

"Fine." Lilly hissed. Showing the model what she had found, she waited. It was a match. It had been stomped on to stop the flame. Upon seeing the match, Blake was able to figure out what the liquid was. It made sense. It was gasoline, and this match must of been the igniter. He still didn't know why all of the gasoline was on a puddle in front of the door, but at least he knew about the match.

Lilly also made the connection with the gasoline and the match. Luckily for her, the other three were still outside of the bathroom, having not noticed that the two were gone. After leaving the match on the counter, Lilly motioned for Blake to follow. The two walked out of the bathroom and rejoined the others.

Camila saw them rejoin out of the corner of her eyes. Raising her eyebrows, Camila entered the bathroom. Seeing the match, she frowned. The two never alerted the group to this discovery. They tried to hide information from them. The restaurant manager shook her head. She hated deceptive people, but she realized that this was a game and they were all fighting for their lives. She wanted badly to tell the other two about this, but she couldn't. She wanted to stay alive, this could be the thing that kept her in the game.

She left the bathroom and ran right into Benjamin. "I'm so sorry!" She apologized, she didn't notice the man standing there. He didn't seem to be looking at what she was doing. Instead, he was inspecting something on the wall.

"What is it?" Camila asked, looking at him in confusion. She didn't see anything weird, so what had he noticed.

Benjamin didn't respond, he was busy running his fingers along the wall. He seemed to be searching for something. Suddenly, he smiled. Applying pressure, Benjamin gasped and stepped back in shock. Suddenly, the wall quietly slid back, revealing a hidden entry. Before either could comment, the estate bell rang, signifying that time was up.

The three others didn't notice the secret entry, having been distracted by the bell ringing. The wall slid back over before they turned to look. Camila looked at Benjamin, mouth open in shock. What did this mean? Benjamin shook his head at her. "Don't tell them." Benjamin mouthed.

Camila nodded. Having to deceive others was hard for her, but if she wanted to survive she needed to get good at it. For now, her and Benjamin were partners in crime. She walked next to him out of the room since their time was up.