Chapter Twenty-Five» Justin:

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Just my luck! I'll admit, I wasn't expecting Spencer to show up at my door like that, but hey, it made my job easier. He saved me the struggle. But really, is an anagram that easy? Wait a sec, Justin. You're dealing with a genius here. He thinks outside of the box. A certified genius literally with 2 PhD's and  several doctorates...Damn. I excitedly planned everything out as I slammed the cellar door to go get the phone. I threatened rape, and he begged me to stop, and he would even call his "family" and say he was going to commit suicide... He better make it convincing, snappy. This made my job much easier. All I had to do was hang 'em and pose 'em. Carter? Bury her in the snow. Flee back to my flat in London. It was foolproof! I picked my cell. This isn't even the final show.

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I trudged back out again into the snow that was now piling higher, and realized:
F*ck.

His car is in my driveway. What to do what to do. Step one- rip off licence plate. I grabbed my tools and did the job. Check. Find his keys. Car doors are unlocked: score. I pull open the front door and sat down. If I was a FBI agent, where would I put my keys if I were to run inside for a bit, but didn't want to take all my sh*t. A bag maybe? I scanned the general area before running across a beat up messenger bag. I unlatched the buckles and spilled the contents of the bag onto the passenger seat. Papers, lots of them. A phone- great, even more convincing for the note. I shoved that in my pocket. 3 books- Basic Physics, A Narrative of John Smith, and... No way. A Batman comic book, no doubt from Carter, who was obsessed with DC comics. A notebook, and yes! Keys. I dangled them, putting my pointer finger through the metal ring. I slid them into engage and sighed a bit as the car shuddered to a start. I pulled it into the garage, and took a hammer and paint to it to make it look like a different car. The blue paint had been painted over with a navy color and I had pulled out a saw and hammer and wrench and duct tape to make the car look totaled. Pretty authentic if I do say so myself. I grabbed his phone and headed back to the cellar.

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