Eye For an Eye For Another Eye (Book 1) The Lanhallow Series

Chapter Two

The four girls were escorted into the station by the two officers, where they were then separated and placed in separate rooms. Lauren walked around, watching the girls through the two-sided glass. Three of the girls seemed nervous, Karina did not. Lauren decided to start with Karina, she wanted the other girls to sweat while they waited. Lauren entered and sat down opposite Karina.

"How are you, Karina? I know you and Emily were best friends." Tears sprang to Karina's eyes as she nodded.

"I miss her so much." Lauren nodded her head.

"Ok, tell me everything about that night."

"I already did." Karina told her.

"I know, but I want to know everything you can remember. What you were talking about beforehand, where you were standing, anything out of the ordinary you noticed or have remembered." Karina nodded her head and looked down at her hands. Recounting the night was easy, it had been plaguing her dreams since it happened and she just knew it was Emily's way of asking for help.

Hayley, Karina, Kylie, and Tabitha had been sitting around Tabitha's place trying on clothes and shoes.

"Where is Em?" Hayley asked looking at Karina.

"Studying I think. She said she was busy tonight."

"Yeah right, she'd probably studying biology with Jason." Kylie laughed.

"That's crude Kylie." Hayley scolded. "Well, I'm bored. Let's go out for a drive and see if anything interesting is happening around town." The other three girls looked at Hayley and rolled their eyes.

"Like anything interesting ever happens around here." Tabitha mumbled.

They all got into Hayley's new car and drove into town. Hayley parked and they all got out and began to walk. Hayley seemed to be leading, but no one really took any notice of where they were actually going. When Hayley stopped outside the local motel, everyone looked around.

"What are we doing here?" Kylie asked.

"This is where all the seedy stuff happens. You know, the affairs, the one night stands." Hayley had made her voice sound spooky and the other girls began to laugh. Just then a door opened.

"Behind here. Let's see what's behind door number one." Old Mr. Ferrule exited his room and walked over to the ice chest to fill up his bucket.

"Oh yeah, now that's seedy. Mr. Feral. Eww, unless he has a hooker in there, boring." Kylie sang. Mr. Ferrule lit a cigarette and stood outside for the next couple of minutes puffing on the cancer stick. Then he re-entered his room.

"I feel like a milkshake," Karina said. "Let's go, this is boring." They all stood just as another door opened. Emily exited the room and they all gasped stepping behind the tree. Kurt followed her and they walked towards the back of the hotel where the carpark was situated.

"Well, it would seem someone is cheating on her boyfriend." The look in Hayley's eyes was gleeful. She had been after Jason Tavin for a long time, and now she seemed to have her ammunition to break them up.

"There has to be an explanation." Karina told them.

"Yeah, she's cheating on Jason. Why else do you go into a seedy hotel room in secret and lie about where you are going." Hayley was acting way too pleased and Karina felt she needed to get to Emily and tell her what they had all just witnessed. Emily drove passed them on her way home and a few minutes, Kurt did the same.

"Let's go." They all jumped back into Hayley's car. She began driving in the opposite direction to where she lived.

"Where are you going?" Karina asked her.