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“We should stay at a motel
until morning.”
    “Luckily, we have no school Monday,” Hannah
said.
    “It's not like we were going,” Adam
said.
    “What does that mean?” Tyler said, as he
lifted one eyebrow.
    “We will be having way too much fun!” Adam
said as he drove back onto the road. “If you're not completely hung
over when I’m done with you, I’ve failed my job.”
    Linda rolled her eyes, “I don't drink.”
    Hannah and Lucy laughed realizing Linda was
trying to seem innocent since learning that Tyler was a cop.
“Sure...”
    “Not anymore. I don't want to end up like my
dad.”
    “So, what happened when I was gone?” Adam
said. “I hope I didn't miss anything important. You guys worked
everything out?”
    “Of course—we are best friends,” Linda said.
“We were just all a little confused. It's not a big deal.”
    Tyler chewed on his tongue as the silent
built. He tried to read Linda’s expressions but he could barely see
her. He put his hand on hers and squeezed it tight.
    “What?” she whispered to him.
    “I'm sorry I lied to you.”
    “It's okay. I feel a lot safer now that
you're with us.”
     
     

9 | Black Roses
     
    After catching Tyler up on Hannah's
situation, Linda hurried to Hannah's bag that was on the bumpy bed
and began to search through it. Michael, Tyler, and Lucy ran over
to her, trying to see what she was looking for.
    “What the hell are you doing?” Tyler pushed
Linda away from the bag. “Are you crazy?”
    “I still don't believe her!” Linda said, as
she heard Hannah get into the shower. “She is lying to us.”
    “She's not lying,” Tyler snapped, as he
shoved Linda away from her stuff. “Hannah isn't the one.”
    “Yeah, Linda, she isn't the one. I can't
believe you would think that,” Lucy said.
    “Oh shut up, Lucy!” Linda snapped and shoved
her away. “Why the heck are you always defending poor Hannah? Do
you know something, like always, you bitch?”
    “How dare you!” Lucy shoved Linda in the
neck, “What the hell are you trying to say?”
    “I'm saying that you always know the inside
scoop but tell us when it's too late—when the damage is done. What
if you're working with Hannah and killing those people? Are you
going to kill me next? Or maybe Tyler first because he's a—”
    Tyler kicked Linda in the leg as Adam came
back into the room. “He said we can have the other two rooms. So,
we can pair up—”
    “I'm with Hannah!” Linda said quickly as if
someone wanted to be in the room with her.
    “I'll stay in this room with Adam,” Tyler
said.
    “I guess I’m stuck with Lucy,” Michael
moaned.
    “You say it like it's a bad thing,” Lucy
said as she gathered her things to go to the next room.
    Hannah opened the bathroom door, with her
hair dripping wet, “What's going on?”
    “You're sharing a motel room with me,” Linda
said as she grabbed her hand. “Bestie.”
    “Um...okay?” Hannah said as she followed
Linda to the motel room next door. She kicked open the door. “I
can't help but be freaked out by this motel.” Hannah turned on the
flickering lights of the motel room and threw her bags on the bed.
“This room just looks like hundreds of people have been murdered in
here.”
    “Are you sure you're not with Dr. Smith?”
Linda asked. “I just knew it was you two.”
    “No! How can I prove I’m not with him,” she
snapped. “Do you want me to call Dr. Smith...not that I have his
number. Plus, Dr. Smith has a girlfriend.”
    “And?”
    “I'm not, Linda. Let's changed the subject,”
she paused, “like how creepy Tyler is a cop. That makes him hotter
since I thought he was disgusting. Didn't you think he was
disgusting?”
    “Yeah, to think all this time he was knowing
all the bad things I do. I can imagine how many students he's had
arrested. He knows that I drink...wow.”
    “I'm sure I know why he's really here,”
Hannah mumbled.
    Linda walked over to the bed Hannah was
sitting on, “What do you