CHAPTER 1
Welcome to 221B
"Auntie says that she knows you'll be very happy here and that you'll make loads of new mates!" Jess listened to her aunt's personal assistant chatter on about how much fun she'll have at her new school.
Honestly, Jess thought. if "Auntie" loved and cared about me so much she wouldn't be shipping me off to school.
"Jess honey, are you listening?"
Jess stopped looking out the window and directed her attention to the woman beside her. "Oh yes I'm hanging onto every word like my life depends on it Milana." Jess's aggressive comment didn't fly over well with Milana and she scolded the girl "Now listen here Ms. Watson, your auntie paid an awful lot for you to attend Cobblestone Academy and you'd better appreciate it."
As the car pulled up to school's front gates Jess grabbed her bag and got out of the car. "Have a great ti-" Jess closed the car door before Milana could finish.
Dragging her suitcase behind her, Jess entered the school. A flushed and visibly overworked woman raced to Jess's side. "Jess Watson?" She asked breathlessly.
"Yes?"
"Oh good it's you!" The woman ushered Jess into an office and handed her a manila envelope bursting with papers. "In that folder is your class schedule, the dining hall nutrition facts, a school map, the disaster and evacuation plans, and here," The woman handed Jess velvet pouch "is your room key."
Jess took the key. "Thank you."
"No problem dear, your room is in building 22 on level 1 and its door B. But for short you can call it 221B."
Jess had no trouble finding her room and she unlocked the door.
Seated with her back to the door, was another girl who appeared to be analyzing something under a microscope.
"Hi I'm Jess Watson your new flatmate... is that blood on the floor?"
The girl looked up from her work for a moment and glanced at the carpet
"Yes it is." She turned around and continued her work. Jess took a step back from the stain. "Is it human blood?"
The girl looked impossibly irritated as she got up and walked towards the stain. "Yes it's human blood, any other brilliant questions?"
Jess answered quickly. "Just one more."
The girl looked at her expectantly and Jess spoke. "Is it your blood?"
The girl laughed, obviously very amused by Jess's question.
"No its not mine!"
"Well who's is it then?"
"It belongs to Mexican drug lord Juan Hernendez."
Jess was speechless. "Oh."