Chapter 10

Another Murder

They were sitting in their cabins and talking about the events of the day.

"Man! What is up with that Steve dude?" Mitchel asked in general.

"He is way hyper jealous of everyone of you guys." Lola started. "I mean, why would he be jealous of a bunch of teenagers? And besides that, we're all celebrities……Basically……Okay, must of you guys are celebrities."

"I think we should visit his cabin tomorrow. He has to be up to something or hiding something." Hannah thought out loud.

"Well, we can do that tomorrow. It's getting late and we needed to get our rest if we are going to solve this murder." Reasoned Mitchel.

"How many days do you have left anyways?" Asked Lola.

"Counting tomorrow, three I think." Hannah answered.

"I'll see you two in a few minutes." Mitchel closed the connecting door so they could get ready for bed. As Oliver, got ready for bed, he couldn't believe all the things girls go through just to look nice. But the last few days had given him a taste of it. He was really glad to have all that stuff off. It also give him a new appreciation for Miley and everything she went through to be Hannah Montana. A knock at the door brought him back to the present. He went over to the door and open it to reveal Miley and Lilly.

Hugs were exchanged and lights turned out. Oliver had a feeling tomorrow was going to be a big day.

Hilary and Haylie came back into the lounge car screaming. Mitchel, Evan, Cole and Dylan run into the dining car to see what type of breakfast surprise would create this type of reaction. What they saw shocked them. Sitting at her place for breakfast was Mary Grant. She was white. There was discoloration around her throat. Mitchel remembered what Hannah had told him when they found the 'body' of Dr. Washington. He walked over to the 'body' of Mary Grant and slowly reached his finger out to it.

"Do you think that is a was thing to do Mitchel?" Cole asked.

"This is a play. None of this is real. This is not a real body." Mitchel thought he even convince himself. He finally reached back up and touched the 'body'. To his relief, it was not real.

"It's not a real body."

"whew…." The twins went. Jack came into the room and let them stay as he went over the scene.

"Looks like she was strangled, but the rope or cord that was used is gone. Plus she wasn't killed here."

"How can you tell that?" Dylan asked.

"Well, when you strangle someone, there is a lot of moving around. Do you see the bruises on her arms? She fought back. You will notice that this place is not messed up at all. So she was killed else where and was placed here." Jack looked at the body some more.

"Notice that the wound is small and there is braiding indentations. So I say that it was a small rope or cord……This is interesting. Notice the stain on the back just below the neck line. Does that look like dirt to you?"

Mitchel took a closer look. "Yes it does."

"So, she was strangled with a small rope or cord. There might have been dirt or something dirty on the rope or cord to have put that stain on her shirt. She was killed someplace else and then put her. She also put up a fight. Are there any other questions?"

"Yeah, who did it?" asked Cole.

"I don't know or do I? You'll have to wait for the end of the trip for me to name the killer or killers."

"Well that was a big help." Dylan said sarcastically.

"You guys better report back in with your groups, and can one of you guys have Hilary and Haylie came back in here. Thanks."