Part 2: She's Crazy Chapter 4
Beth was lying down on her bed in her bedroom at her and Sophia's house. Chuck walked into the room and Beth smiled and sat up.
"What are you doing here?" Chuck asked.
"Baby Eva kept crying and I wanted to do my homework and have some peace and quiet," Beth replied. "I finished my homework, but I was just about to take a nap."
"Okay," Chuck said. "Sorry to bother you."
"It's okay," Beth said patting her bed. "Lay down."
Chuck lied down next to Beth.
"What are you doing here?" Beth asked.
"I had to get away from all the yelling," Chuck replied.
"Chris is still mad at you?" Beth asked.
"Very," Chuck replied.
"If it makes you feel better, I believe you," Beth said. "Lana always seems strange when I talk to her."
"I don't want to think about Chris or Lana at all right now," Chuck said.
"I know what will get your mind off of things," Beth said.
"I didn't bring any," Chuck said. "I could go to the pharmacy real quick."
"I keep some in my desk just to be on the safe side," Beth said.
"Smart girl," Chuck said.
Chuck got up and heard the door across the street slam. He looked outside to see Lana getting in her car and driving away.
"Lana is your neighbor?" Chuck asked.
"Yeah," Beth replied. "She moved there last week."
"You know what this means?" Chuck asked.
"Go into her house and find clues," Beth replied.
"Okay," Chuck said. "Maybe we can go in through a window."
Beth went into her closet and came out with a key.
"No need," Beth said. "I have a key."
"How?" Chuck asked. "The previous owners gave me a spare key last year so I could feed their cats while they went to a wedding in Aiken. They never asked for it back."
"I love you," Chuck said.
Beth and Chuck went across the street to Lana's house, unlocked the door, and entered the house.
"What should we look for?" Beth asked.
"Anything that will prove she's crazy," Chuck replied.
Chuck and while Beth checked the second floor. Beth walked into the bathroom and opened the mirror cabinet to see a collection of lipsticks.
"Oh my god!" Beth screamed.
Chuck ran upstairs and into the bathroom.
"Did you find anything?" Chuck asked.
"Yes!" Beth cheered. "She has lipstick shades that have been discontinued!"
"We're looking for clues," Chuck said. "Not lipstick."
Beth reached for a lipstick.
"No," Chuck said. "If you take something, she'll know someone was in her house."
"I'm just going to apply some to my lips," Beth said.
Beth took a lipstick container and applied some lipstick. As she put it back, the cabinet made a click sound and opened to reveal pictures of Chris.
"Whoa!" Beth exclaimed.
"Oh my god!" Chuck shouted. "She keeps a shrine to Chris behind her lipstick!"
"There's lots of articles about him under her bed as well," a familiar voice said.
Beth and Chuck turned around to see Jude.
"Hi guys," Jude said.
"Jude!" Chuck and Beth exclaimed.
"How did you get in here?" Beth asked.
"I saw you guys going into the house and I followed you," Jude replied.
"Where are your parents?" Beth asked.
"They don't know I'm gone," Jude said. "I ran away."
"You ran away?" Chuck asked.
"Yes," Jude said. "My mommy and daddy yelled at me."
"Jude," Beth said. "I am very disappointed in you. It is very wrong to run away from home."
"Says the girl who broke into a house," Jude said.
"If you keep your mouth shut, I will buy you and your brother breakfast at Karen's Café for a month," Beth said.
"Deal," Jude said.
At that moment, they heard the front door close.
"Did your brother run away too?" Beth asked.
"No," Jude replied.
"Is someone here?" Lana asked from downstairs.
"Oh no," Chuck said.