Ch 8!
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"B-but wha...?" Stammered Sarah.
"She was murdered. The killer stabbed her..." Edd flinches. "Seven times. Then he..." his voice starts to crack again, "dragged her off the bed and left her there cold and pale."
"That is plain awful. How could a fellow do such a thing?" Rolf asks, getting furious.
"There are pretty bad guys out there ya know." Jonny notes.
"What then Double D?" Nazz asks.
Edd bites his lip, "My father called the police and told them of the unpleasant incident. Then he called my mother in a frantic and broke the news to her. She arrived in one hour. By that time the police have separated me from my father. My mother caught up to him... he told her what had happened."
"Where did you go?" Kevin questions.
"To... to this white room. The police separated me from everything I knew. From the moment they said, 'you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.' I knew everything wasn't going to be pleasant from that moment." Edd stares blankly at the others.
"What else did they say?" Jimmy asks.
"They continued going on as so: 'you have the right to speak to an attorney and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.' It's exactly what all policemen have to tell you. It's called your Miranda Rights. I simply just know it by heart so well. You know me..." Edd tells them.
"Did they do something to you in there?" A familiar voice rings out.
"MARIE!?" Everyone, besides Edd that is, yells.
"Hello." She timidly says. Now, for the past few years, Marie has indeed finally broken apart from her 'sisters' and has become very nice and shy lately. She still has a fuse even shorter than Sarah's and is kept well away from the others by living with her Aunt Janice who has her own trailer in the trailer park (go figure). "I've heard the whole story up to this point. I was going to come up here, but... it kept me frozen where I was. I just..." She shuffles her feet.
"It's all right." Edd sadly says to her. Marie's eyes go sad at the sight of Edd. She sits down quietly.
"And? Then what else?" Kevin says.
"Um... are you sure you all truly want to know?" Edd asks.
"Yes!" They all say.
Edd looks defeated, but continues on anyway, "Well... they started questioning me. My parents were unaware of this. For the next hours they took everything I knew and turned them inside out and said, 'No, this is what it really is.' They made me believe they were my only friends and that the only way I was going to avoid... to avoid..." He hesitated trying to not say his next words.
"Avoid what?" Kevin questions.
"*Sigh* avoid going to jail." He says reluctantly.
"Jail? Why would YOU go to jail?" Eddy asks infuriated.
"They thought... that I was the um, murderer of my sister Edana. Which of course is a complete lie." Edd tells them.
Everyone is speechless at this. Edd continues, "They did suspect the kids who were cruel to her. But the house was locked up during the night. And the kids were all actually a lot younger than us both. They were six to eight years old and only hated my sister because my father is quite wealthy, wealthier than the other neighbors at least. She told me these kids threw rocks at her. And of course my parents ended up innocent right away, which left me." He stops. The others at this point don't urge him to go on. They only take this all in.
He continues after a few seconds, "The only way to avoid going to jail was by telling them what they wanted to hear. Which basically was me confessing to them that I killed her. This was done in the most excruciating way imaginable." Edd's head shakily goes down. His eyes look up at the others. They are dull and uneasy.
"How was it done?" Nazz asks.
"I rather not say." He answers. He looks down to the ground, "It's going to rain very heavily any second now."
Suddenly there is a strike of lightning. The others look up at the sky and then at Edd. 'How'd he know it was going to rain?' they all ask themselves. By this time a light drizzle of rain, becoming a threat to go heavy soon, comes down. The kids get up and run around the forest.
"Let's go to my house!" Sarah calls out over the rain that is now pouring down more and more. They all follow her to her house. All, except Edd, rush in.
"What's he doing?" Marie asks while peering out a window.
"Double D! Get in here! It's raining out there!" Eddy calls out before he is completely in the house.
"I don't care. Let it drown me." Edd calls back heartlessly. Sadly to himself, "It's best for me anyway."
All the kids are looking out the windows trying their best to see Edd who is standing stone still out in the pouring rain. There is no chance that he's coming in.
BOOM! All ears loudly hear the thunder; the kids get nervous (and that's putting it lightly).
"He'll freeze out there! This is cold rain, not warm like in the old country!" Rolf exclaims.
"He's not even shivering!" Eddy yells thunderstruck. (Get it? Thunderstruck? And it's raining and thundering?)
"How weird..." Ed says.
"He said he doesn't care." Sarah says to Rolf.
"You know what?" Kevin asks them in a grave voice. They all look at him in trepidation. "I believe him."
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(Sorry, but I used a line or two directly from the movie that this is semi- based on.)
Thanks for reading every1!
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"B-but wha...?" Stammered Sarah.
"She was murdered. The killer stabbed her..." Edd flinches. "Seven times. Then he..." his voice starts to crack again, "dragged her off the bed and left her there cold and pale."
"That is plain awful. How could a fellow do such a thing?" Rolf asks, getting furious.
"There are pretty bad guys out there ya know." Jonny notes.
"What then Double D?" Nazz asks.
Edd bites his lip, "My father called the police and told them of the unpleasant incident. Then he called my mother in a frantic and broke the news to her. She arrived in one hour. By that time the police have separated me from my father. My mother caught up to him... he told her what had happened."
"Where did you go?" Kevin questions.
"To... to this white room. The police separated me from everything I knew. From the moment they said, 'you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.' I knew everything wasn't going to be pleasant from that moment." Edd stares blankly at the others.
"What else did they say?" Jimmy asks.
"They continued going on as so: 'you have the right to speak to an attorney and to have an attorney present during any questioning. If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be provided for you at government expense.' It's exactly what all policemen have to tell you. It's called your Miranda Rights. I simply just know it by heart so well. You know me..." Edd tells them.
"Did they do something to you in there?" A familiar voice rings out.
"MARIE!?" Everyone, besides Edd that is, yells.
"Hello." She timidly says. Now, for the past few years, Marie has indeed finally broken apart from her 'sisters' and has become very nice and shy lately. She still has a fuse even shorter than Sarah's and is kept well away from the others by living with her Aunt Janice who has her own trailer in the trailer park (go figure). "I've heard the whole story up to this point. I was going to come up here, but... it kept me frozen where I was. I just..." She shuffles her feet.
"It's all right." Edd sadly says to her. Marie's eyes go sad at the sight of Edd. She sits down quietly.
"And? Then what else?" Kevin says.
"Um... are you sure you all truly want to know?" Edd asks.
"Yes!" They all say.
Edd looks defeated, but continues on anyway, "Well... they started questioning me. My parents were unaware of this. For the next hours they took everything I knew and turned them inside out and said, 'No, this is what it really is.' They made me believe they were my only friends and that the only way I was going to avoid... to avoid..." He hesitated trying to not say his next words.
"Avoid what?" Kevin questions.
"*Sigh* avoid going to jail." He says reluctantly.
"Jail? Why would YOU go to jail?" Eddy asks infuriated.
"They thought... that I was the um, murderer of my sister Edana. Which of course is a complete lie." Edd tells them.
Everyone is speechless at this. Edd continues, "They did suspect the kids who were cruel to her. But the house was locked up during the night. And the kids were all actually a lot younger than us both. They were six to eight years old and only hated my sister because my father is quite wealthy, wealthier than the other neighbors at least. She told me these kids threw rocks at her. And of course my parents ended up innocent right away, which left me." He stops. The others at this point don't urge him to go on. They only take this all in.
He continues after a few seconds, "The only way to avoid going to jail was by telling them what they wanted to hear. Which basically was me confessing to them that I killed her. This was done in the most excruciating way imaginable." Edd's head shakily goes down. His eyes look up at the others. They are dull and uneasy.
"How was it done?" Nazz asks.
"I rather not say." He answers. He looks down to the ground, "It's going to rain very heavily any second now."
Suddenly there is a strike of lightning. The others look up at the sky and then at Edd. 'How'd he know it was going to rain?' they all ask themselves. By this time a light drizzle of rain, becoming a threat to go heavy soon, comes down. The kids get up and run around the forest.
"Let's go to my house!" Sarah calls out over the rain that is now pouring down more and more. They all follow her to her house. All, except Edd, rush in.
"What's he doing?" Marie asks while peering out a window.
"Double D! Get in here! It's raining out there!" Eddy calls out before he is completely in the house.
"I don't care. Let it drown me." Edd calls back heartlessly. Sadly to himself, "It's best for me anyway."
All the kids are looking out the windows trying their best to see Edd who is standing stone still out in the pouring rain. There is no chance that he's coming in.
BOOM! All ears loudly hear the thunder; the kids get nervous (and that's putting it lightly).
"He'll freeze out there! This is cold rain, not warm like in the old country!" Rolf exclaims.
"He's not even shivering!" Eddy yells thunderstruck. (Get it? Thunderstruck? And it's raining and thundering?)
"How weird..." Ed says.
"He said he doesn't care." Sarah says to Rolf.
"You know what?" Kevin asks them in a grave voice. They all look at him in trepidation. "I believe him."
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(Sorry, but I used a line or two directly from the movie that this is semi- based on.)
Thanks for reading every1!
