a/n: I couldn't help it. I HAVE to update. Especially after Chapter 3...if you don't like cliffhangers and people not updating for as long as they can...you might not like this. READ IT ANYWAY!

Saturday, 2:30 p.m. (Lil's view)

Kimi fainted. So did Trisha, but she recovered more easily. The shadow in the glass door was some random guy about to kill...the murderer? He had a heart attack. That's all we know. After Philip and Chuckie carried Kimi home, Tommy, Phil, Zach, Trisha, and I went back to Charlotte's building. The fifth floor was eerily calm. The hallway was lighted only by open windows. As we walked down the hall, I heard the sound of...what was it?...a gun cocking. I held on to Tommy for dear life. Then, suddenly, the gun fired and everything seemed to go dark. When the windows opened again, blood was pouring out of Zach's ankle. "Uh, somebody call an ambulance, I think I've been shot," he had said. Whoever shot him dropped the gun (a revolver) and ran off. It was a small figure, definitely not that of a man. Rather, the shadow was of someone Angelica's age. The hair on the figure reminded me: "SUSIE?" She turned around.

"Sorry, I was just so scared! I thought you guys were killers."

"How'd you get involved in this?" I asked.

"Angelica called me. I got a creepy feeling, so I got over here. I found the gun in the room across the hall."

Zach said, "It's OK Susie, it doesn't hurt that much. Still, Tommy's calling 911."

Susie replied, "They'll arrest me for shooting you. No one is going to believe me."

"Don't worry Susie, I'll tell them what happened." I said.

"Thanks, Lil."

We investigated Charlotte's office. All we found was paperwork. Some of it was from the insurance company, and one paper held her will. Did she know she was going to die? Zach went to the ER and got bandages around his foot to stop the bleeding. He came back within two hours on crutches. The first thing he wanted to know was, "Did you find anything?" I replied, "No, just paperwork and a will from Charlotte." Then, the scariest thing happened. Tommy looked in an open drawer and found a note. It read: "Killer is hiding in building Do not open door to supply room Blood on hands". I wondered what the last part meant. I looked back at the note. The writing was messy and splattered. It was written in red ink. Was it merely ink, or could it have been...blood?

3:27 p.m. (Trisha's view)

A note written in blood, a will, and insurance paperwork. The note haunted me the most. The supply room was in the basement: six floors down! Also, I wondered about the scene behind the glass door. Who screamed? It had to be a girl. But could she be responsible for all this? I went back to the note: What did "blood on hands" mean? Charlotte died a bloodless death. If it was murder, it had to be poisoning or gas inhalation. Was the murderer hiding in the supply room? I said to everyone, "We should probably go down to the supply room to see who's in there." My heart beat faster and faster as we took the elevator down. As we got off, I opened the door to the supply room and turned the light on. There was a trail of blood all across the floor leading to the back corner. In that corner was...could it be? In the corner was the dead body of Charlotte Pickles, with a knife through her heart.

a/n: Cruel, but I'll be leaving you all hanging until I get more reviews! HAHAHA!