Marcie walked out of the library, pulling a bottle of water out of her bag. "I don't think I'm ever going to catch up with this." she sighed. "I still don't get it"
"I don't get much more than you do," Jen said. "But you know I'll help as much as I can." Marcie sighed, nodding. "Well you do have to look at the bright side of things. Ron is out of jail."
Marcie smiled. "You're right. Thank God. I knew Ronnie was innocent." They reached the dorms. "What are you doing for dinner tonight? Do you and Joey want to come over... I'm eating with my brothers..."
"Oh Marc, I'd love to but... I'm going to meet Riley tonight to work on our lit project. Sorry..."
"No, it's OK" Marcie said. "Some other time."
"I'll see you later then?" Jen said. "I'll call you."
"OK" Marcie said. "Don't work too hard." She watched as Jen walked towards the men's dorms, sighing, starting to walk off the campus.
"Marcie!" Al called, jogging to catch up with her. "Marcie!"
Marcie paused., turning. "Michael..." she said "What are you doing here?"
"Looking for you." he said. Marcie raised her eyebrows. "I... heard that your brother was cleared."
"Yeah," Marcie smiled. "He found an alibi."
"That's great. I knew Ron was innocent."
"Still freaked though... I mean... the real killer is still out there."
"I know," Al said. "But I think I've got a way to put an end to this."
"And end to the murders?" Marcie was curious.
"An end to all of it. I know... what the police have for evidence. I know what they have that could point the finger at the right killer."
"John told you?" Marcie's eyes widened.
"Well... not exactly. But... and you can't tell anybody," Marcie nodded in agreement. "I found out that the police got their hands on a silver lighter with the initials 'RW' on it."
"So that's why they thought it was Ronnie"
"I think that might have been the one piece that pointed the finger at him."
"So... it should be easy now then." Marcie smiled. "All we have to do is find somebody with those initials who smokes."
Easier said than done, Marcie" AL said. "You know how many people there are in Llanview."
"We can try" Marcie said. "We have to"
"How about we... we can brainstorm," Al suggested. "Maybe over dinner... tonight?"
"Michael..." Marcie said. "I can't"
Al sighed. "Right..."
"Oh, no no," Marcie giggled. "I mean I can't... tonight. I can't tonight. I'm having dinner with my brothers." She paused. "You should come. Do you wanna come?.. and then we could talk about this evidence stuff after?"
Al smiled. Was he finally making some headway. "You sure?" Marcie nodded. "OK," he smiled 'Way to go Al' he thought. "Yeah sure. I'd love to join you."
