Chapter Four: The Rude Almost Encounter
I woke-up at 8:30 the next morning having had a very bad night sleep. I thought about the last glance Todd gave me the night earlier, it had stuck in my mind. I felt so sorry for him. I decided I was going to go see him just to see how he was feeling. I got dressed and started down the street I said hello to Ann and to Potpourri, and to Rick. When I arrived at the inn I saw that Todd was on the phone. I didn't want to disturb him, so I stood next to the door way listening in occasionally to what he was saying to whoever it was that was on the other line. I heard something that was of interest so I listened in on the conversation and heard that he was talking about how when he was a little child that his mother had died of Lung Cancer, and his dad had died from a fight that he had, had when he was 20. He also told whoever it was that his older brother had died when he was 12. He was always such a role model to him, he said. I then knew why he had paled out last night; he had to suffer 3 more deaths of people that were important to him. He was very upset when he got off the phone so I decided to come back later to talk to him.
On the way out I saw Gotz. I asked why he was here this early (he usually doesn't go to town until 12:00). "It's only 10:00" I said. "I'm making a side door for the people to walk out into the new pasture. I should be done in about 2 hours!" He exclaimed. "That's great!" I commented.
I decided to go gather some stuff to ship for a couple hours then I would come back and talk to him.
1:00…
I entered the inn once more to find it completely empty except for Doug. "Where is everybody?" I asked. "They're all out and about except for someone named Todd." He replied. "Would you mind telling me which room he's in?" I asked. "#4" he answered. I thanked him and started up the stairs. I began to round the corner when a girl, about my age, stepped out of the room. She was followed by Todd. I over heard them talking. "So let's go over this one more time shall we Boo?" The girl said. "Sure" Todd agreed. "1.You're going to get cozy to that Kiana girl, 2. You're going to ask her to marry you, 3.You kill her while she's sleeping, 4. You inherit the large sum of money that she was supposed to inherit when her father died that she doesn't know about, and 4. You come ask me to marry you and we live happily ever after with our 500,000,000 Gold." She listed. "Now what was it again?" she asked Todd inquisitively. He repeated everything she said except this time I caught it on tape. I carry a small tape recorder around with me wherever I go. So I caught their little plan on tape. I quickly took a mental picture of the girl, and ran off; intending on coming back in half an hour to make it seem like I hadn't heard anything.