Chapter two

Molly's foot prints echoed as she walked through the rain on her way home. It didn't rain often in Veronaville but when it did it rained hard. She turned around and looked at Stephanie's house. It was now three thirty and steph was probably asleep. Not a good idea to wake her up besides, her house wasn't that far away. Molly continued down the road to her house until she saw a figure up ahead of her. The person saw her and made his or her way towards Molly.

"hello there. Are you lost?" Molly asked. Why else would someone be out here at 3 in the morning. The person just shook his or her head. He/she was wearing a BCBG Trench coat, The same one molly really wanted to buy. So she figured it was a woman.

" but I do need some help with something." the woman said mysteriously. Molly smiled and walked after the woman. Thinking that her husband wouldn't mind it if she was a few minute late. And that tomorrow she'd call eve and set up a date to go to the spa. But what molly didn't know as she walked after this mysterious woman. Was that this was the last time. Anyone would ever see Molly Simmons.

One month later

"and on the twenty fifth of October you were?" Officer Rosword asked. Stephanie rolled her eyes at the cop. She had told them this story many times. And every time she told it, it got more boring.

"for the one hundredth tome. I was sleeping with my husband.

"can anyone confirm that?" the cop asked writing something down on a pad of paper. Stephanie looked at him with a cold look.

"gee I don't know. My husband; who was there, maybe." Stephanie said. The cop sighed and took off his cap.

"listen lady. I just have to go with the protocol. And the protocol says that I have to question you about that night." he said standing up.

"ya well maybe your protocol can tell you that I told your kind everything I know. Molly Simons went home alone and I went to bed. End of story. I didn't hear anything from her or see her since October twenty fifth." She said annoyed.

" you sure about that?" he asked her. Stephanie narrowed her eyes at him.

"I think I'd know what I did better then you." she said getting up. "now, I have work tomorrow if you'll excuse me." Stephanie opened the door and walked down the hall before turning around. "officer. Molly was my best friend. She didn't do anything to me. Why would I want to hurt her. If I were you I'd call her office and get the names of everyone that she was running against for editor in chief. At least then you'd be doing something useful." Stephanie turned around and walked out of the station. She checked her cell phone and found a message from Eve.

Eve: heard the PoPo called U in. what happ?

Steph began to type furiously into the cell as she walked down the street to her car.

Steph: the f-cops keep asking me about oct 25. I told thm evrytin.

Stephanie opened her car door and dove home before her phone beeped with a new message from Eve.

Eve: thy ask u bout that nite. "I was sleepin wit my man." "can any1 confirm?" "um my man duh!" lmfao S. that some funy Shizz."

Stephanie rolled her eyes. Yes maybe it was to some people. But to her. It was just downright insulting. don't they have to write this stuff down? What else do they say one those pads of paper? Stephanie ignored the message and walked into the house. It had been a month since molly disappeared. And they had found her body three nights ago in some bushes near her house. Near Stephanie's house. She could feel the Goosebumps return as she thought about how close molly's murderer was to her own home. She picked up the house phone and dialled tiffany's number. She picked up on the first ring.

"omy gosh steph. How are you holding up. Eve told me you were dragged into the police station again." tiffany said. Stephanie could hear tiffany's keys jiggling on the other line.

"im fine and ya they did. Where are you?" she asked tiffany as she sat down on her dinning room chair and opened the magazine that lay on the table, and there she was. Molly from cover with the headline-Where could she be?- .

"im leaving the house. I was about to head over to Sara's house. You want to come?" tiffany said. Stephanie ignored her and kept staring at the page. Molly's blue eyes glaring back at her like they always did. Her blonde hair was in a neat French braid and Stephanie could see a bit of someone's arm hanging loosely around molly's shoulders. "steph?"

"uh, what?" Stephanie said snapping out of the trance she was in.

"I said do you want to come?" tiffany asked once again. Stephany could hear tiffanies car engin starting.

"oh, ya I'll come." Stephanie said getting up and picking up her Gucci purse from the kitchen counter.

"good. pick you up in five." tiffany said

"see ya." Stephanie said hanging up and walking out the front door.