Tawni skidded to a halt in front of Marta's house. When she turned of the engine, she heard a loud thump followed by silence. Zora jumped out of the car, as if it was on fire and her life depended on it. Well as far as she knew, at least one person's life depended on it. Probably more, since Nico, Grady and Chad were nowhere in sight. Tawni closely followed Zora out of the car. The inspector however, got out slowly and then stretched. He was doing things slowly on purpose. He knew Tawni and Zora wanted him to hurry up, since both of them looked as though they really badly needed to go to the toilet. "Alright," he said, "Let's see if anything really is going on here." Zora shot off round the back of the house like a bullet. Tawni however, once again was slightly slower. How fast can you run in stiletto heels though? When the inspector came round the side of the house, he heard a cry from Zora.
"Aha!" she yelled, pointing an accusing finger at one of the Makenzie Falls stars, Marta. "I knew we would catch you in the act!" Marta was calmly shovelling earth into a huge hole. In the hole, the inspector saw as he peered down into it, were four barrels.
"Well," the policeman started, "It is my duty if anyone finds anything suspicious, that looks suspicious to investigate further!" Marta's head dropped down defeat. "Now tell me," Mr. Plod continued, "What is in those barrels?" Marta's lowered head popped up again.
"Grass cuttings!" She said quickly, as if it was the first thing that popped into her head, which, judging as it made no sense, probably was. The Makenzie Falls star seemed to think so too. A look of worry dawned on her face when she recalled what she had said. Luckily for Marta, the inspector was not the brightest of men.
"Uhuh…" he said "Uhummm…" all three girls looked at him. He turned to face Tawni and Zora. "Well, there seems to be nothing illegal going on here girls!" he said as Tawni and Zora's jaws dropped. "Let's leave the poor girl in peace!" Zora was going to have none of this though. Like a bomb, she exploded!
"WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANYONE BE BURYING GRASS CUTTINGS IN BARRELS?" she yelled, "THERE IS NO POINT OR DIFFERENCE IF YOU BURY GRASS OR NOT! SO WHY WOULD YOU EVEN BURY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE, LET ALONE IN BARRELS?" The peeler seemed to think this through.
"Well missy," he said addressing Zora, who was still fuming. Tawni was patting her shoulder to calm her down, but looking pretty mad herself. (Or as she would put it, angry and pretty!) "I'm afraid," he continued, now addressing Marta, "That I will have to take a look in one of these barrels, to calm this little one's mind," he mentioned as he gestured at Zora, "If I find something suspicious in one, I'll have to check them all." The man jumped down into the pit, and after steadying himself and straitening his tie, walked over to a barrel and bent down and started to unscrew the lid.
Sorry for the short chapter! I have been really busy with school! I nearly have the next bit ready, and I will put it on ASAP!