Who Framed Aubrey Posen?
SUMMARY: Someone planted stolen money in Aubrey's pocket, and she and Chloe are determined to find the culprit.
Set in November 2011
CHAPTER 1:
After morning classes, a half-asleep Aubrey met up with Chloe on the quad.
"Hey, Chloe," Aubrey groaned with black rings under her eyes.
"Hey, Aubrey. You look tired," her friend replied.
"Yeah. Economics class was a total snore-fest today," she yawned trying to rub the sleep from her eyes.
"That bad, huh?" Chloe asked.
"Yeah. I nearly fell asleep halfway through the professor's lecture," Aubrey replied.
"Don't feel bad. Happens to all of us," Chloe assured her friend.
"Yeah," Aubrey said before noticing something in her coat pocket. "What the heck? What's in my pocket?" she asked as she reached in to reveal a stack of $20 bills.
When Aubrey revealed the money, they both gasped.
"A stack of 20s?" Chloe asked.
"Oh my god, where'd all this money come from?" Aubrey questioned.
"You tell me. It was in your pocket," Chloe pointed out.
"Yeah, but I didn't put it there. I would never put that much money in my coat pocket," Aubrey clarified.
"You don't suppose someone planted that money in there, do you?" Chloe asked, knowing her friend wouldn't do something like this.
"It's possible. Normally if I saw this much money, I'd be like, 'Let's go to the mall!'" Aubrey chuckled, trying to make light of the situation, "But something doesn't feel right about this."
"Yeah. Let's report this to the Dean," Chloe suggested as the two headed for Dean Rockford's office.
In Dean Rockford's office, Aubrey and Chloe showed him the evidence.
"So let me get this straight; you believe that this stack of 20s was planted in your pocket?" Dean Rockford asked.
"That's right, sir. We don't know who did it, but we're hoping to find out," Aubrey answered.
"You know, there was something on the news this morning about a robbery that happened last night," Dean Rockford remembered.
"On campus?" Chloe asked.
"No, it was at a bank downtown. Sometime between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m., actually," Dean Rockford replied.
"Well, that's easy; I was nowhere near downtown Atlanta during that time," Aubrey confirmed.
"She's right. We were both in our dorm asleep," Chloe backed up her friend.
"Very well. Thanks for turning the money in," Dean Rockford said. "Just for the record, it's all accounted for, right?"
"That's right, sir. We would never spend money that didn't belong to us," Aubrey said.
"I'll put in a call to the police. Hopefully, we'll find the culprit soon," Dean Rockford assured the two Bellas.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: So take a guess as to who you think it might be? The answer won't be revealed until the end.