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Pandora's Children - Part 10

We walked into the shack and Jaci took pictures while I put gloves on and poked around. I found #extra tins of tea but still nothing to show how she laced it with whatever poison she used. Jaci put away the camera and shuddered. "All of these deaths went unnoticed." *** "Not unnoticed," I said. "Unconnected. I'll bet these were all investigated as missing person cases but went cold. Now that we know they're all connected and who's responsible, we're #rosy." "You mean 'we're golden,' right?" "My mother always said 'we're rosy,' so..." *** "Was this really part of her plan?" Jaci asked. "I think they developed plans for every eventuality. She's just sticking to a #script that was written a long time ago." "What happens in the next scene?" "We figure out what happened after she went into the water." *** The officers in the clearing continued to dig up bodie

Pandora's Children - Part 9

We looked around the shack. Above the table was a cabinet with an old-fashioned teapot with China mugs. Beside the mugs was a small metal airtight canister. "What's that?" Jaci asked. "Green tea with #jasmine," Mrs. Marcus said. "Grace used it for her tea ceremonies." *** "Tea ceremonies?" Jaci asked. Mrs. Marcus nodded. "She kidnapped her victims she brought them here, had tea, and dumped their bodies in the lake. I tried to tell her she needed to find somewhere else but she was #obstinate and refused. Drain the lake and you'll see." *** We left the shack and Jaci said, "We need the CSI's to check this place out." "Enough of this #rigmarole," Mrs. Marcus muttered and pulled free of my grip. She knocked me over and ran for the water and disappeared beneath before I got close." "Shit! Now what do we do?" *** "You let her escape?" The captain asked, shouting to be heard over the #ca