Deat at Rivers End
“April Smith was a very popular girl.” Fox said. “A lot of people knew her.” He sipped on his coffee. Fox sat the white mug down. “Anything else you wanna know or can I go?” He looked King in the eye. “You said you met her in summer school?” King said going over notes. “Yeah. So?” Fox rested back in his chair. He knew he was going to be here long. “How did you get in summer school?” “I did bad in school?” King nodded “Yes but why did you do bad in school?” King went through some other papers and pulled out Fox’s report card from his freshman year. “You were a pretty good student. So what happened with the down hill?” Fox eyed King and then curled is lip in disgust. “What are you? My consular? This has nothing to do with April.” “Fair enough.” King put his papers back in order.
“So you were romantically evolved with Miss. Smith?” King asked Dominic. “I was but so was half of the football team.” “But she kept coming back to you. Most of your classmates say you guys had an on and off thing going on.” Dominic shrugged. “We didn’t have anything together I dated her for a little awhile we didn’t work out so yeah. She never came back to me and I never came back to her.” “But on countless times you were at her house.” King said reading over a paper. “Her mother says April talked a lot about you.” Dominic raised an eyebrow. “Who told you I was at her house?” King swift through his notes. “Her mother.” Dominic shocks his head. “No. King you see when I showed up for April’s funeral her mother didn’t even know what I looked like. So I wasn’t at April’s house the mother would have remembered me.” King nodded “I see.” He flipped through some other paper work and came cross a folder; he opened it and left it up a picture. “So where was this taken?” The picture was of Dominic and April in her room. They were both smiling and looked very happy with each other.
“Mr. Salter if your going to lie to me you might as well camp out here because your not leaving till I get the truth out of you.” “Ok so yeah I’ve been to her house what’s that got to do with her death?” King put the photo back in the folder. “Were you there the day she died?” “No.” “Where were you?” Dominic rolled his shoulders. He was starting to get annoyed with the repeating of questions. “I told you this all ready.” “Refresh my memory.” King took a sip of his lukewarm coffee. “I was with my friend Brookelle we went to the mall and then saw a movie.”
“Ah Brookelle. We met again.” King said unwrapping his subway sandwich.
“Yeah and trust me when I say you disgust me.” Brookelle snarled.
King bit into the sandwich, mustered dripped out of the other end. Brookelle watched it hit the table. “No I take that back that disgust’s me you are repugnance.” King smiled and then chewed the food in his mouth.
He swallowed and put the sandwich down. “So you and April were friends?” He said warping his mouth. “Hardly. She was floozy.” “How so?” “Umm hello any one with eyes could see this, the way she was all over ever boy that smiled at her.” Brookelle said she crossed her arms around her chest. “It was gross.” King wrote down some notes. “So you wont to happy when she dated Dominic?” “No one was.” Brookelle’s eyes moved back in froth.
“Did you like Dominic?” Her eyes ran to Kings. “No.” “So your telling me you never want to get in bed with him?” Brookelle’s face grew in disgust. “If you think I killed April in a jealous rage your drummer then I thought. Me and Dominic are just friends.” King pressed his lips together. “Tell me when you first met her.” “Ummm it was in summer school. Everyone had break for lunch. I was with Travis and Fox outside eating. She had walked up with Jessica.” Brookelle said shrugging off that thought. King wrote more down. “Did any fights between you and April happen?” Brookelle shock her head. “Nope.” “About the fight you had with her at school right before she died?” Brookelle look confused. “Classmates said you two had said a few words to each other.” King said reading over a paper. “It was really childish stuff not really an issue.” “Why don’t you just tell me what you said.” “I don’t remember but hey I am sure you all ready know what was said. I am sure one of my ‘classmates’ all ready told you the whole scoop.” King grinned. “You and Travis were a thing for a while? Yes?” Brookelle nodded “Sure I guess we were a thing for a while.” “Did April ever try to come between you two?” Brookelle put her elbows on the table and rested her china on her hands. “No.” “Hmm.” King raised an eyebrow. “But you fought with her about Travis.” “Again if you think I killed a girl who commutated suicide..” “No I think she was murdered.” Brookelle slammed her hands down. “I didn’t do it.” King smirked. “Why are you and your friends all ways missing school?” “We hate it there.” “Why?” “Cause it’s a shitty school.” “Why did you drag April along with you?” Brookelle stared him down trying to figure him. “I didn’t” “Right Jessica and Dominic did. Did you ever try and stop with from bring her?” “Sometimes. Other times I didn’t care.” “Brookelle can I ask you something?” “Did you really just ask me that?” Brookelle was fuming with anger she didn’t like being in a room with this guy and she wonted out as fast as she could. “Why do you and friends think they can lie to me?” Brookelle didn’t say a word for a long time. She licked her lips and pressed them hard against each other. She leaned in King did the same. They were inches apart from each other. Brookelle could feel his breath on her lips. “Because King we know your really trying to know more about us then you are about April’s death.”
