"What?" Swayze boomed.
Koi was red in the face as he screamed at Grace who was scurrying back from them."You filthy fucking liar!"
Grace kept eye contact with me. "You know I'm telling the truth. That's why they're so mad."
I wasn't sure what to believe. Could they have done such a thing? When?
“They said you were in the showers. They snuck up on me smoking a joint in the woods, wearing those stupid Jason masks. They asked, if given the choice, would I take power over money, and when I asked what the fuck they meant, they asked if I'd rather see you dead or have a check in my hand. I'm sorry, but—" She reached her cabin and stood. Her chin quivered as she continued, "My brother died because they were too busy looking for you to give a fuck about anyone else. And Marisol told me what happened to her after you left too. Everything bad is your fault. It would make things so much better if you just?—"
I climbed out of the golf cart and went to my cabin. "Wasn't around? Noted."
I stepped inside and slammed the door, locking it from the inside. Pounding ensued a moment later, and I hurried to the other side to lock that door too. Georgie perked up at my entrance and wagged his tail.
"Domino! Let us in!" Koi screamed.
"No," I called to them. They were both strong men. If they wanted to, they'd break the door down. I hurried to grab a chairand slip it under the handle. It wasn't foolproof, but it would give me time to think.
I'd seen their Jason Voorhees masks. They'd worn them, they'd been left at the crime scene, and now Grace had proof too. I couldn't trust either of them. What if this had all been some ruse, seducing me?
Was the call coming from the house?
The pounding continued for almost an hour but I ignored their shouting. I changed out of my suit and back into normal clothes to begin packing. Once I felt safe enough, I was leaving. I tried, I really did, but there was no saving Risky Rush Park. My friends on my list would understand. Johnny Blue and the others I’d wanted to help, they didn't care about money like my siblings or stepmother did.I’d find another way to give them the things they all deserved. This wasn’t worth it.
The pounding and shouting stopped, and I glanced out the small window. No one was there. Georgie was whining, so I fed him and laid him in bed with me so he'd relax. I felt foolish now, for allowing Swayze and Koi into my heart. I'd been so naive and blind, all because of a childhood crush.
The only crushes I'd ever had.
Around midnight, I heard some rustling around the cabin. I shot up in the darkness and looked toward the direction of the sound. There were murmurs but nothing concrete. I couldn't tell voices, inflection, or anything else.
A few minutes later, I smelled…burning. I hurried to flick the light on and that's when I saw smoke coming up through the floorboards.
"Georgie!" I cried out and flew to the door, but it was locked.
From the outside.
Rule 45 - Swayze
Trust your partner to handle what you can’t.
"Fire!"
Everyone at the bonfire spun around to stare at the staff member running and screaming wildly. Koi instantly took off toward him.
"Fire!"
The second scream sent the rest of us scrambling out of our seats and running toward camp. When Domino had bolted herself up in her cabin, Koi and I had decided to let her calm down before trying to talk to her again. Us, being her attempted murderers? The very idea was absurd. We... we loved her.
With nowhere else to go, as our belongings were in her cabin, we took to the lake, where a bonfire was going. We sat and drank away our sorrows, knowing that since the killer hadn't succeeded in killing someone today, tomorrow would be just as bad.
I saw the smoke before I saw the flames, but where it was coming from turned me from running to full-on sprinting for my life.
"Where's Koi?" I demanded as a group of staff ran past me. One paused for only a moment to answer.
"He took off toward the parking lot!"
Good. He was getting his gear. I looked toward the cabin and then the parking lot. He'd be back soon. I had to find Domino.
Come on, Little Doll, don't be inside.
