Security reached for their handcuffs but I raised my hands. I bent down, snatching my phone back up. "I'm leaving." I started away but then turned and pointed to Carlos. "If you touch her, so fucking help you." I swallowed the rest of the words I wanted to say. I didn't need witnesses to my death threats when there already was a murderer on the loose.
He laughed and sauntered into her room. My body shook with rage as I called Koi back. I chain-smoked until he got there and we rode in silence, heading straight to the park.
Camp Frisky was silent other than sizzling. Everyone had been evacuated and the fire put out.
When we got to the Lazy Lane River, everyone from the ziplining party was there, minus the three that were now dead, and Domino. Oh… and…
“Chitra.” Fabian said.
We stood, staring into the cave. It was completely dark inside it.
"How do you know she's in there?" Beth asked. Fabian rubbed his face.
"I saw her. I went in. This stupid thing told me where to look!" He pulled a Jason mask out of his hoodie pocket. He flipped it around, revealing the inside.
Check Cave
"I was already on edge, as this was the fourth day and Domino almost drowned. When I found this in my office after the park closed, I came over, got in, and flashed my phone and?—"
"Are you sure it's Chitra?" Marisol stepped forward.
"Who else would it be?" Fabian roared at his sister. "Short dark hair, brown skin, sweater in the dead of summer? Tell me, who does that sound like, Marisol?"
Mattias stepped between them. "Okay, so let's get her out, and go from there."
"Wait, you got a mask?" Mitchell piped up. "I got one too."
"Me too," Beth said.
"Same," Andrew said.
"Did we all get one?" Grace asked, looking directly at Koi and me. I flipped her off.
"Don't even start that shit again. It wasn't us," I snarled.
"Well, it sure as hell sounded like you," she shot back.
"Grace, go home, you're fired," Mattias snapped. "Turning on one of your own? Get out."
"You can't fire me." She scoffed. "You don't think I'll roll so fast? I'll tell on all of you for Ruth, Blane, and Chitra. You're stuck with me." She crossed her arms smugly.
"She's right," Marisol added. "Let's just get her out so we can dispose of it and move on. The park opens in a few hours."
"The park isn't opening," Mattias revealed. Everyone grew still. What? He cleared his throat. "I spoke to the police. The firewas the last straw. Either we volunteer to close or they do it for us first thing in the morning. I chose to do it so we can write the story."
"And what is that exactly?" Marisol stepped forward, her fists clenched and ready to fight her twin brother.Did he know?
"The fire broke out due to old wiring. We already have people in here updating a few rides, but the fire made us realize it was time to shut down and revamp everything."
It wasn't all that bad of a story. I'd believe it if I hadn’t seen the text message.
"Fine, let's just fucking do this," she muttered and began stripping down. She motioned for everyone else to follow, and begrudgingly, we did and dived into the river. Beth, the tallest woman, held her phone up as a flashlight so we could search for the body. Fabian wasn't entirely correct when he said she'd been chained to the bottom. She was just weighed down. Andrew went under and cut her restraints and she floated right up. We carried her out and set her on the ground.
"Now what?"
"There's a hole about a mile that way where we're about to lay some cement tomorrow for a new ride. Put her there, the crew will do the work for us." Marisol waved Chitra's disposal off as if she were nothing. Just like with Ruth and Blane. What the fuck was wrong with her?
We did as ordered and she was buried underneath the dirt just as the sun was coming up. Mattias was going to tell her family she got lost in the run for the fire and would file a missing person's report for her.
