LIKE EXACT TWINS. LILA WAS EVEN COOPERATING. WE CRAWLED UP THE AIR SHAFT
         AND WERE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE GERMAN BELLS.I TOOK CF THE BARSOFF AND
         SKIDS GRABBED MY FEET.I WAllED UNTIL I FELT A PRICK ON MY LEG AND I SWUNG
         OVER TO THE WALL~I TOOK OUT THE WIRE CUTTERES AND SNIPPED THE RED,GREEN,
         YELLOW,BLACK,BLUE AND ORANGE WIRES.I LOWERED MYSELF DOWN THE ROPE
         FOLLOWED 3Y BREE ,NIN~A, SI-lAW, EDDY, JILL ,LILA, SHAWNAA ,KIMBER,KIM, TODD,,
         MELISSA~CAROL SPDSU AND PAUL.I AND THE OTHER GIRLS LIFTED THE GLASS SKIDS
         TODD JAMEY ANDEDDY TOOK OUT THE BELL.WL S~T THE GLASS BACK ~CWN.SPUDS
         TOOK A OR SOME WEIRD TYPE OF DEVISE AND MADE A LARGE HOLE IN IT,IT WAS A
         MINI BLOW TORCH.EDDY LIFTED OUT AABLACK SATIN BAG-.INSIDE LAY A TON
         OF DIAMONDS.
         “I~LL TAKE THOSE,SIR.” HE SAID.I STOOD UP AND DUSTED MTSELF OFF
         PRETENDING I DIDN’T N~TICL HIIY~I.
         “OH HI IVAN.” I SAID WAVING.
         “HOW DID YOU KNOW?” HE RETORTED.I FOLDED MY AI?IVIS ACROSS WE CHEST.
         “IT DOESN’T TAKE ~A GENIUS TO KNOW.# ONE THE SCAR ON YOUR ON YOUR CHEEK.
         TWO THE MERCILESS DISAPPEARECE CF IVAN,TH~RE CRAIG MALENDER WAS KILLED
         AT NINE O’CLOCK.” I WAS MAKING THE STUFF UP AS I WENT.EVERYONE HAD
         TAKEN THEIR POSITIONS.HE LOVERF.’D HIS GUN.
         “SINCE MY FATHER WOULDN’T GIVE 1V~ WI-IAT HE STOLE I KILLED HIIVI.JUST LIKE
         I~LL KILL YOU.” HE RAISED HIS GUN TC MY HEAD,7DCN’T LET HIM THINK YOUR
         NERVOUS ,NE~ER.”
         “OKAY IVAN’ SHOOT ME I’VE GOT THE POLICE ON THE WAY.A COLD BLCCDDED MURDER
         WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.” I SHRUGGED.SUDDENLY ~HE BLACK BAG SLID UWDER MY
         FCOT’~YCU WANT IT?” EVERYONE TOOK THEIR PLACES.I TOSSED IT TO SPUDS WHO
         TOSSED IT TO JESSI,WHC T~SSED IT TO LIZ.LIZ THREW IT TO,LILA WHO CHUNKED
         IT TCEDDY.EDDY THREW IT FOOT BALL STYLE TO JAIVIEY’.IVAM~’ SEIZED MY THROAT
         AND LAUGHED WICKEDLY.JAIVIEY SCREAMED.KIIVIBER WAS BEHIND HIM.THANK GOD
         FOR THAT.I DID’ ‘T MCVE.KIMBER SLAMMED HER FOOT INTO HIS BACK.
         “YOU ASKED FOR IT~” HE TOCKTHE BLUNT EDGE OF THE GUN AND LIGHTLY HIT MY
         HEAD.IT DIDN’T HURT BUT ACTED LIKE I’D GONE BLACK.NCJW SHAWN KNOWS TAE
         KWON DOE KARATE WHICH IS ALMOST ALL COMBINED.SHE AN’D SPU1IS TACKLED HIM
         AND I JUMPED UP AND POUNED THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF HIM.JAIVIEY HELD ME
         BACK VVIIERE. I WAS ENGULFED BY HUGS.
         “WHAT WAS IN THE BAG IT WAS WAY TO LIGHT FOR DIAMONDS.” ALL THE GIRLS
         POINTED TO THEIR MISSING JEWERLY.KIMBER CAREFUI,LY” EMPTIED HER POCKETS.
         WE PUT THE DIAMONDS INTO THE BAG AND PUT THEIR JEWERLY ON.THE POLICE DID
         COME.AND THEN WE ALL WENT HOME.


         IN THE MORNING I GOT A CALL FROM SHAWN WHO HAD BEEN CRYING.
         “WE HAVE TOQUIT THE GROUP.”
         “WHAT? .“
         “THE PRODUCER NEEDS ABOUT5 GRAND TO SUPPORT US IN SHOWS AND ALL.”
         “GREAT.”I WAS MADF
         “GOTTA GO.”
         ~ BYE.”
         “BYE.” NO SONNER HAD I SET THE PHONE DOWN DID IT RING AGAIN.
         “HELLO.”
         “HI ARI?THIS IS OFFICER BARBRA.THAT IVAN GUY HAD ONE BIG REWARD ON HIM.
         YOU THERE?”
         “YEAH .HOW MUCH?”
         “GET THIS SINCR THAT GUY DIED$1O,000.” I SHREIKED..
         “MAKE OUT FIVE GRAND TO SUSAN DEDER.AND THE OTHER TO O.P.S.C.”
         
         
         IT WAS A WEEK SINC3 WE HAD SOLVED THE CRIME.IT WAS 8:56~ALL COUPLES WERE AT
         THE BEACH • JAMEY&SHAWN ,KIMBER&TODD, BREE&TOIVI , JILL&MIKE,,SPDS&M3,MELISSA&EDDY7,,
         TOBY&MARIE,JULIE&PA’Ut,RANDY&BESS,AND THE OTHERS.SPUDS AND I TOOK A WALK
         DO~ThT ~HE BEACH.THE WATER LAPPED AT OUR ANKLES~HE KISSED ME FOR A LONG
         TIME..OCEAN PINES:THE LAND OF LOVE,LUXURIES,VILLIAI~S AND FRIENB~,AND MOST
         OF ALL GOOD KISSERS.