All Alice could think about was death, or at least wanting to be dead. Dead like her best friend with lacerations on her arms, legs and face so bad that she could not even have an open casket. They found her by the mines. They lived next to mines and they were closer than sisters, but know riley was dead and nobody knew how.
Chapter 1
IT was three days after the funeral. Alice sat on the counter drinking peach juice. Riley’s least favorite juice. Thinking it would get her mind off things, but it didn’t. All it did was make her think about how they ate lunch together and riley would crinkle her nose as Alice took a big swig of peach juice.
ALICE was small for her age short and skinny with long strait brunette hair and Riley had been the exact opposite. She had short blonde hair that was frizzy. And instead of being short she was a long and lanky with long arms and legs. They both had the same eyes, purple blue.
“I’M going to the mines,” Alice yelled to her father “stay away from Riley’s mine” he yelled back. Riley’s
Mine is what they called the mine Riley had died next to. It was also next to a hideout they had when they were young. Alice didn’t answer because that’s were she was headed
ONCE she got there she looked for any unnatural clues or foot prints that would lead her to Riley’s murderer after 2 hours of searching she finally went back home that night after dinner Alice set up her sleeping bag and slept on the porch. It was summer and it was warm so she spent most of her nights on the deck. And every night since Riley’s death she went out there and cried herself to sleep.
TODAY Alice was going to explore the mine itself and see what she could find she packed her backpack with water, energy bars, a flash light, and an emergency blanket. In the morning she got up extra early got up extra early to avoid her father.
SHE ran the length of their road. When she was far enough away from the house she stopped running. Then she broke into a light jog so that she could enjoy the morning with the sunrise as beautiful as ever.
WHEN she reached the mines Alice ran to the one with the spray-painted peace sign. She pulled off the plywood they boarded it up with and she walked in and the first thing she noticed was the smell. It smelled of feta cheese and gym socks she wanted to leave but she was determined to find out what killed riley.
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