Page 38 of Don't Say a Word
Angie Williams
Angie and Gina sat in Gina’s car on the street outside Angie’s apartment building. It was 9:10 p.m. and Gina was past her school-night curfew, but they stared at their phones in disbelief.
Mrs. Clark had been murdered.
There was nothing on the news, other than “a faculty member” had been found dead at Sun Valley High School, but everyone knew.
Andy Perez had texted Angie shortly after they finished dinner.
omg, just heard it’s Miz Clark
Then Peter Barilla texted both of them in a group chat.
wtf? is this true?
Gina’s volleyball group chat hadn’t stopped pinging for the last hour. Everyone was talking about it. Rumors were flying.
Mr. Parsons found her body...
They were at our game today! I’m crying, I love Mrs. Clark.
Parsons was sleeping with her.
My mom won’t let me go to school tomorrow.
Do we even have school?
Joey heard from Debbie who heard from Coach that there was blood everywhere.
I can’t believe this.
Gina, my mom saw your friend Angie yelling at Mrs. Clark during the game. What happened?
Angie had told Gina about her argument with Mrs. Clark, but she hadn’t realized other people saw it.
“What do you want me to say?” Gina asked.
“Nothing,” Angie said. “It’s no one’s business.”
Gina’s phone rang and they both yelped.
“It’s my mom,” Gina said as she answered. “Hi, Mom.”
“Gina, you need to come home now.”
“I’m on my way.”
“I can see where you are, you’re parked by Angie’s apartment. And if youweredriving, you wouldn’t answer your phone, would you?”
“I’m sorry, Mom. I meant, I’ll leave right now.”
“Tell Angie to be careful.”
“Do you know what happened to Mrs. Clark?”
“All I know for certain is that she was killed sometime after the volleyball game and the police are investigating.”
“Do we have school tomorrow?”
