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Chapter 52

#Chapter 52: Camping Trip

Nina

Somehow, I managed to fall asleep for a couple of hours that night. Those few hours of sleep were fraught with nightmares, but at least I slept. When I woke up the next morning, I knew what I needed to do.

I couldn’t mention any of this to Enzo or Luke, because I knew that I wouldn’t get a truthful response. All of the clues were pointing to them; they had done something horrible to that man who drugged me.

Even though that man was a terrible person who only wanted to hurt me that night, it didn’t mean that I wanted anyone to be killed!

It was around eight o’clock in the morning when I climbed out of bed and started packing. I would need a change of warm clothes, granola bars, a flashlight, a sleeping bag… Anything

that would be useful for camping.

I was going to go camping in the forest outside of Newburgh and investigate this murder myself.

But I couldn’t go alone. Not only would it be dangerous, but it would also be too suspicious if I just took off to go camping by myself over the weekend in the exact place that Enzo and Luke had likely killed the businessman from the club.

I had to convince Lori and Jessica to go

with me.

When I walked out into the living room dressed in a flannel, sweater, jeans, and hiking boots with my backpack slung over my shoulder and my sleeping bag in my hand, Jessica and Lori both gave me a puzzled look.

“Uh… want a waffle, Wilderwoman?”

Lori said, holding up a plate of waffles that actually looked tantalizing

“Sure,” 1 said, dropping my stuff on the floor and walking over to the kitchen. I took a waffle and smothered it in butter and syrup while my friends ate in silence, still staring at me.

or something?” Jessica

my best to sound nonchalant.

at each

now?” Lori said

nodded as I cut into my waffle. “I mean, you guys can take your time getting ready. There’s no major rush. I just wanna get out

camping all of a

such an

bitten by mosquitoes. I actually really enjoyed being out in nature, but eventually my dad started having heart problems and couldn’t risk being out in the middle of nowhere for days on end with no hospital in sight, so we stopped going. Then I started college as a premed

looked at each

bring the weed,”

could

come with me made me happy and nervous at the same time. Assuming that Enzo and Luke were the ones to kill the businessman from the club, I knew it would

my friends

but the general consensus that I found on cryptozoology forums — even those that were mostly frequented by casual lovers of the genre

while you guys get ready?” I asked, shoving the last bite of waffle in my mouth. “I just wanna

guess,” Lori

by the

are over there.”

quickly washed my plate in the sink and grabbed Lori’s keys, leaving my

I needed; I didn’t have any permits to carry a gun, I didn’t have a lot of money, and I didn’t need someone

a Friday morning.

on the shop

It was dark inside, and while my eyes adjusted from the bright sun, I heard the gruff voice of an older woman who

“Mornin’, hun,” she said.

up into a neat bun on the top of her head,

said, sheepishly approaching the counter.

gathered that, this bein’ a gun shop

had no clue what I was doing.

asked,

I replied, looking around at the gun displays that

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