Chapter 5 – Part 1 That night after dinner while Ronny is cleaning up, his phone vibrates in his back pocket. He dries his hands off and retrieves it to see a text from Rachel. He grows excited and opens it. Hey you, I got here a little earlier than expected. Meet me at the…
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Scaled to Death
Chapter 4 A few weeks after the first murder, there is another one. The murdered has left no evidence behind except for a scale that they had used as the murder weapon. This time Jackie’s the victim. “Well, there goes the theory it’s Jackie,” Duke says at lunch one day. He tears into his ham…
Scaled to Death
Chapter 3 Ronny barely sees Ingrid for the rest of the week. He tries to catch her after class, but she seems to always be in a hurry. He invites her to hang with him and his friends at the mall this weekend, but she doesn’t tell him yes or no. Saturday rolls around and…
Scaled to Death
Chapter 2 – Part 2 “Oh, sounds like someone had a good day,” his dad says as he walks into the dining room. He sniffs the air. “Let me guess, spaghetti?” “Duh, dad,” Ronny says and sits down. “So, we have a new student that started today.” “Hold inn, bud. Let us put out stuff…
Goodbye 2023, Hello 2024
Today we celebrate the last day of not only December, but the last day of 2023. I know that people don’t always have resolutions, but I do. Even though I didn’t stick with all of mine last year, I am trying it again this year. My list has gotten longer, too, because of the heart-wrenching…