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ProfNigma Stories #10: Schneider’s Island #7
Date: 11/20/2016, Categories: Celebrities, Author: FrankSinner
... right at Col. Shay. "I need to go speak with the… groom and the bride. I just don't know how much I can get out of her." "You do that," Shay said, with a mild sneer before standing up to address his son and daughter-in-law once there was quiet. He looked back at his f*mily and his eyes were practically slits as he hissed. "You are not to trust or go near that man without me, do you understand?" Spencer and Amy just nodded, wide eyed, feeling a whole new type of scared than they were feeling an hour before. * * * Tori barely had time to scream, as Robbie moved right past her with the knife and began cutting the edge of a brown rope that she hadn't even seen. Part of her was relieved when she realized he wasn't trying to hurt her, but that relief was short lived as rope loosened and branches cracked and Tori actually did scream when she saw what that rope was keeping up. Sinjin. More precisely, his body. He had no marks on him, but there were plenty of bruises along his figure, especially in the face. Both wondered how he got here if he wasn't even invited. Tori looked to Robbie and saw that he truly seemed just as terrified. "I saw the body in the tree when I was running when I heard the news. I've just been camped out here, but I needed someone to see… there's no way I could have done this. Or anything like this." "I believe you, Robbie…" Tori said with a deep breath, trying to keep calm, even though the dead body of one of her high ...
... school friends was swaying back and forth. "But what exactly is this supposed to prove other than… well, other than that someone is murdering people? How does this clear you?" "Because there's no way I could rig that type of thing up. I can barely tie my shoes most days… you know that." "I guess so…" she said, her voice trailing and a flicker of doubt starting up. "We need to get back and tell that sheriff." "No way, Tori… I'll get locked up!" he practically shouted back. "I will vouch for you. Heck, my dad can vouch for you if you call him if anything happens." Robbie stood there for what seemed like hours thinking his decision through, until finally he just pushed past Tori, and started walking back to the inn, doing his best to be confident, when inside he was practically screaming. The two were silent, as they headed back to the inn, eager to get this nightmare over with, though Tori really wanted to say something, anything to make Robbie not feel like such an outcast or that all this was going to be ok, but she didn't know that and there was nothing she could say. As they approached the back door, they saw Freddie pacing outside the door, and Tori suddenly became upset that he would just leave Jade at a time like this. Robbie began to slink back a bit, hoping that the guy who threatened him just hours before wouldn't see him. "Where have you been, Tori?!" he said, coming towards her. "Sheriff has been looking to ...