By: Alex Anderson
Ch.1
Sheila woke up different than any other day. Deep inside her she felt a gruesome ache. She sat up and turned on the TV. The Ohio State news was on. Across the top of the monitor was, “Local high school teacher found dead.” Pictured at the top of the screen was an image of her beloved teacher, Mr. Garcia. She knew that going to school was going to be dreadful. Sheila met up with her best friend, Angela, and discussed the matter. Angela was also very distraught. They both stood in the doorway of the classroom. The room reeked of death. Sheila took her seat which was positioned right in front of the deceased teacher’s desk. A few days passed, and the school community was still looking for how Mr. Garcia died. Finally, the next day, Principal Lopez come on the P.A. system. The school was completely still, and for the first time all the pupils were dead silent. Principal Lopez spoke softly, but firmly he said that Mr. Garcia’s autopsy showed that he had been murdered. Now I was livid I shouted, “How could someone have murdered Mr. Garcia!” The police examined the house where Mr. Garcia might have been murdered. They found nothing. Not a single lead to who killed him. it had been two months after Mr. Garcia’s murder. No leads. No suspects. No hope.
Ch. 2
At this point I was infuriated. Two years have gone by and nothing has changed. Angela came over for a study break. Finals are next week and all I can think about is who murdered Mr. Garcia. I talked about it with Angela and I came to the conclusion that we should just work on the case by ourselves. She agreed with me. We put our books aside and we started to make a suspect list. At the top was Mr. Garcia’s wife, Annabelle, who had gone through a bitter divorce with him. She was cheating on him with his best friend. She has a clear motive. Next on the list was Johnathan Gilmore, he flunked out of Mr. Garcia’s class after he decide to ditch a whole month of school. He cannot graduate this year with his friends. He also has a motive. Last on the list was Mr. Garcia’s mother who he said despised him and said she thought he was worthless. Suddenly, Angela said, “What about…” >>> To be continued.