She let out a frustrated huff, prodding her tender knee lightly. It throbbed, pulsing in counter-beat to the swelling music. Pain like… ____ She le...ned against the rear of the schoolhouse, tilting her head back onto the cool brick and closing her eyes against the bruised and swollen clouds above. Twinges and pops continued to race up from her aching ankle. Why had she done it? Why had she fallen for their goading? Just because Trisha had been showing off her new ballet techniques… Just because. She said something about somebody in the hospital with a broken jaw. It was somebody that she did something with that she enjoyed and was going to have to find a replacement for." Broken jaw, huh? That ought to be easy enough to check out. He's probably the only one in the hospital with that type of injury." Skip took the last bite of his whopper. "You've got a sore looking hand there. Is there any connection?"I considered my answer. "Nope." Good answer. Don't admit anything to anybody."I gave. “Ammmmmm dad I am not sure ” i said hesitatingly.Sameer gave me any angry looks as if he wants to kill me and was reckoning me to say yes with his eyes, so out of fear i said “I’ll think about it and let u know”“Okay” dad said.“Me and your mom are going out for shopping and will be back in evening till then u can discuss the matter with your brothers they’ll give u a good advice” Dad said and left with mom. As soon as mom and dad left Sameer made sure they were gone and within minutes i was. It helped that the dead shooter was Margot Contryer, who happened to be wanted for malicious mischief, criminal trespass, felony vandalism, as well as an assortment of other, less serious crimes. The few dozen witnesses certainly convinced the officers that the only criminal was the dead one, and they approached the investigation from the standpoint that I had stopped a mass shooting.As Missouri had very few restrictions on guns. My weapon was perfectly legal, so that wasn’t a problem either..