With surprise on my side I topped leaving my mystery girl behind. She was upset with this and always kinda avoided eye contact with me. I wanted to ta...k to her. I thought doing good at the exams will bring me on her good sides but it had the opposite effect.I tried and after gathering enough courage I addressed her. I can swear she wasnt exactly wanting to talk to me. She thought me as a rival and yet was bitter in the approach! “hey!”, I called up. “what do you want?”, was her cold bitter. "John said, "What were you going to do? Throw rocks at us?" He chuckled.Frank said, "Nate has his bow and arrows. I still have my hands and my short spear. They work pretty well."John said, "So, how have all of you been doing?"Frank answered, "Actually, we've done pretty well. We lost four elderly couples that gave out and passed on a couple of different nights. We've managed to keep everyone else and are making better time as even those older ones left are becoming used to walking. When we. Not “will you marry me,” nothing resembling a question. Again, a command, and one he clearly expected to be followed. “Ohhh…” She lost her words just then, as he took her left hand firmly in his right, removing the ring from the box and slipping it onto her left ring finger. She had not said yes, but they both knew that she had no objections, just as they both knew that any objection she voiced would be evenly ignored.He pulled her to her feet now, but oddly, she caught the ribbon instead. He stole some money from me, but he didn't tell me anything or give me anything. Why?"He scratched his head with the pen. I idly wondered how many pen marks he had on his scalp idly. "Because that might explain the one obvious piece of evidence we have so far."I raised my eyebrow, waiting for him to continue. "What do you mean?" Someone painted a message on the side of the building, in the alley. Probably before the fire was started. It said, 'I want what's mine, Bitch.'"My heart flew into my.