She looked into the room and said with a wink “Hey, hope I’m not interrupting anything.” “We were just watching TV,” Stephanie replied as sh... looked at her watch. She turned to Justin “I got to go I have to be at work in about an hour” They kissed again and she left. After she left Kayla returned to Justin’s room. “Hey bro” she said as she entered and flopped down onto his bed. Kayla and Justin were very close and told each other everything, so it came as no big shock to Justin when she asked. This implied the dead ones were killed to protect the secret.--With at least a plausible explanation in my mind I slipped from the supply room and made my way towards the stairs as soon as I was alone again. My mind was fully on the danger I faced as I carefully took each step down. While I didn’t expect boobytraps or anything I was still mindful of running into anyone coming up the stairway cut into the surrounding rock. Finally after a few long minutes that felt more like hours I reached the. ]Chapter 8Monday morning found me at the computer, dressed in a t-shirt, my new jeanshorts, suntan pantyhose, and slippers. My mother and sister were stillgetting ready for work. I scanned my inbox hoping to find something fromElizabeth but no luck. After accepting her as an IM friend, I had sent heran email asking when she would be around for chat. I read a message abouta new version of an RPG I had downloaded. I wondered how I could getMegan's IM or email. I could just call her. Her number. We... have affairs with people who make ourselves look good by comparison. I guess that's true. It's what I did."Once involved with him... it was easy to get on an ego trip, Ryan," she said wearily. "I started to believe the world I shared with just him was fine. I thought he and I knew who we were and exactly what we wanted out of life. I had this confidence I didn't have before... you see? It wasn't true, but that's how I felt." Carrie's face and tone showed a deep unhappiness."It... I can't.