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As Steven and Seth head to the nearest diner to get something to eat, they drive in silence. Neither one of them had any idea where to go next with this case. Steven pulled into Black Kat's Diner and sat there for a moment after parking. "Seth?" "Yes Steve?" "I never thought I'd say this... but I don't know what to do." Seth looked at him confused and then chucked. "Stevo, my dear boy, you are the brains and you always figure something out. Let's go get some food. I hope they have burgers." Steven nodded, turned the car off, and the boys walked into the diner.

As they entered the diner Seth's eyes quickly glanced around the building, taking note of everyone and everything. He saw that two tables near the back were still dirty and in the back left corner, there were two police officers sitting in a booth talking softly amongst themselves. Some old music was playing over the speakers in the building but Seth managed to inconspicuously get close enough to their table to be able to hear some of what the officers were talking about.

"Do you really think that girl is the one doing all this like the sheriff says?" "I don't know man. You know Ray better than I do. I think he just wants all this death out of his town and it looks like that girl might have something to do with it." "Yeah, but come on. We all know her and her family have been here forever- probably longer than any of us or our families." "Even more of a reason to suspect her. Do any of us even know her?" "No. But I'm not about to go talk to some lady that claims to be a witch. What if she is behind all this? Something bad could happen to me." "You also can't prove she's innocent if we all keep avoiding her."

Steven tugged on Seth's shirt and managed to distract him long enough to get him to find a seat. The waitress came over to their table. "Hi dearies, I'm Jaquelin, would y'all like some coffee?" She smiled as she pulled out a small notepad from her apron and took a pen out of her hair. Both ordered coffee, Seth without creamer and Steven with. Jaquelin smiled and told them she'd be right back with their coffee and some menus. Seth looked at Steven as Jaquelin walked back with two cups of coffee and two menus tucked under her arm. As she set down the cups and menus she said "Now you boys just take your sweet time and let me know when you're ready. The special today is a burger, with everything, and a side of fries or chips." Both the boys' eyes lit up like Christmas lights and Jaquelin chuckled a little to herself. "What will you boys have on your burgers and how do you want them cooked?" Seth went first, then Steven "I'll have my burger medium rare and with everything on it." "And I'll have mine plain, well-done and not burnt." Jaquelin smiled at them as she took up the menus and put a bottle of ketchup and a small jar of mustard on the table between the two and she left to go put in the orders.

After eating lunch, they paid for their meal and walked out, leaving a ten dollar tip on the table. Steven looked at his brother while grabbing onto the brick of the building "Seth... I don't feel so good... " "Me... either-" Both of them dropped to the ground as they saw black figures approaching them. 


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