Personal Narrative-Drilly In America
Veronica heard the doorbell on her end.
“Celeste! Ravishing as ever, and Jake- how’s business? Is Duncan home?” The show, Logan’s always been good at. Veronica closed her phone noiselessly, ready to move.
She remembered being fourteen and sneaking in and out of Lilly’s house. Silently, she thanked Lilly for encouraging that mischievous streak in her; who would she be without it? After slipping out the window, Veronica shimmied down to the roof’s angled landing, thankful she’d decided to wait until night and cursing the height deficiency everyone was always teasing her about. Without Lilly to remind her to bend her knees, Veronica reminded herself, and it isn’t very dignified or graceful but she made it to the ground with little …show more content…
It was embarrassing; she liked being the calm one, especially in situations other people would be scared.
“Okay. It really started this morning. When I woke up…”
When Veronica woke up, Lilly’s voice in her ear was singing about a secret, screaming about it, and when her eye caught on the air vent, Veronica had a moment of devious inspiration. Thanks, Lilly. Like Logan, or apparently because of, if he was to believed- Lilly kept a stash of secret items from Celeste’s prying eyes or Duncan’s curiosity up behind the vent in her room. Of course her dad, or any other less competent Sheriff-shaped people, wouldn’t have looked there after her death for anything clue-worthy or sensitive. But Lilly had a secret and Veronica needed to know if it was worth dying for.
Admittedly, staking out the Kane house while she knew Duncan was on an assignment for the Newspaper… privileged, insider information put to good use. With no sign of Jake or Celeste, Veronica snuck in through the garage’s side door-
“You know the security code to the side door on the garage?” Logan interrupted, half-incredulous, half in awe. New Veronica could be a little terrifying, he had to face that
“Celeste! Ravishing as ever, and Jake- how’s business? Is Duncan home?” The show, Logan’s always been good at. Veronica closed her phone noiselessly, ready to move.
She remembered being fourteen and sneaking in and out of Lilly’s house. Silently, she thanked Lilly for encouraging that mischievous streak in her; who would she be without it? After slipping out the window, Veronica shimmied down to the roof’s angled landing, thankful she’d decided to wait until night and cursing the height deficiency everyone was always teasing her about. Without Lilly to remind her to bend her knees, Veronica reminded herself, and it isn’t very dignified or graceful but she made it to the ground with little …show more content…
It was embarrassing; she liked being the calm one, especially in situations other people would be scared.
“Okay. It really started this morning. When I woke up…”
When Veronica woke up, Lilly’s voice in her ear was singing about a secret, screaming about it, and when her eye caught on the air vent, Veronica had a moment of devious inspiration. Thanks, Lilly. Like Logan, or apparently because of, if he was to believed- Lilly kept a stash of secret items from Celeste’s prying eyes or Duncan’s curiosity up behind the vent in her room. Of course her dad, or any other less competent Sheriff-shaped people, wouldn’t have looked there after her death for anything clue-worthy or sensitive. But Lilly had a secret and Veronica needed to know if it was worth dying for.
Admittedly, staking out the Kane house while she knew Duncan was on an assignment for the Newspaper… privileged, insider information put to good use. With no sign of Jake or Celeste, Veronica snuck in through the garage’s side door-
“You know the security code to the side door on the garage?” Logan interrupted, half-incredulous, half in awe. New Veronica could be a little terrifying, he had to face that