3094. Cliff face
© Bruce Goodman 23 January 2025


“We don’t have time to paint a pretty picture,” said Christina to Samantha. “It looks like murder and it is. Our first priority is to get rid of the body.”

Christina and Samantha were in the same class at High School. So was Petula in the same class – before she was pushed over the cliff and splattered on the rocks far below.

“We don’t have to do anything,” said Samantha. “She fell over the cliff. She slipped.”

“She slipped because you pushed her on purpose,” said Christina.

“I didn’t push her,” said Samantha. “You did.”

“I didn’t.”

“You did.”

A fight broke out.

Anyway, consistency in a story is a lot easier when there’s only one version of what happened.

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