I sighed of relief. ‘’Thank you’’ Megan didn’t look happy. I wouldn’t be if I were her too. But she would know something about Isabelle that I didn’t. ‘’What do you know so far?’’ I went to my room to get the painting. Just as I was opening it, I had a sudden thought : Why am I so foolish?

What’s the proof I have that Megan isn’t the murderer? Just because she’s her cousin doesn’t mean she’s innocent, does it? I took the painting, but locked the journal and the key. ‘’This was buried in the park’’ I handed it over to her and glanced at her face. She looked curious, but didn’t look shocked. I didn’t trust her still, she could definitely be the killer. She was my only suspect so far. ‘’Why did she hide this?’’ she asked, more to herself. ‘’But….Do we even know it was her who buried it?’’ She looked at me, probably expecting that I was shook at her major discovery. ‘’The day we went to the park, she looked utterly thrilled.. There’s no reason to be thrilled to go to a park. She must’ve been wanting to hide it. Also, the next day, the painting wasn’t there in her room’’ Megan didn’t reply. She looked like she was thinking hard. If she says something against this, she must definitely be the culprit, wanting me to go in the wrong direction. ‘’You’re right. Did you find something in this?’’ Maybe she’s not the culprit. ‘’No’’ She sighed. I felt bad about lying to her. I’m probably going to regret this. ’’Megan, you didn’t murder Isabelle – did you?’’ That’s such a foolish question. Do you think she’ll say yes? ‘’No, Evelyn. I had a feeling you would ask this. Of course you would, you had all the right to doubt me. But, no, I didn’t murder her'’ I wasn’t convinced. I was a fool, but not a major fool. ‘’Well, then, can you give me something? Or say something? That’ll help me find the murderer’’ She sighed. This girl sighs lot. I wouldn’t be surprised if she was called Megan the Sigher . Is that a word? Sigher? Shut up. Whatever. I was just curious.

‘’Isabelle went to the café a lot. Maybe we could find something there?’’ I rolled my eyes. ‘’I went with her –‘’ I didn’t go on the day she died. But she did. What are the chances that she did leave something there? Zero. She was probably only there for a few minutes.’’I don’t think there’s anything there, but sure, let’s go’’
The walk to the café was incredibly quiet. If Isabelle were here, it wouldn’t have been so silent. She would’ve kept talking about her Uncle Matthew or about her childhood best friend who’s a pilot now. It all seemed like a dream now. Now that she was gone, everything has changed. She was like a sparkly unicorn. Or dolphin. ‘’You used to come her all the time?’’ We had arrived at the café. I nodded miserably. ‘’It was her favourite place. She always wanted to come here’’
We went in. The café looked the same. Suddenly a familiar man came over to us, smiling. Isn’t he the waiter? ‘’Hello miss! You haven’t come for a long time. Miss Bella left her umbrella last time. Here it is’’ Miss Bella, a.k.a. Megan took the umbrella, a confused look on her face. ‘’Thank you’’ I replied and rushed toa table.
‘’She did leave something!’’ I took the umbrella from Isa – Megan. ‘’Why did he call me Bella? Doesn’t he know she’s dead?’’ I shook my head, still examining the umbrella. ‘’Isa’s parents didn’t want anyone to know. They didn’t alert the press’’ That was weird. Why didn’t they say it? Maybe they didn’t want any publicity? But it was still weird. I mean, how could the press not know? It’s just impossible. There was a murder. They should have said it.
‘’But can’t he see that I’m not her?’’ Apparently Megan didn’t think that was weird. ‘’Even I thought you were Isabelle for a moment. Before you started talking. You sound so serious. She always sounds cheery. And to answer your question, if Isabelle cut her hair then she’d look exactly like you And if she had freckles’’
Megan didn’t respond , instead she sighed and started to walk away. ‘’Hey, wait!’’ What’s up with her? ‘’Where do you think you’re going?’’ She turned to me, her face full of annoyance. ‘’I helped you – didn’t I? Now leave me alone’’ Seriously? ‘’Hello? You’re not going anywhere. So shut up and come with me’’ Her eyes were burning with rage. ‘’Actually, you can go home now. Meet me at my house tomorrow, 7am’’