CHAPTER I: WHERE TROUBLE BEGAN...

The first I ever remember hearing about Sammy and Ryan was probably in sixth grade or so. Sammy and Ryan were probably in first grade at that point and there was an 'incident' that nobody has ever been able to explain, but one of their classmates turned up dead under mysterious circumstances. Maybe an accident, maybe not.

The last person to see this kid alive was Ryan but there was no proof or evidence that he had anything to do with the death so eventually it was dropped. Ruled suffocation by unknown means, on the playground out behind the elementary school.

Then all was peaceful...that is until Ryan and Sammy were in 8th grade and again there was a mysterious death of a fellow student. Again, Ryan was the last to see him alive, but also again there was no evidence to tie him to the death and again eventually it was ruled accidental, again suffocation by unknown means. Strange, but homicides have to be proven and neither of these were.

I began to remember all this after a crazy thing happened, and that is where the story starts.

But first, I should fill you in about Jake and me.

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