one missed call

fourty - seven

they got out of the car with north holding the shovel as mellany withdrew a box from the trunk.

"what's in there?"

mellany shook her head, "stop asking questions and follow me."

they walked through the forest grounds and neared a lake and a cave.

"stop here and get digging." mellany commanded.

she stabbed the shovel into the dirt and worked for an hour before a hole big enough for the box to fit formed.

"now drop this in there. gently now."

she took the box and lowered it into the hole.

"mellany... we aren't burying a dead body, are we?"

mellany laughed, "alas you'll never know, jones, because you are never to come back here again and dig the box up or i will kill you just like this maybe-dead-body. " she smiled peachily, "but you know, maybe."

"that's assuring."