"The teacher," she said. "They talked about her all the time, we thought they were screwing around."

"About..."

"You know."

"I need to hear it from you."

"Doing her," she said.

"Killing her."

"Uh-huh."

"Why'd they want to kill her?"

"They were... they don't get mad, they're always laughing. More like... I dunno, like it was something they had to do."

"Why'd they have to kill the teacher, Bri?"

"She wanted to do them. Not the same do, do them like get it on."

"The teacher wanted to have sex with Tris and Q."

"She was always showing herself."

"How?"

"Wearing no bra when they came over for lessons. Bending over, you know?"

"Tris and Q decided they had to kill Elise because she flirted with them?"

"They're like she's always horny, it's gross."

Milo sat back, stretched. Yawned theatrically. "'Scuse me--by the way, Selma told us the real reason Tris and Q wanted to murder Elise. That's her name, by the way. Elise Freeman."

"What'd Selma say?"

"Guess."

"Um, Tris and Q were like we already paid her, now she wants more, the bitch."

"Keep going, Bri."

"They're like we paid her for taking a test--the SAT, that college one, so they could go to Stamford like everyone in their family. She did it for Tris's brother and Q's sister and other people, never bugged them but now she wants more, says she knows all the secrets. That pissed them off. It wasn't fair."

"I can see their point."

"Yeah. You pay, you play, except now she wants more, going to Tris and Q, not the parents like before, she's like you got your own money, take it outta your own money. They're like that's for partying. They're like she thinks we're vul-rable, we'll show her who's fuckin' vul-rable."

"How much extra was she asking?"

"They didn't say."

"How much did they pay her in the first place?"

"They didn't say that, either."

"So they killed her."

"It was also her being horny," she said. "Thinking she was hot when she was not. They said maybe we can do her if we close our eyes. Tie her up, DP her."

"That sounds kinda angry, Bri."

"No," she said. "They were laughing."

Milo rubbed an eye. "So they decided it was time to kill her."

"Uh-huh."

"How'd you feel about that?"

"I didn't know her."

"Okay... so now it's time to buy ice. Why?"

"To keep her cold," said Brianna Blevins, as if explaining to an idiot.

"Why'd they want to keep her cold?"

"They didn't want her to smell. Like if they had to take her somewhere. Then they said we'll do her here and use it anyway 'cause she thinks she's hot, now she's gonna get real cold. Then they laughed some more."

"How'd it go down?"