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    Dubious Mystery Tour
    Dubious Mystery Tour
    Dubious Mystery Tour
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    Dubious Mystery Tour

    By Bryce Campbell

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    While on summer vacation, a boy is dragged to a mystery tour by his friend. The tour has a cash prize of half million dollars. However, the situation quickly becomes similar to that of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. Now, the copycat must be found.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBryce Campbell
    Release dateDec 11, 2011
    ISBN9781465831767
    Dubious Mystery Tour
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    Bryce Campbell

    Bryce is a college graduate with a degree in computers. He has been writing things for much of his life, but has now started publishing his fictional works.

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      Dubious Mystery Tour - Bryce Campbell

      Dubious Mystery Tour

      By Bryce Campbell

      Copyright © 2011 Bryce Campbell. All right reserved.

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      Special Thanks

      I want to thank everyone who has purchased my other works and those who liked my author page on Facebook. I would also like to thank my sister, McCall, for her job proofreading, my mother, and all my friends.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Epilogue

      Chapter 1

      Standing there in the middle of the airport, I looked up and saw a massive blue sky that was separated by numerous blue rectangles that divided the sheet of glass. Underneath my feet, I could feel the hard, but smooth floor. It was a light shade of blue, lighter than the sky. The reflection of the palm trees that surrounded me was staring right back towards my eyes. Many people were walking to and from the gates located at the rear of the airport and their reflections could also be seen clearly, like the trees and the tops of the monitors that were silver and had the same boxed look of old televisions.

      This was supposed to be a fun day. It was my first trip away from home without the company of my parents. However, it was very unsettling. I could not put my finger on any particular thing. Maybe, it was the crowd that was causing my uneasiness, since a crowd can both protect a person and camouflage something like a mugging, an assault with a bladed weapon, some other crime, or criminal.

      I could feel the wet texture of sweat rolling down my body. I knew that I did not have anything to hide, but this feeling was making me feel like I made a huge mistake at some point in my life.

      After a few minutes, I lowered my head and walked towards a black bench that had no back support situated diagonally to my right. Like a fence, the bench had many holes in it, but they were not big enough to slip through.

      I again looked back up at the sky, still not knowing exactly what was causing the uneasiness.

      Why did they agree to this? When minors request this kind of thing, the request is usually denied. Are they planning something? It is all her fault.

      Although things were being reflected back by the glass ceiling, the blue sky was way too enchanting to notice any footsteps or people. People and things change, but the sky’s beauty always stays the same.

      Without warning, I felt a sharp poke, but it was not the kind of poke that would cause serious injury or death. It was much gentler than that, but hard enough that I was back into reality.

      As I turned my head, I saw a girl with brown hair and green eyes staring at me. She wore a red jacket over a black shirt and tan pants. The only thing that separated her feet from the ground were yellow sandals with a piece jutting out that separated the biggest toe on each of her feet from the other four toes.

      Something is on your mind. What is it? she asked in a concerned tone.

      Are we really supposed to be doing this, Emily? It does not feel right, I replied.

      Everything will be fine. Your parents told me to look after you. All we need is each other.

      I looked at her carefully and saw her smiling face, knowing that she was trying to cheer me up, but it did not do anything to put me at ease. After all, I could not explain why her parents would be okay with this arrangement either. For all I knew, both her parents and my own were planning something. There could be no other explanation for this kind of situation.

      Did your parents really agree with this arrangement?

      Of course, we aren’t the only ones that are going on this trip.

      What do you mean?

      This is supposed to be a mystery tour. The winner will receive half a million in cash and tax-free.

      Don’t you find that suspicious? The government is just a bunch of greedy pigs. They will want to collect on that. Not to mention, almost nothing good happens at such events. How do you expect to win this?

      Emily just stared with a smile that told me that I was her supposed trump card. However, I had no interest in becoming anything close to a detective. There was nothing that interested me out there, after

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