Chapter 30: Constant Hassling

"Joey, are you okay?" Melanie rushed over, worry written all over her face. "I'm fine," Joey forced a weak smile at Melanie. "But I almost ended up as a burnt corpse." "Jeez, don't jinx it like that idiot Idris!" Melanie exclaimed, suddenly recalling Joey's earlier mention of bad luck. "Did what he said come true?" "Maybe he just got lucky," Joey said, since she'd promised Idris to keep a secret. "But thinking about it now, maybe what happened with Miranda Sawyer was just a misunderstanding....