"You gotta let me help out again! Didn't you see how close I was?!" Teneire scoffed. "Close? Collin, you just went to someone who was completely innocent and you aggressively called them a killer. I shouldn't have to explain this, but…that is entirely unacceptable." "I know! It won't happen again! I promise!" "Damn right it won't happen again, 'cause you're not gonna help out again." "But now Nick's gonna be on the spot. And maybe I'll find something out from him! Come on, one more chance!" "No! Now go back to scrubbing sinks or cleaning campsites like you should be." Grrr…I gotta think up something FAST, Collin thought to himself. He wracked his brain for something that he could use to help Teneire change his mind. There's gotta be SOMETHING that'll make Teneire let me try questioning Nick…um…I got it!" "Wait, sir," Collin said lowly. "The answer's no." "Just listen! Look, if I just proved Jess WASN'T the one who killed Scott, then that would mean Nick was, right? I mean, he was the only other person who had the knife around the time Scott got killed with it." "Haven't you already?..." "Yeah, but listen!
