Chapter 2: "Unfinished Sudoku"
To kill time to wait for grandmother Marie and uncle Perry to arrive to the Rezidents, Rezzy had decided to stop watching the live parade. He stood up off of the couch, and walked back into his room to grab his book full of sudoku puzzles. He then walked back into the living room and sat back down on the couch to work on a few of the puzzles. "Oh!", Rezzy said before opening the book. "I forgot my writing utensil." Rezzy then walked back into his room to grab one of the pencils from his desk. He then walked back into the living room to sit back down on the couch. "Shoot!", he said. "I forgot my iPod!" Again, Rezzy walked back into his room to grab his iPod from the same desk, and, again, he walked back into the living room and sits back down on the couch. "Now then," Rezzy says to himself, "let's stimulate my mind!" He then inserts the ear-buds in his ears (Where else would he put them?) and then starts to play Radiohead's The King of Limbs, and then opens the first page of his Sudoku book. Yeah, I know, he should've been at least a few puzzles in! Well, I guess... well, nevermind. He just bought that puzzle book last week. Anyways, he starts work on the first puzzle.
Hours later, after jamming to The King of Limbs, In Rainbows, and Hail to the Thief, Rezzy then looks up on the clock on the wall. The time now is 11 a.m., meaning that Marie and Perry should be arriving anytime soon. Rezzy hasn't completed a single Sudoku puzzle within that entire time frame either, because Rezzy has been distracted by the awesomness of the three Radiohead albums he had just listened to. "Alright," Mr. Leon said. "The turkey is ready," he announces as he pulls the turkey out of the oven. About ten minutes afterwards, a knock on the door had been heard by everyone within the household. "That must be them!", exclaimed Mrs. Leon, as she rushed over to the door to open it. She then opens the door, obviously because I told you guys that she rushed over to the door to open it, so yeah... She opens the door and Marie and Perry both walk in, as Mr. and Mrs. Leon gives them a warm welcoming with hugs and kisses on the cheek, as Rezzy was in his room putting away his Sudoku puzzle and his iPod. Rezzy then walks in the room, and welcomes the two as well. "How's it been, grandson?", Marie asked him. "It's uh...," Rezzy hesitated. "It's been actually very interesting lately.... and in the good way, too!" "That's good to know!", she responded with a big smile. "Hey there nephew," Perry greeted, as the two look at each other very sternly. "Okay then!", Mr. Leon said, "Why don't everyone just have a seat in the living room while I set up the food for you guys?" "There's not a problem with that at all, Mr. Leon!", Perry responded. As everyone sits down in the living room waiting for the signal to grab a plate of grub, Mrs. Leon turns the channel to the national news channel, ANAE. "American News. All day. Erry day," the anchor said as she reports onto other news.
"In the town of Timville," she continues, "the Halloween eve shooting at the Q Store left five wounded, including the arrested suspect, named Trent Ball. None of the victims' conditions were listed as critical, thankfully, as all victims who were hospitalized were released from the Timville Hospital before the week of Thanksgiving, thankfully, including the undercover officer Christian Alex, who drove his red Toyota Prius into the building, which was locked at the time. He had made the announcement earlier today that there was one more suspect involved in the shooting." "Oh my," Marie said, "Who knew that the Q Store down the few blocks would make national news?" "uh...," Rezzy said, "I don't know... Heheh." The anchor then went on to say that, "if you have anymore information on who this person is, and/or where this person may be, please do inform us by calling the number 555-0225. Thank you, and enjoy your Thanksgiving." "Hm....," Mr. Leon thought, as he walked into the living room from the kitchen. "Rezzy, son, weren't you out of the house on that night?" "Uhm...," Rezzy hesitated. "Yes, sir, I was out."
"Where were you?"
"Um... I was... uh... I was getting Cheetos! Yeah! That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!"
"Which store did you went to get the Cheetos? You didn't come home that night until about midnight. And you didn't even had Cheetos!"
"Um," Marie interrupts, "I'm not sure what's going on."
"You're not the only one," Mrs. Leon dittos.
"The stocker didn't stock any Cheetos!", Rezzy said.
"That didn't answer my questi-, wait, Grace, where were you on Halloween eve?!", Mr. Leon turned to ask Mrs. Leon.
"Remember I went to go get fucking drunk senselessly at my friend, Diana's Halloween eve party?"
"Oh," Mr. Leon responded, "I remember now. Why did she host it on the 30th of October and not on Halloween?"
"Because," she answered, "hosting it on the 31st would be too cliche."
"Yeah..., well, before the food gets cold, serve yourselves!"