There's no way we're opening the flower stand today. Daisy and Lily are quiet and keep looking at me, but not in a bad way. I love them for being here for me.
Princess Twilight came to the door. Of course we invited her in. She apparently had finished at the scene and wanted to ask us a few questions about Junebug. I'm glad I didn't have to get my journal to recall exactly what happened. I had everything about Junebug memorized anyway. She came to buy flowers in the afternoon. A few hours later, she was dead.
Princess Twilight asked to speak to me privately, so we went to my bedroom. She liked my snake gourd.
I asked her who she thought had murdered Junebug. She asked me why I thought it was a murder. Well, the stabbing, obviously.
She told me that the two of us, and a few of her guards, were the only ones who had seen the wound. She asked me to keep that information to myself until she had had more time to process the evidence. Certainly okay with me. No way did I want to talk about any part of it.
She asked me how I was holding up. I told her the truth, I wasn't good. I was scared. I felt like it was my fault. She said it wasn't, but I hadn't told her why I felt that way.
I thought about Lamplight and his knife. Maybe I should have told Princess Twilight. I mean, who else would have done it? Who else could have done it?
But
That would mean explaining how I know about his knife. Princess Twilight always asks lots of questions about even mundane things. She might eventually find out the rest.
And, as much as I hate to say it, quietly killing somepony and leaving them there without showing his face doesn't seem like Lamplight's style. He's a creep, most definitely, but I'm not 100% sure he's guilty of murder. 80-90% maybe, but not 100%. I need to think about this. I need more than one day to come up with a plan and a cover story for myself.
How did Junebug even get there? She could have been lured or carried into the woods, but that might have been awkward, plus the risk of her attacker being seen with her in broad daylight.
Could it have been some sort of magic attack or an ice knife Come on, Rose, no ice could have been sharp enough to leave a wound like that. Besides, you weren't there long enough for that much ice to have melted.
Wait, it couldn't have happened more than a few minutes behind me. I suppose Junebug could have been lying there before I came along, but I'm pretty sure I followed the same path both times. She had to have been nearly within sight of me.
And was it just a coincidence in location or did somepony want me to find her?
Unless she was trying to find me and somepony stopped her before she could? Did she know something? But then, how did she know where I was going?
This is too much. I need to go spend time with Daisy and Lily. I know that will calm me down.
I'm suddenly afraid of letting them out of my sight.