Fromadistance,LucouldseethatthegiantFerriswheettheamusementparkstoodmotionless.Otherridesalsofrozemid-operation.
Thepcefilledwiththeroarofmaeryandtheshrieksandughterofvisitors,haddissolvedintoaneeriesilence,brokenonlybythelowmurmurofonlookers''''''''whispering,liketlessisvibratingtheirwings.
Staffstruggledtopushthecrowdback,butgawkersstillpressedagainstthenewlystrungpolicetape,ingtheirneckslikeduaspit,desperateflimpseinside.
Beyondthebarrierloomedthehauntedhouse,itsentranceboardedupforseasonalmaintenance.Everyyeararoundthistime,itshutdownforafewweeksforupdatesaheadofHalloween.Now,withabodyfoundihenamehadbeealittletooliteral.
PatrolofficerswavedLu''''''''steamthroughthebarricade.Forensicsmovedinfirst,yingdownsteppingptesandbeginningpreliminaryevidencecolleoxiandChrisfollowed,readytoexamihebody.
Afterfirmingwithpatrolofficersandparkstaffthattheamusementparkhadbeenclosedafterthei,andthatnoonehadenteredorexitedsince,Luorderedauxiliaryofficerstostartrecvisitors''''''''informatioainingeveryonewouldbeimpractiddisrupttheiigation.
Oneyoungofficerhesitated."Whatiftheyrefusetogivetheirinformation?"
"Pystaff,"Lusaid."Offerpensationfortheruinedvisit.They''''''''llply."
Lutheiohestruworkerwhohadfirstdiscoveredthebody,alongwiththeparamedics.
"...Hefellfromthesed-floorscaffolding.Landedjustafewstepsawayfromme.Madealoudthud—wham!Itscaredthehelloutofme,"theworkershuddered."Atfirst,Ithoughtitwasoneofmycoworkers.Imean,we''''''''djustpaihatsethism.Itodrybeforeainuework.Whatwashedoingupthere?"
"Iwentoverandtookalook."theworkertinued."Itwasastranger.Hisfaceale,likeaghost.Icouldn''''''''teveostare.Hisleglookedtwistedatastrangeangle—definitelybroken.Icalledforanambuncerightaway."
Aparamedifirmed."...Bythetimewearrived,heshowednosignsoflife.Weavoidedmovinghim.Initialexaminationshowedafracturedfemur,likelyndedfeet-first.Thereweresomeabrasionsonhisbody,butnothingfatal.Thescaffoldingonthesedfloorisn''''''''tthathigh.Normally,afalllikethatshouldn''''''''tbedeadly."
DeterminiualcauseofdeathwasMoxi''''''''sresponsibility,soLudidn''''''''tpressfurther.
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