Chapter 4 - The Pattern

That has to be incorrect, Mads.."

"The book says he has no relatives., maybe he is just the odd one out?" She said.

"That could be true, maybe he's like the joker of the card deck or something," I reassured.

"Either way we need to find a pattern, something that tells us what order he is killed in," I stated.

"What are names again?" I asked.

"It can't be about their names, it's not alphabetic in any way." She exclaimed.

I started to think until an idea came to me.

"Wait, Mads can you tell me the name of the dorms in orders of the kills?" I asked.

"Alpha, for both Carl and Lizzie, Gamma for Mike, Mylo was in dorm Delta, Rose was in Zeta, and Faith was, um...F-faith w-was in dorm Eta." She began to cry.

I got up to hug her while processing the information.

Madeline's cries ended and I returned to the opposite side of the bench.

"Madeline!, I found out the pattern!" I squealed.

"Really,! Well, spill it already then!" She urged.

"What is the name of all the dorms here?" I asked just to be sure.

"Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Episilon, Zeta-"

"Then I'm right!" I interrupted.

"The dorm...