The Words Add Up

We just finished novel excerpts in class. On average, they had to be between 3,000 and 7,000 words. At first, that number seemed like a huge, unattainable feat, but once I started writing, I found that it wasn't. It started slowly. Here's the type of scene now write. My first scene just came out so I continued with it. I didn't know what would happen next until I went to write it. Having to come up with the entire story plot was harder. I didn't even know what scene would come next much less what the end would be. There's still more I could do for the selection I wrote, but like everything else in class, it's only a first draft. My working title is Don't Lie Still. Here's the first two scenes and a general summary that would be included in a query letter.