Garage Sale Mystery: All That Glitters Page #5

AT 55 IN A 40 ZONE.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, MA'AM.

FRANK, HEY, IT'S JENNIFER.

LISTEN, I JUST SAW THE GUY

THAT WAS ARGUING WITH MARTIN.

WE TRIED TO FOLLOW HIM

TO GET A PLATE NUMBER.

HE WAS DRIVING:

AN OLD YELLOW PICKUP TRUCK,

I'M NOT SURE WHAT KIND--

YES, I'M LISTENING.

I KNOW.

I KNOW, UM...

I'M SORRY,

IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.

DETECTIVE LYNWOOD SAYS

WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE

FOLLOWING POTENTIAL SUSPECTS.

OH!

I'M SO SURPRISED.

HERE YOU ARE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ENJOY.

WHOA, THAT'S NICE.

HAIDA GWAII?

COAST SALISH, I THINK,

BUT I HAVE TO GET IT CHECKED OUT.

NICE, THOUGH, HUH?

YEAH.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

OOH, HANG ON, INCOMING.

IT'S FROM ALAN.

"THANK YOU FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING.

LET'S DO IT AGAIN. SATURDAY?"

WINKY-FACE.

[GASPS] OOH.

I'M COMING TO YOUR HOUSE ON SATURDAY.

INVITE HIM.

REALLY?

JASON'S BARBECUING FISH, IT'S EASY.

I DON'T KNOW IF ALAN EATS FISH.

ASK HIM.

IT'S GONNA BE OKAY.

OKAY.

DEEP BREATH.

[INHALING DEEPLY]

WHERE ARE YOU?

OH...

OH?

YES?

COULD YOU BE?

AND A STREAM FLOWING IN...

BINGO.

NOW JUST DROP A PIN

ON THE LAKE...

[SIGHS WITH SATISFACTION]

OH, YEAH.

HI.

HI.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

NICE.

IT WAS A LITTLE CREEPY BEFORE.

IT FEELS BETTER NOW THAT...

EVERYTHING CHANGED.

OH, YOU WANT A COFFEE?

I'VE GOT AN ESPRESSO

MACHINE.

OH, I'M FINE, THANK YOU.

LOUISE, I WAS AT A GARAGE SALE

EARLIER TODAY,

AND I SAW THE MAN THA WAS ARGUING WITH MARTIN.

REALLY?

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF SCARY.

I CALLED DETECTIVE LYNWOOD,

BUT I JUST THOUGH YOU SHOULD KNOW.

OH, THANK YOU.

I GO THE SECURITY CAMERAS FIXED,

AND I'M NEVER HERE ALONE.

SAM'S HERE WHENEVER I AM.

I DON'T WORK LATE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHO WOULD WANT TO

HARM YOUR HUSBAND?

NO.

BUT MARTIN WAS NEVER

VERY DIPLOMATIC.

IT COULD GET UGLY

IF HE THOUGHT SOMEONE STOLE

A PARKING SPACE:

DOWN AT THE MALL.

DID IT EVER GO BEYOND ARGUING?

NO.

HE WAS ALL BARK.

I DON'T KNOW IF THE POLICE

ARE MAKING ANY PROGRESS

WITH THIS AT ALL.

WHAT'S YOUR BEST GUESS?

ROBBERY, MAYBE.

I KNOW MARTIN HAD

SOME GOLD COINS SOMEWHERE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE

TO FIND THEM.

HEY, THANKS

FOR COMING OVER,

I TOLD JASON WE'D GE OUR STUFF OUT OF THE GARAGE.

SURE.

SO, I SPOKE TO ALAN.

AND?

-HE'S COMING ON SATURDAY.

-GREAT.

AND HE'S OKAY WITH FISH.

WELL, I LIKE HIM EVEN MORE.

[CHUCKLES]

I THINK MOST OF THIS STUFF

IS GOING TO GO TO THE SHELTER.

YEAH.

OH, LOOK...

TEDDY BEAR.

OH! OH,

THE EYES ARE REPLACEMENTS.

AND HIS ONE EAR IS NOT ORIGINAL.

NOT WORTH MUCH.

STILL CUTE.

HEY, WHY DON'T YOU

GIVE HIM TO ALLIE?

THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

MAYBE SHE'LL DITCH THAT OLD FROG.

WHAT ABOUT THIS SUITCASE?

SHOULD WE DONATE I OR PUT IN THE SHOP?

I THINK IT'LL LOOK GOOD

IN THE STORE.

HEY, I WAS THINKING ABOU ASKING SUSAN AND FRANK LYNWOOD

TO JOIN US ON SATURDAY.

THAT'S FINE BY ME.

I THINK ALAN WILL BE

MORE COMFORTABLE

WITH ANOTHER COUPLE THERE.

PERFECT.

YOU'VE FAILED ME, MOM.

AND HOW IS THAT?

YOU'VE GOT THE GREA ANALYTICAL MIND.

"DOMESTIC DETECTIVE,"

"MOMLOCK HOLMES,"

AND YOU CAN'T EVEN SOLVE A SIMPLE RIDDLE.

OH, NO, I SOLVED IT.

THE POINT IS FOR YOU TO SOLVE IT.

W-WELL, TELL ME!

OKAY, I'LL DO THE DISHES.

OKAY.

SAY THE RIDDLE.

ALL RIGHT, UM,

"THERE IS NO TALLER TO BE FOUND.

"AN OLD SAILOR COULD TAKE ME DOWN

"AND MAKE ME A BOAT TO SAIL AROUND.

HERE EXACT IS FOUND THE GROUND."

"X"

AND WHAT ARE BOATS MADE OF?

UH, FIBERGLASS.

STEEL.

WOOD.

OKAY, WOOD,

LET'S GO WITH WOOD,

SINCE WE'RE THINKING PIRATES.

WHERE DOES WOOD COME FROM?

OH...

IT'S ABOUT A TREE, RIGHT?

YES.

[SIGHING] THERE IS

NO TALLER TO BE FOUND.

SO, I JUST LOOK FOR

THE TALLEST TREE,

AND THERE'S WHERE

THE "X" IS FOUND, RIGHT?

-BINGO.

-MOM, YOU'RE THE BEST!

I GOTTA GO TELL DAD.

OH, WAIT, AREN'T YOU

FORGETTING SOMETHING?

-WHAT, LIKE A HUG?

-OKAY, YEAH, SURE, FINE.

OH, I WILL ALWAYS TAKE A HUG,

BUT I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE DISHES.

GOOD JOB.

TA-DAH!

[GASPS]

SHE'LL LOVE IT.

YEAH.

SHE'S IN THE PLAYROOM.

I'LL GET US

A COUPLE GLASSES OF WINE.

I WANT TO HEAR ALL ABOU THIS NEW GUY YOU MET.

AND THESE DIMPLES...

[SIGHING] OH, THE DIMPLES.

HELLO, MISS.

WHATCHA UP TO, SWEETIE?

JUST COLORING:

MY BEANSTALK BOOK.

MM-HMM.

WHAT'S IN THE BAG?

WHAT MAKES YOU THINK

I HAVE SOMETHING IN THE BAG?

'CAUSE YOU LIKE TO SURPRISE ME.

OH. I BROUGHT YOU

A FRIEND FOR FROGGY.

THANK YOU, DANI!

WHAT'S HIS NAME?

I THINK IT'S "TEDDY".

HE'S A REAL TEDDY BEAR,

HE'S VERY OLD.

[GIGGLES]

I LOVE HIM.

HE'S GOING RIGHT NEXT TO FROGGY.

AW...

BEST HUGGER IN THE WORLD.

[]

HMM, WHAT'S WRONG

WITH YOUR TUMMY?

NO, I'M NOT GIVING YOU ACCESS

TO THE FORENSIC DETAILS.

OKAY, HOW ABOUT I GUESS,

AND YOU NOD YOUR HEAD

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER?

UH, HOW ABOUT NO?

GIVEN THE STRUGGLE

IN THE OFFICE,

I HAVE TO ASSUME THERE ARE

FINGERPRINTS EVERYWHERE.

I LOVE THE PANCAKES HERE.

ME, TOO,

AND IF THERE WAS DNA

UNDER MARTIN'S FINGERNAILS,

YOU STILL NEED TO FIND

A SUSPECT TO MATCH IT TO.

CAN YOU PASS THE SYRUP THERE?

CLEARLY WASN'T PRE-MEDITATED.

OH, YOU THINK?

THE KILLER DIDN' HAVE A WEAPON.

HE FOUND IT THERE.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU KNOW, I MUST ADMIT,

YOU'VE SURE GO A MIND FOR THIS STUFF.

PROBLEM IS:

THIS IS THE REAL WORLD,

PEOPLE GET HURT.

YOU KNOW, TRAILING SOMEBODY

BECAUSE YOU THINK THEY MIGH BE A SUSPECT IN A CRIME

IS A BAD IDEA.

I KNOW.

YOU KNOW?

I DO, I REALLY DO.

WE WERE A LONG WAY BACK,

AND MY INTENT WAS TO GE A LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

OUTSIDE OF AN ARGUMEN A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MURDER,

WE HAVE NOTHING:

TO TIE HIM TO THIS CASE.

PRETTY INTENSE ARGUMENT.

DO YOU HAVE OTHER SUSPECTS?

[CHUCKLES]

ALL RIGHT, HERE'S WHAT WE KNOW,

OR AT LEAST WHAT I CAN TELL YOU.

MARTIN MOST LIKELY

HAD NO RELATIONSHIP

TO THE KILLER.

SOMEHOW, SOMEBODY

GAINED ACCESS TO THE OFFICE.

COULD'VE JUMPED A FENCE,

MARTIN POSSIBLY COULD HAVE

BUZZED HIM INTO THE PROPERTY.

EITHER WAY,

GUY DEMANDS CASH,

WHATEVER.

STRUGGLE ENSUES,

MARTIN WINDS UP DEAD.

BUT YOU SAID YOURSELF

THERE WAS MONEY LEFT IN THE DESK.

YEAH, BUT THERE COULD

HAVE BEEN OTHER MONEY,

MARTIN COULD HAVE HAD CASH

IN SOME FILES.

GOLD COINS, OTHER VALUABLES.

HIS WIFE SAID HE HAD

LITTLE STASHES LIKE THA ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

WHY NOT AT THE OFFICE, TOO?

WHAT ABOUT HER?

LOUISE FOLEY?

IS SHE A SUSPECT?

SPOUSE IS ALWAYS A SUSPECT.

MARTIN TOLD ME:

THEY WERE GETTING A DIVORCE.

NOT FRIENDLY.

SHE WANTED HALF THE BUSINESS AND THEIR HOUSE.

THAT'S A CLASSIC, CLASSIC MOTIVE.

I HIGHLY DOUBT SHE WOULD HAVE

TAKEN MARTIN IN A FIGHT.

SHE COULD'VE HIRED SOMEONE.

COULD HAVE.

DO YOU KNOW VERN MILLER?

CASUALLY.

HE HAS A SECOND-HAND STORE,

MORE LIKE A THRIFT SHOP.

HE WAS AT THE AUCTION.

I KNOW.

IS VERN A SUSPECT?

WELL, SOME PEOPLE

AT THE AUCTION SAID

HE WAS PRETTY ANGRY.

WAS HE?

MORE ABOUT THE UNITS

COSTING SO MUCH MONEY.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HIS

RELATIONSHIP WITH MARTIN WAS.

HMM.

IF YOU THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE,

YOU JUST LET ME KNOW.

OH, HEY,

YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS?

THANKS SO MUCH.

YOU ARE THE BEST.

[DANI]:

IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.

[ALAN]:
I KNOW.

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