Garage Sale Mystery: Murder Most Medieval Page #6

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TO THE POLICE.

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[TIM]:
DID YOU TELL HIM THA I THREATENED PROFESSOR MCNARY?

GOOD MORNING!

-HI, SWEETHEART.

-I'M OFF.

-HAVE A GREAT DAY!

-YOU TOO.

-OH! BYE.

-SEEYA.

GOTTA RUN.

OH, HAVE A GOOD ONE, HONEY.

OH! TAKE A BAGEL.

AHH...

NON-NEGOTIABLE.

I'M TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT.

YOU LOOK GREAT.

MORNING, MOM.

CAN'T STOP.

OH. WAIT. ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH. SEE YOU LATER.

LOGAN, FRENCH TOAST?

OKAY, MAYBE JUST A MINUTE.

LOGAN, HAVE

YOU EVER SEEN:

ONE OF THOSE, UH,

CRIME SCENE ANIMATIONS?

YEAH, IT'S

THE SAME SOFTWARE

I USED TO MAKE:

THAT DANCE VIDEO.

CAN YOU:

RECREATE A CRIME?

OKAY, THAT'S NOT FAIR.

YOU GIVE ME FRENCH TOAST,

THEN ASK ME TO DO STUFF.

OH, BUT THAT'S GOOD, ISN'T IT?

THAT IS REAL MAPLE SYRUP.

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OKAY. WHEN DO YOU NEED IT?

[CHUCKLING]

IS IT WEIRD TO HAVE

HAD A CRUSH ON SOMEBODY

ALL THOSE YEARS AGO

AND STILL FEEL:

THE SAME WAY?

HAVE YOU EVEN:

SPOKEN WITH HIM?

NO, NOT YET, JUS EMAILS BACK AND FORTH.

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

[JENN]:
JEREMY?

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

DO YOU HAVE A MINUTE?

SURE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I DON'T REALLY KNOW

WHO TO TALK TO.

EMMA AND I HAD BROKEN UP,

BUT WE'RE BACK TOGETHER NOW.

PROFESSOR MCNARY'S DEATH

MADE US REALIZE:

HOW MUCH WE NEED

EACH OTHER.

BUT...

SHE'S HAVING

A HARD TIME:

DEALING WITH IT.

IT CAN BE VERY TRAUMATIC.

SHE THINKS SHE'S

SOMEHOW AT FAUL BECAUSE SHE FOUND

THE SUIT OF ARMOR

AT THE ESTATE SALE.

I UNDERSTAND,

BUT SHE'S NOT.

I KNOW,

BUT NOT KNOWING:

WHO THE KILLER IS,

IS SCARY.

COULD IT BE SOMEONE WE KNOW?

I MEAN,

SHOULD WE BE WORRIED?

THE POLICE ARE DOING

EVERYTHING THEY CAN.

IS THERE SOMEONE

THAT EMMA SUSPECTS?

THERE'S A STUDENT, AN ATHLETE,

WHO WAS GONNA:

LOSE HIS ELIGIBILITY

IF MCNARY FLUNKED HIM.

EMMA'S NOW TEACHING HIM,

AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

SHE'S FRIGHTENED.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO?

TALK TO HER, MAYBE?

IF YOU THINK IT'LL HELP,

I'M HAPPY TO.

HE WAS WAITING FOR HER

IN THE PARKING LO LAST NIGHT.

HE THINKS THAT EMMA WAS TALKING

TO THE POLICE ABOUT HIM.

DO YOU THINK:

HE'S DANGEROUS?

I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE I'M OVERREACTING,

BUT I THINK:

IT WOULD JUST BE GOOD

IF SHE HAD SOMEONE TO TALK TO.

OF COURSE.

THANK YOU.

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

WHAT'S WRONG?

NOTHING. I'M FINE.

WELL, SOMETHING'S WRONG.

IS IT JEREMY?

LOOK. I KNOW

THAT IT FELT SAFER

TO GO BACK WITH HIM

AFTER PROFESSOR:

MCNARY DIED,

BUT YOU BROKE UP

WITH HIM FOR A REASON.

HE WANTS TO GET MARRIED.

OH, EMMA...

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT.

MAYBE I DO.

[DANI]:
TYPED LABEL,

NO RETURN ADDRESS...

SO MYSTERIOUS.

I WONDER:

WHAT IT COULD BE.

OPEN IT UP.

LOOKS LIKE...

A PART OF A T-SHIRT,

AND THE NUMBER 16.

THAT'S WEIRD.

NOT AS WEIRD AS THIS.

THAT LOOKS LIKE DRIED BLOOD.

WE'LL KNOW ABOU THE BLOOD STAINS IN A MOMENT,

BUT WE'VE GO TO FIGURE OU THE SIGNIFICANCE

OF THE NUMBER "16."

WELL, I HAD A HUNCH.

I PRINTED THIS OFF

FROM THE TEAM WEBSITE.

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WHAT A COINCIDENCE.

WHATCHA GOT, SAM?

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

THE BLOOD ON THIS SHIRT WAS ONCE

FLOWING THROUGH THE VEINS

OF PROFESSOR ROBERT MCNARY.

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THIS CERTAINLY WON' HOLD UP IN A COURT OF LAW.

SANDERS:

SURE HAS MOTIVE.

MCNARY WAS GOING

TO FLUNK HIM.

NO MORE:

SCHOLARSHIP.

I TALKED TO THE COACH.

HE'S GOT A GOOD CHANCE

AT GOING PRO.

THAT GOES OU THE WINDOW, TOO.

AND HE THREATENED MCNARY.

EMMA MITCHELL HAS GIVEN HIM

A CHANCE TO GET HIS GRADE UP,

SO, MCNARY'S DEATH

HAS WORKED OUT FOR HIM,

IN THAT SENSE.

HER BOYFRIEND, JEREMY,

CAME TO SEE ME.

SANDERS WAS UPSE AFTER YOU TALKED TO HIM,

WAS WAITING FOR EMMA

IN THE PARKING LOT.

SHE'S A LITTLE FRIGHTENED.

SO MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE.

WE KNOW THE BLOOD

ON THE SHIRT IS MCNARY'S.

AND THE NOTE:

HAS SANDERS' UNIFORM NUMBER,

SUGGESTING:

THAT HE'S THE KILLER.

WHICH MAY OR NOT BE TRUE.

OKAY, BUT ASSUME THE KILLER

WAS WEARING THE SHIRT.

THAT MEANS SOMEONE

KNOWS THE KILLER WELL ENOUGH

TO GET THE SHIR AND TIP US OFF.

OKAY. WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE

TO GO BACK TO THE SCHOOL.

OH, DO YOU

HAVE A PROBLEM:

WITH BILL WALLACE

HELPING ME:

WITH ONE:

OF MY SCENARIOS?

[LAUGHS] WELL, HE'S NO HIGH ON MY LIST OF SUSPECTS.

I DON'T THINK

THERE'S ANY CONNECTION.

SO, IT'S OKAY?

I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.

PERFECT!

ANYPLACE IN PARTICULAR

YOU'D LIKE US TO STAND?

RIGHT HERE:

IS PROBABLY FINE.

NOW, WE KNOW MCNARY

HAD THE SWORD:

BECAUSE OF THE FINGERPRINTS.

I ASSUME:

HE WAS FACING OFF WITH THE GUY

WHO WAS HOLDING THE MACE.

BUT HOW DID THE FATAL BLOW

END UP ON THE BACK

OF MCNARY'S HEAD?

HMM...

YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE.

THIS IS ONE OF:

OUR TRAINING WEAPONS.

IT STILL HURTS,

SO I'LL TRY NO TO HIT HIM TOO HARD.

VERY MUCH APPRECIATED, SIR.

THE POLICE...

WERE KIND ENOUGH

TO RETURN THIS.

SO, THE PROFESSOR

HAS THE SWORD.

MM. AND THE BAD GUY

HAS THE MACE.

SWING AT ME, TUCKER!

NOW, JUST TO BE CLEAR...

IF I KILL YOU,

I WILL BE OUT OF A JOB, SIR.

JENN, YOU'RE A WITNESS.

IF HE KILLS ME,

HE CAN HAVE:

THE HOUSE.

VERY GOOD.

COULD YOU REPEAT THAT?

REPEAT THAT?

[GRUNTING]

[WHUMP]

AND HE'S DEAD.

WELL, THAT EXPLAINS THAT.

IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE DIFFICUL TO STRIKE SOMEONE

WITH A SWORD LIKE THIS.

MACE IS MUCH EASIER TO USE

FOR A NOVICE.

AND WHAT IF THE GUY

WITH THE MACE IS AN ATHLETE?

ALL THE BETTER.

[LAUGHING]

YEAH.

[DOOR BELL JINGLES]

I GUESS I'LL SEE YOU THEN.

OKAY, BYE-BYE.

THAT WAS CHRIS.

HE CALLED.

HIS VOICE:

SOUNDS EXACTLY THE SAME!

IT WAS LIKE I WAS 17 AGAIN.

DANI!

I KNOW, I'M BEING SILLY.

I'M A GROWN WOMAN.

WHAT DID HE SAY?

WELL, HE SAID THAT HE'D THOUGH ABOUT ME A LOT OVER THE YEARS,

AND-AND IT WAS FUN,

IT WAS LIKE NO TIME

HAD PASSED AT ALL.

OH! WELL, DID YOU TELL HIM

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO

TO THE REUNION?

NO, NOT EXACTLY,

'CAUSE HE ASKED ME

TO GO WITH HIM:

AND HAVE DINNER BEFOREHAND.

AND YOU SAID?

WELL, I'M NOT GOING

TO MISS MY CLASS REUNION.

OF COURSE NOT.

WHY WOULD YOU?

THAT'S WHA I THOUGHT.

[SNICKERING]

THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.

DID TIM SANDERS THREATEN YOU?

I AM CURRENTLY:

TEACHING TWO CLASSES.

FOR A PH.D. CANDIDATE,

THAT IS A VERY BIG OPPORTUNITY,

AND THE LAST THING

I NEED RIGHT NOW

IS TO GE IN THE MIDDLE OF A DISPUTE

WITH THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

A MAN LOST HIS LIFE, EMMA.

THE STAKES ARE HIGHER

THAN A TEACHING OPPORTUNITY.

DID HE THREATEN YOU?

I FELT THREATENED.

I CAN'T SAY THA HE ACTUALLY THREATENED ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE

TIM IS A KILLER.

DID JEREMY GO TALK WITH YOU?

HE TALKED:

TO JENNIFER SHANNON.

[SIGHING]

WHAT DID HE SAY TO YOU, EMMA?

HE APPROACHED ME

IN THE PARKING LOT.

I RECORDED THE CONVERSATION

ON MY PHONE.

I COULD DOWNLOAD IT,

AND SEND IT TO YOU,

AND YOU CAN DECIDE.

ALL RIGHT.

THERE'S

SOMETHING ELSE.

HE JUST HANDED THIS IN.

IT SEEMS A LITTLE ODD,

GIVEN:

WHAT HAPPENED.

OKAY.

THIS IS BIG.

I'M BEHIND IN THE POLLS?

NO.

I LOOKING AROUND ON THE NET,

AND DISCOVERED:

SOME INTERESTING THINGS

ABOUT YOUR OPPOSITION.

ABOUT TOOTIE?

YEAH.

FIRST, I GOT HER BIO

FROM HER CAMPAIGN WEBSITE,

AND THEN I WENT A LITTLE DEEPER

IN THE NET.

UH-OH.

HER FATHER:

IS DECEASED,

HE WAS NEVER:

A LAWYER.

HER HIGH SCHOOL:

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