Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Page #3

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MAYBE HE SURFED:

SOMEPLACE FIRST,

AND PUT HIS WETSUIT IN THE BACK.

I WANT TO HEAD BACK.

ANNE, ARE YOU GOING TO BE OKAY?

WOULD YOU LIKE ME

TO COME OVER?

MY FOLKS:

AND SOME FRIENDS

ARE ON THEIR WAY.

I NEED TO CALL TODD.

I'LL BE FINE.

IT HASN'T REALLY HIT.

THANKS.

OKAY--

ACTUALLY,

I FEEL KINDA WEIRD

DRIVING HIS CAR.

[KEYS JINGLING]

COULD YOU DRIVE I AND I'LL TAKE YOURS?

OF COURSE.

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

HERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO, WAS STEVE

BY HIMSELF?

AS FAR AS ANYONE KNOWS.

THE FIRST THING ANNE SAID

WHEN SHE HEARD THE NEWS WAS,

"I DON'T BELIEVE IT."

THAT'S A NATURAL REACTION,

DON'T YOU THINK?

HIS CAR WAS VANDALIZED

BY SURFERS,

AND HE HAD CONFRONTATIONS

IN THE PAST.

YOU KNOW:

I LOVE YOUR MIND.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU'RE ABLE TO FIGURE OU WHERE A MISSING SOCK WENT,

AND WHY THERE ARE BLOOD STAINS

ON A 30-YEAR-OLD WEDDING DRESS.

OH, GOSH,

YOU REMEMBER THAT?

I DO.

AND SOME OTHERS.

BUT THIS ONE?

SURFING IS A HIGH-RISK SPORT.

PEOPLE DROWN ALL THE TIME.

I KNOW.

I KNOW, JUST, WHEN ANNE

WAS IMMEDIATELY SUSPICIOUS,

IT STARTED ME THINKING.

HEY, UM,

SO I TALKED TO HANNAH,

AND SHE SAID SHE'S GOING

TO HELP WITH THE AUDITION.

GREAT.

YOU KNOW,

I DID THEATER:

BACK IN THE DAY.

I HEARD.

PRINCE CHARMING, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO, IF YOU WAN SOME INPUT, SOME HELP--

I THINK I'LL JUST, UH,

START WITH HANNAH,

BUT, UH, THANKS.

"THE SHOE FITS!

THE SHOE FITS..."

OH, THAT'S NOT BAD.

YOU'RE BOTH MOCKING ME.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLES]

HI.

I'VE GO SOME SPORTS MEMORABILIA

I'D LIKE TO GET RID OF.

LET ME GUESS, PACKERS?

HOW DID YOU KNOW?

JUST A HUNCH.

OH.

I'D JUST LIKE TO GET I OUT OF THE HOUSE.

I'M JENNIFER.

I REMEMBER YOU BROUGH SOME THINGS IN BEFORE,

SOME LOVELY CANDLESTICKS.

THAT'S RIGHT.

I... DON'T SEE THEM.

I FOUND A BUYER.

THEY WERE PRETTY UNIQUE.

IF YOU DON' MIND ME ASKING,

DO YOU REMEMBER:

WHERE YOU GOT THEM?

THEY WERE A PRESENT.

A-A WEDDING PRESENT.

OH.

WELL, I'M SORRY

TO HEAR THAT.

LONG STORY.

NOT OVER YET.

YOU'RE STILL MARRIED?

YOU COULD SAY THAT.

I HAVE AN AUTHENTIC HELMET,

A FOOTBALL SIGNED BY THE TEAM

WHEN THEY WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP.

ARE YOU INTERESTED?

YES.

WE WOULD BE HAPPY

TO TAKE THEM ON CONSIGNMENT.

FINE.

I'VE GOT SOME OTHER STUFF

I'D LIKE TO BRING IN AS WELL.

SOME SILVER, SOME ARTWORK.

SURE.

AND AGAIN,

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE MARRIAGE.

ME TOO.

I THOUGHT I MARRIED

MR. RIGHT.

IS HIS FIRST NAME "ALWAYS?"

IT'S "NEVER."

THIS ISN' GOING TO BE PRETTY.

DON'T FORGET,

"NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED."

I DON'T THINK

EITHER ONE OF THEM

WANTS TO GET DIVORCED.

DID YOU SEE HER FACE

WHEN I BROUGHT UP

THE CANDLESTICKS?

DON'T SAY I DIDN'T TELL YA.

[SIGHS HEAVILY]

YEAH.

I'M GONNA GO CHECK ON ANNE.

I'LL BE BACK LATER.

GIVE HER MY BEST.

I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.

DROWNING DOESN'T MAKE

ANY SENSE.

I DON'T THINK HE DROWNED.

HE COULDN'T HAVE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENED?

I THINK HE WAS MURDERED.

IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT.

MURDERED?

BUT HOW?

SAY HE GETS INTO A FIGHT,

SOMEONE HITS HIM,

AND KNOCKS HIM OUT,

AND HE DROWNS,

OR SOMEONE HOLDS HIM

UNDERWATER.

YOU THINK SOMEONE WOULD

MURDER STEVE OVER SURFING?

YOU SAW WHAT THEY DID

TO HIS CAR.

STEVE SEEMED LIKE A GUY

WHO COULD TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

HE WOULDN'T BACK DOWN.

BUT THERE'S ANOTHER

POSSIBILITY.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING.

I DON'T THINK

IT'S TRUE.

I DON'T WAN TO BELIEVE IT'S TRUE.

[SIGHS] TODD WAS THE BEST MAN

AT OUR WEDDING.

GROWING UP,

THEY WERE INSEPARABLE.

MITCH SAID:

THEY HAD TO FIRE TODD.

STEVE FIRED HIM.

THEY DID EVERYTHING

THEY COULD FOR HIM,

BUT STEVE WAS TODD'S BOSS.

HIS LITTLE BROTHER WAS HIS BOSS.

DID SOMETHING,

SPECIFICALLY, HAPPEN?

HE CAME INTO WORK

WHEN HE FELT LIKE IT,

HE DRANK.

THERE WERE HARASSMENT COMPLAINTS

FROM THE GIRLS.

IT GOT PRETTY UGLY

THE DAY HE WAS FIRED.

WELL, IT'S A LONG WAY

FROM GETTING FIRED

TO MURDERING YOUR BROTHER.

I KNOW, BUT THE OTHER NIGHT,

WHEN TODD DROPPED IN?

HE WAS DRUNK.

THEY CAME BACK HERE,

AND TODD BEGGED:

FOR HIS JOB BACK.

TODD THREATENED HIM.

DID HE SAY HE WOULD KILL HIM?

NOT IN THOSE WORDS.

HE SAID HE WOULD

"GET HIM" FOR THIS.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO TODD?

NO.

I'VE CALLED A COUPLE TIMES,

BUT HE'S NOT PICKING UP.

LOOKING FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL?

YEAH, COOL CLOTHING

FOR THE SCHOOL PLAY.

WHAT'S THE SHOW?

ROMEO AND JULIET,

SET IN THE 1950S.

SOUNDS FUN.

ARE YOU DOING WARDROBE?

OH, SHE'S JULIET.

I'M DOING WARDROBE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR ONE

OF THOSE POODLE SKIRTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ONE.

YOU MIGHT CHECK:

VINTAGE THREADS,

JUST DOWN THE STREET.

COOL, THANKS.

LOVE YOUR STORE.

HUH.

[GIGGLES]

WHAT?

SO WE'VE BEEN WONDERING

WHY LOGAN IS GOING OU FOR ROMEO AND JULIET.

YEAH, AND?

THAT WAS JULIET.

[CHUCKLES]

OH, MY.

[TSKS] LOGAN...

MM-HMM.

DR. TRAMELL.

HELLO, JENNIFER.

YOU MUST BE HERE

TO TALK ABOUT THE SURFER.

WHICH REMINDS ME...

HOW DO SURFERS:

SAY HELLO TO EACH OTHER?

I GIVE.

THEY WAVE.

[CHUCKLING]

DO YOU EVER WORRY

THAT THESE JOKES MIGHT BE

A LITTLE INAPPROPRIATE,

GIVEN WHERE WE ARE?

WELL, YOU EVER

HEAR THE EXPRESSION

"WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD"?

CAN YOU IMAGINE MY JOB

WITHOUT HUMOR?

POINT TAKEN.

I FEEL FOR EACH AND EVERY

ONE OF MY CLIENTS,

AND WHEN I DIE,

I WANT TO GO PEACEFULLY

JUST LIKE MY GRANDFATHER DID,

IN HIS SLEEP,

NOT SCREAMING,

LIKE THE PASSENGERS IN HIS CAR.

OH, DR. TRAMELL,

THAT'S HORRIBLE.

YOUR SURFER IS:

A SIMPLE DROWNING, JENNIFER.

HIS WIFE HAS A HARD TIME

BELIEVING THAT HE DROWNED.

MAYBE THERE WAS:

A FIGHT,

AND SOMEONE:

KNOCKED HIM UNCONSCIOUS,

OR PERHAPS HELD HIM UNDERWATER.

WELL, THEN

YOU WOULD HAVE A MURDER.

BUT?

BUT THERE'S NO BRUISING

ON THE HEAD:

FROM A BLOW OR A ROCK,

THERE'S NO TRAUMA

TO THE NECK AND SHOULDERS,

WHICH WOULD BE EVIDEN IF SOMEBODY HELD HIM

UNDER THE WATER.

I AM LOOKING:

AT AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING,

PLAIN AND SIMPLE.

FIRST STEP IS TO KNOW

WHAT THE PLAY IS ABOUT.

DO YOU BELIEVE:

IN LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

YEAH.

I THINK SO.

ROMEO AND JULIET FALL IN LOVE

AT FIRST SIGHT.

IT'S ECSTATIC,

INTENSE.

THEY MUST BE TOGETHER

EVEN IF THEIR FAMILIES

HATE EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, ROMEO KINDA

SEEMS LIKE A STALKER.

CLIMBING OVER HER WALL

TO LOOK IN HER ROOM.

OOH, BOY...

AND YOU'RE DOING

THE BALCONY SCENE.

YUP.

WHY DON'T WE JUS READ THROUGH I AND SEE HOW IT GOES?

OKAY, UM...

THIS IS THE MODERN

YOU START.

"WHO ARE YOU,

COMING AT NIGHT, UNSEEN,

TO ASK ME QUESTIONS?"

"I CAN'T TELL YOU MY NAME.

I HATE MY NAME:

BECAUSE YOU HATE IT.

"I HAVE ONLY HEARD

A FEW WORDS FROM YOU,

"BUT I KNOW THE SOUND.

"YOU'RE ROMEO,

AND A MONTAGUE."

"IF YOU DON'T LIKE EITHER,

THEN I'M NOT..."

I'M PRETTY BAD,

AREN'T I?

IT'S GOING TO TAKE

SOME WORK.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLING]

MITCH.

HEY, JENN,

HAVE YOU GOT A MOMENT?

CAN I BUY YOU A CUP OF COFFEE?

SURE.

EVERYONE AT WORK'S

A WRECK.

ANNE SEEMS TO BE...

SHE'S CALLED ME TWICE.

I UNDERSTAND HER GRIEF,

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY

SHE THINKS MURDER'S INVOLVED.

I DON'T KNOW EITHER.

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