Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Page #4

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BUT ANNE THOUGH STEVE WAS INVINCIBLE,

ESPECIALLY:

IN THE WATER.

THE OCEAN:

IS THE OCEAN.

IT DOESN'T MATTER

HOW GOOD OF A SWIMMER YOU ARE,

AND I DON'T BUY ANGRY SURFERS

PROTECTING THEIR TURF.

SHE HAS ANOTHER THEORY.

YEAH,

I KNOW.

TODD.

BUT HOW?

HE WENT SURFING WITH STEVE

AND HELD HIM UNDER THE WATER?

ANNE SAID:

THAT TODD THREATENED STEVE.

HE THREATENED ME, TOO.

STEVE WOULDN'T GIVE HIM

HIS JOB BACK.

HE COULDN'T,

EVEN IF HE WANTED TO.

I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE.

SO TODD HAD JUST AS MUCH REASON

TO KILL ME AS HE DID STEVE.

EXCEPT YOU WEREN'T HIS BROTHER.

[SIGHS]

YOU'RE AWFUL QUIET TODAY.

HOW WAS WORK?

FINE.

YOU SELL ANYTHING?

NOT REALLY,

I WAS OUT OF THE STORE

MOST OF THE DAY.

WHERE'D YOU GO?

OH, HERE AND THERE.

UM, STOPPED BY THE MORGUE.

[SIGHS]

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY ANYTHING.

CORONER TRAMELL THINKS

IT WAS AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.

GOOD.

I MEAN, NOT GOOD,

BUT BETTER THAN MURDER.

SO, WHY DID YOU MAKE

THE RETURN TRIP TO THE MORGUE?

I'M TRYING TO HELP ANNE.

SHE JUST CAN'T ACCEPT IT.

HEY...

SO, LOGAN AND I

REHEARSED TODAY.

OH, HOW'D IT GO?

LET'S JUST SAY LOGAN

IS REALLY TALENTED...

WITH COMPUTERS.

[CHUCKLES]

I STILL CAN'T FIGURE

WHY HE'S GOING OU FOR THE PLAY

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THE GIRL PLAYING JULIE CAME TO THE STORE.

I HAVE A FEELING

MY LITTLE BROTHER IS SMITTEN.

SHE'S GORGEOUS.

ATTABOY, LOGAN.

[CHUCKLING]

[BEEPING ALARM CODE]

[BEEPING ALARM CODE]

[PHONE RINGING]

OKAY, HONEY,

I'LL SEE YOU LATER.

MOM, ANNE WINTERS.

OH, THANKS.

HI, ANNE.

WHAT?

YES, I'LL COME OVER RIGHT NOW.

SOMEONE BROKE INTO

ANNE'S HOUSE LAST NIGHT.

DID SHE CALL THE POLICE?

NOT YET.

BUT SHE THINKS IT'S TODD.

I THOUGHT I TURNED

THE ALARM ON LAST NIGHT.

THIS MORNING, IT WAS OFF.

MAYBE I DIDN'T, BUT...

BUT THEN...

I WAS LOOKING:

FOR A PIECE OF MAIL,

AND I NOTICED THE CHAIR.

THE CHAIR WASN'T LIKE THAT.

IT WAS PUSHED IN,

I KNOW IT WAS.

WHO HAS THE ALARM CODE?

NO ONE, I DON'T THINK.

WAS ANYTHING TAKEN?

I CAN'T TELL.

I KNOW STEVE HAS

SOME STUFF HERE FROM WORK.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN

TAKEN, IF ANYTHING.

FRANK.

[SIGHS] LET ME GUESS.

YOU THINK THE GUY

THAT WASHED UP ON THE BEACH

WASN'T A DROWNING VICTIM.

IT'S A MURDER.

HMM?

THE KILLER WAS HIDING

UNDER THE WATER:

WITH SCUBA GEAR,

AND THEN:

HE GRABBED HIS FOOT,

AND PULLED HIM:

UNDER THE WATER.

HMM?

IS THAT...

THAT IS QUITE:

AN IMAGINATION YOU HAVE.

AM I RIGHT?

YOU CAME HERE TO TELL ME

THAT THE DROWNING WAS A MURDER.

DO YOU WAN TO HEAR THIS OR NOT?

NO--

ANNE WINTERS IS CONVINCED

THIS WAS NO AN ACCIDENTAL DROWNING.

HAS SHE CALLED:

THE D.A.'S OFFICE?

NO, NOT YET.

SUSPECT? MOTIVE?

WELL, THERE HAVE

BEEN FIGHTS,

VANDALISM TO HIS CAR,

AND INCIDENTS IN THE PAST.

AND?

AND STEVE HAS A BROTHER, TODD,

WHO WAS RECENTLY FIRED.

HE THREATENED STEVE.

ANNE THINKS TODD BROKE INTO

THEIR HOUSE LAST NIGHT,

AND TODD HAS NOT BEEN SEEN

SINCE BEFORE STEVE DIED.

HMM.

WHAT?

LET'S EAT.

[SIGHS]

SO?

SO...

I'LL DRIVE OUT,

AND TALK TO THE SURFERS.

IF ANYONE FILES:

A MISSING PERSONS FOR TODD

OR ACCUSES HIM OF A CRIME,

I'LL LOOK INTO THAT, TOO.

GREAT.

IT'S PROBABLY NOTHING.

OH, IT'S...

IT'S NEVER NOTHING

WITH YOU, JENN.

OH, YOU'RE BUYING.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLING]

HI.

MORE WEDDING PRESENTS?

HOW'D YOU KNOW?

MOST PEOPLE:

DON'T WANT REMINDERS.

WOULD YOU?

NO.

BUT YOU SAID:

YOU WERE STILL MARRIED.

I AM.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME TEA?

WHAT WAS HE:

THINKING, HUH?

HE COMES OUT HERE

WITH A BRAND-NEW LAND ROVER.

LOOK, THE GUY'S GOT BUCKS

TO BE SURFING ANYWHERE HE WANTS.

WHY NOT HAWAII?

OR HERE,

IF HE WANTS.

NO, NO, IT...

IT'S DANGEROUS

OUT HERE, OKAY?

THESE OUTSIDERS,

THEY COME IN HERE,

THEY DON'T KNOW THE CURRENT,

OR THE BREAK.

THEY DON'T KNOW THA THERE'S HIDDEN ROCKS OUT THERE.

YOU GUYS,

YOU'RE OUT HERE FOR WHAT,

SOME VANDALISM?

THIS RICH GUY MUST HAVE

A LOT OF PULL.

THIS RICH GUY...

IS DEAD.

HE WAS FOUND:

DROWNED ON A BEACH

ABOUT A HALF HOUR

NORTH OF HERE.

WELL, THERE YOU GO.

INSTANT KARMA, HUH?

LOTTA ROCKS:

UP THERE, TOO.

LOOK, I TRIED

TO WARN HIM.

YEAH.

LET'S SEE SOME I.D.

WHAT FOR?

I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING.

WELL, THIS BEACH?

IT'S OWNED

BY PINE DALE FORESTRY,

SO, TECHNICALLY,

YOU'RE TRESPASSING.

SO, LET'S SEE

SOME I.D.

SO, JESSE...

HOW'D YOU KNOW THE CAR

WAS A LAND ROVER, HMM?

I'M STUCK BETWEEN A THINKER

AND BRUTE FORCE.

I GO ON INSTINCT.

WELL, MYSTIC

GOES BY WISDOM,

BUT VALOR GOES:

BY STRENGTH.

LOGAN,

THIS IS IMPORTANT.

YOU ONLY GET TO CHOOSE ONCE.

HE'S BUMMED ABOUT HIS ACTING.

DID YOU REHEARSE

WITH YOUR SISTER?

YEAH, I DID,

AND IT WAS:

REALLY, REALLY LAME.

WELL, DID YOU TRY

THINKING ABOUT REGAN

WHILE YOU WERE ACTING?

NO, I-I DIDN'T.

LOOK, CAN WE JUS NOT TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW,

AND GET BACK TO THE GAME?

I'M DEFINITELY

GOING TO GO INSTINCT.

COOL.

I'M GOING VALOR.

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

COME ON, LET'S GO.

LOOKS LIKE ALL:

THEIR WEDDING CHINA

AND THEIR SILVER.

KAY AND I TALKED.

SHE SAID IT'S

TOO MANY MEMORIES.

THEY JUST BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE.

IT NEEDS A DO-OVER.

OH, NO.

SHE WANTS IT FEMININE,

HE WANTS IT MORE SIMPLE,

SO, A POWER STRUGGLE.

NOT GOOD.

IT GETS WORSE.

SHE OVERHEARD HIM ON THE PHONE

SAYING THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE

BOUGHT THE HOUSE,

AND PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE

GOTTEN MARRIED:

IN THE FIRST PLACE.

OH, THAT HURTS.

YEAH, THERE WERE TEARS.

SHE STILL LOVES HIM.

HAS SHE FIGURED OU THAT HE'S TRYING

TO SELL HER STUFF, TOO?

WELL, THEY'RE STILL MOVING IN,

LOT OF THINGS STILL IN BOXES,

BUT IT WON'T TAKE LONG.

NOT IF THEY COME

IN THE STORE:

AT THE SAME TIME.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLING]

YOU GET MY E-MAIL?

NO.

I'LL CHECK NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

I'VE BEEN TALKING

TO SOME SURFERS:

OUT WHERE WINTERS

GOT HIS CAR MESSED UP.

NOT A FRIENDLY BUNCH.

WHO IS THIS?

MEET JESSE FULLER.

ARRESTS INCLUDE:

PUBLIC INTOXICATION,

PETTY THEFT,

AND FELONY ASSAULT.

TWO YEARS AGO,

HE GOT IN A FIGH WITH ANOTHER SURFER,

PUT HIM IN A COMA.

ALMOST DIED.

WHAT WAS THE FIGHT ABOUT?

SAME THING.

WASN'T A LOCAL.

AND HE DIDN'T GO TO JAIL?

NO, THERE WERE

OTHER SURFERS AROUND.

ALL LOCALS.

NO ONE SAW A THING.

HAVE YOU HEARD:

FROM TODD YET?

NO.

I'VE CALLED. NO ANSWER.

NO ONE'S SEEN HIM EITHER.

I DON'T GET IT.

I THINK IT WAS TODD

WHO BROKE INTO THE HOUSE.

ARE YOU SURE?

AND I THINK HE WEN INTO STEVE'S OFFICE,

BUT I...

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

HE MAY HAVE COME HERE

LOOKING FOR COMPANY SECRETS.

WHEN TODD WAS FIRED,

HIS ACCESS:

TO THE COMPANY'S SYSTEM

WAS REVOKED.

CAN YOU SEE IF SOMEONE

LOGGED IN LAST NIGHT?

OH, YEAH.

HUH.

I THOUGHT I KNEW

STEVE'S PASSWORD,

BUT IT'S NOT WORKING.

TRY "STOKED."

THAT'S WHAT I TRIED.

CAN I SEND A TECH

OUT HERE TOMORROW

TO HAVE A LOOK AT THIS?

YEAH, SURE.

ANNE...

DO YOU REALLY THINK

THIS ALL POINTS TO MURDER?

THAT TODD:

COULD DO THIS?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHERE IS HE?

WHY DID HE DISAPPEAR

THE SECOND STEVE DIES?

BYE.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

CALL ME ANY TIME.

AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT,

WE HAVE A SPARE BEDROOM.

OH, I'LL BE OKAY.

THANKS.

I HAD THE ALARM:

PEOPLE COME OUT,

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