Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Page #7

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I WAS:

AT ANNE'S TODAY,

I SAW STEVE'S BOARDS

AND WETSUITS.

FRANK, THIS IS

REALLY INTERESTING.

STEVE WOULDN'T HAVE WORN

THIS SUIT.

THIS IS A SUMMER SUIT.

IT'S COLD NOW.

HE WAS WEARING IT.

MAYBE THE THICK ONE

WAS TOO TIGHT.

MAYBE THE THIN ONE WAS,

YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT.

OKAY.

I'M JUST SAYING.

JENN...

I'M TRYING TO BUILD

A SOLID CASE HERE,

BASED ON EVIDENCE,

NOT WETSUIT THICKNESS.

THE D.A. IS VERY HAPPY

THAT WE HAVE AN ARREST.

HMM?

KAY!

THANKS FOR COMING DOWN.

YOU'VE GOT ME

CURIOUS.

WELL, WE'VE

GOT GOOD NEWS.

WE HAVE A BUYER:

FOR ALL YOUR STUFF.

W-WOW.

THAT'S GOOD.

INCLUDING EVERYTHING

YOUR HUSBAND BROUGHT IN.

OH.

RIGHT, I GUESS

IF I CAN BRING THINGS IN,

HE CAN, TOO.

WELL, WE'RE STILL

PRICING EVERYTHING,

BUT WE DO HAVE:

SOME QUESTIONS.

WE WERE WONDERING,

COULD YOU COME TOMORROW

AFTER WE CLOSE?

6:
00, WOULD THAT WORK?

SURE.

I COULD.

SOMEONE WANTS TO BUY IT ALL?

-MM-HMM.

-YEAH.

IT'S A... TOP...

...INTERIOR DESIGNER.

YES, BIG, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

VERY BIG.

LOVES EVERYTHING.

WE JUST WANT TO GET YOU

THE BEST PRICE.

YEAH.

OKAY, THEN.

I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.

AND THE HUSBAND AGREED?

I TALKED TO THAD

THIS MORNING.

HE'LL BE HERE

6:
10 TOMORROW.

[PENCIL SCRATCHING]

WHATCHA GOT THERE?

OH, LOGAN LEF HIS AUDITION PAGES.

ROMEO AND JULIET,

IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING.

CAN I SEE?

SURE.

GO AHEAD.

YOU START.

REALLY?

YEAH, GO FOR IT.

OKAY.

[CLEARS THROAT]

"IF THEY SEE YOU,

THEY'LL KILL YOU."

"I'M MORE WORRIED ABOU THE LOOK IN YOUR EYES

"THAN 20 OF YOUR FAMILY

WITH SWORDS.

JUST LOOK AT ME WITH LOVE,

AND I'M INVINCIBLE."

"I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING

FOR THEM NOT TO SEE YOU."

"NIGHT WILL HIDE ME...

SHH!

"...AND IF YOU LOVE ME,

LET THEM FIND ME HERE."

I HAVE AN IDEA.

OKAY.

"WHO TOLD YOU

HOW TO FIND ME?"

"LOVE TOLD ME WHERE YOU ARE.

"I'M NO SAILOR,

"BUT IF I WERE ACROSS

THE FARTHEST OCEAN,

I WOULD SET SAIL FOR YOU."

"THIS IS TOO QUICK.

"SO, MY LOVE, GOODNIGHT.

OUR LOVE WILL BLOSSOM

THE NEXT TIME WE MEET."

"ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME

SO UNSATISFIED?"

WELL...

OKAY, ROMEO,

COME HERE AND GIVE ME A KISS.

[WHISPERING] THA IS NOT IN THE PLAY.

NO, IT'S NOT.

THEY WERE:

PRETTY GOOD, THOUGH.

MM-HMM.

OKAY, I CAN DO THIS.

HOW'S THE AUDITION COMING?

YOU KNOW THERE WASN'T A KISS

IN THE BALCONY SCENE, RIGHT?

YOU SAW THAT, HUH?

YEAH.

[CHUCKLES]

YOU, UH, YOU GUYS WERE GREAT.

I'M GLAD WE COULD HELP.

MAYBE YOU COULD HELP ME

WITH SOMETHING.

OKAY.

I KNOW:

THERE ARE WEBSITES

THAT SURFERS CHECK

FOR THE WAVES,

BUT CAN YOU CHECK CONDITIONS

IN THE PAST?

PROBABLY, YEAH.

WHAT DO YOU WANT KNOW,

THE WAVE SIZE, OR...?

YES, UH, WATER TEMPERATURE,

ANYTHING TO DO:

WITH THE CURRENTS.

THIS IS THE DATE

AND LOCATION.

TIME FRAME WOULD BE

BETWEEN 5:
00 AND 8:00

IN THE MORNING.

OKAY, UM...

[TYPING]

THERE YOU GO.

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC

ADMINISTRATION.

WOW, YEAH,

THEY HAVE EVERYTHING.

UM...

WATER TEMP, 58 DEGREES,

AND THE CURRENT WAS MOVING

NORTH TO SOUTH.

HOLD ON, SO THAT MEANS,

IF YOU WERE SURFING,

THE CURREN WOULD MOVE YOU SOUTH.

RIGHT, BUT I DON'T THINK

ANYONE WOULD BE SURFING,

BECAUSE THERE WAS A SWELL

OF, LIKE, TWO FEET.

THAT'S THE WAVES?

OR LACK OF.

LIKE, I SAID,

I DON'T THINK ANYONE

WOULD BOTHER SURFING THAT.

OKAY, CAN YOU

CHECK YOUR E-MAIL?

I SENT YOU A PHOTO,

I'M HOPING YOU CAN

WORK YOUR MAGIC.

YEAH, HOLD ON.

I'LL TRY.

WHAT IS IT?

SAND.

RIGHT THERE.

CAN WE:

SEE THAT BETTER?

YEAH. UM...

HERE, LOWER

THE CONTRAST...

VOILA.

LOOKS LIKE A BIKE TRACK.

WONDER WHY IT WOULD

JUST STOP THERE.

MAYBE THAT'S WHERE IT STARTS.

WOW, LOOKS GREAT.

I JUST HOPE:

OUR LITTLE PLAN:

DOESN'T BLOW UP

IN OUR FACES.

MM.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I NEED TO TALK:

TO MITCH.

WHY, I THOUGH THEY MADE AN ARREST?

THEY DID,

BUT THERE ARE A FEW THINGS

THAT DON'T FIT.

AND THEN YOU GET ATTACKED

AT YOUR HOUSE.

WHAT IF THE WITNESS,

TUCKER, IS LYING?

WOW, THAT'S A CURVEBALL.

MAYBE STEVE:

WASN'T SURFING ALONE.

MAYBE HE WAS WITH TODD.

I STILL CAN'T SEE TODD

BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME STEVE

IN THE WATER.

YOU THOUGHT TODD WAS LOOKING

FOR BUSINESS SECRETS

TO SELL TO A COMPETITOR.

I READ SOME NEWSPAPER ARTICLE

THAT SAID YOUR COMPANY WAS

IN TALKS ABOUT A BUYOUT.

COULD TODD HAVE:

REACHED OUT TO THEM?

MAYBE.

MAKES SENSE.

ARE YOU SELLING THE COMPANY?

I WISH THAT STORY

NEVER CAME OUT.

STEVE AND I WERE BOTH

AGAINST SELLING THE COMPANY,

BUT NOW THAT HE'S GONE,

I DON'T KNOW.

IS THERE SOMEONE AT GIGOTECH

THAT YOU COULD:

DISCREETLY TALK TO,

SEE IF TODD HAS BEEN

IN CONTACT WITH THEM?

THERE COULD BE,

BUT EVEN IF THEY WERE THINKING

OF BUYING SOME:

OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY,

THEY WOULDN'T ADMIT TO IT.

IT'S ILLEGAL.

THE MORE I THINK ABOUT THIS,

THE STRANGER IT GETS.

THE CURRENTS WERE

MOVING SOUTH THAT DAY,

BUT STEVE'S BODY WAS FOUND

50 YARDS NORTH OF HIS CAR.

I DON'T THINK HE DROWNED

AND WASHED UP.

SO, HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN IT?

I THINK SOMEONE:

PLACED HIM THERE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHEN SHE'LL BE BACK?

HERE SHE IS RIGHT NOW.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLES]

-JENN.

-ANNE?

WITH EVERYTHING:

THAT'S BEEN GOING ON,

I MISSED THIS VOICE MESSAGE

FROM TODD.

WHEN?

DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY.

HE SOUNDS REALLY MESSED UP.

HE'S DRUNK AND CRYING.

[TODD, SLURRING]:

HE DROWNED, IT'S NOT FAIR.

IF HE DIED, I'M...

HE TOLD ME...

HE-HE WROTE IT UP.

HE WANTED TO PROTECT YOU,

BUT I C-COULDN'T FIND IT...

I LOOKED,

AND I COULDN'T FIND IT--

WHAT'S HE

TALKING ABOUT?

HE'S OUT OF HIS MIND.

I CALLED MITCH, HE COULDN' MAKE ANY SENSE OUT OF IT.

HE SOUNDS REALLY BAD.

HE SOUNDS LIKE:

HE'S IN TROUBLE.

I'M GOING OUT TO HIS PLACE.

I'LL WATCH THE STORE.

I'LL DRIVE.

FRANK, WE'RE AT TODD'S.

OKAY, I'LL SEE YOU

WHEN YOU GET HERE.

FRANK IS ON HIS WAY.

DO YOU WANT TO WAI UNTIL HE GETS HERE?

NO, I'M NOT AFRAID OF TODD.

[DOOR CREAKING OPEN]

TODD?

TODD?

IT'S ANNE. ARE YOU HERE?

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYONE'S

CLEANED UP IN A WHILE.

I DON'T LIKE THIS.

TODD?

TODD!

IT'S ANNE.

[GASPS IN SHOCK]

MEDICAL EXAMINER

THINKS HE'S BEEN DEAD

FOR A COUPLE DAYS.

AT FIRST GLANCE,

IT APPEARS HE DRANK HIMSELF

TO DEATH.

ANNE...

EVEN IF YOU HAD:

PICKED THE MESSAGE UP

A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,

I DON'T THINK IT WOULD

HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT WAS HE TALKING ABOUT?

THE PAIN HE WAS IN...

DID YOU UNDERSTAND

ANYTHING HE SAID?

PLAY IT AGAIN.

[TODD, SLURRING]:

HE DROWNED, IT'S NOT FAIR.

IF HE DIED, I'M...

HE TOLD ME...

HE-HE WROTE IT UP.

HE WANTED TO PROTECT YOU,

BUT I C-COULDN'T FIND IT...

I LOOKED,

AND I COULDN'T FIND IT--

SOUNDS LIKE HE WAS

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

HE BROKE INTO YOUR HOUSE,

AND HE TOOK THE PICTURE

HE WAS HOLDING,

SO I DON'T THINK

IT WAS THAT.

WHAT THEN?

UM... SOMETHING

TO PROTECT YOU.

A WILL, DID STEVE

HAVE A WILL?

IN OUR SAFE DEPOSIT BOX.

NOT COMPLICATED,

EVERYTHING WENT TO ME,

AND MY WILL:

GAVE EVERYTHING TO HIM.

WELL, IF NOT A WILL,

THEN WHAT?

OH, HEY, LOGAN.

HEY.

BREAK A LEG.

WHAT'S, UH...

IT MEANS THE OPPOSITE.

IT'S A THEATER SAYING.

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