Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Page #8

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OH.

OKAY, UH, THEN...

YEAH, YOU, TOO, UH...

BREAK BOTH OF THEM.

I THINK ONE WILL DO.

SEE YOU INSIDE.

I WOULD GIVE ANYTHING

FOR THEM NOT TO SEE YOU.

NIGHT WILL HIDE ME.

AND IF YOU LOVE ME,

LET THEM FIND ME HERE.

I'D RATHER DIE BY THEIR HATE

THAN LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE.

WHO TOLD YOU HOW TO FIND ME?

LOVE TOLD ME WHERE YOU ARE.

I'M NO SAILOR,

BUT IF YOU WERE ACROSS

THE FARTHEST OCEAN,

I WOULD SET SAIL FOR YOU.

THIS IS TOO QUICK.

SO, MY LOVE, GOODNIGHT.

MY LOVE WILL BLOSSOM

NEXT TIME WE MEET.

ARE YOU GOING TO LEAVE ME

SO UNSATISFIED?

DO YOU LOVE ME?

I KNOW YOU WILL:

SAY "YES,"

AND I WILL BELIEVE YOU

IF YOU SAY IT'S TRUE.

SO, IF YOU LOVE ME,

TELL ME.

[WHISPERS]

THAT WAS GREAT.

HERE WE ARE.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DROWN?

NO, YOU COULDN'T DROWN

EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO.

IT'S ONLY 10 INCHES DEEP,

AND THERE'S ABOU 800 POUNDS OF EPSOM SAL DISSOLVED

INTO THE WATER.

THAT'S WHY YOU FLOAT.

CAN YOU FILL I DEEPER THAN 10 INCHES?

SURE, I MEAN,

THAT COULD FILL I ALL THE WAY

UP TO THE TOP.

BUT WHY WOULD YOU WAN TO DO THAT?

WE JUST USE IT TO CLEAN IT.

DO ALL FLOAT TANKS

USE EPSOM SALT?

MOST DO.

EPSOM SALT IS BASICALLY

JUST MAGNESIUM.

SEA SALT HAS LOTS

OF DIFFERENT MINERALS IN IT.

ARE YOU READY TO FLOAT?

OH, FRANK, IT'S JENN.

WHEN YOU GET THIS MESSAGE,

WILL YOU CALL CORONER TRAMELL

AND SEE IF HE SAVED A SAMPLE

OF THE SALTWATER

IN STEVE WINTERS' LUNGS?

BECAUSE IF IT'S EPSOM SALT,

HE DIDN'T DROWN IN THE OCEAN.

THAD AND KAY WILL

BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

I GOT TAKE-OU CHINESE FOOD,

JUST LIKE:

THEIR FIRST DATE.

IS THIS CRAZY?

IT WAS YOUR IDEA,

YOU TELL ME.

WELL, UH...

[ENTRY BELL JINGLES]

KAY, HI!

THANK YOU:

FOR COMING.

HAPPY TO.

[ENTRY BELL JINGLES]

WELL, HELLO, THAD.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

I WAS ABOUT TO ASK YOU

THE SAME THING.

[CLEARS THROAT]

YOUR TABLE IS READY.

RIGHT THIS WAY.

[GASPS WITH EMOTION]

KUNG PAO:

AND SHANGHAI NOODLES.

I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

THIS IS JUST LIKE

OUR FIRST DATE.

WITH THE WEDDING GIFTS

ALREADY HERE.

[KAY LAUGHS]

THAT'S FUNNY.

[SIGHING]

I REALLY LOVED THIS CHINA.

[CHUCKLES RUEFULLY]

DID YOU REALLY WANT TO SELL IT?

NO.

NO, I REALLY LIKE IT, TOO.

WE'VE--

I'VE--

BEEN REAL STUPID.

ME TOO.

[QUIETLY] I'M SORRY.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT,

YOU WERE RIGHT.

WELL, WHY ELSE WOULD HE

WANT THOSE CANDLESTICKS?

WHERE WAS HE:

THIS WHOLE TIME?

UNTIL A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,

HE WAS IN A FLEABAG MOTEL

UP THE COAST.

MANAGER SAID BASICALLY

HE WAS JUST IN HIS ROOM

DRINKING THE WHOLE TIME.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE

HIS MENTAL STATE.

HE GETS IN AN ARGUMEN WITH HIS BROTHER,

THREATENS HIM,

AND THEN STEVE DIES.

BUT THE PHONE:

MESSAGE HE LEFT,

HE SAID HE WANTED

TO PROTECT ME.

FROM WHAT?

SHOULD I GET US:

SOME MORE WINE?

YES, THANKS.

[SIGHING SADLY]

"IN THE EVENT OF MY DEATH,

"IT IS MY INTENT TO PREVEN THE SALE OF IDEA DOME.

"I'M GIVING MY BROTHER,

TODD WINTERS, VOTING AUTHORITY

"FOR ALL OF MY SHARES.

"MY PARTNER, MITCH HARRIS,

AGAINST MY WISHES,

IS ATTEMPTING:

TO SELL THE COMPANY..."

I'M GOING UPSTAIRS,

I'LL BE BACK IN JUST A SEC!

OKAY!

HEY, RED AGAIN,

YEAH?

PERFECT.

[DIALING]

JENN, PLEASE PICK UP.

PLEASE...

[CELL PHONE RINGS]

[WOOD SPLINTERING]

[SCREAMS]

[JENN]:
HEY, ANNE.

ANNE?

OKAY.

OKAY, SEE?

THANK YOU.

ANNE?

[CALL RINGING]

[ANNE, RECORDED]: AT THE BEEP,

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

[BEEP]

ANNE, IT'S JENN.

ARE YOU OKAY?

I MEAN, DID YOU JUS TRY TO CALL ME?

LOOK, UM,

IF YOU GET THIS MESSAGE,

I'M ON MY WAY OVER.

BUT CALL ME BACK, OKAY?

[CALL RINGING]

[JASON]:
HELLO?

OH, HEY,

JASON, HONEY, IT'S ME.

UM, I'M GOING TO BE

A FEW MINUTES LATE.

I'M GOING TO SWING BY ANNE'S.

IS EVERYTHING ALL RIGHT?

OH, YEAH, EVERYTHING'S FINE,

I JUST WANT TO CHECK ON HER.

I KNOW YOUR VOICE,

SOMETHING'S WRONG.

NO, NO, NOTHING'S WRONG.

NOTHING'S WRONG, UM,

I'LL SEE YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.

BYE, SWEETHEART.

PUT IT ON SPEAKER.

LET'S HEAR IT.

ANNE, IT'S JENN.

ARE YOU OKAY?

I MEAN, DID YOU JUST TRY

TO CALL ME?

LOOK, UM,

IF YOU GET THIS MESSAGE,

I'M ON MY WAY OVER.

BUT CALL ME BACK, OKAY?

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING

TO GET COMPANY.

MITCH, WHAT DID YOU DO?

I KNEW STEVE DID

SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

HE WAS GOING TO GIVE

VOTING SHARES:

TO THAT DRUNK BROTHER OF HIS.

UNREAL!

LEAVE JENN OUT OF THIS.

YOU WANT THE COMPANY,

IT'S YOURS, I DON'T CARE.

OH.

LOOKS LIKE MISS MARPLE.

IF WE CAN COME:

TO AN AGREEMENT,

NOBODY HAS TO GET HURT.

WHAT'S DONE IS DONE, RIGHT?

SO...

DID YOU SEE THIS?

NO.

NEVER SAW IT.

YOU CONVINCE JENNIFER

THAT EVERYTHING'S OKAY,

WE'RE JUST TALKING

ABOUT POOR TODD:

AND HIS DRINKING PROBLEM.

THEN WHAT?

THEN SHE GOES HOME

SAFE AND SOUND,

I BURN THESE PAPERS,

THEN I SELL THE COMPANY,

AND WE BOTH BECOME VERY,

VERY WEALTHY.

AND IF SHE STILL

SUSPECTS SOMETHING?

WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

ANNE, ARE YOU OKAY?

I GOT A STRANGE PHONE CALL.

[CHUCKLES AWKWARDLY]

EVERYTHING'S FINE.

COME ON IN, WE WERE JUS TALKING ABOUT TODD.

CAN I GET YOU:

A GLASS OF WINE?

NO, I'M FINE.

-HI, MITCH.

-HI.

HOW ARE YOU DOING?

SO SAD, HUH?

CAN'T SAY WE DIDN' SEE IT COMING, THOUGH.

DID YOU HEAR:

THE MESSAGE HE LEFT?

HE SOUNDED DELIRIOUS.

HE KEPT SAYING HE WAS

LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.

I DON'T KNOW,

DOES IT EVEN MATTER ANYMORE?

EITHER WAY,

THAT WRAPS UP STEVE'S DEATH.

"EITHER WAY"?

YEAH, IF IT WAS THE SURFER

WHO DROWNED HIM,

HE'S BEEN ARRESTED,

AND IF, SOMEHOW,

TODD KILLED HIS BROTHER,

WELL THEN,

THAT'S OVER NOW, TOO.

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I THINK I WILL HAVE

THAT GLASS OF WINE.

NO, YOU SIT,

I'LL GET IT.

[MITCH]:

BRING THE BOTTLE.

[GUN C*CKS]

ON THE COUNTER, JENN.

I'VE GOT A FEELING

YOU KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE

THAN YOU'RE LETTING ON.

NO.

ALL I KNOW IS, EITHER WAY,

THIS IS OVER, RIGHT?

I THOUGHT SO.

[GASPING IN FEAR]

NOW I'M

A LITTLE WORRIED.

OH.

WE FOUND WHAT TODD

WAS LOOKING FOR.

STEVE AUTHORIZED TODD

TO VOTE HIS SHARES.

SHOULD HE DIE,

HE KNEW HIS IDIOT BROTHER

WOULD OBEY HIS WISHES.

BETWEEN ANNE'S SHARES

AND TODD'S,

I WOULD BE BLOCKED.

TODD IS GONE.

AND THEY'VE ARRESTED A SUSPECT,

SO LET IT GO.

I CAN MAKE THIS PLACE

LOOK LIKE ANOTHER BREAK-IN,

YOU TWO, VICTIMS.

YOU DON'T NEED

TO DO THAT, YOU'VE WON.

YOU THINK I KILLED HIM?

TELL ME HOW.

-I NEVER SAID THAT--

-TELL ME--

OR I END THIS RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNEW STEVE:

CHECKED THE SURF REPOR EVERY MORNING.

YOU CHECKED:

THE SURF REPORT YOURSELF...

AND THE SURF WAS FLAT.

SO YOU KNEW STEVE WOULD

BE IN THE FLOAT TANK...

YOU DROVE BY THE HOUSE,

PARK A GOOD WAYS AWAY,

AND YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE

BACK TO THE HOUSE...

DOWN THE DRIVE TO THE GARAGE...

[BEEPING ENTRY CODE]

THE MURDER WAS SIMPLE...

ALL YOU HAD TO DO WAS

STICK SOMETHING THROUGH

THE HANDLES OF THE TANK,

TURN THE VALVE ON,

AND INSTANT DROWNING.

NO WAY OUT.

IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.

YOU EMPTIED THE TANK,

DRESSED THE BODY

IN A WETSUIT,

PUT THE BODY IN THE BACK

OF THE LAND ROVER,

THROW IN A SURFBOARD

AND YOUR BIKE,

DRIVE TO:

A DESERTED BEACH,

PUT THE BODY:

IN THE WATER,

AND RIDE AWAY ON YOUR BIKE.

WOW.

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