Garage Sale Mystery: The Beach Murder Page #9

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SOUNDS PERFECT.

WHERE DID I MESS UP?

YOU GRABBED THE WRONG WETSUIT,

A SUMMER SUIT,

AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW

THE DIRECTION:

OF THE CURRENT.

IF STEVE HAD BEEN OUT SURFING,

HIS BODY WOULD HAVE WASHED UP

SOUTH OF HIS CAR, NOT NORTH.

AND I KNEW:

YOU WERE A MOUNTAIN BIKER.

THERE WAS BIKE TIRE TRACK

LEADING AWAY:

FROM THE LAND ROVER.

AMAZING.

DO YOU THINK:

I KILLED TODD, TOO?

I DON'T KNOW.

I SAT WITH HIM,

GAVE HIM ALL THE ALCOHOL

HE WOULD DRINK,

AND HE WAS:

IN SO MUCH PAIN.

AND THEN..

I COVERED HIS MOUTH

UNTIL HE STOPPED

BREATHING.

BUT YOU KNOW WHERE

YOU REALLY MESSED UP?

WHERE?

MY HUSBAND:

WAS EXPECTING ME HOME

A LONG TIME AGO.

SO?

SO, HE WORRIES.

EVEN CALLS THE POLICE.

DROP THE GUN, MITCH.

OKAY...

OKAY.

PUTTING THE GUN DOWN...

DON'T EVER LET ANYONE TELL YOU

THAT HITTING SOMEONE IN THE HEAD

DOESN'T HURT.

[GASPING]

-ARE YOU OKAY?

-YES.

[SOBBING IN RELIEF]

[SIRENS BLARING]

I KNEW SOMETHING

WAS WRONG,

I COULD TELL BY THE SOUND

OF YOUR VOICE.

FRANK CALLED:

RIGHT AFTER YOU.

YEAH,

YOU WERE RIGHT.

I CHECKED:

WITH THE CORONER,

AND THE WATER IN HIS LUNGS

WASN'T FROM THE OCEAN.

I ASKED FRANK:

TO MEET ME HERE.

THANK GOODNESS, YOU DID.

I HAD IT UNDER CONTROL.

YEAH, RIGHT.

I CAN' THANK YOU ENOUGH.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU,

MITCH WOULD HAVE

GOTTEN AWAY WITH THIS.

IF MITCH IS THE BAD GUY,

THEN WHO ATTACKED HIM

AT HIS HOUSE?

HE HIRED SOMEONE

TO BEAT HIM UP.

HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

I DON'T.

BUT WHAT BETTER WAY

TO THROW US OFF?

IT'S ONLY THING

THAT MAKES SENSE.

ISN'T THIS

CUTTING IT A LITTLE CLOSE?

GETTING THERE.

HEY, FRANK,

HOW ABOUT DOING:

YOUR JOB FOR ONCE?

FUNNY.

[DOOR OPENS]

HEY, SLEEPYHEAD.

OH, HEY, UH,

THERE'S MORE IN THE CAR?

-LOTS MORE.

-ALL RIGHT.

HEY, I'M MAKING DINNER.

I'M GOING TO KYLE'S,

SO JUST SAVE ME SOME, OKAY?

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA,

HOW'D THE AUDITION GO?

DID YOU NAIL IT?

YEAH.

IT WAS, UH, FINE.

MR. ELKINS SAID I DID

A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

HE SAID:

I "WASN'T WITHOUT TALENT."

OH, WELL,

THAT'S GOOD NEWS.

AND..?

AND THE LEAD:

IN THE SPRING PLAY

ALWAYS GOES TO A SENIOR.

BUT, UH,

HE WANTS ME:

TO TRY OUT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

OH, ARE YOU GOING TO?

NAH...

I THINK I'M JUST GOING TO STICK

TO COMPUTER CLUB INSTEAD.

BUT, UH...

[IMPERSONATING BRANDO]:

I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER.

[CHUCKLES]

COULDA BEEN.

HMM...

COULDA WOULDA.

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