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about murder. The meeting is supposed
to start in fifteen minutes. We need to get
the heat on in here,” Terry said through
chattering teeth.
“The boiler is in the basement; let me
see if I can get it going,” offered Carl as he
started towards the basement stairs.
“How do you know that? asked Penny.
her hands together and blew on them. “I worked as Mr. Peabody’s handyman
“Boy does this bring back memories,” until his death.”
said Rich. “I didn’t know that” murmured Rich.
“You’ve been here before?” inquired Carl flipped on light switches as
Laura. he walked down the hall and into the
“It must have been 30 years ago. I was basement. The smell of dust soon
a rookie cop when the call came that the permeated the dining room as the
Peabody’s son was found dead during a radiators came to life. It would take a long
big Halloween costume party here. My time to warm up the mansion.
partner and I were the first to arrive. I’ll “Who gave us permission to meet
never forget the sound of Mrs. Peabody’s here?” inquired Terry.
hysterical sobs.” “As of yesterday, my son owns this
“Was it an accident?” asked Laura. place. He is going to restore it and turn
“A guest found him at the bottom of it into an event center for weddings and
the stairs with a broken neck. Someone parties. Work can’t start until the permits
moved the body and people were walking come through, which could take a couple
through the crime scene. If you ask me, of months. So, until he starts work, we can
I don’t believe for one minute that it was meet here,” replied Laura with a satisfied
an accident, but we couldn’t prove it. look on her face. “And it’s free.”
Somebody has gotten away with murder “Where is everybody? It’s almost time
all these years.” to start the meeting,” Penny asked as she
“We don’t have time for all this talk set up the banner.
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