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A SEASON OF STORIES
Peabody Mansion Mysteries
Episode 4
The Investigation Begins
Leanna Lindquist, DTM
In episode #3 Laura and Rich came to the rescue. Penny shared a secret and a guest visited the meeting. . .
“You were there,” Laura blurted out, “and you Terry, John, Laura, and finally Mark. “I have no
didn’t tell me?” idea,” she admitted as she took another sip of
“You never asked.” Penny took another sip tea. Mark looked displeased with her answer.
of tea. Laura hated it when she got that smug “Rich, you must know some juicy tidbit that
look on her face. wasn’t in the papers,” Penny hinted.
“How did you wrangle an invitation to the Rich cleared his throat. “I was first on the
party? You were certainly MUCH older than scene but was relegated to taking staff statements
William,” Laura said with delight in her voice. when the detectives arrived and took over. I
“We were special guests of William’s father, was just a rookie, so I didn’t have anything to
who was my husband’s client. My costume was do with the investigation, and the detectives
beautiful, I went as Cleopatra and my husband didn’t confide in me. So, I’m afraid I don’t have
was Marc Antony,” boasted Penny. The party any juicy tidbits to add.” He reached for another
took place on the second floor. Do you know cookie.
there is a ballroom upstairs? It was decorated “This is so exciting,” chirped Laura. “Since
with ghosts and witches and spider webs. The we’ll be meeting here for a while, we can search
tables were piled with food and as I recall, the for clues and solve this mystery.” Laura sat a
alcohol was abundant.” little taller, putting her shoulders back. “That
“Did you see or hear anything that made should bring new members to our club.”
you think it was murder?” blurted out Mark. “I don’t know that a group of public speakers
Penny picked up her teacup, held it near can solve a case that’s befuddled the police for
her lips, and looked one by one at Rich, Carl, 30 years,” pointed out Carl.
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