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A SEASON OF STORIES
“Here’s his high school yearbooks and his ,he met his demise?”
fraternity books. We know a lot of the party “OK Miss Marple, how can I help?”
guests were Williams friends, so there may be a “You take the doors on the left and I’ll take the
clue in one of them.” ones on the right.” Their search revealed small
“Bring them, we can look for clues later. empty rooms with a few pieces of furniture.
Let's head to the basement, I have a noon hair “Let’s try the room at the end of the hall
appointment, so I need to watch my time.” then I need to get to my hair appointment.” As
Penny followed Laura down the stairs and into Laura opened the door and reached for the light
the dining room where they dropped off the switch, a door slammed behind them, and the
new evidence. Laura reached into her purse and room plunged into darkness. “Penny, please don’t
pulled out an extra-large flashlight. “Follow me, scream. As usual I am prepared.” She switched
I know the way,” Laura said with enthusiasm as on the flashlight which cast an eerie glow in the
she waved her flashlight in the air and marched hallway.
down the hall to the basement door. The door “Laura, do you think it’s the murderer? What
stood open as if inviting them in. Laura flipped kind of trouble did you get us into?”
on the light switch and with one hand on her Laura climbed the stairs without answering
flashlight and the other on the railing she the questions. She tried the door. “It’s locked. Do
descended into the basement, one step at a time. you have your cell phone?”
Her side kick followed. “Penny, the police report “No. Don’t you have yours?”
said that William was found at the bottom of “Of course, it’s right here. I’ll call my son and
the stairs then dragged into the wine cellar. The ask him to let us out.” Laura opened her phone
blood trail found by the detectives confirms it. and scrolled to her contact list. “Penny, there
Everyone assumed the murderer pushed him aren’t any bars.”
down the stairs. What if he came down here to To be continued. . .
meet someone or, on his way to the wine cellar
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