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THREE

Marsha joined the group in the midst of discussion with a big "HEY GUYS! Did ya miss me?"

There is a long pause while everyone waits for someone else to break it to her, until Adeline does it.

"Weeeeell... not really, sorry," she says. As the girl jumps right up from her chair, everyone chats to one another. "BUT, we did manage to figure out what happened to Anita Bath! Isn't it great? We may be able to put the murderer to the police!

"That's great, Adeline! Do you mind if I go speak to Marie?" Marsha said, as if she were in a rush.

"Yeah, sure! Sorry I kept you waiting. It seems you really want to talk to her."

Marsha speed-walks towards Marie Juana and whispers angrily so no-one else hears. "You better not be helping them figure us out!"

"Oh no, Miss Mallow. No, no, no. It's absolutely fine," she whispers back. "These imbeciles will never get even close to our trail!"

Marsha hastily grabs Marie by the shoulders as she snaps: "Just be sure to blend in, but not so much that you give us away. Okay?"

"Says the one that's whisper-shouting so much that everyone is looking."

The leader looks around the room, noticing that Marie was lying.

"Didn't quite get me there. But you're right, we should probably stop before anyone gets suspicious. JUST DON'T LET ME DOWN, okay?" Her voice turns kind on that last word as if nothing was at stake.

Marsha Mallow quickly left the conversation to join Sue Doku.

"Ah, Marsha! You're back! I think we're starting to get onto the murderer! It's barely been 8 minutes since we found that note! I honestly never thought I'd do a case as quick as this! Isn't this great?"

"Yeah, I suppose that is quite cool," Marsha says in a calm voice, "but I hear that there is only 10 minutes to find another clue before... you know."

"You are so right. In fact, we better get cracking. Since we only have..." Sue briefly checks her watch. "One minute?!?! Alright everyone, let's go, GO, GOOOO!"

Everyone in the room immediately gets in a rush to save their own life, running around the house, looking under pillows, on tables, until eventually Tom finds the hint on top of the fridge. He gives a huge yell. "Yes! Guys! I got i-" Just as a crowd started to gather, Tom groans and falls to the floor. "I'M HIT! You must... get the... the... murderer..." He flops over.

Adeline just has to make a comment; "Damn. Another one's bitten the dust."

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The following video I put in just for fun. Just from that last line :-P