Seconds after the suicide of Juan Rodriguez, the inspector received a phone call telling him about how the painting changed.
"What do you mean the painting changed?" He asked.
As you recall, we were only able to hear one side of the conversation, but the end result was the inspector asking Mister Genoa about the painting.
Miss Cross stepped forward with her long legs and gave everyone a brief history of the painting. She told us it was over two-hundred years old. A sorcerer painted the portrait as a way of remembering his three dead daughters, who were burned alive at the stake. They were the most precious things to him and because of that, he created the painting so that after his death, others could store precious things that belonged to them behind it. The only problem was three people who knew what was hidden behind the painting needed to die in order for the back of the painting to open up and it's contents to be removed.
The inspector doubted this story and asked, "Why hasn't anyone tried to cut it open?"
"Many have," Miss Cross responded. "Go ahead, tell your boys to try."
The inspector called them and ordered them to it. They tried, but their knives were unable to cut through it.
"Well, shoot it, set it on fire, do something to damage it!" Were his orders. When he hung up the phone, he demanded to know what was behind the painting.
"Three-million dollars in stock certificates," Genoa told him so I didn't have to.
"So that's why everyone wants it," the inspector said with a smirk before asking Mister Genoa how he suggests we close this case.
The goal was to gather everyone who knew about the painting in one place along with the painting.
The inspector thought it was a great idea, but where would they meet was the question.
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The Case of The Perplexed Painting
Mystery / Thriller17-year-old Simon Blink hires a private eye to help him find who murdered his uncle. It is soon discovered that his death was linked to a mysterious painting.
