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" I wondered why you didn't come back and I was very bothered " Sean continued.

" So, I went downstairs and before I opened the living room door, I heard you telling Michael not to tell anyone about something "

Loretta was thinking of the next lie.

" I told him not to tell anyone that I was giving him a...... Food bar " she lied.

Sean stared blankly at his wife and shook his head. He gave a surprised look.

" And all of a sudden!  Jack smith was found lying dead on the bench at his patio "

"Are you trying to say that your wife and son killed your neighbor? " Loretta said boiling a little.

" Can you keep your family issues for home? " Mrs Smith called.

Loretta and Sean eyed her and turned back .

" Please don't call the police, we'll do anything! " Loretta begged again.

Mrs Smith frowned slightly, like she had done something very terrible. Her telephone rang and she picked it up.

"Excuse me please, " she said, picking the phone up. It was Miss Andrea.
Miss Dorothy didn't make it.
Mrs Smith hung up, removed her glasses and sniffed.

" Mrs Dorothy has kicked the bucket I'm afraid " she said teary eyed.

Loretta broke down.  She looked at Michael. He was crying too. "I didn't kill her! " he said.

" Then who did?! " Loretta asked him.
Michael stared at her in silence.

She screamed again.

"Who did!? "

"I don't know, mummy! " Michael replied.

After Michael's denial, deafening silence followed. Not a sound came from the persons present.

Someone burst in.

"I'm looking for a certain Michael" the man that entered said.
He was tall and dressed in a black vest and jeans.

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