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It was a quiet, rainy night

Part one

It was a quiet, rainy night. Mr. Monk was awoken by the sound of what he thought to be something rustling in some bags just outside the apartment. He looked over at his clock, which read 2:23 A.M. Mr. Monk got out of bed, fixed the covers and fluffed the pillows before walking over to the shades. He slowly and carefully raised them. Something quickly caught his attention. A dead body was lying on a pile of trash bags.

Mr. Monk fixed the shades, put on a pair of slippers, and left his apartment. As he came closer to the pile of bags he noticed the body had disappeared. He carefully studied the bags. Nothing seemed out of order. He seemed confused. As he studied the area his eyes caught something shiny. A necklace with the initials T.A.M. Mr. Monk then went back inside. As he opened the door he heard the phone ringing. "Who would call at this time of night?" He asked as he walked over to the telephone. When he answered the phone a strange voice said,

"Hi, this is Tammy."

"Uhm…. hi?"

"I was wondering what time it was?"

"Uh it's 2:29 in the morning, why do you need to know what time it is?"

"I have to go, bye.," replied the stranger. Before Mr. Monk could say anything else, the strange caller hung up.

Mr. Monk sat at his table taking in and trying to understand everything that had just happened. When it hit him. "The necklace!" Monk said eagerly. "The initials in the necklace.", "I just had it a minute ago!" Adrian searched high and low for the necklace, but it was nowhere to be found. Mr. Monk grew tired of looking for the lost necklace and finally gave up. By the time he went back to bed the clock read, 4:23 A.M.

The next morning Mr. Monk was awoken by the sound of knocking at his door. When he unlocked and opened the door to his surprise there he saw Natalie.

"Mr. Monk, you look terrible."

"Long night."

"What happened?"

"Well, I was first awoken by the sound of some bags being rustled around when I looked out my window I saw a body just laying there on some trash bags. So when I went outside to get a closer look, the body was gone. As if it had just disappeared. When I looked around, I saw a necklace so I picked it up and I noticed the initials T.A.M. inscribed into it. So I went back inside and as I was opening my door the phone rang. When I answered it, it was a deep voice with the name of Tammy wondering what time it was. When I asked why someone would be calling this late just to know what time it was Tammy said bye, and he hung up. After that I went to my table and sat down. After thinking for a little while I remembered the necklace and how the initials were T.A.M. I got up and started to look for the necklace. I looked everywhere. Every single place in the house. I looked in the bathroom, the kitchen, my bedro…" Natalie cut off Monk "Whoa, whoa, whoa, calm down get back to the story."

"Ok as I was saying…. wait where was I?"

"You were looking for the necklace"

"Oh, yeah, I looked everywhere for about 2 hours then I finally gave up and went to bed."

"Ok, well lets take this to the Captain and see what he thinks about all this."

When Natalie and Mr. Monk arrive at headquarters they park the car and go inside. When they spot Stottlemeyer. Mr. Monk explains everything to him.

Stottlemeyer "Okay I'll send a team to go investigate the trash bags and that whole area, as for the necklace, what do you want to do?"

Monk "I don't know, I looked everywhere for it it's definitely not in my house."

Stottlemeyer "Do you want me to send a team to your house to look for the necklace?"

Monk "No no no no no no, no team in my house, no one in my house."

Stottlemeyer "Well we will see what the team can find out about those bags.

A while later the team arrives back at H.Q. And reports to Captain. Stottlemeyer enters the room where Monk is eagerly awaiting the news.

Monk "Anything?"

Stottlemeyer "No, when the team arrived there, there were no trash bags to be found anywhere."

Monk "Well did the trash company come and pick it up?"

Stottlemeyer "No, we have no record of the trash company anywhere near that area. Monk are you sure this wasn't a dream?"

Monk "I am sure, it deffinatly wasn't a dream, wait a minute the phone company."

Stottlemeyer "What about it?"

Monk "They would have the records of who called me last night. They could track Tammy, or who ever it was down. I know it is connected in some way to all of this"

Stottlemeyer "Your right that's a great idea, Randall, get in here, I have a job for you to do."

The lieutenant pauses the game he is playing on his computer.

Lieutenant Randall "Yes Captain?"

Captain Stottlemeyer "I want you to call the phone company and ask them to track where a call came from. The call that Monk received approximately at 2:29 A.M. this morning."

Randall "Okay I'll let you know when I am done"

A while later Lieutenant Randall returns with the news. Just as he is walking in he notices a white lady standing at the front desk waiting for someone. He stops and asks what she needs.

Randall "Hi uhm are you looking for someone?"

Lady "Oh thank you, im looking for a man named Monk?"

Randall "Yeah he's in the room down the hall, follow me I'll take you there, uhm I didn't quite catch your name?"

Lady "My names Tammy."…………..