Where in the World is Willard Kraft? Part 1 "Zelda, what's wrong?" Hilda said as the door came open and Zelda came storming in in a fancy black dress. Her eyes were red and swollen like she had been crying for hours.

"Willard never showed up for our date! I waited for four hours and he never came!" Zelda sobbed.

"I told you he was a loser."

"I don't want to talk about it!" Zelda sobbed as she stumbled up the stairs. She hurried into her bedroom and collapsed onto the bed in tears.

"Why, monkey? Why did you do this to me?" she whispered.

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"So, Mr. Kraft dumped Aunt Zelda? He's out of our lives for good?" Sabrina said the next morning as she was sitting at the table with Hilda.

"It sure looks like it. He never showed up for his date with Zelda last night. I can't believe that loser is finally out of our lives and we didn't have to lift a finger to remove him!"

Just then Zelda came into the kitchen in her bathrobe. Her eyes were still red and swollen and her skin was dead white.

"Hi, Aunt Zelda. I heard about your breakup." Sabrina said.

"I just don't understand it." Zelda whispered as she sat down. "When I talked to Willard yesterday, everything was fine. He said he had something important to tell me. Why would he just not show up?"

"He was probably wanting to tell you he wanted to break up with you and just didn't have the nerve." Hilda said with a smile. "You're better off without him anyway."

"No, I'm not." Zelda whispered as she put her head down on the table and started to cry again.

"Aunt Zelda?"

"Go on to school, Sabrina. I'll take care of her." Hilda said as she patted her sister's shoulder.

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"Val, you won't believe what happened last night! Mr. Kraft and Aunt Zelda broke up!" Sabrina called as she hurried over to her friend's locker.

"Really? Your Aunt Zelda better call the police then because she might have been the last one to have any contact with Mr. Kraft!"

"What are you talking about?" Sabrina said.

"Mr. Kraft's missing. His grandmother called the police this morning. They found his car in the river! The police are in the office right now interviewing teachers!"

"Do they think he's dead?"

"I don't know. You better call your aunt though. I'm sure they'll want to talk to her."

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"Hello?" Hilda said as she opened the door to find a policeman standing there. She smiled with happiness when she saw he wasn't wearing a ring. "Can I help you? Are you doing anything Friday?"

"I'm looking for Ms. Zelda Spellman." the policeman said.

"Just my luck." Hilda grumbled. "A cute guy shows up and he's only interested in my sister. Just a minute. I'll go get her."

"Zelda, there's a policeman here who wants to talk to you. He's single!" Hilda said as she came into the kitchen.

"What does he want?" Zelda muttered.

"Who knows? If you don't want him, give him to me! Come on!" Hilda said as she pulled her sister up and drug her into the living room pointing Zelda out of her bathrobe and into a short black skirt and red sweater along the way. "Here she is, officer."

"Ms. Zelda Spellman?"

"Yes. What can I do for you?" Zelda said as she sat down on the couch.

"Ms. Spellman, I understand you are involved in a relationship with Willard Kraft."

"Yes."

"Ms. Spellman, when did you last speak to Willard?"

"Yesterday. We were supposed to meet in the park at seven for a date but Willard never showed up. What's going on?"

"How would you say your relationship with Willard was?"

"Good. Well, it was until Willard didn't show up yesterday. What's going on?"

"Were you aware that Willard was seeing another woman?"

"WHAT?!"

"Another woman? Where did you hear that?" Hilda said with a laugh. "Willard was lucky to get one woman to go out with him. Two would be impossible."

"According to his secretary, Willard had been seeing someone else for the past three months and the relationship was serious."

"That can't be." Zelda whispered. "Willard loved me. We were going steady. He couldn't have been seeing someone else!"

"A ring was found in his office and a jewelry store clerk remembers seeing a blonde woman trying it on."

"No. He couldn't have...." Zelda whispered as she started to sob. "I thought he loved me!"

"It's okay, Zelly." Hilda said as she wrapped her arms around her sister. "Did you have something to tell us or did you just come here to let my sister know her boyfriend's a two-timing cad? I didn't know there was a romance police."

"I'm here to tell you that a car was pulled out of the river this morning. It was registered to Mr. Willard Kraft."

"What? Willard's dead?" Zelda cried as she looked up.

"There was no body in the car. The river is being dragged now."

"What was he doing by the river?" Zelda said. "The park isn't anywhere near there and neither is the school or his house."

"We suspect foul play was involved in Mr. Kraft's disappearance."

"Foul play? You think someone hurt Willard?" Zelda whispered.

Just then there was another knock on the door.

"That would be my partner." the officer said as a police woman came in carrying a plastic bag with a dark object inside.

"Look what I found in the trash. A bloodstained tie."

"That's Willard's!" Zelda cried. "I gave it to him for his birthday!"

"Ma'am, I'm going to have to ask you to come down town for questioning."

"Questioning? Why? I don't know who would want to hurt Willard. Why are you even here? Shouldn't you be out looking for him? He could be hurt somewhere!" Zelda cried.

"Ma'am, please don't give us any trouble." the officer said as he took her arm and started to lead her out. "You have the right to remain silent. If you give up that right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to have an attorney and to have that attorney present with you during questioning. If you can't afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you. Do you understand these rights?"

"Hilda, do something!" Zelda cried.

"Zelly, just stay calm. I'll find someone to help you and I'll be right down. Don't said anything until I get there!"

"Ma'am, I'm afraid I'm going to need to search the house now. We have a warrent." the other officer said as her partner put Zelda in the back of the patrol car.

"Oh, great." Hilda muttered as the officer headed upstairs. As soon as she was out of sight, Hilda pointed to remove all of their magical supplies to safety in the Other Realm and to disable the linen closet.

"What's going on?" Salem said as he came in. "Where's that cop taking Zelda?"

"I think they think she killed Willard! They're searching the house! What am I going to do?"

"I don't know. I guess this means I won't get my nap today."

"You'll be lucky if you ever get a nap again. I'm going down to that station. This is rediculous. There's no way Zelly would hurt Willard!"

"Are you leaving?" the officer said as she suddenly appeared at the top of the stairs as Hilda headed for the door with Salem in her arms.

"I'm going to the police station to see my sister. I'm taking the cat with me unless you want to question him to see if he saw Zelda killing Willard. This whole thing is ridiculous!"