Jacuzzi Murder Case: Solution Chapter
"The murderer is... Joey!"
Everyone gasped.
"Rachel!" Detective Moore shouted. "How dare you accuse this little kid of murder!" Suddenly, Rachel caught on to what happened. She stopped worrying about talking without knowing it and decided she would have a "talk" with Conan later. Somehow, someway, she knew that Conan was imitating her voice. But that would have to wait.
"It all adds up!" She said defensively. "Joey's lunchbox had an empty thermos in it, right? That's why we couldn't find the weapon. Joey stabbed his father with an icicle and..." Then she noticed the candle. "And the candle melted the weapon! So all that leaves is the motive. Which you can tell us, can't you, Joey?" Joey trembled.
"O-Okay. I admit to killing Daddy, but I didn't w-want to..." Conan could tell that Joey was really crying, and that Joey was telling the truth. "M- Mommy told me that if I didn't k-kill Daddy, then she would kill me and e- everyone in the hotel."
Mrs. Geiyx looked appalled at this, but she realized she was caught and dropped the act. "Fine," she admitted. "I couldn't stand all of the people here. We had a beautiful building that we could've kept for ourselves but my husband insisted on helping people with this building. I put up with it. I was a good wife! But when I saw people smuggling drugs into the building, I had to put a stop to it before we all got arrested. I tried telling my husband to close the hotel, but he wouldn't listen. I worried and worried, until I found his will. He said he would leave the hotel to me when he died, and I wanted everyone out more than anything. It wasn't simply a desire anymore. It was an obsession. So I devised this elaborate scheme."
Detective Moore interrupted, like always. "So that's why you got Joey to kill him! You figured that no one would ever know!"
"No..." Mrs. Geiyx said. "Everything is going according to my plan!" She grabbed Joey and ran up the stairs. When she reached the top, she shouted, "I'm going to burn for this... But I'll make everyone else burn too!" And with a maniacal cackle, she ran upstairs.
Conan thought for a moment. "What does she mean?" Suddenly, it hit him. She was insane, so she was probably speaking literally when she said that everyone would burn. "Everyone, get out of here, now! She's going to set the hotel on fire!" Then the panic came. Everyone tried to scramble to the ballroom to save themselves. Conan slipped out by going through the basement. Then he realized that Mrs. Geiyx knew he would figure it out. Joey was in danger, and so was everyone else. He saw a bullet whiz by him, only missing him by centimeters. He quickly ran back into the building. Since there was only one exit from the hotel on that floor, all the people would be sitting ducks. Since he knew Mrs. Geiyx was firing at them from somewhere, she had to be in the lobby, one of the rooms, or on the roof. There were stairways to each room, but the roof could only be reached via... an elevator! Conan knew that in a fire, all elevators say to take the stairs instead. But Conan would have to risk burning himself to save everyone else from Mrs. Geiyx's shooting. He punched in the button to the roof, and hoped he was right. If he was wrong, then everyone, including him, would die. As he reached the roof he was right. Suddenly, he realized he didn't have a way to stop Mrs. Geiyx. "Heh, heh..." Mrs. Geiyx pointed the gun at Conan. She fired. Conan tried to jump out of the way, but he was hit in the arm and passed out.
"Conan..." Conan opened his eyes slightly. "Thank goodness you're awake!" "R-Rachel?" "No, silly! It's me, Joey!" Conan opened his eyes and saw Joey and Rachel standing next to his bed in the hospital. "Joey saved your life, Conan!" Rachel said happily. "He took the gun from Mrs. Geiyx before she could shoot you again." Conan smiled. He was safe, everyone in the hotel was safe, Mrs. Geiyx was in jail and the young Joey could grow up without such a bad influence.
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"The murderer is... Joey!"
Everyone gasped.
"Rachel!" Detective Moore shouted. "How dare you accuse this little kid of murder!" Suddenly, Rachel caught on to what happened. She stopped worrying about talking without knowing it and decided she would have a "talk" with Conan later. Somehow, someway, she knew that Conan was imitating her voice. But that would have to wait.
"It all adds up!" She said defensively. "Joey's lunchbox had an empty thermos in it, right? That's why we couldn't find the weapon. Joey stabbed his father with an icicle and..." Then she noticed the candle. "And the candle melted the weapon! So all that leaves is the motive. Which you can tell us, can't you, Joey?" Joey trembled.
"O-Okay. I admit to killing Daddy, but I didn't w-want to..." Conan could tell that Joey was really crying, and that Joey was telling the truth. "M- Mommy told me that if I didn't k-kill Daddy, then she would kill me and e- everyone in the hotel."
Mrs. Geiyx looked appalled at this, but she realized she was caught and dropped the act. "Fine," she admitted. "I couldn't stand all of the people here. We had a beautiful building that we could've kept for ourselves but my husband insisted on helping people with this building. I put up with it. I was a good wife! But when I saw people smuggling drugs into the building, I had to put a stop to it before we all got arrested. I tried telling my husband to close the hotel, but he wouldn't listen. I worried and worried, until I found his will. He said he would leave the hotel to me when he died, and I wanted everyone out more than anything. It wasn't simply a desire anymore. It was an obsession. So I devised this elaborate scheme."
Detective Moore interrupted, like always. "So that's why you got Joey to kill him! You figured that no one would ever know!"
"No..." Mrs. Geiyx said. "Everything is going according to my plan!" She grabbed Joey and ran up the stairs. When she reached the top, she shouted, "I'm going to burn for this... But I'll make everyone else burn too!" And with a maniacal cackle, she ran upstairs.
Conan thought for a moment. "What does she mean?" Suddenly, it hit him. She was insane, so she was probably speaking literally when she said that everyone would burn. "Everyone, get out of here, now! She's going to set the hotel on fire!" Then the panic came. Everyone tried to scramble to the ballroom to save themselves. Conan slipped out by going through the basement. Then he realized that Mrs. Geiyx knew he would figure it out. Joey was in danger, and so was everyone else. He saw a bullet whiz by him, only missing him by centimeters. He quickly ran back into the building. Since there was only one exit from the hotel on that floor, all the people would be sitting ducks. Since he knew Mrs. Geiyx was firing at them from somewhere, she had to be in the lobby, one of the rooms, or on the roof. There were stairways to each room, but the roof could only be reached via... an elevator! Conan knew that in a fire, all elevators say to take the stairs instead. But Conan would have to risk burning himself to save everyone else from Mrs. Geiyx's shooting. He punched in the button to the roof, and hoped he was right. If he was wrong, then everyone, including him, would die. As he reached the roof he was right. Suddenly, he realized he didn't have a way to stop Mrs. Geiyx. "Heh, heh..." Mrs. Geiyx pointed the gun at Conan. She fired. Conan tried to jump out of the way, but he was hit in the arm and passed out.
"Conan..." Conan opened his eyes slightly. "Thank goodness you're awake!" "R-Rachel?" "No, silly! It's me, Joey!" Conan opened his eyes and saw Joey and Rachel standing next to his bed in the hospital. "Joey saved your life, Conan!" Rachel said happily. "He took the gun from Mrs. Geiyx before she could shoot you again." Conan smiled. He was safe, everyone in the hotel was safe, Mrs. Geiyx was in jail and the young Joey could grow up without such a bad influence.
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