The next day, Fred told Patsy she could take today off, but Patsy refused and wanted to answer the phones. Patsy had been with Fred for almost eight years now. Fred had been in practice that long, so he thought Patsy was a perfect fit once he hired her. Kylie brought Patsy up – to – date on what was going on with the mystery.
"Wow, Fred. I do understand you and your friends need to come up with ideas to solve this case," Patsy told him.
"I know we do, but we haven't found anything that would solve the writer's murder," Fred told her.
"I'm sure you'll come up with something," Patsy reassured him.
"I know we will, but like the police told us, they had no new ideas to close the case. I guess that's probably why they came to me and the gang for some help."
"Looks that way," Patsy agreed.
"Maybe we could go to the spot where the murder scene happened," Fred suggested.
"Do you know the area to where the murder happened?" Patsy asked.
"I think that's where GPS comes in," Fred answered.
Fred once again grabbed the file Andrea had given him to look over on her sister's death. The file told Fred that the murder took place near a Baptist church around Broadway and Fifth Avenue.
"This happened in Utah, Patsy. I'm sure we would probably have to go out there for ourselves to see what evidence could pop up," Fred told her.
"Good luck with that one," Patsy said.
Patsy watched as Fred punched in Andrea's cell phone. Both listened to the phone ring until they received a voicemail.
"You have reached Andrea Webber. I am not in right now, but I'll be happy to return your call as soon as possible."
Then the beep sounded.
"Hi, Andrea. I'm Fred Jones. I was calling to see if my friends and I can come to Salt Lake sometime and see if we can go to the area your sister's murder began. Call me," Fred said and put the phone back.
"Do you think you'll hear anything back?" Patsy asked.
"I'm sure I will, but I'll give her all the time she needs," Fred answered back.
An hour or so passed. Both Fred and Patsy heard the phone ring. Patsy was closest to the phone, so she picked it up. After listening to the caller, Patsy handed the mouthpiece to her boss.
"Thanks," Fred said and took the phone from Patsy.
Patsy decided to leave Fred alone for the meantime so Fred could have his conversation with Andrea confidential.
"Hello, Andrea," Fred said.
"Hi. I got your message a couple of minutes ago," Andrea told him.
"I figured you'd get my message. I just came up with an idea," Fred said.
"What's that?" Andrea asked.
"I was wondering if my friends and I could go out to Salt Lake City and visit the place where your sister's murder occurred," Fred began.
"I don't know. That area has been closed since Virginia's murder, but I'll see what I can do about letting you and your friends investigating the crime scene."
"Thanks. I'll talk this over with my friends and see what they thought of my suggestion," Fred replied.
"Okay. I'll get back to you on that," Andrea said.
She thought it made sense to talk to this over with Sheriff Jackson. He probably wouldn't let them in on the murder scene, but there was no way Fred and his friends could come up with new ideas to close the case up.
"Thanks, Andrea. I appreciate it. Either one of you could call me once the sheriff has made a decision."
"We'll do that. Thanks for telling me your latest idea," she said and the two got off.
"Let's see what the gang thinks of the idea, but I'm sure they will agree," Fred said to himself as he put the phone back in its spot.