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"Hey, Tess, what's up?"
Don Alvarez joined his colleague from the Evidence Recovery Team who was standing with crossed arms in front of the fake William Blake painting, frowning thoughtfully.
"You know –," Tess started and paused to look up and then down, "This is a reeeally big painting."
Don pursed his lips and considered the more than man-high and almost as wide frame.
"Yep. And also kind of ugly but far be it from me to judge the last judgment, heh."
Tess just gave an unwilling shake of the head and gestured.
"My point is – isn't it a bit ODD that Caffrey just happens to examine the ONE spot on this really big painting that has Hagen's signature in it?"
Don opened his mouth and shut it again. He scanned the painting again top to bottom.
"What are you saying? That he knew it was there?"
"No...," Tess said slowly, "But... We know Hagen put this piece on the market because he was the one to talk with the house manager, Mr. Rawling, so it's save to assume he forged it. Jones said Hagen denied he signed it though and claimed he was framed. Well, if someone did frame him they'd want to make sure the signature was discovered which means..."
"You'd need to paint in more than one," Don finished in sudden understanding.
They both grabbed magnifying glasses and started examining the painting.
"Got one," Tess exclaimed after only a few seconds.
"And here's another one. Grab some of the sticky notes."
"Right."
Forty minutes later they stepped back and stared at the huge canvas literally plastered with sticky notes.
"Wow," Don said.