Whoops! Bet you guys thought I forgot ;-) Sorry about that.

Welcome Waynhim Duhkkha and Rich Hornby.

Yes, Cylon One, you've mentioned that several times :-).

Waynhim Duhkkha (and everyone else, too), this is the chapter where you find out the truth of who actually killed the girl.

Adrian was back in the storage room, cleaning diligently. His mind was frantically trying to make sense of everything he and Natalie had seen and heard over the past two days.

Three candy makers. Each one obviously involved somehow. But how…

"Hey, Mr. Monk!" Willy's voice suddenly interrupted his thoughts.

"Yaaaaaahhh!" Adrian exclaimed, jumping in surprise. He turned around to face Willy. "Don't ever sneak up on me like that again." he said.

Willy had one purple gloved hand clapped over his mouth as he tried to keep from laughing. Finally he got his mirth under control enough to gasp out, "Sorry, I couldn't he-he-help it," before bursting into laughter again.

In a minute he collected himself and looked around the room. His eyes widened and he whistled. "This place is CLEAN," he said. He looked at Adrian, "The oompa-loompas and I couldn't have done better."

Adrian turned back to where he was trying to get out the remains of one last spot on a table and shrugged one shoulder, embarrassed. "Thanks," he mumbled, scrubbing.

"Uh, Mr. Monk," Willy said. "You really should stop mumbling. I can't understand you when you do."

"Sorry," Adrian said. He looked over at Willy and stared for a minute before a slight smile appeared.

"What is it?" Willy asked.

"I've solved the case," Adrian said. He walked towards the door, Willy following him.

Once they were outside the room, Willy caught up with Adrian, "You figured out what happened?" he asked excitedly. "What happened? Who did it?"

"I want to explain it to everyone," Adrian said.

"'Kay!" Willy said, and dashed off.

Adrian wondered what Willy was up to. Then he shrugged and continued on his way to the suite.

When he reached there, he heard several voices talking inside. He opened the door and was surprised to see that not only were Natalie and Julie there, but also Willy, Charlie, Charlie's parents and grandparents, too. Willy grinned at Adrian. "So there you are, slowpoke!" he exclaimed. "We've been waiting for you to come and tell us what you figured out."

Adrian was speechless. "How…how did you…"

"Never mind that!" Willy exclaimed. He grabbed Adrian's hand, which was still encased in a yellow rubber cleaning glove, and pulled him into the room. "Come on! Everyone's here to hear your solution!"

"Let me get these gloves off, first," Adrian said, walking over to the trash can.

"Argh!" Willy exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. "You're driving me crazy!"

After removing the gloves and thoroughly washing his hands, Adrian came back over to them. "So," he said, "Here's what happened…"

(Scene changes to black and white and shows what happened while Adrian narrates)

"Alicia Tryon was dating Samuel Slugworth, son of Stephen Slugworth. He got her pregnant. His father was furious because this would be bad for his company's reputation and therefore the business. When he went out, he went to Mr. Prodnose and Mr. Finckelgruber, his allies ever since they had all sent spies to steal Mr. Wonka's recipes. He wanted to kill Alicia. So they all formulated a plan. They would frame Mr. Wonka for the girl's murder. Mr. Finckelgruber provided the gun. Mr. Prodnose took down the table skirts he had and used them to make a coat like Mr. Wonka's out of it. He probably also provided the top hat. Mr. Prodnose probably gave his wife some form of sleeping medication so she wouldn't wake up that night. It was Mr. Slugworth who pretended to be you, Mr. Wonka, and who actually killed Alicia. Then Mr. Finckelgruber took the picture with his camera."

(Scene changes back to the present)

"I figured out that it was Slugworth who killed Alicia because of seeing Mr. Wonka just now," Adrian explained. "He's the only one of the three that was skinny enough to be able to pull it off. Plus, he's bald so wearing a wig would work best on him."

"So now do we go to the police and tell them?" Willy asked.

"Yes," Adrian said.

The local police, not knowing Adrian personally, were skeptical at first when he told them what had happened, but they were willing to check it out. They got a warrant and searched the homes and candy stores of Finckelgruber, Prodnose, and Slugworth. In Finckelgruber's store they found the gun that Monk had seen. It was the right kind of gun that would shoot the kind of bullet that had killed Alicia Tryon. When they fingerprinted it, the found a positive match for Slugworth's prints. They also found the negative version of the picture that appeared in the paper in Finckelgruber's desk drawer. When they searched Prodnose's dwelling, they found the Wonka costume, complete with top hat and wig, and missing the lower right corner. Upon DNA testing it, they found Slugworth's DNA on it.

Adrian, Natalie, Julie, Willy, Charlie, and Charlie's parents all watched as the three candy makers were handcuffed, put into police cars, and driven to the police station. Willy touched his nose with his right thumb and waved his fingers at his former competitors, "Nah nah nah nah nah!" he said.

Once the police cars had driven away, Adrian turned around to find Samuel standing there. "I'm sorry," he said. "I kind of feel like this is all my fault. If Alicia and I hadn't…she wouldn't have been going to have my baby and Dad wouldn't have killed her."

"Samuel," Adrian said, "It's not your fault. Your father was the one who decided to kill Alicia, not you."

"I wish there was something I could do," Samuel said.

"Actually," Adrian said, eyeing Alicia's ring, "There is. I talked to Alicia's sister and she said that Alicia's class ring was missing and she hoped I would find it."

Samuel looked down at the ring, and then slowly removed it and handed it over to Adrian. "Then give this to her, by all means," he said. "And tell her that if she ever wants to talk about her sister, she can call me. Alicia wrote my number down in her contacts book."

"I'll pass along both the ring and the message," Adrian promised.