Mr. Monk Goes Camping
by Spyro :o)
Chapter 3 Another Monk
" Adrian, Adrian calm down." Sharona said putting a hand on Adrian's back as he wiped vigorously at the skin on his hands. His face was scrunched up and almost began to sweat.
" No doubt about it Captain Stottlemeyer. " the officer with the ink pad said after he scanned Adrian's fingers with the ones on the knife. " The fingerprints are the same."
Captain Stottlemeyer sat up and leaned over to see the screen for himself. " I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."
Adrian stopped wiping and looked up at Stottlemeyer. " They - they match?"
" Yup. I'm sorry Monk but I'm afraid we have to take you into custody until -"
" They can't match. That's impossilbe."
" Monk, it's right here on the screen. Lieutenant Tanner has been doing his fingerprint scanning for five years. There's no mistake. They match."
" Captain Stottlemeyer if you take Monk away from here you might never find out who killed Mr. Tithers." Sharona said. She couldn't believe hear ears. He was actually going to take Adrian away.
" Sharona, I know Monk couldn't have done this but my job overrules friendship. I'm really sorry."
Adrian thought for a while. " Could you keep me in custody at the Willowing Wounds?"
" He means Whispering Woods. It's the cabin place we're staying in." Sharona added when she saw the confused looks on the Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Tanner.
" Well, I suppose. But we have to have an officer with him wherever he goes." Stottlemeyer said after a while of thinking. " And he can't work on the case."
" Captian -" Adrian said.
" Monk, you don't work in the department anymore. You can only look. Not investigate."
" I know but - that cabin is really dirty inside. I was wondering if I could borrow a vaccum. Mr. Holmes doesn't seem to have one."
*
" Adrian I can't believe you backed down so easily." Sharona said after they went back to Whispering Woods. " Sharona it's fine. I know what's happening over there. I'll go over there and 'look' when I need to." Adrian said vaccuming under couch.
" Adrian that's the crime scene. Why would you look somewhere else? Oh, don't tell me it's too dirty over there or the trees aren't planted in the right place."
" I'm not going to investigate it yet. Although, now you mention it, those trees were a little - "
" Just get to the point Adrian." Sharona said her temper shortening. Adrian turned off the vacum cleaner and simply said, " Someone's trying to frame me."
Sharona sighed loudly folding her arms. " Yeah, Adrian, that's kind of obvious."
" Okay so usually, when someone frames someone else, they have a reason that they want to do frame them - right?"
" Right. Adrian, what exactly is the point of this conversation?"
" I don't know anyone up here. But someone up here knows me. " Adrian pulled out his wallet, opened it, and pulled out a picture of a man with round glasses and Adrian's curly hair. " Him."
" Who's that?"
" Daniel Monk. The guy who lives up here. He's my cousin."
" No kidding - your cousin? He looks exactly like you. You look like brothers. Twin brothers." Adrian smiled. " Yeah, we get that alot."
" So, you think he did it?"
" Well, no." Adrian said putting the picture back in his wallet and the wallet back in his pocket. " But we'll have to visit him to find out."
" Alright. Do you think he's home?" Sharona said slipping her purse over her arm. " Yeah, he - " Adrian stopped.
" What? What is it Adrian?" Adrian stared down at the floor. Without breaking his eye contact, he grabbed the vacum, turned it on and rolled it over the spot in which he was staring. Then he turned it off and sighed. " There was a piece of fuzz on the -"
" Yeah, yeah I see well we better get going." Sharona said grabbing Adrian's shoulders and leading out of the cabin.
" Oh! Wait, there's another spot."
" Adrian - go."
" But it's -"
" GO Adrian!"
" Bu -"
"Go!"
" I -"
" GO!"
Chapter 3 Another Monk
" Adrian, Adrian calm down." Sharona said putting a hand on Adrian's back as he wiped vigorously at the skin on his hands. His face was scrunched up and almost began to sweat.
" No doubt about it Captain Stottlemeyer. " the officer with the ink pad said after he scanned Adrian's fingers with the ones on the knife. " The fingerprints are the same."
Captain Stottlemeyer sat up and leaned over to see the screen for himself. " I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes."
Adrian stopped wiping and looked up at Stottlemeyer. " They - they match?"
" Yup. I'm sorry Monk but I'm afraid we have to take you into custody until -"
" They can't match. That's impossilbe."
" Monk, it's right here on the screen. Lieutenant Tanner has been doing his fingerprint scanning for five years. There's no mistake. They match."
" Captain Stottlemeyer if you take Monk away from here you might never find out who killed Mr. Tithers." Sharona said. She couldn't believe hear ears. He was actually going to take Adrian away.
" Sharona, I know Monk couldn't have done this but my job overrules friendship. I'm really sorry."
Adrian thought for a while. " Could you keep me in custody at the Willowing Wounds?"
" He means Whispering Woods. It's the cabin place we're staying in." Sharona added when she saw the confused looks on the Stottlemeyer, Disher, and Tanner.
" Well, I suppose. But we have to have an officer with him wherever he goes." Stottlemeyer said after a while of thinking. " And he can't work on the case."
" Captian -" Adrian said.
" Monk, you don't work in the department anymore. You can only look. Not investigate."
" I know but - that cabin is really dirty inside. I was wondering if I could borrow a vaccum. Mr. Holmes doesn't seem to have one."
*
" Adrian I can't believe you backed down so easily." Sharona said after they went back to Whispering Woods. " Sharona it's fine. I know what's happening over there. I'll go over there and 'look' when I need to." Adrian said vaccuming under couch.
" Adrian that's the crime scene. Why would you look somewhere else? Oh, don't tell me it's too dirty over there or the trees aren't planted in the right place."
" I'm not going to investigate it yet. Although, now you mention it, those trees were a little - "
" Just get to the point Adrian." Sharona said her temper shortening. Adrian turned off the vacum cleaner and simply said, " Someone's trying to frame me."
Sharona sighed loudly folding her arms. " Yeah, Adrian, that's kind of obvious."
" Okay so usually, when someone frames someone else, they have a reason that they want to do frame them - right?"
" Right. Adrian, what exactly is the point of this conversation?"
" I don't know anyone up here. But someone up here knows me. " Adrian pulled out his wallet, opened it, and pulled out a picture of a man with round glasses and Adrian's curly hair. " Him."
" Who's that?"
" Daniel Monk. The guy who lives up here. He's my cousin."
" No kidding - your cousin? He looks exactly like you. You look like brothers. Twin brothers." Adrian smiled. " Yeah, we get that alot."
" So, you think he did it?"
" Well, no." Adrian said putting the picture back in his wallet and the wallet back in his pocket. " But we'll have to visit him to find out."
" Alright. Do you think he's home?" Sharona said slipping her purse over her arm. " Yeah, he - " Adrian stopped.
" What? What is it Adrian?" Adrian stared down at the floor. Without breaking his eye contact, he grabbed the vacum, turned it on and rolled it over the spot in which he was staring. Then he turned it off and sighed. " There was a piece of fuzz on the -"
" Yeah, yeah I see well we better get going." Sharona said grabbing Adrian's shoulders and leading out of the cabin.
" Oh! Wait, there's another spot."
" Adrian - go."
" But it's -"
" GO Adrian!"
" Bu -"
"Go!"
" I -"
" GO!"