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Monk and Sharona were in their car. Monk was badgering Sharona about her driving as usual. "Slow, slow down. You're going too fast. Sharona, there was a stop sign there!"
"Adrian, it wasn't on our road."
"That light was red," Monk shouted.
"I'm making a right turn, Adrian, you don't need to wait for a green light!"
"Still, I'd like it better if you waited."
"Do you wanna drive? I'll pull over right now."
"No, no thanks. You're doing great," Monk said with an unconvincing smile.
Monk and Sharona pulled up to a huge mansion. They went inside to find Captain Stottlemeyer. Of course, Randy Disher was by his side.
"Monk, the victim is Niles Sluvay. He is the first-born son of multi-billionaire Sam Sluvay. Sam died a week ago from a heart attack. In his will, he left this estate and his business to Niles. If Niles was unable to take over, then Julian Sluvay, Sam's second son, was next in line for the business. If he couldn't do it, then it goes to his third son, Mark. Our prime suspect is Julian. He had the motive," Stottlemeyer explained. "The body was found with this phone chord tied around the neck. The only thing is, all the phones in this house are cordless."
"So the killer must have brought it with him," Monk said. "But why would he bring his own phone cord and leave it here for us to find?"
"I don't know, maybe he was careless," Stottlemeyer said.
"No…no. Look at the design of that cord. It looks like it's from an antique phone. I've never seen one like that. Who found the body?" Monk asked.
"Mark Sluvay, Sam's third son," Stottlemeyer replied.
"I'd like to talk to him."
"Go right ahead, he's over there." Stottlemeyer was pointing to an average-sized, dark-haired man in his late twenties. He looked very confused from all that was going on. Monk was trying to get Sharona's attention so that they could talk to Mark together, but she was too busy talking to Disher.
"So, how was your date last night with What's his Name?" Disher asked her.
"Oh, it was going great until ADRIAN showed up. Then he dumped me," Sharona exclaimed. Adrian heard this and looked down at the floor, but he was still listening intently to their conversation.
"Well, I think he was pretty stupid to dump you," Disher said sincerely. "If you want, I could cheer you up with dinner tonight? You know, if you're not busy." Disher couldn't look her in the eye while he asked her out. He was afraid she'd say "No." Monk was waiting to hear Sharona's response, hoping that she'd refuse Disher's offer, but to Monk's dismay, Sharona accepted the invitation.
"I could use some cheering up," she said with a smile. "Pick me up at 8:00 pm."
Monk decided to go talk to Mark Sluvay himself, since he couldn't pull Sharona away from Disher. "Hi, Mr. Sluvay, I'm Adrian Monk. I'd like to ask you a few questions."