In Today's Case: Conan's Secret Relieved
Tess laid in her bed. Rachel was sitting out in the living with Conan as they played a game. Richard sat at his desk with beer cans around him as he slept.
Tess rolled over to her side looking out her window. She stood up. She walked over to the window. She looked like she was just staring into space.
'Why? Why would Conan do that? Maybe he's hiding something; I'll get it out of him. I know it.' Tess thought as she smiled.
"Tess. Tess?" Tess turned around to find Rachel standing in the door way. Rachel smiled.
"Come on, you and dad got another case." Rachel stated. Tess blinked a couple times.
'She doesn't know about Conan? I'll keep what I know a secret.' Tess thought. "Me? And Uncle Richard?" Tess said confused. Rachel nodded her head. Conan came into the room.
"You made a hit in the papers!" Conan yelled as he waved the paper. Tess walked over to Conan. Conan handed her the paper when Richard snatched it out of his hands.
"LET ME SEE THAT!!!" Richard yelled. Richard started to read. "We would expect that the Great Richard Moore solved the last two cases. It wasn't him this time; it was his Niece Tess Moore from America. She was an FBI Agent who came to Japan to live with him." Richard then crippled the paper then threw it behind him. Tess placed her hands on her hip.
"Well, someone's jealous." Tess stated. Richard looked at Tess then got in her face.
"I AM NOT JEALOUS!!!" He yelled.
"It's not you're name in the paper." Tess said.
"Well, it kind of is." Conan stated. Tess looked down at Conan.
"You know what I mean." Tess picked up her jacket which was lying on the bed. She threw it over her shoulder. "Come on guys we've got a case to solve." Tess said. Walking out of the room. 'I have two to solve.' Tess thought. Conan watched her walk out of the room.
'What was that all about? She's acting like she knows nothing. Maybe, hopefully she forgot all about.' Conan thought. He stuck his hands in his pockets. Rachel and Richard walked out after them. Tess and Conan sat in the back seat as Rachel sat in the front with her dad. Tess stared out her window.
'I wonder what he's hiding. I'll play along with his game.' Tess glanced over at Conan. She looked back out her window. She moved her jacket from her shoulder onto her lap. Conan looked at her.
'I wonder what she knows. Whatever she knows I'll have to be careful today.' Conan thought as he stared at her. Tess looked at him. Conan jumped. She smiled at him. Conan looked away. Tess shook her head looking back out her window.
They then arrived at the house. When Rachel stepped out she knew who the house belonged to.
"Casey." Rachel said. Conan had heard her. He looked at the house.
'Casey? Oh I remember her. She never really talked the only person she talked to was Rachel.' Conan thought. Then Richard's fist came down on Conan's head.
"YOU'RE GOING TO STAY OUT OF MY WAY TODAY!!!" Richard yelled as he removed his fist. Conan rubbed his head. Tess was then standing behind Richard. She slammed her fist on his head.
"How do you like it Uncle?" Tess asked.
"Ow." Richard answered. Tess removed her fist. She put on her jacket slipping her hands into her pockets. She bent down to reach Conan's level.
"Are you okay?" Tess asked. Conan rubbed his head one more time then nodded his head. Tess smiled. Tess looked at Rachel. "Rachel." Rachel turned to look at Tess. "You need to watch your dad when he's around Conan." Tess said smiling. Rachel smiled.
"Okay." Rachel answered then Tess and Rachel started to laugh. Richard rubbed her head. They walked into the house. Rachel looked around the living room. Then Inspector Maguire was standing by the couch. He turned around.
"Glad you can come."
"Thank you Inspector." Inspector Maguire walked over to Tess/
"We really needed you here today." He said. Richard looked at Tess then at Inspector Maguire.
"INSPECTOR!" Richard yelled. Inspector Maguire and Tess looked over at him. Tess shrugged her shoulders as she turned her back to Richard.
"He's just jealous Inspector."
"Jealous? About what?"
"I'M NOT JEALOUS!!!" Richard yelled. Tess turned to look at him.
"Then why did you yell when Inspector Maguire came to greet me?" Tess asked. Richard stood there. He then crossed his arms. Tess smiled. "See, you're jealous that I solved the two cases and you didn't. I got a spot in the news paper when you didn't." Tess added. Richard uncrossed his arms.
"I'M... NOT..."
"The murder scene is over here." Inspector Maguire said. Tess nodded her head as she followed Inspector Maguire with Conan and Richard behind them. Richard looked down at Conan.
"OH NO YOU DON'T!!!" Richard yelled picking him up by the back of his shirt. Tess turned around. She walked over slamming her fist on Richard's head. Richard dropped Conan on floor. Tess removed his fist. She helped up Conan she turned back around to follow Inspector Maguire. Inspector Maguire pointed to a body that was lying on the couch with her eyes and mouth wide open. Blood ran down her head. The blood poured onto the floor and couch.
Rachel looked around. Then she saw a girl about her age wearing a blue skirt with a yellow tank-top. She walked over.
"Casey." Rachel called. The girl looked up at Rachel as a tear ran down her face.
"Rachel?" Casey asked. Rachel walked over then sat down next to her.
"Are you okay?" Rachel asked. Casey nodded her head.
"Yeah but, I wish I could say the same about my mother." Casey answered. Then a man wearing a tan shirt with a black tie and brown pants walked over.
"Casey grow up." He said. Casey looked down at the floor. "Mother is dead now."
"That's rude to say Bryan." Bryan turned around to see another man dressed in a blue suit with a white shirt. That was Mr. Nickleson Casey's dad. "It's almost like you wanted her dead."
"He did." Casey said. Bryan, Mr. Nickleson, and Rachel all looked over at Casey. "I heard them arguing in the living room." Then Inspector Maguire walked over.
"Keep going." He said. Casey looked up at Inspector Maguire.
"I heard them arguing in the living room. When Bryan entered the kitchen to sit down I walked into the living mom was sitting on the couch I walked upstairs into my room. Then when I came back down in saw her dead on the couch I called the police that's what happened on behalf." Casey said. Rachel placed her hands on her shoulders. Inspector Maguire looked at Bryan.
"What were you two arguing about?" Inspector Maguire asked. Tess looked up at Inspector Maguire.
"We were arguing about who would take over the company when she passes away. I thought It would be a good idea for me to take over but she said no. I tried to talk her into it."
"Then you decided to kill her when Casey walked upstairs into her room." Richard said.
"NO! I never wanted her dead. I don't know how Casey got that idea but I didn't want her dead! I was gone when I heard mother was dead!" Bryan yelled at Richard. Casey looked up.
"It's true. When I came back down stairs Bryan was gone." Casey said.
"Then that only leaves Mr. Nickleson!" Richard yelled as he pointed at him. Tess shook her head then walked over.
"Uncle, Uncle, Unlce. You can't rush into things like that. They're all innocent till proven guilty." Tess stated as she walked back of the body. Conan was looking at the body when Tess knelt down next to him. Conan looked at her. "Hey Conan."
"Hi."
"Is there anything you want to talk about?" Tess asked. Conan looked at her funny.
'Uh-oh.' Conan thought. Conan shook his head. "No why?"
"I was just wondering because last week end when Sirena solved that murder case, you were nowhere to be found." Tess stated. Conan stared.
"I was in the bathroom." Conan said nervously. Tess smiled then nodded her head.
"Okay."
"Hey look." Conan said. Conan pointed to a string mark on her body. Tess looked at she saw the string mark. Tess turned around to look at Richard and Inspector Maguire.
"Inspector! Uncle! Come here Conan found something." Tess said. Inspector Maguire and Richard walked over. Tess pointed to the body's neck. "See that string mark. Conan found it."
"Why would there be a string mark if she was stabbed to death?" Inspector Maguire asked.
"Maybe she wasn't stabbed to death. They could have made it look like she was stabbed to death." Tess stated. Conan stood up. He walked away. He looked at a picture sitting on the table. He looked at it. Then he turned around to look at the body. He looked back at the picture.
'That's not Mrs. Nickleson.' Conan thought. Mr. Nickleson walked over. Conan looked up at him. "Excuse me."
"Yes?"
"Who's that in that picture, it's not Mrs. Nickleson is it?" Conan asked.
"No it's my sister." He answered quickly. Conan looked back at the picture.
'THAT'S IT! He's the murderer.' Conan thought. Tess looked at Conan as he picked up the picture. Conan stuck the picture in his pocket. Richard then spun him around.
"WHAT ARE YOU..." Conan flipped up his watch then hit Richard in his neck. Richard stumbled back. He then fell onto the coffee table. Bryan, Casey, and Rachel walked over.
"Dad, are you okay?" Rachel asked. Conan ran behind the couch. Tess watched him.
"I'm fine Rachel. Everyone I know who the killer is." Richard supposedly said. Everyone looked at Richard in surprisement. Tess stood up. She turned too looked at Richard's back. Tess slowly stepped toward the right end on the couch. She watched Conan from the corner of her eye.
"Richard who know who the killer is?"
"Yes I do Inspector. Conan come here." Conan stood up from behind the couch then ran over. Tess watched him. Conan faced his back to everyone.
"Yeah?"
"Hand me that picture." Conan took out the picture from his jet. He placed it in Richard's hands. Conan ran back behind the couch. "Now, Mr. Nickleson who is this in the picture?"
"That's my sister." He said. Bryan looked at his father.
"You have a sister?"
"He doesn't this is his girlfriend!"
"WHAT?" everyone asked.
"You killed Mrs. Nickleson because she found out about your girlfriend am I right?" Mr. Nickleson fell to his hands and knees.
"Yes, she was going to confront her. I couldn't loose the woman I loved so I decided to kill her."
"You do that you killed you're daughter's mother right?"
"Yes, I didn't mean to, in yet I did."
"What's up with the string marks can you tell me?"
"I tried to strangle her. But she wouldn't die so I stabbed her to death." Inspector Maguire cuffed Mr. Nickleson. Tess took a step back then she quietly walked toward Conan then knelt down.
"Busted." She said. Conan jumped to see Tess.
'Oh-no!' Conan thought.
"No tell me, what's going on?" Tess asked. When everyone started to clear out of the house. Richard started to wake up. Tess nodded her head. "So you're Jimmy Kudo?"
"Yeah." Conan answered after he told her the whole story.
"Does Rachel and Richard know?"
"NO! They can't know!" Conan yelled. Tess smiled.
"Okay, I'll keep it a secret." Tess said smiling. Richard stood up. Tess looked over the couch. Tess looked at the clock and it read 9:00 p.m. Tess looked at Richard. "Richard's waking up, come here." Tess said opening her arms. Conan crawled to her as she picked him up. "Pretend you're sleeping." Tess said. Conan closed his eyes. Richard looked around as Tess walked over to him. "Great job Uncle!" Tess said. Richard looked at Tess.
"What?"
"You solved the case, great job."
"I solved it before you?"
"Yup, you did a great job. To bad Conan couldn't congratulate you, he fell asleep after he gave you that picture.
"Oh well. COME ON! TIME CELEBRATE!!!" Richard yelled.
Next Time on Case Close: "That's it!" Tess and Conan solve a case together. But when the murderer is pulling random murders they don't know who is going to be the next target. They got to figure out who it is before Richard and Rachel become a target.
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