In Today's Case: Business Man Murder

Tess laid on the couch. She had her hands behind her head. Rachel was vacuuming the floor. Conan walked threw the door from playing outside with Amy, Mitch, and George. Rachel shut off the vacuum.

"Hi Conan." Rachel said tapping Tess' leg telling her to sit up.

"Hi Rachel." Conan responded. Tess sat up.

"How was you're day?" Tess asked. Conan smiled.

"Great." Conan answered. Richard came through the door. Everyone looked at him as he sat down at his desk. They all blinked. They watched him closely as he placed his head on his desk.

"What's wrong Uncle?" Tess asked. Richard rubbed his face then he looked at Tess.

"Nothing." Richard answered. Rachel stood up right as Conan and Tess stared at Richard.

"Come on, when you're this down there's always something wrong." Rachel said. Walking toward the vacuuming.

"CAN'T A GUY BE HOTT AND TIRED?!" Richard yelled. Tess and Conan jumped back. Tess threw herself onto the couch. Conan walked to the other couch sitting down. Tess sat up.

"Hey Rachel." Tess called. Rachel put away the vacuum then she turned to look at Tess.

"Yeah?"

"Want to go for a walk?" Tess asked. Rachel smiled. She nodded her head.

"Sure." Rachel answered. Conan taped on Tess' knee.

"Can I come?" Conan asked. 'I'll do anything to get out of here again.' Conan thought. Tess smiled and nodded her head.

"Sure." Tess answered as she stood up. They walked toward the door.

"DON'T GO FAR!" Richard yelled.

"Okay dad we won't." Rachel said.

"Yeah WE won't go far." Tess stated. After Rachel and Conan walked out the door Tess shut it behind her. Richard sighed then he placed his head back on the desk.

"Knowing them they'll probably walk the whole city then come home." Richard complained.

They walked out of the house. They went down the street then crossed the street. Pretty soon they were walking toward a fancy hotel. A black limo pulled up. The driver came out wearing a butler uniform with a hat and grey gloves. His name was Max. He walked toward the door opening it. He let out a big man dressed in a dark blue suit. He carried folders up the hotel stairs. Then something slipped out the folder. Conan ran up to the piece of paper then ran up the steps.

"Conan!" Rachel yelled. Tess watched Rachel.

'She's a little protective of him.' Tess thought. Conan grabbed and pulled the pant leg of the man. He turned around. Conan waved the piece of paper in the air.

"Sir I think you dropped this." Conan said handing him the paper. Then man took the paper. The man read the paper then he smiled.

"Thank you young man, if I lost this paper someone would have lost their job." He said placing his hand on Conan's head as he looked at Max. "What's you're name?" he asked.

"I'm Conan." Conan answered. The man smiled.

"Well, thank you Conan." Rachel and Tess ran up the stairs. They were then standing behind Conan. Rachel placed her hands on his shoulders. The man looked at Rachel.

"His then young man yours?" he asked. Rachel looked up at him. She then nodded her head.

"Yes." Rachel answered as she stood up right. The man held out his hand.

"I'm Mr. Rissole." He said. Rachel shook his hand.

"I'm Rachel and this Tess."

"Hi." Tess waved. Mr. Rissole smiled. He placed his hand on Conan's head.

"Why don't you guys come down to my hotel room with you're parents and have dinner." He stated. Rachel, Tess, and Conan looked at each other. They smiled and nodded their heads. They looked back at Mr. Rissole.

"Sure." They all said. Mr. Rissole removed his hand from Conan's head as they headed back down the street running for home. After awhile of running Conan was getting tired. He had such a little body he couldn't keep up with Rachel and Tess. Tess stopped as Rachel ran on. Tess crouched down. Conan hopped onto her back. Tess wrapped her arms around his legs as she followed Rachel. They ran up the stairs of their house. They got up into the office where Richard had his head on his desk.

"Hey dad!" Rachel yelled as she shut the door huffing in puffing after Tess entered placing Conan on the ground. Richard looked up at her.

"You guys are back already? That was a fast walk." Richard stated. Rachel nodded her head as she sat down onto the couch. Tess walked over to Richard placing her hand on his shoulder.

"Guess what."

"What?"

"We we're invited to dinner by Mr. Rissole." Tess said smiling. Richard lifted his head up off the desk. He looked at Tess as he turned his chair.

"MR. RISSOLE!!! THE RICHESS BUINESS MAN IN ALL OF JAPAN?!" Richard yelled. Tess placed her finger on her chin.

"Well... I don't know if he's rich but... yes." Tess stated. Richard stood up.

"LET'S GO!!!" Richard yelled.

Dark came; Richard, Rachel, Conan, and Tess walked down the street toward Mr. Rissole's hotel. They walked in got the number to room. They rode the elevator all the way up as they walked down the hall.

"Here it is." Richard said as he knocked on the door. "Mr. Rissole?" Richard called. Conan noticed that the door was opened.

'Why is the door open?' Conan asked himself. Conan walked right up to the door. He pushed it open. Richard blinked as his fist came down onto Conan's head.

"IT'S RUDE TO OPEN OTHER PEOPLE'S DOOR!!!" Richard yelled. Conan stumbled back. Richard looked around as he entered. Mr. Rissole was nowhere to be found. He walked past the king sized bed. Tess and Conan entered the room looking around. Richard walked toward the sliding glass doors. He slid it open. He looked to his left then to his right to see Mr. Rissole with a knife in his chest. He eyes wide open. Blood covered his shirt. Richard's mouth dropped open. He looked back into the room to see Rachel, Tess, and Conan standing in the room. "One of you go down stairs and tell the people at the front desk that there was murder!" Richard yelled as Conan and Tess placed surprised faces. Conan and Tess looked at each other.

"I'll do it!" Rachel yelled as she ran down the hall then entered the elevator which was unloading some people. Tess and Conan walked over as Richard walked back into the room. Tess and Conan looked at the body. Tess approached the body. She knelt down in front of it as Conan placed his hands in his pockets. Tess looked back at Conan.

"Long do you think he's been dead?" Tess asked. Conan shrugged his shoulders. He walked right up to Tess. He stood next to her as he stared down at the body.

"Maybe a couple of hours." Conan answered. Tess looked back at the body.

"Not a bad guess." Tess stated. Conan looked at Tess funny.

"What do you mean not a bad guess?" Conan asked. Tess pointed to the blood stains on his shirt.

"See the blood stain?"

"Yeah."

"Well, it's dry. I say he's been dead for a while. At 3 o'clock he was alive, we were with him."

"That means he was killed after he went into his hotel room." Conan stated. Tess nodded her head.

"Since it took us about 5 minutes to get up do to the slow and only elevator he was probably killed in between 3:05 and 6:00." Tess stated. Conan looked threw the glass doors as the digital clock on the night stand read 7:35. He looked back at the body. Richard silent walked out of the room. He grabbed the back of Conan's shirt lifting him into the air.

"A MURDER SEEN ISN'T A PLACE FOR CHILDREN!!!" Richard yelled as he kicked him in the butt knocking him into the room. Conan landed face first. He rubbed his butt as Rachel entered the room.

"Inspector Maguire is coming dad." Rachel stated. Richard nodded his head. Tess walked back into the room. She picked up Conan placing him onto his feet.

They waited for Inspector Maguire to show up at the seen. Then he walked threw the door. The officers that came with him started to take pictures on the body. One took out the murder weapon placing it in a page. Inspector Maguire, Richard, Tess, and Conan stood outside watching as Rachel sat on the bed inside. Inspector Maguire looked Tess.

"Tess you determined that he's was killed in between 3:05 and 6:00?" he asked. Tess nodded her head as she looked down at Conan.

"With a little help from a friend." She answered as she looked back up at the body.

"Then we'll need everyone who entered the room at this time." Inspector Maguire said. Richard, Tess, and Inspector Maguire walked into the room. Conan had then noticed something on the body.

'What is that?' Conan asked himself as he ran toward the body. On the neck of Mr. Rissole were rope marks. 'It looks like he was straggled first.' Conan thought. As Richard and Inspector Maguire talked about the murder as they sent an officer off to the front desk to see who has entered the room. Tess looked at the door. She poked her head out as she saw Conan on one knee. He hand his hand on his chin trying to figure out where the rope mark came from. Tess walked out. She knelt down next to Conan.

"What did you find Jimmy?" Tess asked quietly. Conan looked at Tess then back at the rope mark. He pointed it out to Tess.

"It's this rope mark around his neck. If the victim was stabbed then..."

"Maybe he wasn't dead when they tried to straggle him." Tess interrupted. Conan looked at Tess. They stared at each other for a while. Then Inspector Maguire came out.

"Tess." He called. Tess and Conan turned around to see Inspector Maguire. "They're here." Tess stood up as Conan stood up behind her. They walked into the room to find a maid, room service, and Max is driver. Inspector Maguire introduced them. "This is the maid her name is Alee, the room service guy his name is Mack, and this is his driver Max." Inspector Maguire said. Tess nodded her head as she glanced at Conan.

"All right. Which one of you guys were here first?" Tess asked. Then Richard got in her face.

"A REALLY DECETIVE SHOULD BE ASKING THE QUESTIONS!!!" Richard yelled. Tess pulled herself away from Richard.

"I AM asking them." Tess said. Richard scratched his head as Tess pushed him to the side.

"I don't get it... HEY!!!" Richard yelled.

"I'll ask again, who was the first in here?" Tess asked. Alee raised her hand in the air.

"I was. I came in here at 2 o'clock cleaning the room after Mr. Rissole left." Alee answered. Tess nodded her head.

"And I was second." Mack stated. "I was delivering the food he had ordered. He was sitting on his bed with some folders on his bed looking threw them." Mack added. Tess looked at Max.

"That leaves you." Tess said. Richard jumped into the air pointing his finger at Max.

"THE KILLER IS YOU MAX!!!" Richard yelled. Max shook his head.

"It wasn't me!" Max yelled. "I came in after Mack had set the food on the table." he said. Mack nodded his head.

"He did." Mack stated. Richard lowered his finger.

"Since we can't find the murderer you all will stay here." Inspector Maguire stated. They all nodded her head. Conan walked back out to the body. Tess followed him. They stared at the body as Tess noticed that Mr. Rissole was gripping something in his hand. Tess walked over. She knelt down as Conan watched her.

"What are you doing?" Conan asked. Tess grabbed a cloth on the ground that one of the officers left. She picked it up as she unwrapped Mr. Rissole's hand relieving a gray glove. Tess turned to look at Conan. Conan walked over as she showed him the glove.

"That's the same..."

"Glove that Max was wearing!" Tess interrupted... again. Conan glared at Tess ash she placed the cloth and the glove in her pocket. "That's it the murderer is..." Tess and Conan stared at each other. They walked back into the room. Conan sat down on the right side of the king size bed where no one could see him. Richard was standing next to Rachel. Conan shot a needle at Richard. Richard started to get tired. He fell onto the bed with his legs crossed. His elbow was resting on his knee with his chin on his hand. Conan crawled underneath the bed. Once Tess knew that Conan was ready she walked over to the sleeping Richard and stood next to him.

"Dad are you okay?" Rachel asked.

"Yes Rachel I'm fine. But something just hit me." The sleeping Richard stated. Tess nodded her head as she closed her eyes. "I know who the killer is." Everyone placed a shock look on their faces.

"It wasn't Alee or Mack since Mr. Rissole was still alive at the time." Everyone turned to look at Max.

"Then that leaves..." Inspector Maguire was interrupted by Richard.

"Max." Max shook his head.

"It wasn't me! When I left he was alive as well."

"I know you did it. There are rope marks around his neck showing that he was choked. But since he wasn't dead Max decided to finish him off by stabbing him."

"NO!" Max yelled.

"Yes." Richard stated.

"Yes Max it's true." Tess said. She pulled out the glove in her pocket. "I found this after looking at the body again. He was holding it in his hand no one could see it because it was in his fist. This is the every same glove that... YOU were wearing!" Tess yelled. Max shook his head. Rachel stood up.

"It's true. He was wearing those gloves." Rachel stated. Inspector Maguire pulled out a pair of cuffs.

"Come on Max, you're under arrest." Inspector Maguire had said to him. Max shook his head.

"NOO!!!" Max went to run out of the room when Tess pulled out her gun out from its hostler inside her jacket. She shot his leg knocking him to the ground. Max held onto his leg with tears coming out of his eyes.

"AHH!!! SHE SHOT MY LEG!!!" Max yelled. Tess spun the gun in circle around her finger. She placed it back in its hostler. She glanced down at the bed seeing Conan speaking out from the underneath it. She smiled. Conan smiled back.

'This is going to be a great partnership.' Conan thought.

Next Time on Case Closed: "RACHEL!" Rachel witness' a murder! It's up to Tess and Conan to try to find the murderers and save Rachel. Will they do it in time to save Rachel? Find out!

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