The next morning, Conan got a call.
'Hello?' He answered. 'This is Conan.'
'Conan?' His face suddenly lit up when he heard the voice.
'Haibara? What do you want?'
'Conan I'm calling to warn you. Be careful. Someone is-' the phone cut off.
Conan panicked. He was about to run off and tell Ran, but then he realised that would reveal everything.
'Stupid! Hai is in trouble think of something.' But before Conan could act, he suddenly received and SMS.
"ALL IS WELL. JUST CAUGHT UP WITH SOMETHING. DON'T WORRY, BUT BE CAREFUL."
A waver of relief came over him. 'It's all well.' He said to himself.
He continued to make his way towards the kitchens where he was sure he would find Ede.
Conan reached a silver door. "Must be the kitchens." He thought.
As he walked in, he saw a big man frying fish. Conan tried to sneak around the man but the burly guy saw him. To Conan's surprise, the man's face broke into a smile.
'Ah! Are you Conan? Tomoyo said you would be here. She knows I adore little kids.'
Conan decided Ede wasn't that bad.
'I just wanted some cookies if it isn't any trouble.' Conan asked.
Ede slaps his head. 'Cookies! I always wanted to sell cookies but then Tomoyo never let me! She said it was childish. But then again, considering this business…'
Ede stops abruptly, remembering he was talking to a supposedly grade one kid. 'Well, little Conan-kun if you can keep a secret I always bake cookies in my spare time. Just go into my office over there,' Ede points to a door on Conan's left. 'There are some cookies in a big silver tin. Enjoy! I especially like the ones with M&Ms in them!'
Conan gave Ede a big smile. 'Thank you! Sashimaya said I could count on you!'
Ede looks surprised. Sashimaya? 'Sashimaya said something like that?'
Conan grinned. 'Of course.' Before disappearing into Ede's office.
Conan found Ede's office bare. Everything was kept in the desk, so Conan began rifling through all his papers.
There was nothing suspicious. Finally giving up on the search Conan climbed up on the desk and proceeded to grab the tin and take a cookie. But as he put his hand on the shelf, he noticed a photo frame faced down. He couldn't see it because it was very thin when he had been searching. He propped the frame up and looked at the photo. In the picture was Ede and an unknown girl. "Hmm." Conan thought. "What if there is a connection with the girl and the brothel? That would make Sashimaya's theory correct."
Taking a photograph of the photograph (sounds confusing huh) with his nifty gadgets, Conan then took a cookie, and listening to Ede's advice, picked an M&Ms one.
Meanwhile, while Conan was doing the little kid act, Ran was having a girl-to-girl chat. GTG in her eyes.
'So, how are you guys holding up?' Ran asked, pretending to sound caring.
'Very well, thank you.' Said Junki and Sholvita simultaneously.
The big thing Ran hadn't realised about Junki and Sholvita was that they were twins. And very identical.
'You sound very happy.' Ran said, not pretending she was surprised.
'Of course. They were such –beg your pardon Ran- and we couldn't bear it if they stayed on.'
'Why?' Ran asked really curious.
'They all plotted to get rid of us.'
'How?'
'They were going to say we were pregnant. That way we would get fired. Hera poisoned us and made us puke every day, but one night she forgot so we were safe.'
Ran's eyes open. 'Tough world.' She mutters.
'Very' Junki and Sholvita chirp.
Ran was finding them annoying in the way they said things at the same time. Twins that finish each other's sentences were interesting, but the twins she had now were being know-it-alls and goody-goody two shoes.
'So, you're telling me you don't feel any remorse over their death?'
'You sound like your accusing us of murder.' This time only one twin spoke. It was Sholvita. Her eyes narrowed and focused on Ran like a cat. Ran felt a bit nervous under her stare. It felt as if Sholvita was waiting to pounce. Junki was looking at Sholvita too. She cleared he throat loudly, and Sholvita's pupils dilated. Ran coughed and mentioned something about going back to check on Conan.
'Oh, go check all you like.' Sholvita sneered, a sudden and cruel change from the warm happy girl Ran saw five minutes ago.
