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A week later, Megan was released from the hospital. She'd only been hit in the arm, but her pregnancy was enough to keep her there for a week. During that time, her friends delivered homework to her.

After she was released, she met her friends at the motel.

"What does the next clue say?" she asked.

Rudolph already had it out. He read, "Do you think I'm fruity, boy? Look in the cell!"

"But we already found everything there at the courthouse!" Katherine said. "There wasn't anything in that old cell except for the first clue and a bunch of dust!"

"Like I don't already know that," Rudolph said. "That's the least of our problems right now, though."

Megan asked, "Why?"

"We have literally a month before the demolition," Rudolph continued. "We should also concentrate on trying to stall the demolition long enough to find the will. And we need to get Duke out of the picture."

"I don't know how we can stop Duke yet, but I have an idea of how we can stall the demolition. It'll require a bit of acting the day it takes place. I'll tell you guys more later," Megan said.

Rudolph gagged slightly, tearing up, and said, "I just realized something. The day of the demolition is my dad's birthday."