In the dark shores of Atlantic City, Mr. Harmon was setting up the decor for his new beach house. He was looking around the place when he saw the painting of his late wife, Genevieve. As he was looking around, the lights went off and someone broke wrote on the wall, "Nathaniel is ADORABLE!"
"Nathaniel is not going to like this," Mr. Harmon said to himself.
XxoxX
In the morning, Kaylin, Rylie, and Paige were relaxing at the Hayatos' residence. "I can't believe that we have to do a delivery for Peter," said Rylie. "He should pick it up himself for once."
"He's even too lazy to do his own laundry," Paige replied. "All the chores he does, they usually require filth."
At the Hayato residence, Peter answered the door with a five-o'-clock shadow on him. "Hey, sis!" he shouted. Mail came!"
"Icky mail," Paige said as she looked around the mail. All she could find were bills and a letter from a familiar face. "There's one from Mr. Harmon," she said, "the millionaire."
Kaylin decided to read it because she missed Nathaniel.
Dear Ms. Hester,
My father is inviting you to our family's beach house in Atlantic City.
We're also throwing a party for all the guests.
You can bring as many guests as you want.
Sincerely, Mr. Harmon.
They began to wonder who they should invite to the beach house. "Leah is working the night shift, Tania is going to help out at the library, and Estrella has that date with Helen at the community pool," recalled Kaylin. "So let's do it. We bet that Charlotte might be there - she's the niece of Atticus Harmon."
XxoxX
When Friday came, Kaylin, Rylie, and Paige arrived at the beach house by Warp Stars. After they rang the door, Nathaniel showed up. "Traveling through Warp Stars again?" he asked.
"Nathaniel," Kaylin said as she hugged him.
"It's good to see you again, too," Nathaniel said as he blushed, "but we got an emergency."
Kaylin, Rylie, Paige, and Kirby were surprised by this fact. Inside, they saw Charlotte, Norma Jean, and Aranea comforting Mr. Harmon.
"What happened?" asked Paige.
"And it better not be any tricks," replied Rylie.
"Not this time," said Mr. Harmon. "Someone is planning to go after Nathaniel."
"I'm glad you invited us here, Mr. Harmon" Kaylin replied. "I don't want to see him get hurt."
"And I'm glad you finally came to Uncle Atticus's beach house," Charlotte replied.
"This is the same city where Genevieve and I got married," explained Mr. Harmon.
"Genevieve?" asked Kaylin.
"That's my mom," explained Nathaniel. "Her family owned the store Genevieve's Berry Jams."
"Genevieve Berry Jams," Kaylin said. "That's kind of catchy."
"It is," answered Nathaniel. "Mom even wrote the jingle for it."
Jamming with the day in the beach ci-tay, Genevieve's Berry Jams, the number-one jams in the Atlantic Bay
Kaylin and Paige thought it was super cute.
"Not as cute as the candy shops of the 1970s," said an old woman who came in.
Nathaniel quickly recognized her. "That's Brynlee Winterbottom," he said, "the famous detective from Atlantic City. She's a little upset sometimes whenever the newest detective agencies come to town."
Detective Winterbottom decided to interview Mr. Harmon while Nathaniel decided to tell the Klue Queens about the evidence he found last night. He showed them the first clue he found to whoever was after him: a taffy box from the Durand Delight Taffy Shop. Kirby tried to eat it, but Kaylin and Paige stopped him. On the box, they saw the written words, "Heatl Nati."
"I told my dad a thousand times that the 'cry wolf' trick could get him in a lot of trouble," Nathaniel replied. "So if he can't do it, I'll do it for him." He wrote down the two likely suspects who would go after them.
Suspects
Brynlee Winterbottom - Afraid that the new generation of detective teams would ruin her reputation.
Evie Durand - Completely possessive of Nathaniel.
XxoxX
Kaylin took Nathaniel by the hand with his quick suspicions. "Since you love Nathaniel so much," Rylie said in annoyance, "you go with him. Paige and I will check out the police department for answers on Detective Winterbottom."
XxoxX
At the police department, Rylie and Paige learned that ever since Mystery Incorperated became popular, Detective Winterbottom had the feeling that no one would remember an old bird like her. This reminded them deeply of Mayor Hess, a former Broadway star who retired due to jealousy. WIthout any option, they decided to respect the kindly old detective.
XxoxX
Meanwhile, at Durand's Delight Taffy Shop, a fabulous girl was sleeping on the job when Nathaniel poked her, causing her to wake up.
"Sounds like Prince Charming has woken me up from my eternal slumber," Evie said in a New Jersey accent. "Imagine us married at sea, Nathaniel."
"I told you a thousand times, Evie," Nathaniel said annoyingly, "we don't go out anymore."
Kaylin was surprised by this. Nathaniel told her that Evie and Nathaniel used to date until a few months ago for specific reasons. Behind Evie, Kaylin could see an endless collection of scrapbooks based on Nathaniel. Nathaniel escorted Kaylin outside the shop before Evie got out of control. Out of the shop, he showed a picture of an old yacht. "I was born in a thunderstorm," he explained. "Mom and Dad had didn't have time to get to the hospital, so delivered me on their boat, the S.S. Harmon. All my life I didn't have many friends, so he let me play into the yacht."
"Does this mean a lot to you?" Kaylin asked.
"It does," answered Nathaniel. "A few years ago, our previous chauffer accidentally hit it against the docks. The city sued him for what he did. When your father is a millionaire, you can get out of anything. He also knew that I needed a little hangout for when I come here, so he decided to take the ship and place it near the beach house."
Inside the shop, Evie looked at Nathaniel and Kaylin with jealousy.
XxoxX
Later at the beach house, Rylie and Paige came up to Nathaniel and Kaylin by Warp Star. After explaining what they found, Kaylin told them of the scrapbooks of Nathaniel Evie had. "But why would Evie keep a bunch of scrapbooks of Nathaniel out?" asked Paige. "Unless she holds a grudge for the breakup."
Back at Durand's Delights Taffy Shop, they saw that the door was left open, meaning that it was their chance to sneak in. Kirby sniffed out some stale taffy, leading him to the janitor's closet. The door was locked. Rylie remembered doing the spare key trick by finding it on top of the door. Inside, they found pictures of Nathaniel and numerous small pieces of his taffy chews, hair strands, and old homework, and in the middle was a stale taffy statue of Nathaniel.
"Look at this place," said Rylie. "It's a tiny room, with a little shrine to Nathaniel."
Kaylin quickly looked at the taffy box and unscrambled the words, revealing that the words "Heatl Nati" meant "Nathaniel." "This can't be good," she said as the door closed.
Evie revealed that she was responsible for vandalizing the beach house. "I knew you would come back. Nathaniel shouldn't have left me for a small town middle-class girl."
"Kaylin is better than you," Nathaniel said. "You keep mooching off my money and always sleep during our dates. I couldn't be with someone so insomniac."
Evie was angered by the word "insomniac." She grabbed a knife to cut taffy and planned to kill her victims. In one part, Nathaniel saw some old spaghetti he once ate. He knew moldy food was disgusting, but he had to stop Evie from getting out of control. "Kirby," he shouted, "suck it up!"
With a gulp of the spaghetti, Kirby turned into Parasol Kirby. He shot out some stars at Evie and knocked her out.
XxoxX
Later that night, the police and Mr. Harmon wondered how the Klue Queens knew that Evie was the one who vandalized the beach house.
"Our first clue was the taffy box with the written scrambled words 'Heatl Nati'," explained Paige. "When you mix them around, you get 'Nathaniel'. Then we found the endless supply of scrapbooks of Nathaniel and Evie together. Finally there was the shrine in the taffy shop with the taffy sculptor of him."
"Evie wanted revenge after you broke up with her," finished Rylie to Nathaniel.
"What?" Nathaniel replied in shock. "After I told you that I found interest in Kaylin, you want to have me all to yourself?"
"Come on," Evie said. "Kaylin is middle class. A rich boy and a middle-class girl shouldn't be together. I love Nathaniel because he is very rich and I don't get paid very often."
Detective Winterbottom quickly cuffed Evie. "I'm lucky that I'm best friends with Ms. Durand's grandmother, who owns the shop," she said. "Maybe a little talk with her can straighten this mess out."
"This is better than going to jail," Paige replied, "because there's not enough closet space for her."
"Maybe you can learn a few tricks from the old master," Detective Winterbottom suggested as she took Evie away.
In the morning, Kaylin and Nathaniel arrived in the shipwrecked yacht that meant so much to him.
"So what did Granny Durand say?" asked Kaylin.
"She said she's going to make Evie work the late shift for the rest of the summer," explained Nathaniel. "Probably a little lack of sleep can teach her a lesson." Then he took Kaylin by the hand. "I told Evie that you were better than her," he continued, "because you listen to me and you don't care if I'm rich." Kaylin smiled and kissed him. On the beach, they kicked off their shoes and headed off to the beach. It may have been rainy, but they were going to have a good time.
The End.