(Alright, I think it's about time I update "The Murder in the Ocean". It has been a long time since I updated this story, and here is the next chapter. Thanks to Umi Sagara, SnowCharms and The Time Traveler for reviewing. I was hoping to get more reviews than just three after updating. Not that I appreciate it, but I just want my requirements met, because they weren't, but I was nice enough to update this story. I hope to get more and more because I have a pretty good feeling you readers are going to like this chapter. Now, just sit back, relax, and enjoy.)
Copyright 2007
(Jimmy's P.O.V.)
After I had finished my thoughts on who the killer was, I began to dry off and wait for the others to do that as well. I still had to tell Meguire that I figured out who did it. Right after I found him, the whole crowd gathered around us.
"Oh good, Kudo," Meguire said to us.
"You guys are back--"
"So, who did it?" Someone from the crowd asked.
"Was it the headband girl?" Another said.
"Alright alright alright," Inspector Meguire said, trying to get everyone to quiet down.
"Enough is enough... let the detectives do their deductions."
Meguire turned to us.
"So, you two," He said to us.
"Did you figure out who did it?"
"Inspector," Somebody else interrupted.
"There's no two ways about it -- that girl with the headband is the murderer!!"
"I agree," A 4th person said.
"We shouldn't jump to a sudden conclusion, people," Mathew said to the crowd.
"Alright, enough is enough!!" We heard Serena say.
She went up to whomever said it, in an attempt to punch that person. Rachel tried to hold her back, but Serena wouldn't have any of it. She constantly tried to find whomever said it, but Rachel was successful in keeping her back.
"Serena, I can't allow you to make any physical contact with one of the suspects," Meguire said to her.
(Rachel's P.O.V.)
I had to try to keep Serena from losing any more of her cool and even keep her from any fines or possible jail time just for punching one of the suspects in a murder case because then after one punch, it could turn into a free-for-all melee or something worse.
"The Inspector's right, Serena," I said to her, trying to keep her back.
"Besides, this whole crowd will owe you a serious apology once Jimmy and Mathew wrap this up."
"They sure will," Serena said, agreeing with me.
"Like I've always said throughout my entire life," We heard Jimmy say.
"One truth prevails; The murderer of poor Larry... is YOU!!"
He was pointing his finger at Martha.
"That's ridiculous, you don't have a bit of proof!" Martha protested.
"Drop the act, lady," Mathew said.
"Yeah, I'll tell you how you killed him," Jimmy added.
"She used a trick related to time; when the four of us went into the water to find something, we happened to have found a ring and a pistol underwater."
"That doesn't prove anything, detective," Martha protested again.
"We're not finished," Mathew said.
"Yeah," Jimmy agreed.
"Yesterday's news said that the high tide was going to come at about 2:03 p.m.; Martha gave the honor of a lady in offering Larry a boat ride out onto the far shore, and then checked her watch for the time that the high tide was going to come onto the shore. She shot him in the chest, making him die instantly. Then, she filled up Larry's pockets with golf balls to make sure that he wouldn't rise to the surface."
"Golf balls?" Inspector Meguire asked.
"Yeah. even if the current from the high tide would make his body wash up onto shore faster, there was really no rush for the body to come onto shore so quickly," Jimmy said.
"And when Larry's body reached the shore, that's when it hit Serena's leg," Mathew finished up.
"But there's still no proof, even though the description is picture perfect," Martha reminded them.
(Jimmy's P.O.V.)
"But you're still the murderer, you know," I said.
"And we've got the proof we need," Mathew added.
"The proof is right here," I said, handing Meguire the pistol we found.
We noticed Martha gasp.
"We also found this, as well," Mathew said, handing Meguire the wedding ring also.
"Martha, do these belong to you?" Meguire asked her.
"They do," Martha finally said, coldly, and coming clean.
"He was bullying my little sister when they were both classmates in the 4th grade; after I asked his parents, they knew nothing about it. I met him 5 years later and his attitude had totally changed, like he was so unaware of that."
"But what about the blood I found on Serena's headband?" Rachel asked us.
"That's simple," Mathew said.
"She used a tissue paper to pick up some remains of Larry's blood and when we headed into the water, she appeared behind an unsuspecting us, and dipped some blood on Serena's headband to frame her for the murder."
"And it worked," Jimmy added.
"This whole crowd was tricked by Martha's scheme into thinking that Serena was the murderer."
After the cops took Martha away, we turned to the crowd, expecting them to apologize to Serena.
"Alright, you all owe my best friend a huge apology," Rachel said to the crowd.
The four of us expected a huge apology from the crowd, but they all remained silent.
End of chapter.
(Alright, that's going to wrap up another. Even though I didn't get 30 reviews like I wanted, I decided to update anyway since nobody else had the nerve to review since 8/10/07. Remember, I'm real strict about review requirements, so I want them met. I hope you all enjoyed this and tell me what you thought of it. I'd like between 30 and 35 reviews, so leave them. Just hit "go" down below and type in those thoughts because the less reviews I get, the less likely I am to update.)