That evening the lights burned bright at the Davis office once more. Larry was sure that the case would be closed by the end of the day tomorrow. He had been waiting for one of those moments that Perry Mason had been famous for but it hadn't happened. He went over the testimony of each witness over and over but still had no answer.
Perry Mason was not used to being the secondary lawyer. There had been so many times that he had wanted to jump up and object, but Larry Davis was indeed a good attorney. He had handled himself well. For a lawyer on his first big case he was holding his own. 'Perhaps it is time for me to consider taking in a partner' he thought to himself.
Meanwhile Mary Sally's aunt was very worried about what was going to happen to her. She didn't see where Perry Mason or Larry Davis were learning anything new on her case. The prosecution was making it sound as if she was the murderer. She had watched the jury and the looks that they were giving her were not good ones. Some of them seemed to glare at her as they listened to the testimony.
It was the morning again and the courtroom was full. Della was helping Amy with all of the papers while Perry was helping Larry with the presentations that he was going to present that day. There were a lot of papers to go through and although Larry had practiced in front of a mirror the night before he was still nervous about how court was going to go that day. He took one more look in the mirror and straightened his tie before going back into the courtroom once again.
Mary looked around the room and got a smiling nod from Della. Della had been her steadfast friend throughout the whole terrible ordeal. Mary thought of what a wonderful person Della was. She wondered what Della thought about her. Here she was a mother who had married a man who kidnapped his wife's niece for money and then been murdered. She was sure that Della knew that she had not murdered anyone, but she wasn't sure of what the thought of her as a person.
But the court was ready to start and as Mary and the rest of the courtroom stood up as the judge entered the room, Mary took another deep breath. The trial for her life was about to begin once again.
The next person that was called was Brain Capron. He looked very young and nervous as he took the stand and swore to tell the truth and the whole truth. When it ws finally Larry's turn to question the man, Larry was ready. At this point he did not think that Brian was the murderer but he wanted to know what he had seen and heard that day. He also wanted to know what he was doing up at the cabin.
Larry walked up to the witness stand and looked Brian right in the face. "Did you go to the cabin the day of the murder?" he asked.
"Yes I was there" he told Attorney Davis nervously.
"What did you see?" Davis demanded.
"I saw nothing, there was no one there. I went in using the key that was under the door mat but no one was there." Brian told him.
"Did you wait there?" Davis asked.
"I waited for over two hours and no one came. I figured that no one was there. " Brian told him.
"But there must have been signs that someone had been there . What did you see?"
"I knew that someone had been there because there were games in the living room that had been played recently. One of the games were brand new and just came out a few weeks ago." Brian told him.
"Did you think that Sally was there?" Larry asked him.
"That is why I went up there. Something that Steve had said got me thinking. So I followed him. I lost them about ten miles from the town. But I was sure that was where they were heading." Brian told them.
"Are you sure that you never saw them again?" Larry asked him.
"Yes I am sure. I went home and never saw either one of them again.
"What did Steve say that made you think that he might be involved in the kidnapping?" Larry asked.
"I was behind the garage getting something when I heard Steve on the phone. He was saying that the money would be paid soon and don't worry about it. He called the man on the phone that he was taking to Can or Cam I am not sure."
That was when Larry and Perry knew who the real murderer was . As Cameron Daley started to get up and leave the courtroom the bailiff stopped him. Larry turned and thanked Brian and then said "I would like to call Mr. Cameron Daley to the stand.
Cameron took the stand with an attitude. He was not going to tell them anything. But Larry was persistent and as the young attorney was now on attack mode he asked him "Did you know about the kidnapping?"
"No how would I know about that. " Cameron spit back.
"We have a witness that says that you were seen at the cabin. We know that you knew about the ransom money and we also know that you drive a black car that was seen in the area." Larry demanded.
Cameron Daley knew that he was finished. "All right I admit that I killed them. I went up to the cabin to see how things were going on and the two morons had lost Sally. They had no idea where she was. I did not want her dead or injured. But the two of them had no idea where she was and they wanted to keep more of the money. They were going to turn me in as a kidnapper if Sally was found safe. I had to kill them."
With that Mary found herself a free woman once again. Perry was now free from worry. He now knew the truth and his family was safe. As they all shook hands and hugged each other Perry thought about the man that could be his partner.
