Chapter 11

Again, I don't own any of these characters

After Cody explained his idea to Bailey, they spent the rest of the weekend preparing to implement it. However, a phone call they got from Bill made them alter their plan completely. They called Rebecca and explained what they were going to do, and she wished them the best of luck with it. Following that, they called Max to get her to do them a small favor. She immediately agreed, and they spent Saturday setting up what they needed to do. They treated Sunday as a normal day, and did their homework and then some time just being together.

On Monday, they went to their classes as normal and came home. Neither were surprised to find Murray Morris waiting on them when they got home.

"What can we do for you, Captain Morris?"

"Well, we received an anonymous tip this morning that we would find a copy of a stolen Economics test in both of your possession..."

Cody turned to Bailey and smiled. "I don't have a stolen test, do you?"

Bailey smiled. "Not that I'm aware of..."

Cody turned back to Murray. "We don't have it, sir."

Murray just stared at them both. "You two are both acting way too calm and collected..."

"Well, when you're innocent, you have nothing to worry about..."

"Would you two mind if looked in your book bags?"

Bailey smiled again. "Not at all. You can check my purse too..."

Captain Morris did a thorough search of their belongings and found nothing.

"Alright, I guess you two don't have it on you after all..."

Cody grinned. "But we may have an idea where to find the missing exam though..."

Murray just stared at them in confusion. "Huh?"

"Come on inside..."

Murray followed them inside. Cody walked over to his laptop that he had hidden under the couch.

"You see, Captain Morris, we told you about Theo's most recent threats. Well, it dawned on me that he would try something to get Bailey and I expelled from the university. The surest way to do that is to get us caught for cheating. But, since neither Bailey nor I would ever do anything like that, we knew he would take matters into his own hands."

Cody opened his cell phone and made a quick call and after a few minutes hung up.

"Our landlords set up some motion cameras outside after the first attempted break in. Seems there was another one today. However, it was successful and completely caught on the cameras. I was just calling our landlord who also happens the be the professor the exam was stolen from. He let me know when the break in occurred."

Cody clicks a couple of buttons on his laptop. "You see, this weekend, Bailey and I set up a couple of webcams around the apartment to record everything while we were gone. Once I found out when the break in occurred, I just have to forward to those times to find out what happened."

And with that, Cody hands his laptop to Captain Morris who views the footage. And he sees someone coming in the backdoor and then move to their home office and stuffs something in their desk.

When Murray looked up, Cody smiled. "I assume you saw what you needed to see..."

He nods. "Yeah, but I have to tell you, I didn't see Theo on this..."

"We didn't think you would. But I bet if you find who it is, they will be willing to rat out Theo for a reduced sentence..."

Captain Morris nods. "You seem to know your stuff..."

"Now, did the person in the video have gloves on?"

"No, he didn't..."

Cody smiled. "It worked then..."

"What worked?"

"We added some adhesive to the back door. I assume the perps gloves are still stuck to it..."

Murray just laughed. "Pure brilliance..."

"Then I assume there are probably fingerprints on the exam and probably the backdoor...Maybe even DNA"

Murray smiles. "Kirby told me you guys were smart, but wow..."

Cody smiled at Bailey. "I guess my membership in the Boston Holmies paid off again, huh?"

Bailey laughs. "I suppose. But, I do enjoy having such a brilliant fiance..."

Murray laughs. "Have you guys already ran the fingerprints too?"

"Of course not...We do have classes to go to..."

Bailey nods. "And if you need him, I'm sure Porkers will be able to ID the perpetrator too. We kept him in his cage all day to be safe, but he was in our home office."

"Well, I need to get my meager CSI unit over here..."

"What do you need us to do?"

"Is there anywhere you guys can go for a couple of hours?"

"Sure, we can head over to the library and do our homework...Would you like me to email you the clips from the webcams?"

"Please."

For the next couple of hours, Cody and Bailey hit the library while the CSI team did their thing. When Cody and Bailey returned later that night, Captain Morris had some news for them.

"Well, you were right, there were a ton of fingerprints..."

Cody turned to Bailey and back to Murray. "If you can, don't be too quick in identifying and apprehending the suspect..."

Captain Morris looked confused. "Why would you want that?"

"Because the quicker you bust whoever it was, the sooner Theo knows his plan didn't work. And we have class with him tomorrow. I'm almost positive he will be unable to resist gloating to us..."

"And you want him to do that?"

Cody smiled. "Precisely..."

Murray just stared at him. "I'll give you 24 hours, but if we find out who it is, and he tries to flee, we're bringing him in..."

"Understood..."

"What are you going to do about your backdoor? Its already been compromised once..."

"Our landlords are adding new heavy duty deadbolts to all doors tomorrow..."

"And tonight?"

Cody shrugged. "I'll just stay up to make sure."

Murray shakes his head. "No need to do all of that. I'll have one of my men stand guard out there. Besides, you both need your sleep. I have a feeling you two have a plan that's going to keep me on my toes..."

The next morning, Cody and Bailey went to class as usual. They arrived early for their chemistry lab, and took their seats and got their work station set up early. As expected, Theo showed up early as well. That day had been kind of strange for him. It was almost as if everyone had been avoiding him like the plague. But, seeing Cody and Bailey, he shook it off and strolled over to them.

"Well, if it isn't my favorite Nerd Boy and his Little Wifey..."

"What do you want, Theo?"

"I was listening on the police scanner and heard that campus security was looking for you two. I hope everything is alright..."

Cody smirked. "Yeah, they were. And they found us. After they talked to us, they were satisfied that they didn't need to talk to us anymore. Turns out it was a mistake..."

Theo paused. It shouldn't have been a mistake. He mentally kicked himself for hiring an incompetent to do the job. Well, he vowed he wouldn't make that mistake again.

Bailey smiled. "You know, I'm actually kind of surprised to see you here today, Theo..."

"And why is that?"

"I just figured you wouldn't have the...fortitude to walk on campus today considering..."

Theo was growing impatient. "Considering what?"

Bailey pulled a folded piece of paper out of her purse. "Considering this..."

Theo snatched it out of her hands and opened it. As he read it, his eyes opened in surprise. There was his picture on in it surrounded by the words. "WARNING LADIES! AVOID THIS MAN! HE IS A KNOWN SEXUAL PREDATOR!"

Theo wadded the paper up in outrage. "This is a total and complete lie!"

Cody smirked at him. "Well, you know...I don't think Rebecca would agree with that. Do you?"

Theo just stared at Cody.

To be Continued...