Chapter 13:
Professor Layton, Emmy, Luke, Flora, and Inspector Rowland were visiting Greshenheller University in hope of finding someone who had witnessed the fight in Layton's office.
"No, I didn't see anything. I almost had a heart attack when I came in and saw the mess though. I am the one who has to clean up that office after all!" Inspector Rowland was interviewing the housekeeper, Rosa.
Rosa always complained about Layton's office, stating how unorganized it was and threatening to throw away anything she considered junk. It was no surprise she was upset about the trashed office when she discovered it.
"I see. Thank you, Rosa." Rowland rose from her current seat and swiftly moved in Layton's direction.
"I must say, I'm not fully convinced she's not involved." Rowland commented.
Emmy had a puzzled expression. "Who? That lady over there?"
"I assure you, Inspector, Rosa is not involved." Layton explained to Rowland.
"If you say so. She will still be considered a suspect, for the time being." Rowland responded. "So, who's next?"
"Rosetta?" Flora asked.
Layton grimaced at that name. He was most disturbed with that student. Rosetta had a major crush on the professor, and had extremely terrifying ways of showing it.
Luke suddenly had a "bright" idea. "I know! Maybe Rosetta is behind all of this!"
Confused looks suddenly focused on Luke.
He continued. "Perhaps Rosetta was researching the Professor, when she discovered Emmy. She then learned about Emmy's past with the Professor as his assistant, and soon became jealous. Rosetta felt threatened by Emmy and found her as competition to steal the Professor away from her. The jealousy consumed her, and soon she devised a scheme to remove Emmy from the picture. She hired those men to follow Emmy, and when the moment was right, kidnap her! The perfect crime!"
Everyone stared at Luke as if he was insane. Flora finally spoke up. "Luke, even though that was a very well though theory, I don't believe Rosetta is behind this." Flora lowered her voice. "She isn't smart enough to come up with an elaborate plan such as that."
Inspector Rowland held a blank stare, then announced, "I believe we can't skip the interview with Rosetta then. Who's next?"
After three hours of interviews, theories, and tea, the group sat down to discuss results.
"Sadly, no one saw anything useful to us." Rowland admitted.
"Yes."
All heads turned to Layton.
The Professor continued. "But we have discovered one very important detail."
"What's that Professor?" Luke asked.
"Someone has been lying to us. They have deceived us, and hope to continue this facade."
Everyone sent untrusting glances at each other.
"Who is it then?" Flora asked.
"The culprit..."
Everyone leaned forward, anticipating the answer.
"The culprit is..."
Chapter 13 is finished! Who is the culprit? Who dares to attempt to deceive the great Professor Layton? Find out in chapter 14!