That evening, I noticed Mary Anne was feeling upset. I think questions are taking a toll on her. She gets emotional when she talks about what happened. That's how sensitive she is.
She tries to be strong, but it was tough for her to do. Kaylee was the strongest. Mary Anne wants to be like that. Kaylee bragged about that one time and Mary Anne hated that- it just makes her feel jealous and upset even more. She nearly got rid of that friendship when Kaylee finally stopped doing that because Mary Anne was able to ignore that.
How could I tell she was depressed? She didn't want to do anything at all. She was also very quiet. Plus, she would cry.
"I don't think we should give up," I said.
"I know, it just bothers me to think about the fire," said Mary Anne.
"You found the clues, which is good," I pointed out.
"I guess you're right," said Mary Anne. "I hate to feel this way."
"I bet," I agreed.
Mary Anne noticed Kaylee was on her voicemail.
"Excuse me," said Mary Anne as she called Kaylee on her cell.
"Hello," said Kaylee.
"I saw you on the voicemail," said Mary Anne.
"My mom told me you had news to tell me," said Kaylee. "I just got better."
"There's something that you should know," said Mary Anne as she explained about what happen. "I thought she told you."
"What?" asked Kaylee. "Who would do something like that?"
"No clue. We're in New York looking for clues," said Mary Anne as she added what April had found.
"How come you didn't call me right away?" asked Kaylee.
"I had a good reason not to. I didn't want to disturb you while you were sick," said Mary Anne. "You know your mom wouldn't let you come, either."
"Oh, I get it now," said Kaylee.
"Do you want to come down to join us?" asked Mary Anne.
"Sure," said Kaylee. "I'll leave now. I'll be there in a few hours."
"We're staying at a plaza until the mystery is solved," said Mary Anne.
"Okay," said Kaylee. "I'll meet you there."
"I almost didn't come because it would've bothered me even more," said Mary Anne.
"I believe it," said Kaylee.
A few hours later, Kaylee came to the plaza.
"This is Kayla's twin, Kaylee," said Mary Anne.
"Hello," said the whole gang.
"Hi," said Kaylee. "Mary Anne told me what April was finding."
"She wasn't lying about that," said April. "People are plain stupid."
The next day, we looked for more clues. Mary Anne got frightened about something: the grave had just taken from Kayla's plot earlier, but it was vandalized saying I hate this person on the base. Mary Anne was shocked about this. It wasn't there yesterday.
"It looks like a spray paint," said Daphne taking a picture of it.
"You're right. It does," I said feeling it.
"This wasn't the only one that was vandalized. The others' burnt graves are like that, too," said Fred.
"Why would someone do that?" I asked.
"Good question. We still need to track that suspect and contact the police," said Shaggy.
"I totally agree," said Velma.
"Look. I see footprints," said Mary Anne who noticed some.
"Let's take a closer look," said Stacey.
"Wow," said Kaylee.
Fred measured it and took a picture.
"Let's take this to the detective," said Fred.
At the police station, the detective told us a suspect's shoe size was about 6 or 6 1/2.
"Good work, everyone. We must be getting closer to catch that suspect," said the detective.
"We also found this," April said giving him a cigar. "That's what caused most of the graves to be burned."
I gave him the picture of a vandalized grave of Kayla's.
"A few others had the same saying," said Fred.
"Very good at spotting those clues," said the detective.
"Thanks," said Velma. "We'll give you more information once we find more clues."
"Okay, good plan," said the detective.
At the plaza, we talked about the clues.
"We'll need to find someone that wears size 6 or 6 1/2," said Fred.
"Right," said Stacey.
"I wonder if we could speak to the cemetery worker. Perhaps, we can get information from him," said Claudia.
"That's a good idea. I don't know why I didn't think of that," I said.
"Neither of us until now," said Dawn.
"And, spying is another good idea to keep an eye on the suspect," I added as the others agreed.
"We can do that tomorrow so we can take a break," said Fred.
"Okay," I agreed.