A few days later, Perry got together with Paul and Della, but this time they were at Paul's office for a change.

"Have you decided to end the advertisement contest yet?" Perry asked.

"I ended it a week ago. I had about a hundred people who are interested in this case we're about to start on your dad's murder. I've already picked out the four lucky winners."

"Go and tell us more, Paul," she said.

This should definitely be fun to have four other people working with him, but they didn't know that Fred and his friends were also well – known for solving mysteries. This should be the perfect match.

"I don't know much about these lucky winners, Perry. They were one of the first to respond about this contest I put together."

"Do you have any names to share with us, Paul?"

"Just one I will share with you. His name is Fred Jones. He has a group of friends that are the other lucky winners. I'm going to talk more with him for more information."

"Good idea, Paul," Perry told his private investigator.

"You're a good investigator, Perry has. You can try to investigate these lucky winners."

"I know I'm a good private eye, Della, but what is there for me to investigate about them? I'll try to give it a shot and see what happens."

Perry saw that Paul had a very good point there, but saw there was no need to add anything else.

"Another thing Fred has told me was his friends' names were, but I think that will come another time."

"Do you have the answer to know how old they are?"

"No, Della. We'll find that answer when he and his friends get here," Paul answered.

"Sounds good enough for me right now. Have you thought of a place for them to stay when they arrive?"

"He and I will get to that."

"I'd be happy to pay for their hotel bill," Perry offered.

"That's a very good idea you came up with. I'll be sure to mention it to him and his friends. He used the word gang over the phone, though. I'm guessing that he might be involved with a group of friends who are people that are up to no good."

"It might be the other way around," Della said, trying to stay on the positive side, which he and Perry both noticed at the same time.

Keep staying positive side is usually a good thing.

"You may be right, Della. I guess that's how Fred calls his friends when they get together," Paul replied.

"That's what I meant, Paul. I can't wait to meet Fred and his group of friends."

"Me neither," Perry and Paul agreed.

"I'll be sure to mention your offer of the hotel bill, Perry. I think that's a good idea to do that for the lucky winners. I doubt that he and his friends know anything about solving cases like this one. At least you're just doing your part to make these lucky winners feel welcome when they show up to help."

"Just thought it sounded like a good idea to treat our lucky winners this as a gift to show them that I appreciate their help on figuring out Dad's murder. I know for sure that Mom would not have done this. They're both good people. Going to law school runs in the family. I guess I decided to do this to keep the generation going."

"Look how successful you are, Perry. You've won every single case since you started this practice. Now you have me and Della to be part of your team. We sure do enjoy working with you. Don't you think so too, Della?"

"I agree with Paul. You are easy to work with."

"Thank you, Della and Paul. I'm happy we are the right team to win everything. Maybe we can win Dad's murder case."

"We will, Perry. Let's just wait and see how fast this group will do and help us."

"Do you have any ideas on how to get more information on these people?" she asked.

"I don't think it isn't necessary to investigate them, Della. This can wait until they will show up."

"I agree with you, Paul. We don't need a lot of information about them right now. That can wait," Perry agreed.

Della could see Paul's point, but didn't have to say anything else and add on. She even saw that it did make sense. Maybe she would be around Velma and Daphne while the guys go ahead and work on Perry's case. Maybe Velma and Daphne might not be interested in helping solve the murder case. It did turn out that she was on the wrong side about Velma and Daphne. She didn't care one way or another. It goes both ways.