Susie switched off the phone and gave me a triumphant grin. "I told you so, Jeffrey - a top-notch murder case has come hammering on our door."
"No, it hasn't. And I wish you'd be a little more discreet about our doings, Susie - Steve Spooner could easily get the wrong idea about us."
"Never mind that, Jeffrey - this is cosmic."
"Don't you mean kismet?"
"Cosmic kismet is what it is," Susie enthused. "I've already deduced the empty, old house has a Jones & Co For Sale sign in the garden."
"Conceivably."
"Indubitably - that's the scene of the crime dad was at. No wonder he's a worried man."
"If you're right, I suppose it could prove awkward for him - the property sort of being in his care."
"There's more to it than that - dad's up to his ear protectors in really big trouble."
"Not if he only discovered the corpse and reported it to the police."
"Step on the mental accelerator, Jeffrey - innocent folk don't just find dead bodies."
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