Fanatic ⇒ Only Murders In The Building

04 → The Sting

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'The Sting'
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"My invite still stands, you know?" Callum listened as his Uncle Jo reasoned. "We're gonna be in Athens for another week. I know Izzy would be happy to see you."

"I'm kinda working on something at the moment but there's a chance I might visit yous back in England... a chance! So don't tell Izzy because she's been texting me about visiting and about mam and..." Callum trailed off, unsure what to tell the man. However, in that moment, he got a text.

Murder accomplices

Theatre guy
THE KILLER CAME FOR MY FAMILY
Love, Oliver

Callum stared at his screen with wide eyes. "Listen, I have to go, you know, it's late and... yeah," Callum managed to get out awkwardly. Then the two men said they goodbye and the call ended. Immediately, Callum put on some shoes and left his flat despite how late it was.

Callum, Charles and Mabel entered Oliver's flat at the same time in a hurry to check if their friend was okay.

"Oliver?" Charles called out in a panic as the headed for the man's living room.

"I'm in here!"

"Hey, what happened? Are you okay?" Mabel asked as they rounded the corner, spotting Oliver outstretched on his couch.

"The killer poisoned my dog," Oliver rushed out, still calming down from the frightening situation.

"Aha. What?" Callum asked, laughing dryly.

"My son has her. He's a vet. She recovered, thank god but clearly, we are getting close if they're sending a message to the leader," Oliver dramatised, not moving from the couch.

"Is the leader you?"

"Did they poison your dog?" Oliver retorted, his tone sharper now as he quickly sat up to face Charles. "They left this." Oliver handed the trio a piece of paper reading 'end the podcast or I end you'.

"Short and straight to the point," Callum commented but looked at his feet when Mabel gave him a disappointed look.

"What if Winnie had died? It would be on me again. And my stupid...goddamn visionary ambitions."

"Okay, whoever poisoned Winnie clearly killed Tim, so who did this?" Mabel interjected, addressing the whole group.

"Gather 'round. Look, I'm gonna record this. So... I know this seems impossible, it's bananas but... I think there's a very strong chance that the person who poisoned Winnie was, and it gives me no pleasure in saying this... musical superstar Sting," Oliver theorised, making the group fall silent, the other three looking at him in confusion.

"The guy from U2?" Mabel asked receiving looks of disbelief from Charles and Oliver while Callum sat zoned out contemplating how he was sat on Oliver's floor in his pyjamas (which he regretted not putting on a jumper as the flat was freezing) trying to solve a murder with people he just recently met.

"Are you kidding me? The Police? Roxanne?"

"Every Breath You Take? Only one of the biggest love songs of all time? Who educated you?"

"Oh, now I know. He did Sledgehammer." Mabel teased further while Callum only thought of his bed and how much more comfier it would be then sitting crossed-legged on the floor. "Guys, I know who Sting is! And by the way, Every Breath You Take is no love song. It's about a jealous stalker and surveillance and it actually seems like it was written by a... killer."

"It's kinda perfect, Charles has already got his photo on the murder board," Callum commented with a small smile and sleepy eyes. "And before you ask me, I don't really know of Sting but I don't want to be attacked for it so can we move on from this improbable suspect?"