Morix: Web of Mistrust

Turnabout Manor, Part 3

April 12

Umber Manor

2:00 PM

Lily Shield

"The motive behind the case... It's not something that can easily be discussed. I suggest that you investigate through another avenue if you wish to learn more about this case," Prosecutor Umber replied, crossing his arms with a small frown. "I believe that this is something that doesn't involve you, and I'm not going to drag you into it if you aren't already part of this problem."

"You're really not going to tell us?" Sky questioned, a frown forming on his face. "If we're going to find the truth behind this case, we need to know a motive behind why anyone would want to attack her. The more details that you can offer us, the sooner we can figure everything out here."

"I told you that I wasn't going to tell you, and that isn't going to change. For the sake of everyone here, I'm going to have to avoid telling you about what I think the motive could be. You're going to have to trust me on this," Prosecutor Umber told us, his eyes narrowing in anger. 

"Do you know anything?" I asked, directing my attention towards Chief Prosecutor Bespoke and Prosecutor Cruz this time. If Prosecutor Umber wasn't going to give me an answer, then maybe one of them would. Granted, I wasn't sure if they knew anything, but it was worth trying to ask about it at the very least. Anything that might point us in the right direction was a blessing as far as I was concerned given how clueless we were. 

"I'm afraid not. Our investigations have all come up short on the matter," Chief Prosecutor Bespoke told us. He looked at me for a moment. "Ah, um... We should go and take care of things involving this case. I'm sure that you want to investigate other parts about this murder too, so we'll go on and leave you to it. If you decide that you need our help on anything, then all you need to do is ask. We're happy to help you out."

Chief Prosecutor Bespoke walked away soon afterwards. Prosecutor Cruz hesitated before following after him. Prosecutor Umber glared at me, Felicity, and Sky before sighing and shaking his head a few seconds before he rotated on his heel and left us behind. 

"What are we supposed to do now? He got all clammy when we asked about what the murder motive could have been," Felicity frowned, shaking her head in disappointment. "Do you have any ideas as for what we could do now?"

"I think that we should focus our attention to something else... Most specifically why he got so tense when we brought that up. There must have been a reason, and I'm willing to bet that it has something to do with what stressed out Detective Umber as well. If we can connect the dots, then we can blow this case wide open. Prosecutor Umber didn't seem up to talking about it with people who weren't already aware, so we can just get ourselves in on the loop by looking around," I explained. 

"There's always evidence left behind no matter what the situation is... They can try to hide the truth as much as they want to, but there will be traces left behind somewhere. If we can figure out where those traces are and what they are, then I think our investigation will be greatly benefited," Sky said with a small smile. "For now, where should we start? I don't think there's much of anything for us to look into back in the room with the body..."

"We should try and find the closet that Deirdre said she was pushed into. If we can find evidence that she was locked in there, that will give her an alibi," I answered. "She said that it was on the way out of the building that she was grabbed and pushed into the closet, but it might not be on the beaten path."

"You're right. We have to keep in mind that she doesn't know her way around here like the people who live here do. She could have very easily gotten lost along the way, and that would allow her to wind up in a closet away from the main segment of the mansion, and it would fully explain why nobody's brought it up yet," Felicity agreed. "Let's start looking around. There has to be proof of that around here somewhere. I don't know her that well, but I just don't see Deirdre lying about something like that. She loves the truth and all. If she didn't, she wouldn't be working at the agency."