The Investigation Begins

• Maple starred at her screen which read “Ryan Lotche’s Ted Talk.”

  Her eyes lit up. While Ryan Lotche did not spark her interest in the slightest, the idea that the whole town could be in one place at once.

  After leaving her house with a lot of gusto the week before, she was still able to accomplish nothing by roaming the streets and searching for evidence on her own.

  She slapped on Turtle’s fake service dog vest and his leash and blasted out the door.

  “Why are we going to this again?” Turtle asked. Maple stayed silent with a big smile on her face. Her eyes looked ahead and she continuously picked up her pace.

  “Wait, this isn’t the way to the library,” Turtle realized, “Where are we going?”

  “To the police station,” Maple’s expression didn’t change.

  “Wait, why?”

  “Why would I go to carry out my own investigation while everyone in the town was preoccupied with something else? Oh I don’t know!”

  “Maple, Maple, this is a really, really bad idea!” Turtle tried to stop but Maple continued to pull him.

  They arrived at the door of the police station. Maple turned to Turtle with the same evil determination in her eyes.

  “You will be look out,” she said as she picked the lock. Turtle decided to stay silent.

  *For legal purposes this part of the blog has been blocked out*

  Maple ran out of the police station barely grabbing the end of Turtle’s leash as she bolted.

  When they arrived home, she pulled up at least 20 pictures of classified files. Now the investigation could really begin.

  As she sat down, the small piece of paper that she had written for Lotche’s speech fell out of her coat pocket.

  It read “Never reveal too much about what you do in the Olympic pool, for it will come back to haunt you.”

  This was the one element of her plan that she had forgotten. She could usually slip in and out unnoticed, but not tonight.

  
  

  She had to hope that she didn’t leave any evidence behind that there was someone in the police station.