Phyllis put down her coffee cup, clasped her fingers together in front of her, and looked straight into Bettina's eyes. "Bettina, I think you're going to get your interview, and perhaps a whole lot more. And I think you and my son will be hooking up, too... if you haven't already. And if you're not on birth control, Ms. Wurtzburg, I might become a grandmother again..."
Bettina didn't say a word, and did not break Phyllis's eye contact...
Part 6 - The Puzzle Pieces
"I think I finally figured out where you're going with your theory." Cindy said to Phyllis as they ate supper at Phyllis's basement apartment at the 'Mountain Nest'. Phyllis nodded and beamed as Cindy presented her ideas.
"I knew you'd catch on eventually." Phyllis said. "And the information you obtained from Robert Ferris is very valuable. The problem is, we don't have anything actionable enough to make an arrest."
"Agreed." Cindy said. "What we need to do is get this Lilac woman into the interrogation room, alone, and get the truth out of her. And we need to do it soon, if what we're thinking is right."
"You're right, and after supper we're going back to Headquarters." Phyllis said. "I talked to Don earlier today. He's already had Paulina Patterson obtain a material witness warrant to bring Miss Lilac in."
((Readers, at this point you have all the clues to solve this mini-mystery. The Solution will be revealed in The Phyllis Files Ch. 02.))
To be continued.
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