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Mark cleared his throat for attention “Mister Martin owns the rights to the effect, and it is protected as a theater piece by the copyright laws of the United States”

“Seems like a pretty iic shop, isn’t it?” Chu pressed

“He didn’t have the equipy I believe he had access to a full set of plans to recreate my illusion”

“You flew all the way to New York froured out one of your tricks?” Chu questioned

“No, athe plans to different people throughout the country I wanted to talk to hi to offer him money”

“So you got there, and what, got angry?”

Max sat up straighter in the chair “Nothing of the kind As I explained to my lawyer, when I arrived Mister Floss was already dead”

“Really?”

“Quite! I found his door unlocked and went into the shop I called for hi his body I also saw the fake rope on his chest I reached down and picked it up at the same moment the police arrived”

Mark took over “My client just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time”

Chu’s ht “Why couldn’t he tell us this there and then!”

Mark and Max exchanged a quick glance, and Mark cleared his throat a second time “My client had sent Mister Floss some, uh, rather unsavory emails”

Chu considered this “Unsavory in ay?”

“Perhaps ‘threatening’ ht be a better choice of words,” Mark confided

Chu shook his head “I see Does Mister Martin wish to add anything to his testimony?”