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She headed into the kitchen Max sighed and looked from the kitchen to the bathroom “The two most important women in my life are insane,” he muttered to himself

Pro stepped out of the bathroom dry-eyed and stiff-backed

“I have to go to work,” Pro announced “I a Saturday shift”

“Oh, Pro, before you go,” Max said, “I just wanted to discuss a few things about our case”

Pro stopped dead in her tracks and slowly turned to her father “Our case?”

“Yes, I have a few ideas where we can go from here,” Max said just as Elisha returned with a cup of coffee, prepared the way Max liked He took a sip “Oh that is good, Elisha”

“Now you knohy I switched,” Elisha replied

Pro put her hands on her hips “Max, you have nothing to do with the case—”

“I know, but I think the way to go is to try to track down those illusion plans that were made ofthem—”

Pro held up a hand “Max, ill go through Mister Floss’s es with That is standard procedure”

“Pro, you don’t get it You are dealing withand set me up to take the fall!”

“I find that hard to believe—”

“Oh yeah? How did the police know to come to the shop?”

Pro leaned with one hand on her hip “They got a call frohbors who said they heard noises in the shop”

“Which neighbor?”