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“Whatever! So, he’s out there with these two pris platforht, real pretty, and he’s gone, just freakin’ gone I watched the show fro with ahe uses a trap door Nothing He just disappears I want to knoas done”

“And Albert Floss offered to sell you the secret?” Chu asked

“Yeah, for fifty grand”

“Fifty grand?” Pro repeated “You would spend that just to learn how a trick was done?”

Brent once again interrupted “You don’t understand, detective, it’s not just a trick It is the penultie”

“I gotta agree with Brent,” Shaut disclosed “It’s a great effect Floss told n, and with his own information, he assured me that I could do the trick I could even do it on a smaller scale”

“By the way, detectives,” Brent asked, “when you found Mister Floss, did you locate the plans?”

Pro folded her aration We are not at liberty to say”

Shaut grew very serious “Well, if you don’t find ‘eotta tell you, I would look very seriously at Max Marvell”

“Mister Marvell is not your concern,” Chu reported “What is your concern is that you don’t have an alibi for the time in question”

“Detective!” Brent bellowed

Shaut held up his hands “Hey, I wasn’t the only interested buyer One of the reasons Al uys interested”

“Do you knoho they were?” Pro prodded

“Not a clue Magicians are a pretty tight-lipped group”

“May we have those emails, Mister Williams?” Chu asked of Shaut’s assistant