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I had never imagined I would see myself on the news. Here´s how it all began: It was a few years ago as I recall that the unexpected death of my distant relative-my nephew occured. The poor man was stabbed in the back without any signs of mercy.The instance saddened me even though we did not know each other well. Gawd!
Our lord has accepted his acquitance, I understand. But as it is in my mind rowing: yes,yes...once met,never forgotten. Ainsworth was his name. Since my fellow man has been building success mainly on tycooning, one could notice he never was in need of money. Perhaps your demand may be: Who killed Barnaby Ainsworth? Well, nobody knows for sure. A couple of attempts have been so far to catch the murderer, yet none was successful nor evidence was satisfactory.
I myself decided to unveil the culpable. I view he had a daughter...
..and a son,presumably. I should like the idea of a plan- I thought.
It is about time I did something about it. Expose the murderer,yes.
I had the intention of a guest party at my rural place by Oxfordshire.
But I am assured quite strongly none of the surrounding people at his house could have done such a thing. Madame Ainsworth,née
Augustin, a French countess, was his beloved wife. A son Tommy and a daughter called Ashley. Must have been one of the mentioned then. They may have been one of the richest families in the country for all I know. But as mentioned earlier, I don´t know much about my nephew. The police were excited to the exposure of the criminal and attracted with a reasonable award. The case spread rapidly all across the kingdom. I carried out one thing I did not regret. I invited my distant relatives to a blackjack game at my settlement in Lower Tadmarton. During the game I brought up the crime and the fact that the murderer has not been yet revealed. Their alibi was hard to instantly scope out. I had it all arranged to point out at the so called „guiltless“ that night. I found out Madame had a row with her husband. If you haven´t realised up to now, I work as a private eye.
I did not ask them just because I wanted to. So... They quarreled in the kitchen one night and threatened to kill each other. Ashley Ainsworth´s story confirmed what Madame said which obviously made her angry a bit. Ashley the daughter also stated that there wasn´t any trouble present between her and the now, deceased father. The son said father never liked him. Pampered nobody but Ashley. I saw that Tommy drived the latest Jaguar parked in the driveway. He then glanced at the clock. We´d better go,mum-he demanded. Shortly after they left I knew who killed Barnaby. I secretly went to the local police department without attracting attention. The thing is that I had put wire tapping in the ceiling before the Ainsworths came. I had all their stories altogether. The next morning they were broadcasting that the murderer of the influential Barnaby Ainsworth was caught. Guess what....
BIRD IN THE HAND OF INNOCENCE
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