Mina and Blind paced the back corridors of the Business Park Play Dome. Much like Rocketstar Ranch, the hallways were dark and narrow, a clear difference from the building's cheerful demeanor. At this point, Mina knew that every colorful front disguised a shady interior. Especially in the world of law and crime.
"That sure was nice of Sparky to cough up that info!" Mina said, briskly walking to Whitney's room.
Blind took the more cynical angle. "He probably coughs up tons of unsolicited info, judging by the way he runs things."
Mina giggled. "I'd cut him some slack. He's not so much the deputy as the nepoty!"
Yellow police tape was spread in an X over the door to Whitney Stabs' dressing room. But much to their surprise, the door was open just a crack, causing Mina to utter a "that's totally sussy!"
Together, they pushed open the door.
The room inside clearly belonged to Whitney Stabs. There were rows up on rows of mannequins wearing brightly colored leotards for dancing. Signed album covers of "Oh No, Not Again" with a teenage Whitney in schoolgirl clothes that would know doubt be distributed to Stabs Stans at the event. A pair of kitchen knives hung suspiciously from the wall, but the victim had been poisoned, not stabbed so Mina was unsure about why they were there.
More pointy than the knives, was who Mina saw inside the dressing room, (Blind didn't but he soon learned who it was anyway) and she let out a loud scream! "Oh my lawdy! Whitney is alive and she's walking around!"
Indeed, standing by the police tape was a tall, curvaceous blonde woman, dressed in tightly fitting white tank top and designer jeans. She had a troubled expression on her lips as she held her hand to her mouth while standing over a white chalk outline on the floor.
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"Whitney is a witch!" Mina screamed.
"I'm not a Whitney witch!" the girl responded in a slightly ditzy but annoyed tone. "I'm her sister. Janey Lila Stabs!"
"Wait a minute…" Blind said, now displaying his time to be shocked. "Janey Lila Stabs from the Pickelodeon show, Chloe 102?! I used to be such a big fan as a kid!"
"You are?!" Mina and Janey screamed at the same time.
Mina was even more breathless. That didn't seem like his kind of show at all. But then again, Blind did go to a prep school. When she thought of it that way, it made a lot more sense that he found a kinship with the boarding school misadventures in Chloe 102
Blind rushed over and presented a notebook to the chalk outline. "Mind if I have an autograph?!"
Mina walked over and turned him in the direction of Janey. "What my attractive and very blind boyfriend meant to ask was," she said, equally giddy. "Can you sign both of our autographs?!"
Janey tilted her head in confusion. "Sure…but uh, I thought the police said, no fans allowed here."
Mina's eyes widened. And then she smiled, "Oh we're not just fans, we're…eep!"
Suddenly, Blind swept her aside. She was momentarily dizzy until her boyfriend's caustic voice whispered in her ear. "You can't tell her who we are! If she knew you are the attorney defending Dustin Himbolake, she won't open up to us about the murder…"
"So what," Mina said, as Janey Lila Stabs looked mighty confused. "Do you really think she knows something we don't know about this murder?"
"Well…" Blind said, tapping his hand on her shoulder. "That and…we won't get those autographs!"
"Oh nosy!" Mina gasped.
"Oh yesy!" Blind smirked with utmost. "Now let's get back to see what Ms. Stabs has to say about her sister's murder!"
They turned around, big starstruck grins plastered on their faces. "So who are you?" Janey Stabs asked with curiosity and skepticism in her eyes.
"We are…" the dream team couple said together.
A sharp, snide and catlike voice answered for them. "The lowlife lawyer defending the murderous fop Dustin Himbolake and her unseeing eye dog."
Mina and Blind turned around to face the door. Ashley Ryan leaned against it with a confident smirk on her feline-like face. The sadistic prosecutor has totally just blown their cover.