AWKWARD ZOMBIE

"Behind houses, in trees, someplace someone might have stashed it, if they didn't hide it in a home. I was desperate, and at the time, I thought there was a possibility for it to be somewhere there."

((don't be surprised if that's my last post for the night i am a sleepy angie))

"I think we're forgetting the most important question here....."

Pierce looks sternly at Diana.

"You've just admitted that you didn't actually see Joe fleeing Re-Tail. So why did you decide to drag his body all the way to Joe's house?"

"I think we need to figure out one more thing before the pieces fall into place..."

"I assume we can agree that if Joe was the murderer, they did not anticipate that they'd be murdering anyone that night."

"And I think the same would go for Diana..."

"Does this mean out of all of the parties involved, no one was planning to murder anyone and it all happened by accident, or was someone involved trying to commit murder? Who would have the motive to kill?"

Cranston frowned. "We've determined Joe brought a knife. Whether he did it or not, I don't think he had good intentions last night."

"I think you mean that Bud brought the knife."

"When did you determine that? What evidence do you have of that? That is only an opinion."

"I can think of only one who would kill with the motive Nook provided, secrets. But that can wait until we hear Diana's truthful, unopinionated testimony."

"But why would Bud bring a knife with him? Was he paranoid that he'd be attacked?"

"Perhaps he already was.....or at least his door was."

"Maybe he was desperate to keep his secret hidden."

"But we already determined Bud had no opportunity to get the knife; Franklin said so himself. If we're to believe it was in Joe and Bud's struggle, Joe had to be the one who brought it. I can't imagine anyone getting the knife and then giving it to Bud, or attacking his door and leaving the knife behind."

"What if the someone who cut up Bud's door was interrupted and forced or startled into leaving the knife behind?"