Tragic Magic
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“Kill the lights, will you?” Doogie instructed his deputy. The deputy, stumbling over his size-fourteen feet, hurried to comply.
Doogie flicked the switch on his SPEX Mini-CrimeScope 400, shone it on Ozzie’s knees, then slowly ran it up the length of Ozzie’s body. Everyone clustered behind Doogie, holding their breath. They weren’t sure what Doogie was going to find, but they were watching his every motion with rapt attention.
“Anything?” asked the deputy. He sounded wistful, like he’d been purposely left out of the action.
Doogie continued to run the light across Ozzie’s neck and up onto his face. Hesitating for a split second, Doogie ran the light in a circle, then his eyes widened and his jaw dropped onto his second chin. “Oh, horse pucky!” he exclaimed.
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