The guests clap their hands and cheer but Peter stands up from one of the chairs, smiles, and shouts to the guests, ‘Three cheers for Tyler and his extraordinary speech! Hip hip …’
‘Hooray!’ shouts the other guests.
‘Hip hip …’ shouts Peter.
‘Hooray!’ shouts the other guests.
‘Hip hip …’ shouted Peter.
‘Hooray!’ shouts the other guests.
Tyler gives the microphone back to the master of ceremonies and sits down on his chair. He thinks his wedding speech was dramatic and extraordinary because both he and Angelique were survivors of the late Robert Taylor and the mysterious coat.
Fifteen minutes later, after the wedding speeches are over, the guests are having a chat with each other and they are eating and drinking. Tyler, with a glass of champagne in his hand, stands behind the entrance in the marquee, and says to himself, ‘Well, this is my first day as a married man. No more bachelor days for me.’
Dr Airhardt approaches and says to Tyler, ‘Tyler!’
Tyler spins around to Dr Airhardt and says to him, ‘Oh, hello, Doctor.’
‘Congratulations on your wedding with Angelique,’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘Thanks,’ says Tyler.
‘Um Tyler, can we have a serious chat please?’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘Yeah, sure,’ says Tyler, so he walks to Dr Airhardt and they exit the marquee to have an important serious chat.
Outside the marquee, Tyler and Dr Airhardt are standing having a chat, but Tyler says to Dr Airhardt, ‘So, what’s news after Robert Taylor’s death?’
‘Well, Darcy Jones has closed the coat shop at Fritzeg Street in St Kilda because he’s sick of me and the police investigating his crimes of the past, but he has a plan. He’s going to have a talk with his family, and his plan is to pack up his bags, sell his house and go off to another city, a country town or another country and stay for the rest of the life. He wants to hide his dark and shady past and go straight, which means getting square, but he’s going to tell his family that he’s had enough of the coat selling business.’
‘When?’ says Tyler.
‘Yesterday,’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘Oh no,’ says Tyler. ‘Are there any other coat shops in St Kilda?’
‘Yes, there are five coat shops,’ says Dr Airhardt. ‘All of the five other coat shops are in different streets of St Kilda and they’re owned by designers, businessmen and Jewish people.’
‘Did Darcy come to visit your office and talk to you for the last time?’ says Tyler.
‘Yes, he had an argument with me about what I did to him … I mean, what the police and I did to him, and he said to me “Please leave me, my family and my business alone, you!” He told me to stay away and screamed, “Go away!” before he left from my office,’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘Do you think Darcy is a fool?’ says Tyler.
‘Yes,’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘So, what’s going to happen in the future to the streets of St Kilda now Robert Taylor has passed away?’ says Tyler.
‘Well, I have to keep working as a crime-fighter by night and keeping the nasty people off the streets of St Kilda,’ says Dr Airhardt.
‘Angelique and I are going to Daintree and Cape Tribulation in North Queensland for a two-week honeymoon trip. It’s going to be a beautiful place for us,’ says Tyler.
Dr Airhardt takes a brief pause and says to Tyler, ‘If you’ve got a problem, talk to me.’ He checks his watch, faces Tyler again and says to him, ‘Goodbye, Tyler.’
‘Bye,’ says Tyler, so Dr Airhardt leaves and Tyler walks to the marquee and goes back to having a good time.
Later, at the entrance of the park after the party has finished, Tyler and Angelique are smiling, holding hands and walking to a limousine as their families and friends are all standing in a circle. Tyler and Angelique go in different directions inside the circle as they says goodbye to them, but first, Tyler says to his parents, Bruce and Grace, ‘Goodbye, Mum, goodbye, Dad.’
‘Goodbye, son,’ says Bruce. ‘I wish you and Angelique all the best for the future.’
‘I’m looking forward to you and Angelique having children in a year or two as I want to be a grandmother soon. I’ll be nice to Angelique,’ says Grace.
‘That’s okay, Mum,’ says Tyler.
Then, Angelique says to Margaret, ‘Goodbye, Mum, I hope you’re well and everything goes well with your heart.’
‘Thanks, Angelique,’ says Margaret. ‘I will.’
‘Well, Tyler and I have gotta go to North Queensland shortly so keep eating healthy and keep doing the exercises with your carer and personal trainer. Tyler and I will be back in a fortnight and I’ll see you then. Goodbye,’ says Angelique.
‘Goodbye, Angelique,’ says Margaret.
Finally, Peter smiles and says to Tyler, ‘Well, Tyler, I’ve got to say goodbye to you and I wish you and Angelique all the best for the future.’
‘Thanks, Peter,’ says Tyler. ‘It’s just like my dad’s favourite TV show way back a long time ago.’ He and Peter both laugh and Tyler says to Peter, ‘Well, let’s get it on.’
Tyler walks to Angelique as they continue in different directions inside the circle to say goodbye to the guests and two minutes later, Tyler and Angelique make it to the limousine. Tyler says to all of the guests, ‘I am glad to see you. So long and goodbye.’
‘Goodbye,’ shout the guests.
Tyler and Angelique hop inside the limousine. Angelique shuts the door and the limousine starts driving to the airport so they can catch their plane to Daintree and Cape Tribulation in North Queensland for their honeymoon.
The families and friends of both Tyler and Angelique are clapping their hands and cheering, and on the back of the limousine there is a piece of paper on the boot which says JUST MARRIED!
At the archive room of the police station, the room has lots of archive boxes, which contain details of unsolved crime cases. Inspector Mack Young is standing next to an archive box which has the information and details of Robert Taylor. He’s holding and looking at the light brown coat and he’s checking this it for the last time.
Mack says to himself, ‘Well, this is the end of the criminal reign and saga of Robert Taylor and it’s also the end of the mystery of the mysterious coat.’
A police desk sergeant says to him, ‘Inspector?’
‘What is it?’ says Mack.
‘There’s a witness who wants to see you, and she also wants to talk to you about how she saw a bloke robbing a liquor store in St Kilda.’
‘When was this robbery?’ says Mack.
‘Half-hour ago.’
‘All right, I’m on my way,’ says Mack.
‘Thank you,’ the sergeant says.
‘You’re welcome,’ says Mack. He opens the seal of the archive box, puts the light brown coat inside the box and shuts the seal of the box as he says to himself, ‘Robert Taylor is gone now after taking his life, but now, it’s time to fight against new criminals and new crimes.’ He holds the archive box, lifts the box, puts the box next to the other boxes and says to himself, ‘Well, life goes on.’
He walks and leaves the archive room to interview a witness who witnessed the crime of a liquor store robbery at St Kilda.
This is the end of the mystery of the mysterious coat.
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