Last week we left off with Detective Campbell heading to Andria's apartment to investigate. Let's see if she found anything. (1 & 2, 3, 4, 5)

SCENE VI
Lights up on Charlie’s bedroom. Phone rings and Charlie enters stage right.

CHARLIE
What?

CAMPBELL enters stage left.

CAMPBELL
Uh…Hello. It’s Detective Campbell.

CHARLIE
Oh, I thought it was Andria’s mother. Hello Detective.

CAMPBELL
Listen, I’m going to give it to you straight. I have some good news and some bad news.
Which would you like first?

CHARLIE
Uh…Well I guess I’ll take the bad news first.

CAMPBELL
Alright well I don’t know how Ms. Jones died but it wasn’t a gunshot.
There were puncture marks on the back of her neck.

CHARLIE
And the good news?

CAMPBELL
I don’t think it was the mother. You were right, there was no sign of a struggle but I don’t
think it was the mother.

CHARLIE
Damn…I mean uh, good! That’s great. So relieved.

CAMPBELL
I found a red hair on her shirt and assuming that the woman in the photos with her is her mother than
it is definitely not hers. I also had it tested so before you say anything, it isn’t a cat hair either.

CHARLIE
Is that all?

CAMPBELL
Not exactly. You see, I found a ring on the table next to her bed.

CHARLIE
Oh…yeah…I uh…I proposed to her before she left….She uh…she asked for some time to
think about it. I told her to take the ring with her.

CAMPBELL
I see. Is there a reason that you didn’t tell me this before?

CHARLIE
Are you insinuating that I killed her?

CAMPBELL
It’s just a simple yes or no question Mr. Welch.

CHARLIE
Well if you must know, I didn’t tell you because I was distraught over the fact that I had
just lost the love of my life! The last thing I was thinking about was the fact
that I was basically rejected.

CAMPBELL
Alright. Well I’m going to get back to work. Good bye Mr. Welch.

CHARLIE hangs up and CAMPBELL exits. CHARLIE then dials another number. From offstage we hear MRS. JONES’ voice.

MRS. JONES
Hello. I’m sorry that I cannot come to the phone right now. Percy Perkins Esquire III and I
are out doing simply marvelous things. Leave a message and I might get back to you.

CHARLIE
Hello? Mrs. Jones, this is Charlie. Detective Campbell gave me some information about
Andria’s death. Meet me tomorrow at my house, at nine A.M. sharp. Don’t give me
any excuses—unless you don’t care about Andria more than your cat.

Which is highly likely. Anyway. Nine A.M. sharp.

CHARLIE hangs up the phone crawls into bed.

CHARLIE

Why am I doing this? She doesn’t understand, nor does she care about anything more than her cat! She’s crazy! There, I said it! Crazy…Maybe I’m crazy.

SCENE VII
Lights up on Charlie’s living room. CHARLIE is pacing around the room.

CHARLIE
Where is she? If she doesn’t show up in the next few minutes, I will want very much to kill her cat.

Through the window we see MRS. JONES walk to the front door. The doorbell rings and CHARLIE answers it.

CHARLIE
Hello, Mrs. Jones. Do you see what time it is? It’s 9:05. You are five minutes late.

MRS. JONES
Well Charles. I had to take care of my little Percy the third. He gets breakfast at 8:30 now that
Andria…now that Andria is gone…He used to get breakfast at nine because I always
had to call Andria first. Andria always came before Percy.

CHARLIE
And I don’t? Oh wait, nobody would want to.

MRS. JONES
No. You don’t. For breakfast he gets Fancy Feast Gourmet turkey feast, the wet canned
stuff of course. Not the dry. Poor little kitty can’t stand the dry. And it has to be the turkey.
He won’t eat anything other than the turkey.

CHARLIE
This is not a cat-lovers-are-us meeting. I’ve never cared about your cat and never will. In fact,
I detest cats.

MRS. JONES
Oh, but have you met my darling? He’d make you change your mind,
he’s the simply the greatest ray of sunshine.

CHARLIE
Mrs. Jones! I did not ask you over here to discuss your cat. We’re dealing with your daughter’s
murder here. Even though your daughter is dead she is still more important than
your damn cat. So, what the detective said was—

MRS. JONES
You think you know everything don’t you Charles? Well you don’t. Someday, when you’re old
and your cat is the only thing you got you’ll look back at this day and then you’ll understand!

CHARLIE
Mrs. Jones, if I could continue now. What the detective said was that she didn’t die of a
gunshot and that there was a wound at the back of her neck.

MRS. JONES
Oh, Lord!

CHARLIE
What she also said was that she had found a hair on Andria’s shirt so she is looking
for red headed criminals in our area.

MRS. JONES
Oh, the poor dear, what has happened to Andria?

CHARLIE
That’s what we’re trying to find out.

MRS. JONES
I’m sure it is Charles.

CHARLIE
My name’s Charlie. Well, you probably have to go pet your stupid cat right now,
and I have work to do.

MRS. JONES
Well it is actually time for Percy’s grooming. Toodles!

MRS. JONES leaves.

CHARLIE
Thank goodness that’s over.

CHARLIE sits down on the couch and the phone rings.

Stay tuned till next week when we'll learn who's on the other end of the phone!