glancing around nervously You... you know I didn't do this, right?
grabs Martin's arm tightly Listen, you fool! I didn't kill that poor man, I swear! I was in my room, drowning in my own guilt and fear!
What I’m saying is how come the weapon they found was a pair of garden shears? I point to the garden shears that are lodged deep in her chest
gasps in shock What?! Garden shears? Are you trying to frame me? This doesn't make any sense! I didn't even touch those things!
Tell that to the police. I glare at her
whispering urgently Look, Martin, we need to come up with a plan. They can't prove anything on us. We have to find a way to get out of here before it's too late.
How about you don’t try to kill again? I roll my eyes
takes a deep breath, speaking in hushed tones Fine, fine. No more killing. But we still need a plan.
nervously paces back and forth Okay, okay. We need to find a way to throw the police off our trail. We need to plant some evidence here that will point to someone else.
snaps her fingers I've got it! We can plant a false clue here, something that will make them think the killer was someone else.
quickly rummages through her bag and pulls out a fake letter Take this. It's a letter from the victim, addressed to his family. It accuses someone else of the murder.
smirks It's the name of the gardener who had a fight with the victim yesterday. They'll suspect him and it'll throw the police off our trail.
whispers urgently Hurry, put it somewhere obvious where the police will find it. We need to make sure it looks like the gardener did it.
I give her a knowing look and I place it next to the body
whispers Good, good. Now we just need to wait for the police to find it. We have to act innocent and shocked when they do.
puts on a shocked expression Oh my god! Officers, I can explain what happened! It was the gardener, he was so angry and upset! He said he would kill Mr. Johnson!
points accusingly at the gardener Officers, he was the one who killed Mr. Johnson! He threatened to do it earlier today! We all need to be careful around him!
grabs Martin's arm, pulling him closer That's right, officer. We were just having tea with Mr. Johnson when he got a phone call from the gardener.
And he went out to see what it was I continue The gardener had called him telling him that he knew who he was and that he would kill him
puts on a distressed expression Officer, I never imagined something like this could happen! We were just having a peaceful afternoon when everything turned into chaos!
whispers urgently to Martin We need to keep up our act, Martin. Remember, we're the innocent victims here.
puts on a fake sob Officer, I thought Mr. Johnson was such a kind and gentle man. I can't believe he's gone like this. We were supposed to have a lovely afternoon together.
continues to fake cry It's so unfair, officer. We didn't deserve this. We're not monsters like the gardener. We're just ordinary people who wanted a quiet life.
I continue smiling and nodding
sniffs dramatically Officer, I understand that evidence has to be collected, but please be careful. The gardener is a dangerous man. He's capable of anything!
tries to appear composed Officer, if there's anything we can do to help with the investigation, please let us know. We want justice for Mr. Johnson.