Chapter 17 Mystery is Solved

An excerpt from The Titanium Mysteries Book 1: What Is She Doing Here?

Zeta left the property to get some groceries. She walked at her normal pace with her bag on her. She was thinking about Phillipe’s notes and who could have killed him. She nearly walked into Jessa on the street.

“Hey, watch where you’re going, freak!”

“Oh, sorry.” Zeta walked around her to get away.

“No, Zeta. You can’t get away this time. You know too much!”

Zeta stopped and turned around. “What? What are you talking about?”

“I know you’re helping the detectives figure out who killed Phillipe and Toni. But you’ll all fail.” Jessa walked closer.

Zeta blinked.

“You are much too quiet. There must be something wrong with you. Everyone else talks more than you do.” Jessa opened her purse and pulled out a knife. “Unless you’re not a real elf. That must be it. You must be android. Why else would you be so damn quiet?” She raised the knife.

Zelda and Julian ran down the street. They both shouted, “Stop right there, Jessa!”

Jessa turned her head in their direction. “No!”

Zelda pulled out her laser gun. “Don’t you dare harm Zeta!”

Jessa screamed.

“Jule, get Zeta out of here!”

Julian got on his hoverboard. He flew over to Zeta and held out his hand to her. Her jaw dropped as her eyes got big and round. She reached out for his hand. He helped her up on his hoverboard. He held her hand and reached for the other one. They held hands as they flew off together back to her home.

Minutes later, far from the commotion, Julian landed the hoverboard inside her property. He helped her off the board. They gazed into each other’s eyes.

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Zelda caught up to both Julian and Zeta after Jessa was safely in custody. She went to let them know what happened with Jessa.

“Hey, Jule and Zeta!”

Zeta let Zelda inside the property.

“Jessa is behind bars.”

“Oh!” both Zeta and Julian said.

“Yes, and Cliff is under investigation.”

“Good,” said Julian.

“He’s not happy, but his spy did commit the murder. She was screaming about it once she was arrested.”

Zeta blinked. “And we still don’t know if there are any androids in existence.”

“No, we don’t know where they are currently.”

Zeta shook her head. “I don’t think that matters now.”

Zelda smiled. “No, it doesn’t. I’m not sure many people would allow androids into regular society if they knew. Jessa is just an extreme example of that. She couldn’t stop telling me how much she hated androids and those who want to build them.”

Zeta sighed. “Well, I’m glad it’s over now.”

Julian smiled at Zeta. “You can finish your book now. We know who killed Phillipe and Toni and why.”

“You won’t mind that I’ll put all that in the book?”

Both detectives shook their heads no.

Zeta smiled. “Good. Now I can finish it. Do you want me to mention your names? Or would you prefer I used different names for you?”

The detectives smiled at her.