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==Chapter One==
Two weeks later, miss Arlette Clucky atended at Tina-Patricia Copper's funeral. She wore a long black velvet dress, and an onyx surrounded by diamonds adorned her throat. She was visiting her best friend [[Mollie Kewell]], who was a scientist who was passioned by bugs. Arlette couldn't see what Mollie could find in those critters except the fact that one might create some magnificent jewels with them, but she liked her anyway.
-Poor Pr. Copper, Arlette thought. She must've been the world's most unlucky person.To have a small meteor fall directly on her head. How unfortunate! She has been found in the swamps by her friend [[Pixie Carlton]]. The police first thought to a murder, but the lack of suspects, the emptiness of the swamp (the only person there was Pixie, who moreover had no mobile) and finally the proof that the rock that killed her was a meteor finally led the police the the conclusion that Tina-Patricia Copper was effectively killed by a falling meteor. And by the way, the other Egyptologist was dead, too! That will surely spread some idiotic rumors about some 3000 years old curse. People are so gullible in this town! However, it's still strange.
At the end of the funeral, everybody went to the collation. There, Arlette asked Mollie about the other persons that were present.
-You know, Mollie, all these people appear to be very special. What do you think about them?
-I do think that many of them are kinda nutty. For example, you see that woman, there?
Arlette looked at her. She was in the middle of her fifties and still wore a short skirt and outrageous makeup.
-That's [[Kat Hunter|Katherine Hunter]]. An awful virago coupled with a cougar. Her boyfriend just turned twenty. I hate her. She's mean, she's rude and she's unbearable. She once married [[Clark Peddler]], but they divorced, and now they can't stand each other. Clark's at the bar, with his best friend, [[Penny Pincher|Penny]].
Arlette stared at them. Clark was the typical hoodwink, with a wide, unfaithful smile, extravagant and colourful clothes, sunglasses... His friend appeared to be younger.and discrete. However, a unpleasant, calculating flicker shone in her eyes that was almost unnoticeable. During this time, Mollie continued her lampoon against her enemy.
-... and finally I once saw her swatting a poor scarab that did absolutely nothing to her! That's cruel!We nickname her Kat. Kat Hunter matches her personality, don't you think?
-I do, Mollie, I do... But... isn't it [[DeAndre Wolff]], the rock star? Nice! I didn't know he lived in Twinbrook.
-Well, now you know. He is a true womanizer. Almost every woman in town was after him: Milly Pidgin, Penny Pincher, Sofia Carlton...
-Who is [[Sofia Carlton]]?
-This girl, near the phonograph, dressed in pink. She is with her mother, Pixie.
Mollie indicated two women: the first one was in her mid-twenties and obviously loved hot pink. The other was fifty and had a very short hair and enormous earrings.
-Sofia and Pixie are despised by almost the entire community. Pixie's only friend was the professor Copper. She spend her entire time spreading scandals.
Arlette then paid attention to the old-fashioned couple next to the buffet.
-And who are them? she asked.
-They are the Castor. [[Beverly Castor|Beverly]], the wife, is the mayor of the town. Poor Mrs Castor. She had some tough times before being tha mayor.
-I heard about it. Some malevolent beings tampered with the votes in order to make her lose the election.
-Yeah. A group of ill-disposed rapscallions votes multiple times in the name of various deceased persons. However, no one knows why they did this. Some think that they are ecologists. However I do have some doubts. I think they are members of a big crime syndicate in the town, and Beverly, who was a member of the municipal council, and had done lots of things in order to destroy the organization. That's probably why they didn't want her to win.
However, those small details didn't interest Arlette. The thing that interested her was the crime syndicate himself.
-There is a crime syndicate? In this small town?
-Why wouldn't it? There was once S.T.A.I.N., in Huntsville, and Huntsville is much smaller than Twinbrook. No one knows who runs it and even who the members are. However, there are some strong suspicions against the Racket clan. This family, around there. They are mysterious and they aren't much liked around there. They literally swim in cash. They are diabolically bright. The two elders, [[Max Racket|Max]] and [[Marigold Racket|Marigold]] are probably the ones who command everything. They have three sons, but one is gone away, and died some time later. There also was Max's brother, Stephen, but he was struck by lightning some time ago. Finally there are the grandchildren and the daughter-in-law, who appear to be more "normal".
-Speaking of normality, this family appears to be normal...
-Which one?
-The one at the buffet, next to the Castors.
-Oh, you mean the [[Greenwood family|Greenwoods]]? They are fierce ecologists. Holly is the one that lost against Beverly Castorat the municipal elections. She is the one who got the votes of the Dead. However, she was pretty shocked by the affair. She is now member of the municipal council.
-Yeah, Arlette thought. This town seems to have more than one secret. She was intrigued by the Rackets, a dark, gloomy and powerful family. Arlette then wondered if they coud get away that easily indefinetly...
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