Page 37 - North Star Magazine 2022
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reaches in, and pulls out a
second item in bubble wrap.
RAY
Hey, Detective—you missed something . . .
He clears the wrap, revealing
another picture frame, and
takes a hard look at it.
Weird. What are we supposed to do with this?
Let me see . . .
Odd.
Back to work.
BOB
Blood types, blood types. What’s the rarest blood
type?
Oh, uh--
RAY BOB
Actually, “O” is the most common, I believe . . .
RAY
He takes the frame from Ray,
goes to the wall, stares at
the two hanging portraits and
then at the one in his hand.
Ray joins him.
Bob removes the portrait of
Washington and replaces it
with a photograph of the back
of the head of the current
president. Both men stare at
the two photos now hanging.
They both return to their
desks. Bob begins searching
intently on his desktop
computer.
