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Could it really have been Bliss? The umbrella was pretty damning, but the badge had been pretty damning before with the mundinol on it. Wait, something didn’t make sense there. [color=D1c2bf]“I know this looks bad, but I must point out that Bliss did have an alibi until 4:30, Bliss couldn’t have stabbed her before that. Are you implying the mundinol took effect at least a full half-hour earlier than it was supposed to?”[/color] He shook his head. [color=D1c2bf]“Is that even possible? Does the book say anything about that? This disease seems to damage the lungs and Mercy had asthma, so it might be possible? I’m not exactly a medical expert.”[/color]  

Thinking of the badge, another question popped up. [color=D1c2bf]“How similar are the badge and the umbrella, could they cause the same kind of wound? If they could, and I imagine they might seeing how we considered the badge the murder weapon... is it possible the badge was used for Mercy and the umbrella for Felix?”[/color]

His next argument might be more convincing. [color=D1c2bf]“Furthermore, we must consider that it was Mercy that asked for the books, and asked Jezebel to get it from the pharmacy in the early morning. If she truly was infected and coerced into getting those. The person must’ve infected her in the morning. Therefore, I’d suggest we hear Bliss’s alibi first, it’s only fair. Mercy [i]must’ve[/i] been infected, after all, unless you suggest she just happened to push Felix into a poisoned umbrella, I’m not buying that.”[/color]

Then he remembered a final argument[color=D1c2bf]“Also, I do recall that Noel mentioned Thomas made an inventory of the pharmacy. I'm assuming he did this after Jezebel broke in. Was there any litonix left in there when you did your inventory, Thomas?”[/color]

Things indeed looked bad, but it wasn’t over yet. Bliss was dear to the politician, and he decided to place his faith in her innocence. Now all he could hope was that he wasn’t betrayed.