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[Brittany]

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“Beet! I’m home, sweety!” Brittany skipped across her living room and bounded up her steps, carrying a basket full of cooked bird and turkey legs. Beet had a ferocious appetite and could get rather temperamental if not fed regularly. Brittany had quickly grown to love the beetle, and he had become equally attached to her. She scurried up the teleporter, through her bedroom and out the sliding doors leading to the terrace. Beet liked it up here.
“Beet! Look what I got…” She stopped in her tracks and dropped the basket at a terrible sight. Beet was on his back, his little legs kicking about. “BEET!” She knelt beside the big, blue teddy bear and looked into his eyes. His pupils were dilated and fixed. “BEET!”


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“He was poisoned," the veterinarian stated.
“Poisoned? You mean, something I cooked?”
“No, Brittany. This was not food poisoning. This was a deliberate attack on his life.”
Brittany looked down at the dead beetle; tears had been flowing freely from her eyes since Beet had passed, a mere ten minutes ago. Through her tears she asked, “But…who would do such a horrid thing?”
“I do not know. Considering the type of poison, I suspect he ingested it sometime last night.”
Brittany scratched her head, furrowing her brow. When could he have been…
“Oh, no! I did let him on the front porch last night shortly before bed. But only for a few minutes! He likes to sniff the flowers I have out there. Do you think someone…” Suddenly, she gasped and brought her hands to her mouth. “I bet…no…who would…Oh no! I bet it's the same person who killed Bubbles!”
“Who’s Bubbles?”
“My last horse! Someone just walked by and stabbed him! Some of my neighbors are MEAN!”
The veterinarian lowered his head and shook it slowly. “Yes, some people…” He sighed heavily and closed his medicine bag.
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