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Soodie and Scout park in front of a charming two-story clapboard house with midnight blue shutters. Soodie rings the bell.The door opens revealing a woman who resembles Mercedes Ruehl.“Ms. Castinelli,?” asks Soodie.“Please, it’s Donna. Come inside. I have them in the dining room.”They walk into the foyer.“What a lovely home.” Soodie says. She means it.Placed on the dining room table lay three

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Wednesday, 2:15 pm:The phone rings. “Soodie and Scout Enterprises, please hold.” says Scout. He purposefully wants to give the illusion of being terribly busy.“Thank you for holding, how may we be of assistance?”“Good morning,” a female voice says, “Is this Soodie and Scout….the antique detectives?”“Why, yes it is. How may we help?”“Well, I have some items in my possession, and I can’t for the

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Friday morning, 11 am:Scout is compulsive about his detective kit. He doesn’t like anyone to touch it, not even Soodie. He decides to check the items in his bag. A good antique detective never goes out without tools of the trade. You never know when you might need to record clues. Scout opens his bag to check the contents. In it he has his high-powered magnifying glass. He blows on the

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Wednesday morning, 10:10 am: Soodie and Scout have their weekly staff meeting. They remind each other that when they get their first job, they must research the history thoroughly. Without this diligent investigation, the detective may miss vital clues and overlook important facts.3:15 pm:Soodie sends Scout out to fetch her a skinny cinnamon soy latte. Scout keeps the change. Soodie scans the

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Monday, 11:25 am:The telephone finally rings.Scout races to answer the phone. He slips on the glossy paper of large book filled with glorious photographs of eighteenth-century Scottish vernacular furniture and bangs his head against the leg of the desk. He quickly picks himself back up. “Good morning, Soodie and Scout Enterprises. How may I help you?”Silence.“Hellloooo?” Scout utters meekly.*

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Friday morning, 10:40 am:Scout picks up the phone and pretends to speak with a client, “Forgive us, Prince Albert,” he flutters his eye lids, “but it is quite impossible to see you in Monte Carlo this weekend. My calendar is full with appointments and my clients become monsters if I reschedule. Monsters, I tell you! Give my love to Caroline and Stephanie. Adieu.”Soodie doesn’t find this funny.

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Tuesday, 4:15 pm: The phone did not ring once. Nope. Not once.

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Monday Morning, 10 am:Zero messages on their answering machine.2:41 pm:The phone is not ringing.4:10 pm:Scout counts all the pips on a dirty golf ball.Soodie makes an appointment with her spiritual advisor.

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Thursday Afternoon, 4:50 pm:They see their ad in the paper and think it is quite smart.

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Tuesday Afternoon, 3:10 pm:The phone is not ringing.

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Wednesday Morning, 10 am:Soodie and Scout are sitting at their desks. They put an ad in the paper, plugged in their phones and mounted their signed poster of their idols, the Keno Brothers, on the wall. They are ready for their first case…

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Soodie and Scout have just paid their first months rent to the new landlady. She is a batty old woman named Mrs. Purvis. She wears big glasses, bright clothing and smells like exotic hand lotion. Mrs. Purvis is performed by Iris Apfel. Courtesy of the NY Times.

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Soodie and Scout, the antique detectives, are now open for business. Soodie has been preparing to start her own business with her partner, a Westie named Scout. Soodie knows a lot and has trained for many years, but Scout has the gift of scent and can sniff out fakes, frauds and forgeries. Together they make an impressive team.

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