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Fina held up one finger to quiet Pixley and Ruby’s chattering. “Look. Someone left me a note.” She unfolded the scrap of paper. The brown, grainy quality reminded her of something. Newsprint. Sure enough, there were printed words around the edges of the empty space. Though it was no longer empty. Someone had scrawled: ‘Bruno Daniels is not what he seems.’
Pixley snatched the newsprint and read it again, out loud, and slowly. He pushed his spectacles up the bridge of his nose. “Well, well. This might make a good story.”
Ruby grabbed the paper from Pixley. “Please put away your journalist hat. Time to remain focused on our cases. Now, why would someone put this in your bag? And why does it appear to be a child’s handwriting?”
“Maybe this was Noodle’s real secret.” Fina smiled. Then sh
