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On a Saturday, Molly, the mother of the family Clarkson, was 

celebrating her 50th birthday. All the relatives were on her 

party. Diane, Jackie, Uncle Albert, Roger, and Molly herself of 

course. Diane, Jackie and Roger are Molly's kids, and Albert 

her brother. They all needed money from Molly. Except Jackie, 

she didn't need money. She lived in her mothers place. She 

never got anything from her mother, because she didn't need 

it. That evening, everyone asked money from Molly again. 

Everybody was angry with Molly. Then Molly stood up. She 

said: "I'm going to bed, I feel ill now. And I tell you all, nobody 

is getting more money from me, not before I die!"Molly walked 

away. "One day I'm going to kill that woman," Diane said 

quietly. Jackie stood up en said: "Would everyone like some 

coffee? Come into the kitchen and let's drink it there. "

The next morning Roger woke up because he heard a cry from 

his mother's room. He got out of bed and walked to his 

mother's room. Diane came out. Her face was very white. 

"Roger! It's Mother! I brought a cup of coffee for her and I 

found her dead. She's dead... dead in her bed," she cried. 

Roger looked in the room. He walked to Molly, to see if she 

was really dead. He put his hand on her arm. It was cold. On 

the table next to the bed was a hot cup of coffee and an empty 

cup. "She's dead," Roger said slowly. His face, too, was white. 

"Mother is dead!"

Diane called the doctor. He came immediately. He said: "Your 

mother wasn't ill. I saw her on Thursday and she was very 

well. Why did she die? I don't understand. I want to find out. 

I'm going to phone the police."

The police arrived very quickly. There 

were a lot of them. Some of them with 

cameras went upstairs to Molly's 

room. Two detectives came to 

question everybody. It were Detective 

Inspector Walsh and Sergeant Foster. 

They began with Uncle Albert King. 

Albert told he was angry with Molly last night. "I was 

angry with Molly. Everyone was angry. Roger was 

angry. Diane wanted money to go to America. Then 

there's a man called Tom Briggs... He wants half the 

garden for his farm. Molly was a rich woman. I need 

money because my wife Annie, Molly's sister, is very ill. 

I told Molly this," Albert said, "When she got upstairs, 

we drank some coffee in the kitchen. Jackie told us to 

go to mother's room before we went to bed. I went 

upstairs first, because I was very tired. Everyone went 

into Molly's room to say good night, I think. But around 

midnight... I heard someone... He - or she - went 

downstairs." The detectives thanked Albert, and asked 

for the next person: Jackie.

Jackie came in and sat down. "We found the empty 

bottle of sleeping tablets in Diane's room" the Inspector 

said suddenly. He asked if she came into her mothers 

room last night. She said: "Yes I did. Everyone did. 

Diane made hot milk and took it to mother. She usually 

drank a cup of hot milk before she slept." Inspector 

Walsh asked if she heard someone going downstairs, 

around midnight. "Yes, i heard someone. But it was 

mother. She went downstairs for the dogs, she wanted 

to get some dinner for them." "Did you need your 

mother's money?" The inspector asked. She reacted 

angry. Everyone wanted the money of Molly. The 

inspector knew that.

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