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Rain tapped the windows of Alderwick Hotel as detectives gathered, summoned by a scream from the ballroom at midnight quietly. Sergeant Hale studied the silent foyer, noticing fresh footprints leading from the doors toward a locked side office alone today. Inside, Mrs. Larkin lay beneath shattered chandeliers, her pearls scattered like stars across polished marble beneath the dim, swaying lights. Dr. Voss arrived with a case notebook, counting bruises, and refusing to touch anything until photographs were taken first carefully. The guests waited behind velvet curtains, each claiming innocence, while piano music ended abruptly after the scream for them all. Captain Rourke questioned the pianist, who swore his hands trembled when a stranger asked for quiet near the bar corner. Hale noticed a wilted lily in her fist, wrapped around a torn invitation bearing crimson wax matching last week's seal.