(Gunn pulls his axe out of the back of a horned demon lying on the floor in Patty's house.)

DAD: Good job, man. We're very grateful.

WESLEY: (examining the demon's leg) Oh, yes. We found the killer -- (lets the leg drop) just not the murderer.

AUNT: What's he talking about?

WESLEY: This demon was a puppet, acting under the control of someone else. Someone in this room.

CORDELIA: (eye hors d'oeuvres) Are these for everyone?

WESLEY: What do we know? We know that when we arrived yesterday there was a noticeable scent of foxglove and hellebore. (Cordy eats the hors d'oeuvres) Not to keep this demon out, as one might suspect, but rather to keep him *in* so he could carry out the murderer's clever plan. Such a plan would require the skill of a master wizard.

DAD: I don't do that stuff anymore.

WESLEY: Then we have the footprints in the soft soil under the window outside the solarium -- far too small and not webbed to belong to this demon.

AUNT: But Kevin told you, those were his.

DAD: He snuck in late last night.

WESLEY: Loudly, so we all could hear. Supposedly from seeing that shop girl in town. But we all know that Kevin is impotent, so why put on the show? (Everyone turns to look at Kevin) Perhaps to cover for the real killer - unless Kevin in fact *is* the real killer. With Derek gone, the family inheritance falls to you, the younger brother and black sheep of the family. Unfortunately you had neither the opportunity nor the intelligence to perpetrate this crime. Sorry about the impotent remark. So if Kevin was to have control of the money, who would have control of Kevin?

CORDELIA: Are there any more of these little --

(Wesley clears his throat.)

CORDELIA: Sorry.

WESLEY: His sister? His mother? Both powerful forces in his life, both with their own agendas. But only one person knew the secret that would allow them to blackmail Kevin for the rest of his life. Only one person took pains to hide their muddy shoes. Only one person reeked of foxglove and hellebore. Only one person was responsible for the death of Derek Bointon -- his own sweet, doting Aunt Helen! (All the Bointons gasp.)

DAD: Helen!

(Aunt Helen jumps up from her chair and runs for the door only to have Cordelia block her way.)

CORDELIA: Not so fast, sister.

GUNN: (to WESLEY) *That* was cool.

WESLEY: It wasn't that difficult. You just have to keep sifting the evidence until the truth finally hits you.

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