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<v Speaker 1>Okay, let's try this again. We found Riley and it

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<v Speaker 1>turns out he'd been kidnapped after all, which I was

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<v Speaker 1>right about the whole time. I knew he didn't run away.

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<v Speaker 1>H never mind. Okay, On a Monday night, mister Beatty

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<v Speaker 1>took Riley to his secret cabin in the woods and

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<v Speaker 1>locked him up there, and by Sunday mister Beady let

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<v Speaker 1>him go. He still hasn't really told me about that.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither of them have. Why Beatty let Riley go? I

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<v Speaker 1>guess he just felt bad, even though he knew it

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<v Speaker 1>would make How furious because it wasn't mister Beatty's idea

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<v Speaker 1>at all to kidnap Riley. How made him do it

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<v Speaker 1>after he found out that Riley figured out the new

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<v Speaker 1>mining project was going to poison the town. Hal must

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<v Speaker 1>have some kind of power over Betty, blackmail or something.

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<v Speaker 1>But neither of them are saying a word. So now

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<v Speaker 1>there's no new mine at all because Minotaur Mining got

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<v Speaker 1>all freaked out by me stopping the demolition. Thanks for

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<v Speaker 1>your pocket knife, by the way, I'm taking very good

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<v Speaker 1>care of it, which means a lot of people have

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<v Speaker 1>lost their jobs, when not even How has lost his

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<v Speaker 1>job mister Beatty refuses to throw him under the bus,

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<v Speaker 1>so he's the one being charged with kidnapping, and then

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<v Speaker 1>no one is being charged with attempted murder because whatever

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<v Speaker 1>goons trapped Riley in that mine are in the wind,

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<v Speaker 1>and we have no proof that how hired them or

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<v Speaker 1>paid Betty to get out of the way, which is

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<v Speaker 1>a my word about what Hal told me, and Riley's

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<v Speaker 1>word about what Hal was hiding about the new mine,

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<v Speaker 1>which isn't enough to dethrone him. I guess it's such

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<v Speaker 1>a mess, and Joe has told me to stay out

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<v Speaker 1>of it, that Sheriff Combs has everything under control, and

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<v Speaker 1>that he's looking for the environmental impact report that proves

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<v Speaker 1>the mine is dangerous, and that How new that he's

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<v Speaker 1>trying to find hard evidence of what happened to Riley.

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<v Speaker 1>But unless there's a paper trail, I think there might

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<v Speaker 1>be a paper trail. I think. I think if I

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<v Speaker 1>was able to sneak into the Mayor's office in City Hall,

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<v Speaker 1>I could find some proof. I mean, we found the

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<v Speaker 1>papers stolen from Ransom, so maybe I'll get lucky again.

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<v Speaker 1>But oh my gosh, Riley didn't steal those papers. At

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<v Speaker 1>least I don't think he did. I didn't ask him

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<v Speaker 1>right out because well, I didn't know how to have

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<v Speaker 1>that conversation. Oh hey, Riley, I found those documents you

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<v Speaker 1>stole from Ransom, And I know you know he's your dad,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm not sure he knows. I don't think so.

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<v Speaker 1>I might be the least subtle person on the planet,

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<v Speaker 1>but even I know that wouldn't have been very tactful.

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<v Speaker 1>So I just kind of PopEd at his time hiding

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<v Speaker 1>in the Inn and what he may have hidden away there.

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<v Speaker 1>And he truly didn't seem to have a clue of

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<v Speaker 1>what I could be talking about. I don't think it

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<v Speaker 1>was him. So then who was it who stole those files?

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<v Speaker 1>And what do I do with this information? Do I

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<v Speaker 1>tell Riley? Do I tell Ransom? If the papers were

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<v Speaker 1>at the Inn, that must mean that miss Honeywell is

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<v Speaker 1>involved somehow, but I just don't know how. Oh, even

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<v Speaker 1>all laid out on paper, there's so many holes. Shit.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time I really thought this was going to be

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<v Speaker 1>the one, I mean, not like it has to be

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<v Speaker 1>perfect or anything, but I know you get annoyed when

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<v Speaker 1>I start to ramble too much, because you get this

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<v Speaker 1>kind of weird look on your face where you don't

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<v Speaker 1>blink in your mouth goes a little crooked, like you're

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<v Speaker 1>daydreaming or something. Not that I'm looking at your mouth.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just observant human behavior. That's my specialty, right well, whatever,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want to give you a whole rambling rant

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<v Speaker 1>when you wake up. I want to be able to

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<v Speaker 1>explain everything that happened that day and since so that

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<v Speaker 1>you can help me sort it all out. Maybe I'll

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<v Speaker 1>just let you read my notebook, let you see every

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<v Speaker 1>attempt to try to summarize it all. Oh but gosh,

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<v Speaker 1>what if you have memory problems? What if I actually

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<v Speaker 1>need to rewrite the whole debrief to include the week

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<v Speaker 1>leading up to the demolition or the month. Should I

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<v Speaker 1>start at the beginning of the school year, just to

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<v Speaker 1>be safe. It's been two weeks, and I really need

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<v Speaker 1>you to wake up. Ross. I know I should be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful the fact that you're still I mean, it could

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<v Speaker 1>have been so much worse, but you weren't even supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to be there, not in the mine. And I can't

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<v Speaker 1>keep sitting here every night writing and rambling. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know how much talking I've done in here? Even the

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<v Speaker 1>doctors who told me that it's good to talk to

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<v Speaker 1>Komba patients are giving me looks, but I just can't stop,

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<v Speaker 1>because I usually only stop when you say something snarky

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<v Speaker 1>or clever or really surprisingly kind in that way you have.

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<v Speaker 1>But right now you're just not saying anything, and you

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<v Speaker 1>always have something to say, So please please wake up.

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<v Speaker 1>Not that I really am going to stop. When I

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<v Speaker 1>said I can't keep sitting here, I obviously didn't mean

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<v Speaker 1>that literally. Not that I'm always here. I'm not some

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<v Speaker 1>creepy stalker. It's just there's still so many loose ends Ross,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've gotten so used to having you to bounce

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<v Speaker 1>things off of sitting in your tree house looking at

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of guards and string. Isn't all that helpful

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<v Speaker 1>when you haven't organized. It turns out you don't just

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<v Speaker 1>organize things the way I would, you do it better,

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<v Speaker 1>And that is something I'm not going to include in

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<v Speaker 1>my report. You're going to have to earn that information

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<v Speaker 1>by waking up and then staying awake. If you're awake

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<v Speaker 1>right now, what would you say? I got all these

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<v Speaker 1>broken bits and no way to connect them. No solution

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<v Speaker 1>explains everything. Miles, You've got to start looking at the

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<v Speaker 1>tiny pieces right right, The stolen files might not have

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<v Speaker 1>anything to do with the fact that Riley is Ransom Sun.

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<v Speaker 1>There were a lot of papers there, so there could

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<v Speaker 1>have been a million motives for taking them. Either way,

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<v Speaker 1>I should ask Miss Honeywell. And if the birth certificate

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't the motive at all, there's nothing to say that

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<v Speaker 1>whoever stole them even noticed it, which means I might

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<v Speaker 1>be the only person besides Riley's parents and his birth

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<v Speaker 1>mother who actually knows the truth about him. Unless Riley

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<v Speaker 1>does already know somehow. He didn't steal the files. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pretty sure about that, but when we were talking, he's

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<v Speaker 1>hiding something. I just don't know what, maybe what he

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<v Speaker 1>fought with his parents about. You wouldn't know what to do,

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<v Speaker 1>ross do I meddle in the whole Ransom Riley business

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<v Speaker 1>by telling one of them. I still owe Ransom the

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<v Speaker 1>truth about the fact that I found his missing files.

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<v Speaker 1>But should I talk to Miss Honeywell try to find

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<v Speaker 1>out who stole them first? Or is all of that

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<v Speaker 1>just a distraction from the thing I'm scared to do

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<v Speaker 1>but no I should do, which is go digging for

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that hal is doing dirty business. In the Mayor's office.

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<v Speaker 1>What do I do?

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<v Speaker 2>What you just heard is the beginning of Maxine Miles

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<v Speaker 2>and the Loose Ends, which is not an episode or

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<v Speaker 2>series or new season of Maxine Miles, but an interactive

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<v Speaker 2>web based game. In Maxine Miles and the Loose Ends,

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<v Speaker 2>you are Max living in the world post the season

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<v Speaker 2>one finale that you, as the audience chose, one in

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<v Speaker 2>which your trustee sleuthing partner Ross is still injured from

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<v Speaker 2>the mind collapse, and while some mysteries are solved, there

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<v Speaker 2>are still quite a lot of loose ends. There are

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<v Speaker 2>different pathways that you can investigate and different endings that

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<v Speaker 2>you can get. This game is a mix of tech

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<v Speaker 2>and choices and audio scenes, and you can play it

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<v Speaker 2>right now at Maximmiles dot com for the full experience.

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<v Speaker 2>I would recommend playing on your laptop or whatever desktop

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<v Speaker 2>computer you have. I hope you enjoy sleuthing in the

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<v Speaker 2>town of Hastings as much as Max does, and thank

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<v Speaker 2>you so much for listening to the show and following

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<v Speaker 2>along on this journey. Maxim Miles and the Loose Ends

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<v Speaker 2>marks the conclusion of our story. You can go to

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<v Speaker 2>a tipical artist dot com for more audio fiction and

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<v Speaker 2>you can play the game as many times as you want.

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<v Speaker 2>Just go to maximiles dot com and as always, keep

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<v Speaker 2>curious