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= **The Housewives of Charleston** =

Four ladies sat at the dining room table in Victoria Donovan’s home. Victoria is a 30 year old newlywed wife, who occasionally had the housewives in the neighbourhood come over for a night of drinks and catch-up of the latest happenings in their lives. All the housewives of the very prominent Charleston neighbourhood were very devious. Victoria is a woman of class, her eyes scream focus, clear minded, but she is impatient and stubborn. She made it a point to always make certain her guests were seated before she joined them. Each of the women, wore pearl bracelets, to show their exclusive friendship with one another. All four women,were seated in leather cream chairs at the glass dining table in Victoria’s home. They were keenly aware of the serious implications of recent events. Exchanging looks in silence, they realised at this time last night, Elizabeth Walker was in their company. But, not now, for Elizabeth had died during their last meeting – the night before – **Friday 11th November.**
 * Saturday 12th, November – 7:00pm **

Victoria had another shock for them. After settling in her chair, she looked straight at Sienna and said, bluntly, "One of us murdered Elizabeth. I don't appreciate that it was done in my home, right under our noses. One of us spiked her red wine with enough arsenic to drop a horse." It was no accident that she looked at Sienna as she said this, for Sienna was the most obnoxious person in the group; the woman Victoria had the least patience with.

The ladies sat in stunned silence. Excluding this evening, the women would casually pour their wine upon arriving at Victoria's home. Mia Garcia, the youngest housewife in the neighbourhood, wearing a tight fitting sweat suit, and had remembered to bring her purse, something she had left in the car last night.Her kind and thoughtful personality stood in glaring oppositon to Victoria's traits. Lana Valentine was a blonde woman, with deep blue eyes, wearing a tight white Bettina Liano dress, and had the most seductive burgundy red lips,but she was the most reserved out of all the women.

Lana was the one to break the ice, asking, "How are you so certain she was murdered by someone in here? Has anyone spoken to the police after the questioning?” "I didn't enter the kitchen at all last meeting, since I didn’t have any wine.” Mia quietly said, on the verge of tears. Victoria merely nodded her head as she remembered that this was so. She hated it that the quiet, soft-spoken Mia had to endure this.

Victoria thought briefly that she was surprised that Sienna hadn’t said a word. Before continuing that thought, Sienna said, sharply as was her custom, "I don't know why on earth you looked at me the way you did. I didn't kill her! For all we know, it just as well could have been you Victoria." Victoria sat quietly for a long moment before answering. There wasn't much about Sienna to like. She was a little,arrogant, and always looked at everyone with a blunt expression. She was wearing the most expensive Swarovski diamond ring, and kept herself in top shape by frequenting the beauty salon and attending yoga classes. he was the housewife who controlledthe finances and reins in her marriage. Still, Victoria and the others liked her in a condescending way. Victoria responded to Sienna’s quick-witted comment saying, "Nobody accused you of being responsible, so just take a deep breath and relax.”

Facing Victoria, Lana spoke. "I poured your wine along with mine." She added, wryly, "And we're both still alive." Victoria considered that she had observed all of Lana's movements when in the kitchen and dining room with her lt week. Indeed, watching and analysing others was something she excelled. Lana was another person in the group that was hard to like, for she was brassy and secluded.

What the ladies did not know was that Victoria's nephew, Detective Adam Donovan of the local police department, waited silently in her bedroom with Detective John Williams. Both the detectives had taken each of the women for questioning the night of Elizabeth's murder - ** Friday 11th ** **November**, before documenting statements and interviews.

**Help Detective Donovan and Detective Williams, from the Charleston Police Department,** ** to uncover the truth behind this mystery. ** **Step 1:** Read the following in order. > **Step 2:** Click on the discussion tab above and go into the 'Whodunit?' post and follow the instructions there. **Step 3:** Now read the confession to find out whether your theory was correct about the Whodunit. Confession - Truth Revealed
 * 1) Case Summary - Report
 * 2) Newspaper Articles
 * 3) Biographies
 * 4) Suspect Statements
 * 5) Interviews