 Two weeks have elapsed, Clifford is working on his manuscript but Sidney continues to suffer from writer's block.Porter Milgrim, Sidney's attorney, throws suspicions on Clifford by alerting Sidney that he has seen Clifford locking his manuscript into his desk drawer.Sidney surreptitiously reads Clifford's manuscript and discovers that Clifford is writing a play called "Deathtrap" based directly on the plot to cause Myra's heart attack.