The sound of broken glass pierced the air, followed by the smell of wet flooring and police sirens. A note read "Justice will be served."

Detective James was an ace detective. He was revered throughout the small, but disproportionately crime-ridden town of Williamsburg as being unstumpable. This case, however, was different.

Most of his cases only had 3 or 4 suspects. This one had 15. It seemed everyone who knew Mr. Smith had a motive to kill him. His employees hated him, his business partners hated him, and his family hated him. They also all had solid alibis. How to narrow it down?

Detective James double-clicked to open another document about Mr. Smith. Exhaustion from working on the same case for weeks with no new leads was starting to set in. Because everyone hated Mr. Smith, no one much cared if James solved the case or not. James put on a record then fell asleep.

When James awoke, something wasn't right. The record was skipping, playing the same 2 seconds of music on loop. That's it! He checked the security footage from Mr. Smith's office. They knew it was altered to not show the murder. Detective James compared the footage from the time of the murder with the footage from other Wednesday afternoons the rest of the year. It matched perfectly. Mr. Smith was hiding something.

The only one who worked Wednesday afternoons was Mr. Smith's secretary. After bringing her in for questioning, she revealed everything. Mr. Smith was part of a national crime organization that met every Wednesday. The reason Williamsburg had so much crime was because Mr. Smith had been coordinating it. Mr. Smith's secretary had recently been fired, so she figured it was time to do something good for the town by removing Mr. Smith from it.

After the trial, Detective James was hailed as a hero. There was indeed much less crime in Williamsburg. But, in his heart, James knew the one to bring peace would be spending life in prison.
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