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The Belindo House You continue to investigate the old Belindo house, looking for possible causes of Troy Belindo's mysterious illness. Everything is neat, in a tired, gloomy sort of way. The stove looks like it hasn't been used in years. A big microwave sits on the kitchen table, its digital clock blinking "PF... PF... PF...". You look around for a garbage can, but don't see one. There's a phone caddy mounted on the wall; the cordless phone itself is missing. A picture calendar of endangered wildlife hangs alongside. Someone has written "HITCHCOCK EXTERMINATORS 4pm" in the box for today. The old refrigerator clanks when its compressor comes on. Opening it, you find an open carton of milk, plus margarine, eggs, an almost-empty package of mushrooms, jars of relish and brown mustard, and a six-pack of soda with two cans missing.  GARBAGE CANCALENDAR
Mrs. Belindo sits in her chair, fanning herself and drinking from a glass. The TV is tuned to a late-night movie with the sound turned down low. It's a comedy, but you notice Mrs. Belindo is crying softly to herself. There's a raggedy houseplant on the table next to her. MRS. BELINDOHOUSEPLANTRosario is pacing up and down, up and down. Her mascara is a mess. Looking around the cluttered bedroom, you notice a soda can on a desk, and a door to another room. "What's in there?" You ask. "Bathroom," shrugs Rosario, and she nudges the door open. Inside is a crimson-stained towel and a floor slick with blood. Rosario starts to scream, and it takes you a minute to get her calmed down. "It's all my fault," she sobs. "Call the hospital -- I gotta find out if Troy's all right." "When I'm through here," you tell her. "Once I've figured out what Troy Belindo and Isabella Allinger have in common."
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