The Flower Problem - Original Writing :: Papers

The Flower Problem - Original Writing Carwood Creek was sleeping at his desk when there was a knock at his door. He woke suddenly and beckoned the person in. In came Dr. Foster, Creek's long time detective partner and another man, whom Creek had never laid eyes on. The other man was short and plump, he wore emerald overalls and had bags under his eyes. Creek pointed to the chair and the man sat down. 'This man, Henry Lipton, has a mystery for you to solve,' Foster told Creek. Creek nodded his head and asked for the man to proceed. 'I have come here to ask you to solve a crime and mystery that is happening at my shop,' Lipton explained, 'I chose you to try and solve it because I have heard you have a very good record at solving crimes. The story starts off like this, I work at a florist and every time I get a delivery of flowers I find the heads cut off before I arrive to open the shop. After this had happened five times I decided to have them delivered inside the shop. I couldn't believe it when I came in next day to find the heads cut off still and half of my batch gone. This act is losing me customers and I am losing lots of money fast.' 'Are there any others florists near by.' 'Only one, and their business is booming due to the failure of mine.' 'Does anyone else apart from you work in your shop. 'Yes, only occasionally. His name is Richard Spears and he works just Saturdays.' 'When are the flowers delivered?' 'On Friday and there are double orders as it is the run up to Christmas.' 'So tell me about this other business. Who is the other owner? Do you get along well with him?' 'He is Ronald Philips. He hates me and always finds a way to humiliating me. I hate him in return. He has an assistant Andrew Christenson, who works there all the time and is like a brother to