\u201cLooks pretty suspicious to me, Molly,\u201d growled private detective Sam Diamond, peering out of the window at the parking lot below through two slats he held apart in the blinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat do you mean, suspicious?\u201d asked Molly with a worried tone. She stood up to join Sam at the window, bending over to look.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t you see those cars over there in the shadow area of the street light?\u201d said Sam, adjusting the pistol in the holster hanging inside his jacket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI see some black cars,\u201d said Molly, \u201cbut what\u2019s so suspicious about them?\u201d Among Molly\u2019s ample gifts there wasn\u2019t a great deal of imagination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe way they\u2019re parked, of course,\u201d snarled Sam, peering more closely with his nose touching the window pane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI just see nine black cars parked side by side in a zone with white stripe marks for fourteen cars in the street,\u201d said Molly, \u201cand what\u2019s so suspicious about that?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo why are they all parked together with the other five spaces empty, eh?\u201d said Sam, \u201cI tell you, Molly, something funny\u2019s going on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sam pulled out his gun and left the office to go investigate, and Molly sat down, blonde curls dangling over her bewildered face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do you think Sam had any reason to be suspicious on seeing the arrangement of nine cars parked side by side in a small parking zone intended for fourteen cars, considering the accidental probability of such a configuration?<\/em><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>