Mara · 19:12
I left the envelope on the desk at 19:00. I was the last one out.
Tobin · 19:13
I returned my key at 18:55. Never went back in.
Nell · 19:14
I left at 18:50. Didn’t see an envelope.
Record S-02 / Reception log
Tobin’s key returned: 18:55. A replacement key issued to Tobin: 19:04. Reception confirms Tobin used it to enter the rehearsal room at 19:06. All times use the same clock.
Whose account cannot be true? Does that prove they took the envelope?
Reveal sample answer — contains spoilers
Tobin’s account contradicts S-02: he says he never returned, but reception records him entering at 19:06. Mara may genuinely have been the last to leave at 19:00; Tobin returned afterward. Nell’s claim is not contradicted.
That establishes a false account, not theft. There is no evidence here proving who took the envelope. Good investigators don’t turn suspicion into certainty.
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