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Akinyi up by the boys’ party room. They could have very easily snapped the photo, then run outside or into the ladies’ room to send it to Syd.”
    I nodded. “Or Pandora,” I added.
    “But she’s in the photo!” George cried.
    I shrugged. “She is, but she also set the whole thing in motion, dropping into Vic’s lap and aggressively flirting with him,” I pointed out. “I’m not totally convinced that was just a coincidence. Maybe Pandora set Vic up, and got an accomplice at the party to snap the photo.”
    George frowned. “And there’s a whole other slew of suspects you haven’t mentioned yet.”
    I turned in my seat to face her. “Who?”
    George shrugged. “The crew?” she asked. “I mean, I don’t know what the motive would be. But that’s a lot more suspects right there.”
    Bess let out a long breath. “Whew. Too many suspects.”
    George nodded sadly. “And this whole thing may be a moot point,” she suggested, “now that the wedding’s been cancelled. Maybe now that the wedding is called off, the wedding saboteur will back off, figuring he or she got what he wanted.”
    I shook my head, frowning. “I don’t care if this person did get exactly what he or she wanted,” I insisted. “Even if Syd and Vic never speak to each other again—and I really hope that doesn’t happen—I swear, I’m going to find the person who did this.”
    Bess and George nodded grimly.
    “Well,” George said. “I think we can knock Jamal off the suspect list. He’s Vic’s best friend since forever, and he wasn’t even here for the jet fuel incident.”
    Bess nodded, but I wasn’t quite ready to rule anybody out. “He could have an accomplice—”
    “Nance,” Bess said gently, “come on. You’re over-thinking this. That’s one suspect down.”
    I nodded slowly. “And I don’t really see why anyone in the crew would be involved,” I admitted. “They all seem pretty genuine to me. And none of them have a personal connection to Vic or Syd, or any reason to want to see them this miserable.”
    Bess looked thoughtful. “That makes sense. So let’s think about Dragon, Pandora, Ellie, and Akinyi.”
    “Dragon’s the new star of Daredevils, ” George pointed out. “He might be trying to spice things up to increase the ratings—and his own popularity!”
    I nodded. “Definitely possible,” I agreed. “And Pandora—well, her motive would be obvious. She’s not over Vic.”
    Bess nodded. “And that’s looking more and more likely.”
    “Akinyi?” George asked, looking skeptical.
    “Who knows what her problem is?” asked Bess.
    “Whatever’s going on with her, she’s seemed very down on this wedding from the beginning,” I said. “She just gets more and more irritable. Maybe she would even sabotage the wedding to end it all so she could go home?”
    Bess sighed, shaking her head. “Maybe. Something’s definitely bothering her.”
    “What about Aunt Ellie?” George asked, looking perplexed. “Honestly, a big part of me can’t even believe we’re seriously considering her. She’s the sweetest, most cookie-bakingest mom you could imagine. Why would she sabotage Syd’s wedding?”
    I sighed. “I admit, I’m not one hundred percent sure. But when we spoke last night, she seemed pretty frustrated by the way this televised wedding was going.”
    Bess furrowed her brows. “But she agreed to it,” she pointed out. “Remember, Nance, she and Syd were both worried about how this TV thing would play out, but they came around when they realized how much Vic wanted it and how it would help Vic and Syd start a nest egg.”
    “I know,” I agreed, “but maybe Ellie has changed her mind?”
    George frowned. “Can you really see Aunt Ellie trying to poison Vic with jet fuel?”
    I sighed. George was right: unless Ellie had a secret evil side, it was pretty hard to imagine her hurting anyone. “I don’t know,” I admitted. “I don’t know anything at this point except that