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=Soup Boiled with Revenge=

Usually known for its popular theme nights and life-changing mixed drinks, Martini Beach restaurant in Cape May, New Jersey suddenly had a dark mark on its colorful history after regular guest, Robert Stevenson, suddenly collapsed last Friday at dinner. Immediately rushed to the hospital, Mr. Stevenson died of renal failure one hour later. Doctors declared that poisonous venom from the Trimeresurus gramineus snake, also known as the bamboo pitviper, present in his system. Doctors also noted that Mr. Stevenson most likely would have survived the poisoning if it weren’t for an open cut in his mouth, as ingestion of snake venom is otherwise harmless. Meanwhile, back at the restaurant, owner Anthony Barra halted food service pending investigation. Authorities determined that the snake venom found in Mr. Stevenson’s system was also present in that night’s batch of Spanish seafood stew, prepared otherwise flawlessly by Chef Siuta. The investigating officer began to suspect Chef Siuta, as the trimeresurus gramineus snake is indigenous to Southwestern India, where he had just a culinary apprenticeship. The police also began questioning other diners present that night. They began with sous chef, Laura McKeen. She told the investigators that she had been promoted to head chef a few days earlier and “wouldn’t be surprised” if Suita poisoned a customer to get back at owner, Anthony Barra. The most helpful by far was the owner’s former student, the beautiful and charismatic, Kirsten Dahl. Visiting the establishment to catch up with her former, Miss Dahl said she encountered Chef Siuta in the kitchen while searching for Mr. Barra and said that he appeared “anxious” and “sinister” as he searched through cupboards and yelled at his kitchen staff. Upon questioning the owner, authorities found that his alibi was air-tight. Barra had been teaching AP Language and Composition at Bridgewater-Raritan High School all week and had not been to the restaurant until after the soup was prepared. He seemed shocked that such an atrocity could occur in his restaurant and was extremely worried about the bad press it would cause. He repeatedly asked if lawsuits were common with this type of case. Meanwhile, Chef Siuta was desperate to clear his name. He supplied authorities with the fact that he found a ring in his Spanish seafood stew and fished it out just before serving it to the guests. He claimed repeatedly that his only crime was failing to prepare a new batch, the sanitary solution to encountering the fingernail, and that he was in no way responsible for the snake venom. Someone was trying to frame him, he claimed. Crime scene investigators retrieved the ring from the trash and declared it was a, commonly worn by Irish women.

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