come into contact with it when she threw the orange scraps in the trash. I noticed the rash because you kept rubbing your right hand. Mrs. Atoyama. "
"Don't you find your explanations also very threadbare, Mr. Mori?"said the suspect.
"Not at all. You as his wife knew that he always wiped the spoon on the handkerchief that he carried in his pocket. He never used it to blow his nose, so the poison had to take the detour via the orange. Of course you would to be able to add poison to the spoon, but there were precious few opportunities to do that undisturbed. "
The policeman came back into the study and handed Megure a plastic bag with the orange scraps. The inspector looked at her closely. “You're right! There's about three quarters of an orange left.” He turned to the policeman. "Were you able to secure the plate and the spoon too?"
"Yes, the plate, but we didn't find a spoon. The most we could do was examine the cutlery compartment."
"That won't be necessary," Conan conceded. "Because the spoon is in this room here."
"What are you talking about?", Megure wanted to know, surprised."You heard that right, Inspector. The spoon is here, in Mrs. Atoyama's suit pocket. She knew it was dangerous to leave the spoon in the kitchen because then there was a risk that Miss Himo would come into contact with it and so even so death could come if she ate something. That would remove the beautiful suspicion. So she put the spoon quickly in her pocket. I saw her staring ahead of her. No doubt she was thinking about how she would quickly find the evidence but since she hasn't left the room since then, she still has to carry the evidence with her. "
Takagi, who was standing next to Ms. Atoyama, reached into her suit pockets and finally pulled the spoon out of it.
"Confess, Ms. Atoyama, you killed your husband!"
Her eyes widened, then she stood there paralyzed for a moment and finally sank to her knees in resignation. "You have convicted me."
Atoyama Junior couldn't believe it. "But, mother!Why, why only? "
Ms. Atoyama began to smile weakly. "I wanted to divorce your father, Yaichi. This marriage tightened me so much that I felt as if I was suffocating. And this young, fresh love that I once felt for him was nothing more than an empty one Shell. But your father couldn't stand it and resisted a divorce. I didn't want to sue for my rights in court because I knew it would damage the company's reputation and thus your future. When he caught a cold, I saw mine Chance came. Killing him was the only solution. Miss Himo, I'm sorry I wanted to cast suspicion on you. Had I been a better mother, I would have seen how people feel about you, and I would have made a different plan thought up. "
"You're right about everything except one thing," Conan spoke up again.
She looked up, startled. "How?"
"He may not have wanted to get a divorce, but he still intended to.Commissioner Takagi, would you please take the brown folder from the top desk drawer? "
Takagi immediately complied, put the folder on the table and opened it. "Those are divorce papers!"
"Right. He still loved you, Ms. Atoyama, but he didn't want to keep you prisoner. He found it difficult to bear the thought of losing you. That's why he's been so harsh and unkind to others lately. You should have freedom, but now you're just wandering from one prison to another. "
Ms. Atoyama began to sob and then burst into bitter tears.
~~~~~

“Uncle, wake up!” Conan shook him and Kogoro finally woke up.
"Conan, what's wrong?"
The boy grinned crookedly. "It's great how you solved the murder case!"
Kogoro scratched his neck sleepily. “Yes, I'm the greatest.” Then he glanced at his watch and jumped up in horror. "So late already? We still have to pick Ran up!Oh dear, she will kill us! "He quickly grabbed Conan's arm and ran with him out of the room.
~~~~~

In fact, Ran wasn't particularly happy when they picked her up from the parking lot in front of the mall in the freezing cold. She didn't say a word all evening and also refused to make dinner.
The next morning she was in a better mood and together with Conan she left the office to go to school.
"Look, Ran!", Conan said and pointed to a package that was lying on the doorstep.
Ran picked it up and noticed a card on it with her name on it. She opened it and read what it said:

But don't open until Christmas, my beautiful! - Shinichi

A big smile spread across her face and Conan said he saw something like tears in her eyes. Then she happily took his child's hand and they went to school together.