Deadly Deed: A Fixer Upper Mystery

I'm telling you, okay?

That old rich lady who lived here

died last year.

This place gives me the creeps.

Come on! Who knows what we could find?

Sweet.

Come on.

You know, we could probably...

Trevor?

- Ah! - Oh!

You're a jerk!

Ooh, hoo-hoo. It's what you get.

Someone's downstairs.

Dude.

Go, go, go!

This way!

Mac?

Coming!

Hey! I almost went to drag you out of bed.

Yeah, I was up late last night, writing.

And yet, you still got up to volunteer for my project.

What a guy!

You told me I had no choice.

True.

But if my dad and I are gonna finish this project,

we have to marshal all of our resources.

Thank you, by the way,

for delaying the work on your house.

Oh, I don't mind the delay.

I like my little writing pad,

and my mostly-nice landlady.

"Mostly"?

You might want to rethink that,

if you want a ride to the forrest house.

Oh, I'm going to have to meet you there.

I'm picking up my niece at the ferry this morning.

That's right! Today is the day.

Uh, I'm all ready.

I have clean sheets on the bed

in the guest room.

You sure about this?

I mean, a teenager in the house for two weeks?

I hear that teenagers are people, too.

Seriously. I am excited to get to know her.

Well, I'll bring Callie by the house then.

You can put a power tool in her hand.

Let's start with a paintbrush.

Yeah.

Better idea? Okay. I'll see you there.

Bye.

Wow! Look at all the volunteers.

Morning!

Although, I still can't believe

that the bank actually donated this house.

Why do you say that?

The mortgage for my b&b

is from the same bank, and let's just say

I try very hard not to miss a payment.

Hmm.

Wow. This is great!

Hey, Marie!

Shannon!

Hello.

The big day is finally here.

We are very excited.

Jenn, this is Marie bishop.

Hey.

She is the executive director at sunny site housing.

It was her idea

to turn this house into apartments

for her low-income clients.

Such a great idea.

It will be, if we can get it done in time.

That's Dave drummond over there.

I think you met him.

Yeah, the vice president at the bank.

Yeah, he's checking to see

if the bank president will show for the photo op that I set up

with the newspaper.

That would be great.

More publicity will mean more volunteers.

That's the idea!

All right. We'll see guys both inside.

- You bet. - Pleased to meet you.

You too.

So, what did she mean,

if you pull it off in time?

Donations to non-profits come with conditions.

The condition on this one

is it has to be done

in a three-month timeframe,

otherwise, the house reverts back to the bank.

Shannon, that isn't a lot of time.

We'll get it done.

So, is Mr. Potter coming?

Patrice said she put it on his calendar,

and he didn't say he's not coming.

That doesn't sound promising.

Well, he lost the vote,

and the board approved the donation,

and he needs to get over it.

Uncle Mac!

Callie!

Look at you!

You're like a foot taller than when I saw you last!

Well, at least an inch, anyway.

Yeah, how was that ferry ride?

Thrilling.

Oh, well, say goodbye to those thrills.

I'm putting you to work for the next two weeks.

On what?

Well, you'll see.

Ah! There you are.

Just give me a second.

So, all these people keep asking me where they should go,

and I have no idea what to tell them.

Oh, well...

Hi! Hi, Sean.

Jennifer, hey.

- Hey! - Wow. It's been awhile.

Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Um, hope you're okay getting a little paint

on that outfit.

Oh, a little splash of color might brighten things up.

So...

Do any of these people know what they're doing, or...?

Well, if they don't, we can teach them.

I taught you, didn't I?

Dad, I thought I would have jenn start a sign-up sheet.

She could get people's contact information,

and then see if they have skills that we could use.

Good idea.

Sean, grab a couple of boys

and unload the supplies, okay?

We'll set up a command center inside.

Yes, sir.

I always thought Sean was kinda cute.

Okay.

All right, everyone! Can I get a line-up of volunteers

along the wall here, please?

What a turnout, huh?

Yeah, it's good to see people pitching in

for a good a cause.

Oh, my gosh. You're him! Macintyre Sullivan.

Wow, I finally get to meet you.

Hi! Uh, I'm Whitney Sloane.

I own beacon books.

Oh! Yeah, I love that place.

This is my niece, Callie.

Hello.

Hi.

Now, "Sloane"?

Any relation to Tommy Sloane, the police officer?

Yeah. He's my brother.

He said that he knows you,

and I've been bugging him to ask

if you'd do a signing at my shop.

Well, now you can bug me yourself.

Shall we?

Come on.

So, we'll use our guys to frame in the walls

here and here,

and then we'll use volunteers to hang the sheetrock.

It's gonna take a lot of quality control.

Hey there, Marie.

I have to introduce you to one of our families.

This is Jim Hopkins and his son, Elliot.

Hey.

They're slated to get

one of the apartments when you're done.

Yes, and I'm told none of this would be possible

if the two of you didn't volunteer and take charge,

so thank you.

Happy to help.

This'll be

the first home of their own in over a year.

Yes. I lost my job when the cement plant shut down.

Hasn't been easy, but with all this going on,

it looks like things are looking up.

So, Elliot, are you gonna help with the renovation?

Uh, yeah, well, don't like sleeping

on my cousin's couch too much.

Well, in return for your hard work,

you and your dad can pick out

the apartment you like best.

Deal.

Oh, um, the newspaper people should be here now,

so, come on, Elliot, let's go say "cheese" for the cameras.

- Okay? - Picture time.

Hey, Mac. You are just in time

to be memorialized in the lighthouse cove news.

Wow...

You must be Callie.

Pleased to meet you.

I'm very pleased to meet you.

Okay, everyone! Come on in!

Come on. We're gonna take a photo, everyone!

That's good! Come on. Get in nice and close.

Okay, everyone, squeeze together.

Make a couple lines.