🔍 Forensic Report: Evidence ID #005 — “The Lipstick Note”
🕵️‍♀️ Filed By: Mayra Mains, Mistress of Mysterious Messages
📁 Division: Dead Wrong Investigations
📎 Case Reference: DWI-0725-LIP

📍 Location Recovered:
Discovered inside the bottom drawer of Stuart Burney’s desk. Hidden beneath an unused diary from 2021, along with receipts, gum wrappers, and a torn matchbook from Lenny’s Bar.

💋 Evidence Details:

• Material: Plain white stationery paper, slightly creased.

• Ink: Bold red lipstick scrawl — smudged in places, applied with uneven pressure.

• Signature: Ends with a lipstick kiss mark and the handwritten initials “GJ.”

• Postscript: “See you soon, darling. You always knew too much.”

🖋️ Note Text (Partial Transcript):

“You should’ve stayed quiet.
But that’s never been your style, has it?
I told you what would happen if you opened your mouth.
Now it’s too late. You can’t un-know the truth.
Watch your back — not everyone here loves you like I do.”

🧠 Analysis:

• Message reads as both a threat and a twisted form of affection.

• Strong emotional undercurrent suggests jealousy or possessiveness.

• The lipstick and initials “GJ” point toward Grandma Jean, but could also be a red herring.

• Use of physical affection (kiss mark) paired with menace increases psychological tension.

📌 Player Considerations:

• This clue should be made available in a way that allows multiple interpretations — is Jean really the author, or is someone framing her?

• Possible motive link to Stuart discovering a long-hidden family secret.

• Characters with close ties to Grandma Jean or Lenny’s Bar may have insight or reasons to hide this.