Skylark
“I started back toward the hospital, feeling like the fool I was. Milos had disappeared, and I had just chased off our only lead to his whereabouts. If I returned to the hospital, Ann's Dragon Matron would give me a scolding or, worse, hail me off to the police station for perpetrating a fraud. The only logical course was to do what Jay would have told me to do from the first--go to the police of my own accord and take my humiliation neat.
I caught a bus to the other end of the Fulham Road, ...because my respectable pumps hurt like hell, and walked down Lucan Place to the police station. I asked to see Inspector Thorne.
Then I waited. Finally, Sgt. Wilberforce, cool as always, came for me and sat me down in Thorne's office.
"Detective Inspector Thorne is not here at the moment, madam. Do you wish to add to your statement?" He sat behind Thorne's desk.
The question threw me. I stared at his impassive features and discovered he did not like me.MoreLess
I caught a bus to the other end of the Fulham Road, ...because my respectable pumps hurt like hell, and walked down Lucan Place to the police station. I asked to see Inspector Thorne.
Then I waited. Finally, Sgt. Wilberforce, cool as always, came for me and sat me down in Thorne's office.
"Detective Inspector Thorne is not here at the moment, madam. Do you wish to add to your statement?" He sat behind Thorne's desk.
The question threw me. I stared at his impassive features and discovered he did not like me.MoreLess
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