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Obstruction of Justice
Office of the Commissioner, Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda, American Road, St. John’s, Antigua.
“I’m sorry, who did you say is calling?” the secretary said into the phone. When she heard the repeated response, she cringed. “Oh, one moment please.” She pressed a button on the desk phone and said, “Commissioner? I think you’re going to want to take this.”
“I’m in the middle of a briefing,” Robert Wendell, the newly appointed Commissioner, said.
“Sir, I just really think—”
“Fine, patch it through. Good Lord,” he said to the group of twelve senior inspectors assembled in his office. “New secretary,” he said with a smirk. “Still not quite sure who she can tell to leave a message.” He picked up the blinking phone line. “This is Commissioner Wendell.”
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