This situation seemed to provide important clues for Orange’s police-force-trained-mind. However, the n***o lady at the Ascariot manor confirmed that Morris was supposed to be making a delivery. That being said, she had also accused Morris of causing trouble, and the manor looked like it had been through a war.
Seemed to Orange that there was more to the story than either let on.
This was going to be a real-life investigation! His wife would be so proud of him. Perhaps he’d be promoted? Orange grinned in the darkness and pondered the possibilities, while his prisoner sat in the back seat wondering if there was any way out of the mess that he had gotten himself into.
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Millie yawned and trudged up the staircase leading to the second story of the mansion. She checked Mortimer’s door b
