“Yes, very well done, Derek,” Ross agreed, as the young detective blushed at the unexpected praise.
“Yeah, well, I"ve been learning from the best, haven"t I, sir?”
“Well said, Derek. Please go on,” Drake encouraged him.
“Oh yes, where was I? Right, of course, so a few minutes went by and I thought the old bag, I mean, Mrs. Davenport, had left me in the lurch, but then she picked up the phone again. She said she"d sent a messenger to the lecture theatre where Morris should be and said she"d summoned him as a matter of urgency to her office. Due to the urgency, she asked for my mobile number and said she"d get him to call me back as soon as he got there. So, about fifteen minutes later he called me, and confirmed the fact that he"d been in the halls of residence all night, and his room-ma
