It is a Monday evening. The day so far had been slow and lazy. No phone calls, no visitors. Nothing. But even so, Kendall refreshes her blog page over and over with bleak hope that something, even just spam, will show, and Gregory skims over ads in the London Times.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uBXjL0zI4
Shaking his paper as he turns the page, he looks over at Kendall. "Hey, come see this."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FAARI6aE8
Kendall sets the laptop aside on the crowded coffee table and walks over. She leans from behind him, her curly brown hair spilling over his shoulder. "What am I looking at?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXTqi4GRHL
"Third person this month found dead on the Thames bank. I recognize this one."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJtphEG6ah
"Friend of your family?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmy5POe5cIN
He shakes his head. "Not bloody likely. The bloke was always drunk, a heavy gambler. Father banned him from every event he puts on. I would have deemed this a serial set, but he could have been plastered and fell in."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQieVwkSi6Z
"Well, if you wanted to know bad enough we could go ask Amber and Daan."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQwtUxTC07
"No, it's not that important to me. And we aren't desperate enough for a case to go stepping on Scotland Yard's toes."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡliASPmb8F3
Kendall sighs loudly. "Maybe not desperate, but surely bored enough."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvw2M6Sosj7
"Nothing on your little website?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DQyFrwyAN
"Nope. No emails, no phone calls, no letters. We very well could just close up for the night."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTqT26i7Cd
"Someone's awfully antsy. Some special plan you need to rush off too?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9sOdNs8Rh
Kendall shakes her head. "No, not really. I'm just helping out with a play this week. Still much to do before it goes on stage Friday night."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWnZIdKzwL
"Oh?" He looks up at her. "What play?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYBTil47O2
"The Importance of Being Ernest."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQU4CkrP5P8
"Are you acting in it or just helping with the set?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlHuFDEMBw
Kendall shrugs, walking back over to her computer. "I'm not entirely sure."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVVqUhBXmB
"How can't you be sure if it opens in a week?" He lowers the paper to look at her.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6umX56QDA
"It depends on if Elizabeth is well enough to perform or not. Last week she called in sick and hasn't been back since."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6Z94zkjOx
"Well if you ask me, that sounds like you'll be performing. Who will you be playing?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC73ogFLaDD
"Maybe no one if Dr. Wren reassigns the part."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFM7VZTUiZ
"Kendall."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbyY6ae4rr
She sighs, sitting down. "I might be playing Gwendolen Fairfax."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtymKFLgXso
Gregory then smiles. "That's not surprising. I think your personality fits her well."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUui7FrAcy
"Maybe...But the stage, Gregory! What if it's all too much and I just—" She peeks over the top edge of the laptop. "Can't do it?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhmuprd1Bj
"You'll do fine." He shakes the paper, flipping the page. "I'll get a ticket for each night, if it would calm your nerves."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVH0yrNB67o
Kendall laughs shortly, nearly choked. "Yeah, I really see that calming my nerves." Her cheeks softly redden at the thought.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡige20rE9zA
Gregory's cellphone then starts to ring and he answers it. "Hello?" He is quiet for a moment before nodding. "Okay, Ian, we'll be right over." He then hangs up. "McIntosh wants us to drop by."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe65rYUQzMC
"What did you do this time?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0FMThGei86
"Why do you always think I've done something when he rings?" He glares at her.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVpsFjIxrXA
Kendall begins shoving her computer into its case. "Maybe because usually you have."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkdJpfu3EJ
Gregory rolls his eyes. "Anyway, he didn't say anything specific over the phone. He'll fill us in at the MET." He grabs his jacket and fedora from the hooks by the door. "Well? Are you coming or not?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdNplkgs9O
"I'm working on it! Unlike you I can't just jump and go." She mutters, picking up her laptop bag before hustling over to grab her jacket and deerstalker cap. "Plus, I had time. It's not like you have already flagged down a cabby or anything."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUlCDSc5D5
"Don't have to."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOT4ccFpoaJ
Outside of the door, there is a police car waiting for them. Kendall looks at Gregory with a raised brow. "Didn't do anything, hmm?"259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDnHX6R8rU
"Oh shut up, this proves nothing." He snorts, walking over to and getting in the car.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1pmxX9nVU
"If you say so, Greg." She chuckles, getting in after him. She glances at the two men in the front and groans inwardly as it is none other than Inspectors Greene and Patel.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMS4ezHyQnE
Inspector Greene turns around in the driver's seat. "Well, well, well. Fancy seeing you here, Kendall."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdmTEqozZE
Kendall opens her mouth, but then shuts it in a thin line, shaking her head. "Not really, Simon..."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkNut9yfdOI
Simon smirks as he reverses onto the road. "Oh come now, Kendall. You know every time we cross paths it's fancy." He glances over his shoulder at her.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1aKxFof9D
"Eyes on the road, Greene." Greg rolls his eyes. "And preferably with your trap shut. It's been a long day and my tolerance for idiocy has long reached its limit."259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAP9tDym4u
Inspector Patel snickers in the passenger seat, but stops when Simon flashes a glare.259Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Lei6YNXmX
"Much better, boys. Keep this up and you might be decent cabbies one day."
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