After an unproductive chat with Ashley, Terry and Jake stopped by the prison office to get a look at Ashley's visitor and phone logs.  She'd had few visitors or phone calls, which meant that if she had someone kill Penelope Hawthorne, they might be on one of those logs.  Or at least connected to someone on one of those logs.  Not unsurprisingly, the only person to visit or call in the month leading up to Penelope's disappearance was Ashley's solicitor, one Simon Legree.  An unfortunate name for a solicitor to grow up with.  Terry wondered if the solicitor was aware of how infamous his name was back in "the Colonies".<br/><br/>Maybe his name biased her, but she did extensive research on him that night.  And while Scotland Yard turned up nothing of interest on him, his name popped up in a search of the files of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).  Terry alerted New Scotland Yard to that connection and they agreed to put both Legree's office and home under surveillance.  It was a tenuous connection at best, but Terry and Jake decided to return to Bronzefield and bring up Legree's name to see how Ashley would react.<br/><br/><br/>***************************************************************************************************************************<br/><br/><br/><b>January 8th 2021<br/>
15:00<br/>
<b>HMP Bronzefield, Ashford, Middlesex UK</b></b><br/><br/>Ashley was as smug as she'd been the previous day.  At least until Terry said "Tell us about your solicitor, Mr. Legree."<br/><br/>Suddenly combative, the con replied, "He's my solicitor.  Nothing more."<br/><br/>"There's an agency within our Department of Homeland Security that says otherwise.  Did you have your solicitor arrange the kidnapping and sale of your ex-girlfriend to human traffickers?  We'll be looking through his business dealings with a fine tooth comb and if we find anything, how long will it take him to turn on you?"<br/><br/>"I'm not saying another word without my solicitor present," Ashley growled.<br/><br/>"I wonder how British law handles the relationship of a solicitor and his client if both are charged with crimes and behind bars at the same time," Jake mused, with a smile.<br/><br/>"We'll be back," Terry added as the two detectives left the interview room.<br/><br/>"I hope we didn't overexpose our hand," she muttered to Jake, as they followed the guard down the hall.  Before he could respond, a commotion ahead in the hallway had guards running from all directions.  Standing out of the way, the two of them watched medics put an inmate on a stretcher.  The woman was writhing and groaning and complaining about food poisoning.<br/><br/>"I've seen enough Broadway plays to recognize bad acting," Terry murmured to Jake.  All he did was shrug his shoulders as they continued down the hallway.