<b>January 8th 2021<br/>
07:00 PM<br/>
Chelsea, London</b><br/><br/>A townhouse would seem to be an easy place to watch.  No side windows to slip out of, because it shares the side walls with it's next door neighbors.  Exit was only by the front or back of the townhouse.  So the local "coppers" should have been able to keep Solicitor Legree contained.  But by the time Terry and Jake arrived at his address, they and Inspector McDonald of Scotland Yard found his townhouse vacant, with signs that he had left in a hurry.<br/><br/>"I overplayed my hand," Terry muttered.<br/><br/>"Tut tut, detective," Inspector McDonald replied.  "All you did was confirm that Legree had something to do with Penelope Hawthorne's abduction.  And maybe her death.  We'll find Solicitor Legree for you."<br/><br/><br/>***************************************************************************************************************<br/><br/><br/>February 14th 2021<br/>02:00 AM<br/>Manila, Philippines<br/><br/>It had taken Scotland Yard over a month to track Solicitor Legree down to the Philippines and the red light district of Angeles City.  Terry and Jake were there with Inspector McDonald and the local police to haul the sleazy lawyer to Manila for some interrogation.  Facing law enforcement from three different countries, Legree confessed.<br/><br/>"Ashley wanted to teach Penelope a lesson.  I hired traffickers to kidnap her from her flat and ship her off to a house of prostitution in Angeles City.  She was only supposed to be here a short while until she learned no one leaves Ashley Swan without paying a price.  I was supposed to come here to rescue her once Ashley thought she'd learned her lesson.  She wasn't supposed to die," Legree sobbed.<br/><br/>"The autopsy shows she was already dead when she was placed in that shipping container that wound up at the New York Port Authority terminal," Jake replied, unmoved by the tears.  "So who killed her?"<br/><br/>"I swear, I don't know," Legree cried.  "Maybe a disgruntled customer?"<br/><br/>Terry and Jake braced themselves for a series of "maybes" as the solicitor was going to try and shift the blame onto a list of hypothetical suspects.<br/><br/>"At the very least, you're complicit in her death by having her sent into a dangerous situation.  And then there is the kidnapping that you arranged.  You are not getting out of this without prison time.  How much time depends on your cooperation, " Inspector McDonald retorted.<br/><br/>Solicitor Legree nodded his head in resignation.<br/><br/>"So how did Ashley Swan get word to you to have Penelope Hawthorne kidnapped?" Terry asked.