<div class="floatleft">(https://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3e88/4udf1zl8amlhhha6g.jpg)<br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">Nan Rapido</span> </strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span><div align="center">_____<br/><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Det. Kantonspolizei Zürich</span></strong></div></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Denial of course.  The guilty and innocent start out denying.  Here it’s denial as in she has no idea what I’m talking about—all fresh news to her.<br/><br/>She places her hand on me for an instant.  Noted.  Now what?  <em>The hand is ‘noted’ Rapido, get on with it!</em><br/><br/>“As far as where—same store as where you shopped with your five-minute fiancée.  Jewels as in plural, yes.  You might ask your driver Danai for the exact number—she was there.”<br/><br/>Looking at her, I’m not exactly sure this will work—she almost seems to be changing in front of my eyes.  “If you cooperate, inform—you could walk away with no record.  Attractive.”  That last should have been ‘attractive?'  As a question.  Does it sound like I said she was just out and out attractive?  <br/><br/>I still don’t have my rhythm.  I take a sip of the coffee.<br/><br/><br/><br/></span><div align="center">_____________</div><br/><div class="floatright">(https://www.bygoods.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/1dd3c1054c06760f44f47a9755af505d/m/a/maid_1.jpg)</div><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Mistress has been informed that Rapido is on premises and now with Miss V.  No request from her, I simply curtsy and exit her room with her screen on, she focused on watching them.<br/><br/>I’ve also informed Danai and Amanda of this.  Not exactly a ‘thank-you’ but they seem interested to hear this.<br/><br/>In a backroom, for a few minutes, I watch the monitor and listen in case my services are called for.  Then, I place an ear-bud in my ear to monitor and proceed with my usual chores.<br/></span>