“We’re gonna need you to come down to the station and file a report,” I heard the captain say. ‘Catburglar,’ ‘assassin,’ ‘rapist.’ My name, if you must know, is Cleopatra. An officer casually walked over and cut the tape on my legs, then pressed a button on the handcuffs. “‘Captain Cragan’s office.’ I’ll call you if that happens.” Yeah, right. With any unforseen complications, we could have up to two full hours to get to know each other, Mr. I wondered how I never noticed that the vent had been tampered with? I wasn’t just a victim, I was a rape victim. It sounded like the captain’s voice. I got under the covers, pulled Angela close, and tried desperately to forget what had just happened. I noticed she was in no hurry. ‘Catburglar,’ ‘assassin,’ ‘rapist.’ My name, if you must know, is Cleopatra. “Here, let me upload the schematics to your infopad, officer.”
The officer who discovered that the vent had been tampered with removed the grating from it and shined a light down the long, narrow shaft.
