Hostage

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"So, we meet again. You will be coming with me," Elise said.

"Is this someone you know?" Nefrati asked him. She was watching the scene play out with amusement.

He ignored her and shook his head. "I'm sorry, Lady Fairmount, but why do I need to do that?" He asked her.

"Why? You are involved with my sister's murder. I will present you to my father and make sure that he will acknowledge my skills as an investigator," she said.

"A person of the Fairmount family died?" Greendove was surprised.

"It's information that will not get out at all. Isn't that right?" Elise turned to him and asked. He nodded in response while feeling horrible inside. Why was it him that was stuck with the intolerable woman?