Joy sat silently in the Interrogation Room. She pushed the plate of donuts away and sipped the rotten jail coffee. Although it felt like she had been there for hours, she didn’t let her impatience show. She sat with a blank stare.
Sargeant Batista walked in.
“Joy, we know you’re in on this with The XMAS Bandit. You’ve been spending his ill gotten gains on yourself. We plan on throwing the book at you, Joy. Do you have anything you want to tell us?”
Joy put her coffee down.
“I prefer to wait until my lawyer, Connie Firs, gets here. I presume you’ve called her already, Sergeant Batista?”
“She’s on her way, Joy. Would you like another donut while you wait? More coffee, maybe?”
“No, thank you.” Joy said flatly.
About half an hour later, Joy’s lawyer, Connie, arrived. She asked to speak to Joy alone. The p0lice complied. A few minutes later, Connie motioned to the c0ps – “We’re ready to talk.”
They went back to the Interrogation Room.
“We’d like to strike a deal. Joy knows where even more stolen property is located. And she will give you this information in exchange for a lesser charge. She is happy to cooperate with you. The stolen property she’s talking about is significant.”
“How significant?” Sergeant Batista asked.
“Very.” replied Connie. “We’re talking Transnational Crimes here – specifically Cultural Artifacts.”
“Will you take us to where the stolen property is?” asked Batista.
“Yes. She will ride along with you and direct you to the location.” Connie cooly answered.
“Done.” said Batista. “I’ll get my car now. I’ll get Constable Bailey to come along as well.”
Sargeant Batista, Connie and Joy drove along a road out to a remote area. Zuze and Rocky followed. There were no houses for miles and trees protected the view from the road.
“Turn here.” Joy directed.
Batista turned the car, looked up, “What the? What is this place?”
Joy explained, “He’s crazy. He’s obsessed with Ancient Egypt. He started stealing Egyptian artifacts and had accumulated so many, he built this pyramid to store it all in. He loves it in there. It’s his hideaway.”
Constable Bailey took the new pylons and new exclamation barrier out of the trunk of her cruiser and started blocking off the area.
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