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Dark Secret of the Lake — Chapter 25
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Chapter Twenty-Five — Arrival
Kali leaned forward in her chair and slid her elbows onto the desk, making a steeple with her hands. She knew that, in the psychology of body language, this would represent honesty. ‘The whole thing has been a misunderstanding,’ she told the two policemen. ‘It was a game, I assure you.’
The sergeant glanced at his younger colleague, whose face was a mask of awkwardness and suspicion. Then he cleared his throat and continued his interrogation. ‘We have three separate witnesses who can testify to having seen you threatening a child with an offensive weapon,’ he said.
Kali rolled her eyes. ‘Yes, but it wasn’t loaded.’
The sergeant gave a grunt. ‘To point an unloaded gun at a person is still an offense, Missus Blake’ he said.
As he was saying this last sentence, Kali felt a surge of heat and knew that a part of her was about to do something daring.
It took only several seconds for Jude to drift out of his other self and merge with the two uniformed men.
First, he drew himself into the body and mind of the more senior officer. The sergeant’s face flushed then turned pale. He cradled his head in both hands, before…
