Hello! I'm sorry about the shortness of my chapters. I make them short because I find it hard to read long chapter on the internet.


"How are we supposed to go on cases? We need another person!"

"We can't replace - we can't, we just can't!" I wiped my eyes with my sleeve.

"I'm not trying to insult Lockwood by saying we need a replacement," George whispered almost incoherently.

"I'm sorry. Your right." I grimaced at the thought of having a new member added to the team. "We need another member. I'm going to go write up the article now, George," I told him, rising from my seat and vacating the room.

My step was brisk as I walked down the stairs to the study.

"Luce." This time I saw him in clear detail, every curve of his face, every untidy strand of hair. Lockwood.

"What? Lockwood!" I fling myself forward to hug him but he's not there. "No." I sank to my knees and rocked back and forth in agony. He was gone. These hallucinations weren't helping me accept that fact. I needed to let him go. How could I do that?

I wiped the tears away and got to my feet. George needed me to be strong, so I would be.

"The rule here is that each member of the agency only takes one biscuit at a time in strict rotation. Keeps fair, keeps it orderly. Nicking two in times of stress just isn't done."

I smiled at that time, long ago, when I barely knew Lockwood.


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