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Hugh," called Phryne. Hugh stood quickly in front of the open cell door and wiped biscuit crumbs from his Uniform.
"Miss Fisher?"
"I'll take the inspector with me now, so you will not have any trouble with him." and grinned at Jack over her shoulder.
"But Miss..."
"Phryne is right, law is law." Phryne looked annoyed at Jack. "Then I'll pay bail for you." Hugh looked with open mouth to Phryne. "Bail?" Hugh asked the inspector in confusion. "Collins, there are some documentation in my desk for such a situation." "Yes Sir."Hugh nodded and disappeared. Silence. Than Phryne heard it, Jack's office door.
"Now that Hugh is busy looking for documents in your desk, we can go," said Phryne sweetly after seeing Jack's serious face. "Jack, I do not break the law, I just stretch it out a bit. While Hugh is searching, we can wait at my home or do you have a better suggestion." When she did not get an answer, Phryne nodded took the basket and keys. "Phryne, if anyone notices that I'm gone. Big trouble for Collins." "No one's going to notice, now get up to come with me."
"Phryne, this is about his job."
"I'll talk to him tomorrow, I've got everything under control," Phryne said at the cell door.
"You've said that many times before and had no idea what you were doing."
"Let's go." and smiled at him.
"I do not feel comfortable with that."
"Do you want to discuss that with me, here, now, in this cell?" Phryne asked annoyed. Jack thought for a moment. "No, not here, you're right." and left the cell with Phryne.
Jack stood behind Phryne while she was watching the entry door. "Phryne! You told me that you do not break the law." "Jack, you are a friend of mine, how long do you know me?" Said Phryne over her shoulder. When Phryne saw no one else, she gave Jack a quick sign to go to the door.
While Hugh searched the documents in the desk drawers, he did not notice that Phryne and the inspector had left the police station. He was only surprised that the cell was empty when he stood proudly with the documents in front of the cell. Hugh rolled with his eyes and closed the cell door.
***
"Inspector ?!" Dot said surprised when she saw the Inspector in the Parlour. Phryne looked over her shoulder as she knelt in front of Jack to put a cold cloth on his eye. "Long story Dot, long story." Dot swallowed and looked at Jack with big brave eyes. "You are not here ... you know." Phryne grinned. "Dot, you can go back to your room."
"Good night, Miss, Inspector."
Jack looked at Phryne, who was still kneeling in front of him. "You told her?"
"I did not have to tell her, I would have wondered if nobody in the house had noticed." Silence spread in the room. Nobody said anything. "I had to think about your words." Phryne said and stood up. Jack looked up and nodded. "Me too."
"Jack, can you tell me why the situation escalated like that?" Jack took the cloth off his eye and asked Phryne to sit down.
"Three men came to me and said their wife is threatened. We took these words very seriously. One of the men was her husband. The other two were the lovers of his wife. Every one of them said she is threatened. The three men should ... " Jack could not finish his sentence.
"I overreacted, the whole day this woman did not go out of my mind, how can a woman be so cruel. Her husband loved her and she wanted ... I destroyed us. I destroyed our approach to a relationship."
"Oh Jack," he could see his pain in her eyes. He was glad that she understood what he wanted to say.
"You have nothing destroyed Jack. I am disappointed and my trust has a deep crack. But we are human beings and now we know our weaknesses, especially your weaknesses." Jack smiled and pushed the cloth back against his eye. "It seems that the Honourable Miss Fisher has no weaknesses." "Oh Jack," she said with a grin. "I just do not tell anyone."
"I think it's too early for a new try, right?" Jack asked.
"Nightcap?"
"That's what I thought."
"Jack, two nights ago you said I could not love and other unfriendly things." and handed him his Scotch.
"That's right," Jack said. "But you also said, I had no feelings so we would complement each other very well."
Phryne grinned. "Cheers," and raised her glass. "Cheers." and Jack raised his glass with a grin.
***
Cec and Bert sat in the kitchen talking to Mr Butler. "Miss Fisher," Cec and Bert said as they both looked up. "Because of you, there was a fight last night." Bert grinned while Cec reached for his coffee cup. "Good morning, Cec and Bert, I heard about it last night."
"From whom?" asked Bert.
"Good Morning."and both saw the Inspector come into the kitchen. Jack nodded and looked at Phryne.
"My fight has already got around?" Jack asked in the round and Cec and Bert started to grin. "Of course Inspector, your heroic fight does not stay secret for long. Gregor, I think he even lost a tooth." Cec frowned at him.
"That's what everyone said, Bert. But we did not see that."
"Did you really spend that night in a cell, Inspector?" Bert asked with his coffee in his hand. Jack glanced at Phryne and both started to grin.
"Ahhh..." said Cec and Bert at the same time. "The rumors, are they all true?" Bert asked, eyeing Miss Fisher and the Inspector at the same time. Phryne I take a piece of toast from in the middle of the table and smiled at Bert.
"An eternal secret, Miss?"
"I'm afraid so, Bert."
"The Inspector was the only one who defended you, Miss."
"Gregor is not a nice one," Bert said annoyed and looked at the clock on the wall. Phryne looked at Jack with a slight smile from the side. "We say goodbye," and Bert left the kitchen. "You both want to be alone, right?" Cec said grinning as he walked past Miss Fisher.
"Coffee, Inspector?" Mr Butler asked with the coffee pot in his hand and new cups on the table.
"Thank you Mr. Butler," Jack said a little nervously and sat down. Mr. Butler gave a fleeting grin to Miss Fisher as she ripped her toast into pieces, lost in thought.
"Coffee Miss," Phryne looked up. "What?"