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Nathan looked across the office to his new partner who had, reluctantly, taken Stephen’s chair, though her proper position was out in the main office with the other detective constables. “Are you sure you’re not able to trace the clothes?” he asked. “You said they’re expensive; if that’s the case, there can’t be many places in town where they can be bought.”
Georgie looked unhappy at having failed in the first task she had been given by her new partner and superior - she had so wanted to be successful, and to get an early break in her first major case. “I’m afraid not, sir,” she said apologetically. “The clothes, the earrings, and the necklace are all expensive, even if they don’t look it, certainly more expensive than the average teen could afford, more expensive than a detective like
