OK, I thought, let him rattle on, in a couple of minutes I'll be at the base gate and he can't follow me then."No, no, I no talk little girls," he pro...ested. "I have special girls, they know lots of things. The know tricks, they better than bar girls. You ever have girl do around the world for you, GI?"When he said that I stopped. Now he had my attention. I knew I had read about the term 'around the world' in some of the smut I had read as a teenager, but in my beer-addled state I couldn't. ‘Sit down, Ms. Bronwyn.’ Elle immediately obeyed and the detective pressed his palms on the top of the table and leaned forwards to look at her. She tried to match his gaze as best as she could. ‘The victim isn’t talking. Do you have any idea why?’ ‘Because I didn’t do it,’ she replied honestly. ‘Have you got River checked out at the hospital?’ The detective slammed his fists onto the table and the noise was so loud that it jolted her. ‘You think this is my first day on the job? You don’t have. After all, he is the one that I was trying so desperately to save from debtors prison, so we thought it was only right that he should be the first to know about us.’ My uncle is growing more and more upset by the minute, this is very evident by his face. Pulling me close to his side, and letting his hand wander familiarly over my waist, William leans over and gives me a hard kiss, right on the mouth. Placing my arms around his neck, I respond to it more than I normally would have. Breaking. "Thank you, Mr Leeming, and now I arrest you on suspicion of supplying girls for prostitution. You do not have to say anything but any thing you do say may be used in evidence."Leeming went as white as a sheet. "What grounds have you got for that?" he stammered."Only one statement so far but I suspect we will have plenty more after a visit that is currently taking place at Mr Harley's house."Leeming crumpled into his chair."I believe you are married, Mr Leeming. Do you wish to ring your wife.