"Hello. Ruby's Café this is Gus. What can I do for ya?" Gus wiped sweat from his brow with a towel. He jammed the phone between his neck and shoulder as he stretched the cord so he could continue to scrub the grill.

"Oh. Hello. I'm looking for a man named Harry. I don't know his last name but I was told if I rang your number, I'd find him there."

"Yep. Hang on a minute." Gus put the phone down and leaned over the servery. "Harry!"

"Bugger you." Sid threw his hand in as Harry laughed and beamed over at Gus. "What's up?"

"You got a phone call." Gus jerked his head. "It's a man asking for you."

Harry frowned and slid out of the booth. "Be back in a minute, Sid."

"Who'd be ringing you here?" Sid scooped up the cards.

Harry shrugged. "I'll soon find out." He made his way behind the counter and grinned at Annie. "Rohan looked real good today, Annie. You've done a great job with his clothes."

She giggled and said, "You'll be next, Harry."

He chuckled and picked up the receiver. "Harry Butler."

"Yes. Hello. My name's Jack Benny. I'm the head scientist over at Sykes Laboratory's. Rohan Wayland's boss."

Harry frowned as he said, "Is he alright?"

"Yes. Well... yes and no. Look I'm not sure if you heard but one of our receptionists died a couple of nights ago. Anyway, we've had the police here. They've taken Rohan down to the station for questioning." Jack paused. "Are you, his father?"

"What the? No. I'm not his father." Harry shook his head at the wall. Rohan was asking for his help. "I'm his Barrister. Why have they done that?"

"You're his Barrister?"

"Friend first, Barrister second. What's this all about?"

"He... he..." Jack stammered. Who'd have thought Rohan had friends in that league. "He asked me to give you a call and let you know." Jack paused. "To be honest I think he's in trouble. They're now saying she was murdered."

"What station have they taken him to?" The Barrister in Harry jumped into action. He grabbed an order book and wrote down the details and detectives names. "Got it. Thanks for the call."

"Wait. Wait." Jack quickly spoke hoping Harry hadn't hung up.

"Yeah. I'm still here."

"Rohan asked that you don't tell Annie. He was pretty upset but I guess you know how he is."

"Yes. I know what he's like. No worries. Thanks again for the call." Harry hung up the receiver and stood for a moment. This had to be a mistake. He could bet Rohan had reverted to his old self. What to do? He definitely wouldn't tell Annie, couldn't even if he wanted to. Not yet anyway but, she'd have to be told eventually if things were serious.

"Is everything all right, Harry?" Gus was looking at him strangely.

"Not sure to be honest, Gus." He flicked a quick smile. "Thanks. I gotta go." He headed back out to his booth and picked up his coat. "Sid I gotta go. You want a lift?"

Sid read Harry's face and nodded. Something was up and Harry couldn't talk about it here. He stood and held his hand up in farewell. "See you tomorrow folks. The Dynamic Duo have gotta go."

Annie laughed. Ruby threw the wet cloth at him. Gus frowned and caught Sid's eye. Something was up alright.

"What's going on, Harry?" Sid trotted to catch up.

"It's Rohan. The police are saying that girl was murdered. They've taken him in for questioning." Harry unlocked the Mercedes and slid behind the wheel.

Sid climbed in the passenger side. "What the hell? There's no way, is there? He couldn't have done it, could he?"

Harry shrugged and cocked his eyebrow. "Who knows, Sid? He got his boss to call me so I figure he must be worried about something." He pulled out into the traffic and glanced at Sid. "He doesn't want Annie to know."

"She's gotta be told. Surely?"

"Let's wait and see. It could be nothing. I'll drop you home and give you a call later." Harry thought for a bit. "If there's cause, you can ring Ruby. It might be best if she tells her. You know woman to woman. She might be able to go softly, softly if you know what I mean."

"Sure, Harry. No worries." Sid smirked, and then said, "Though I'm not sure if Ruby has the softly, softly gene."

Smart move by Rohan getting Jack to call Harry.  I hope Harry can help.

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