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Back at the station . . .

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Captain Grom poked his head out of his office. "Melissa, could you come in here for a second?"

She rolled here eyes, sighed, and strode back into the office. "Forget where your stapler is again?" she asked casually.

He smiled at her. Grom knew she had a heart of gold and that a lot of what people saw was just a front, so he let her attitude slide. Besides, she was good at her job.

"No, not this time. Listen, I just got a call from Mayor Jefferson's office. Did you know that Arbiter Hewitt never registered as a...