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Not at Liberty

Roxy approached the front desk and asked for the manager.

“Hello, my name is Roxanne Lily. Uhh I am a detective, and currently am working on a murder mystery.”
“Wow lady, I don’t know how much use I will be to you, I don’t know no murderers.”
“I’m sure you don’t I was just wondering were David was today.”
“Why? Is he a suspect?”
“Not officially, but I would like to know if he said, or did anything even romotely strange lately. You know like researched anything that you thought was strange?”
“Well, hey come to think of it he did ask me about breaks a few weeks ago.”
“Oh, is that so? Can you elaborate more? Like, specifically what did he ask you about those breaks?”
“It was very strange he asked me how to disconnect breaks from a car. I thought that was a little strange so I asked him why he wanted to know.”
“And…what did he say?”
“I’m not sure if I am at liberty to discuss that.”

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