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sure what you’re saying.”
    “ Mr. Ashforth states that
you attacked him in his office. He states…,” the Denver Police
Detective read from a piece of paper. “He states that you
threatened his children and wife. He claims you were out of
control, wild eyed, and so violent that he felt he must stop you
before you reached your car.”
    “ Or what?” Jacob
asked.
    Jacob looked over to at his lawyer, Samantha
Hargreaves. She shook her head slightly as if this was to be
expected.
    “ It’s our understanding
that you have a black belt in a martial art and certainly we know
you are wealthy. He states that he felt you were a danger to his
family and the community.”
    “ In the first place,”
Samantha said, “a black belt doesn’t mean anything. I have a couple
myself. Unless you can prove that my client was an immediate danger
to specific persons, you have to let this drop. Jacob Marlowe was
attacked by Mr. Ashforth, from behind I might add, after he
terminated his contract with Ashforth Pipe Supply. You should be
prosecuting Mr. Ashforth, not vice versa.”
    “ This has become a major
departmental situation, Ms. Hargreaves. Mr. Ashforth was wounded by
two Denver Police Officers,” the police detective said. “These
officers are currently suspended from duty while we investigate.
It’s important that we pursue every line of inquiry.”
    “ He was shot?”
    “ Yes, Mr. Marlowe,” the
detective said.
    “ I don’t remember any of
that,” Jacob said.
    “ Let’s start with why you
went down there,” the detective said.
    “ A woman called to say
that my friend, Jill, had been thrown out of a building. I took her
card.”
    Jacob tilted his head as if he was trying to
remember what happened to the card. Samantha touched his arm then
gave the detective a business card.
    “ You went to help your
fiancé.”
    “ She was just my friend
then,” Jacob said. “We’d been out once.”
    “ And now she’s your
fiancée?”
    “ She hasn’t said ‘yes’,”
Jacob smiled. “But I’m hopeful.”
    “ That’s fast,” the
detective said. “It’s only been a week.”
    “ I… I think when you
almost die, certain things become very clear,” Jacob said. “I’m
lucky to be alive, Sergeant.”
    “ You went to help your
friend...”
    “ Right. Jill told me what
happened. Even though she had sick and vacation time, she was fired
for taking a day off to be with her sick daughter.”
    “ Katherine.” The detective
flipped some pages. “Katherine had a bad reaction to a bee
sting?”
    “ Yes.” Jacob said. “Jill
was thrown out of the office. She showed me a bruise on her elbow
where Mr. Ashforth grabbed her arm.”
    “ What’s your relationship
with Ashforth?” the detective asked.
    “ Ashforth was one of our
pipe suppliers. We’d been having trouble with them for about six
months. Their product quality had deteriorated and their service
was awful. Our guys in supply alerted me to possible difficulties.
According to my assistant, Blane, they met with Mr. Ashforth a
couple of times. I hadn’t made the decision yet to terminate our
relationship because...”
    “ Your fiancé worked
there,” the detective finished his statement. “We’ve spoken with
Blane and your supply team. They said the same thing. They said
they had already found a new supplier but were waiting for you to
make the final decision. What was the hold up?”
    “ Ashforth Pipe Supply
started around the time my parents founded Lipson Construction. The
two companies kind of grew up together. Mabel Ashforth was a friend
of my mother’s. I knew what losing our business would mean. I had
planned to meet with Mabel… I thought she was still running the
company… to discuss the problems.”
    “ Mr. Norsen completed the
termination of business with Ashforth Pipe Supply while you were in
the hospital,” the detective said. “He effectively closed the
company.”
    Jacob nodded his head.
    “ The employees report that
they heard you yell