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his eyes went wide with confusion.
    â€œJust what do you think you’re doing?” came a sudden loud and very disappointed-sounding voice.

5 Answering Some Question
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    Joe smiled as he put the file folder back on top of the desk. He straightened the papers, moved the coffee mug, and lined up some pencils.
    â€œUh, just helping you clean up some of this mess,” he said sheepishly, staring straight into the eyes of Con Riley.
    Then he added with more confidence, “You just seem so busy and all, and I know how much you like a neat desk.” Joe walked around the desk to stand next to his brother. There was an awkward silence as Con just shook his head.
    â€œI trusted you boys,” Con said sadly. “I told you to stay out of this.”
    â€œCome on, Con,” Frank said. “We’re the same guys you always have trusted and always can trust. But you can’t expect us to sit on the sidelines whenour girlfriends have just been arrested for who knows what.”
    Joe cleared his throat. At this point the only person standing there who didn’t know why the girls had been arrested was Frank. Joe wanted to tell his brother what he had read, but he knew it was best not to let Con know what he had read inside the file folder.
    â€œAnyway,” Con said, “I’m glad you’re both still here. Saves me the trouble of having to round you up.”
    â€œRound us up?” Frank asked. “Why, are you arresting us also?”
    â€œNo,” Con said with a shake of his head. “But the chief does want to ask you some questions.”
    â€œAbout what?” Frank asked. Con pursed his lips and shook his head without saying a word.
    â€œBefore we settle down for a chat with the chief,” Joe said, “I need to use the bathroom.”
    â€œWhatever,” Con replied.
    Joe stepped past his brother. As he did so, he lightly elbowed Frank in the ribs.
    â€œOh,” Frank said. “I have to go, too.”
    Con smirked at the brothers.
    â€œBig breakfast,” Frank said, patting his stomach.
    â€œUh-huh,” Con said nodding his head. “Big breakfast. Sure, go ahead. Be quick and then meet me in Interrogation One.”
    Frank and Joe headed for the bathroom. Oncethey were inside, Joe held a finger to his lips, keeping Frank silent for a moment. He motioned to the stalls. The brothers swiftly peeked under each stall door to make sure nobody else was in the room. Satisfied that they were alone, Joe began to whisper.
    â€œDo you think he suspected that we wanted to talk?” he said, knowing full well that they hadn’t put anything over on Officer Riley.
    Frank chuckled. “So what did you find out?”
    â€œTwo things, maybe related, maybe not. First, the girls were arrested for robbery.”
    â€œRobbery,” Frank said, his voice rising above a whisper. Just then the door opened and a detective entered the bathroom. Joe remembered his name as Mike Dreher, a hard-nosed veteran who worked homicide cases.
    â€œBoys,” the detective said as he went into a stall.
    â€œDetective Dreher,” Joe said. Then he led Frank over to the row of sinks and turned on the water in two of them. He washed his hands, and Frank followed suit.
    â€œWhat else?” Frank asked.
    â€œCon’s working the Jewelry Exchange case.”
    â€œWhat does that have to do with the girls? The cops don’t think Callie and Iola are involved with that, do they?”
    Joe just shrugged his shoulders. The toilet flushed and Detective Dreher approached thesinks. Frank and Joe dried their hands in silence and left the bathroom. They went to Interrogation Room One, where Con Riley was waiting for them.
    â€œHave a seat, boys.” Con motioned to some chairs arrayed around an old wooden table. Frank and Joe both sat down. Con closed the door to the room partway.
    â€œI am required to inform you that you are about to be officially