He looked over at Eliza and smile at her encouragingly. "Alright you've got a bet Stern. Eliza will show you your mistake and how no one could solve i...t the way you wrote it and you are going to pass me from this class with an A+. As soon as she finishes though and your wrong, you have to apologize to Trisha and Eliza and I expect you to keep your word about changing Trisha's week of absence to a week of her average passing grade. Anthony turned his head to look over where Trisha was sitting. “Ok, Detective Ogren. When your men get here, I will allow them into my home with these people. I am going inside. Knock when they get here.”I went into the house and watched the very animated conversation between the Detective and Ms. Williams. She was clearly put off that any normal US citizen would dare to ignore her power and authority. Damn Cartman wanna be.It only took about three minutes before the extra police officers arrived. Detective Ogren buzzed the intercom.“Yes?”“Mr. O’Dell, my. Slater. You have been accused of a very serious violation. We take our skills seriously, we take our confidentiality seriously. We take our membership seriously." He leaned closer, lifting one eyebrow. "We are trained, skilled craftspeople , Mr. Slater. It is who we are. And we do not take kindly to unskilled 'hobbyists' stealing food from our children's mouths, so to speak," he sneered. "Not to mention the potential harm you might have inflicted." Luke thought of objecting but when he saw when. "And I would think that someone who could face down Death Eaters, defending himself the way you did back in Hogsmeade, would not be one for backing down."With a last glance at the cat Dean trudged up the flight, hell bent on retrieving Ronald Weasley's things. How in the hell he was to get Ginny's was another matter entirely, but the only thing he really knew, or cared about at that moment, was the satisfactory sound of Neville's trunk dropping to become abandoned on the stairs.Later, when Dean.
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