05-13-2022, 03:33 AM
Where had he heard that name before? Magnus Carrington. Carrington, Carrington…
Was he the one doing that suspicious charity project? Or the murderer, perhaps? Malachi had only spared a general glance over the papers that had printed before his arrival, but as of late he had inspected each one with a closer eye for any word of a certain detective.
Whoever this Carrington was, he had obviously not made enough of an impression on Malachi for his name to earn a reaction. The rest of the woman’s confession, however, caused him to frown as he listened on.
A former courtesan. What a delicate word that was; did it ever delude anyone into thinking they were better than those that called themselves whores?
His eyes tracked the movement of her hands as she pulled on her stockings.
“Is that a bad thing?” he asked after a moment. “Not having any family, not being missed.”
Oh, how often he had wished that he did not have a family.
“It just means that you are truly free to do anything you want, doesn’t it?”
Was he the one doing that suspicious charity project? Or the murderer, perhaps? Malachi had only spared a general glance over the papers that had printed before his arrival, but as of late he had inspected each one with a closer eye for any word of a certain detective.
Whoever this Carrington was, he had obviously not made enough of an impression on Malachi for his name to earn a reaction. The rest of the woman’s confession, however, caused him to frown as he listened on.
A former courtesan. What a delicate word that was; did it ever delude anyone into thinking they were better than those that called themselves whores?
His eyes tracked the movement of her hands as she pulled on her stockings.
“Is that a bad thing?” he asked after a moment. “Not having any family, not being missed.”
Oh, how often he had wished that he did not have a family.
“It just means that you are truly free to do anything you want, doesn’t it?”
