7 Chapter 7

Mr. Eclaire was looking for the bottle he dropped somewhere.

"Where could it be?" He thought to himself, "If I lose that, or worse, the police get it, I'm worse than dead."

While he was thinking about it, he accidentally bumped into the police while searching for it.

"Oh, uh, Detective, sorry about that." Mr. Eclaire said nervously to Detective Rodney, "I'll just be going to look for someth-"

"Would that something be this?" Detective Rodney interrupted him, holding up the cyanide bottle.

"Where did you get that?" Mr. Eclaire exclaimed.

"Foolish, really, for you to try and destroy evidence. Luckily, this one," he pointed to the bottle, "was dropped. You'll be going with us, Mr. Eclaire, for questioning. Oh, and call Mr. Paradox.

Mr. Paradox was pacing around in his office when there was a knock on the door. "Come in!" He said, sitting on his office chair.

"Mr. Paradox" Chief Ahrest said as they entered the room. "We will now bring you to the station for questioning."

"What is the meaning of this?" Mr. Paradox said angrily, "Under what authority? You got a warrant of that?"

"Oh, we don't need a warrant for this." Detective Rodney said calmly, "Moonyvian Law states that you don't need a warrant when you get caught in the act, like right now. We caught Mr. Eclaire destroying evidence."

"And how did you figure that out?" Mr. Paradox challenged them.

"Oh, we caught him flushing down the contents in the toilet. Oh, and we managed to get this bottle, fortunately." Mr. Paradox was surprised and angry to see the bottle full of cyanide. "You shall now be detained and interrogated for 32 hours." Detective Rodney said.

"I demand to bring my lawyer." Mr. Paradox said angrily.

"Very well, but we'll need to bring you in the station."

"Yes, of course, but do you mind leaving me with my dear assistant for a while?" Mr. Paradox said. "I also need to call my lawyer."

"Fine, but don't try escaping." Chief Ahrest warned. "We've got you surrounded from all sides, there is no escape."

"Yes, of course, I'll just need a minute." Mr. Paradox said. The police left Mr. Paradox and Mr. Eclaire alone in the room. Mr. Eclaire looked nervously at Mr. Paradox.

"W-w-well, sir," Mr. Eclaire stammered, "I can explain-"

"I don't need your explanations!" Mr. Paradox said angrily. "You know what I said about not getting arrested! Now look at what you've done!"

Mr. Paradox grabbed Mr. Eclaire by the collar of his suit, chocking him. "You know what I've told you." Mr. Paradox said to Mr. Eclair, while pushing him against them wall and pulling his face towards his."

"Well, sir, I-" Mr. Eclaire said weakly, while trying to loosen Mr. Paradox's hold on his neck. His face was turning blue from lack of oxygen.

"Mr. Paradox, you alright in there?" Detective Rodney shouted from the other side of the door. "Time's up for you two! Come out now."

"Okay, we'll be there!" Mr. Paradox said. "Glad the police saved you in time, eh?" Mr. Paradox muttered angrily to Mr. Eclaire, as he let him go. Mr. Eclaire almost fell on the floor as he breathed heavily.

"Come on, we'd better go then." Mr. Paradox said, fixing his necktie. "Tell them I'll be there in a while, I'll need to call my lawyer. Mr. Eclaire left the room, leaving Mr. Paradox.

Mr. Paradox picked up his phone, punched a few numbers, and waited for an answer.

"Hello? Defender's Law Firm here, how may I help you?" the voice on the other side answered.

"Hey, Jeff, I need you here, this instant." Mr. Paradox said. "The police are going to question me, and I need your help."

"Well, I'm assuming this is about the dead criminal's case? Very well." Attorney Jeff Pence said, "I have a trial tomorrow for another suspect of the same case, but I'm sure I can let Barry Bush take over for me. You sure you didn't kill anybody?"

"Of course. I'm a pharmacist, not a killer."

"Very well, meet you at the police station then."

"Well, time for me to go, then." Mr. Paradox said to himself as he put down the phone and left.