Chapter 1957

He also had to do this job properly, to satisfy his client. After all, detectives had ethics. After thinking for a moment, the detective said, "Mr. Lefting, I just heard you say that you placed a listening bug in Ms. Ivy's bag?" "Yes." "Did this bug pick up anything?" "Nothing at all!" It was precisely because the bug had not worked at all that Aurum was so angry. After he put the bug in Ivy's bag, it was as if it had disappeared without a trace. The detective immediately thought of a solution. "There are only two possibilities. One, Ms. Ivy hasn't discovered the bug yet, she just happened not to take that bag. Two, Ms. Ivy tampered with the bug." Aurum countered, "How can I determine if it's case one or case two?" "It's simple. You retrieve the bug and take it for fingerprint analysis. See who touched it. Anyone who touched it will leave fingerprints. If she had no idea there was a bug, then her fingerprints definitely wouldn't be on it," the detective replied. Aurum paused.