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[h2][color=0054a6]Richard Barker[/color][/h2][/center]

[color=0054a6]"Yeah, sure thing Detective Garther, since you asked nicely. I'll make sure he comes along, peacefully."[/color] Richard told Dirk as the small group of the cop, fake cop and the Italian fella walk off to their set of wheels further down the street. He himself was put on baby-sitting duty for their good doctor, though Richard's harsh comment earlier was more his to-the-face attitude than annoyance. 

Turning over to Alonzo, Richard touched the tip of his fedora and nodded to him with his scarred nose. [color=0054a6]"Being the true gentleman a New Yorker I am, wouldn't dream of anything else. Dr. Scott was it? Barker, Richard Barker. Before you ask, yeah I'm a shamus. Private detective, finding what's bothering people just like you do Doc."[/color] Richard introduced himself to the doctor, flicking the dead ash off his cigarette and turning back towards Jeremy's pile of planks and bricks. So the two last fellas were still inside? That didn't make any sense. 

[color=82ca9d]" The pleasure is all mine Mr. Barker "[/color] Doctor Scott comments back to him with a short smile

Richard was about to ask Alonzo about that Chinese angle when he had the good doctor shouted in his ear like an incompetent nurse had just stabbed him in the private parts. [color=0054a6]"What are you flim-flamming about, old man?"[/color] Richard asked the doctor, giving him a long face at first as if he was talking to someone else. When he was told someone was trapped inside the house and to get Dirk back, Richard looked back and forth the old house and Alonzo. [color=0054a6]"I've got a feeling I'm stuck behind the 8-ball here. What the Hell are you on about, doc?"[/color] 

[color=82ca9d]"You can't hear that?" [/color]Doctor Scott looks at him like he is the one that is acting crazy here. 

It was not until he heard a noise from the house - a loud and brief one, something breaking through wood. Was that the sound Alonzo had heard, assuming someone was stuck inside? Richard sighed heavily, instinctively drawing his Colt Police Revolver as he began jogging towards the house, wondering if their promised bad guys had just gotten the jump on Ambroise and James. If that were the case, Alonzo's need for Dirk to return would be too late. [color=0054a6]"No time if someone's sent Ambroise and James on a permanent New Jersey vacation. James, Ambroise! You hear me in there? What's the trouble?"[/color] 

Why he couldn't hear or see neither James nor Ambroise could only be answered by the powers that may be, something only a King or follower would know.

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