OK, thought Ezekiel. This had gone far enough. “Officer, what you’re suggesting is the sequestration of a minor without his parents’ consent. It’s not quite a crime, but it puts a serious black mark on your record, and it will keep popping up every time your name is suggested for promotion, forever. Why don’t you simplify everything, and get me out of your face, by simply picking up the phone and calling Lieutenant Shank and telling him the boy he walked with halfway
