Mrs. Thorne didn't take up much of Shirley Thorne's time.
To be more precise, she didn't take up much of the police's time.
Violent crimes committed by loan sharks were considered a major case in Celestia, and the police wanted to investigate through the night.
The first to be investigated were, naturally, the loan sharks—the suspected masterminds.
The loan shark confessed quickly. He claimed it was all for money—he'd planned to capture Shirley Thorne and demand a ransom from Ethan Grant.
Never mind ten million—he might even get a hundred million out of him!
Shirley Thorne didn't believe a word of it.
She knew perfectly well that the loan sharks had been genuinely trying to kill her.
Florence Langley had mentioned it when teaching her self-defense: the human body is a strange thing. Some spots are painful when hit but only result in what are medically classified as minor injuries.
On the other hand, a light blow to other, seemingly innocuous spots could induce shock.
