Nigel was thrown into a small holding room, followed by Agent Appleton.

“Have a seat, Nigel.”

Nigel sat in one of the chairs that were next to a table. He looked into the mirror that hung on the opposite wall. He saw a vulnerable and scared kid. Not the confident young man he felt like while with his friends.

Agent Appleton opened a folder and put several pictures on the table.

“I need you to identify these criminals for me.”

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Agent Appleton pointed to a picture of a very large man with a bald head who didn’t seem to have a neck. He looked like a bouncer.

“I don’t know him.”

Agent Appleton pointed at a picture of a woman with mean and unforgiving eyes and striking black hair.

“She looks familiar, but I don’t know her.”

“Well, that’s strange,” Agent Appleton said. “You were seen with both of these people at the same time.”

“What? That isn’t possible. I don’t know these people.”

Agent Appleton produced another higher quality photo with Nigel getting in a car with Natasha. Rocky was holding the door open.

“They don’t look like the people in the previous photos,” Nigel said.

Agent Appleton gathered the photos and left the room.