May: Well well well... Agent Brandle.
I looked at May, who just finished interrogating Clair. May took a seat across from me, files in one hand, a drink in another.
May: So let me get this straight... you fancied-
Harlan: You heard the whole thing, no need to rub it in my face.
May chuckled. She took off the lid of her drink and drank.
Harlan: Oh, do you mind?
I grabbed the cup and saw what was in it: coffee.
Harlan: What is it? Mocha? Caramel?
May: I wouldn't if-
I took a sip. The coffee was so bitter I immediately spat it out. May rolled her eyes.
May: And there goes my drink.
I fixed myself and turned to May.
Harlan: Who is she?
May: Who? Who you-
Harlan: Your case. The woman.
May went from an annoyed face to... that face you make when your parents ask you about your crush.
May: Oh her. Her.
Harlan: Yes, her. Did she say anything?
May: No. She just kept asking about you. Did you tell her I was your girl-
Harlan: NO!
May: Do you wish I was though?
Harlan: No.
May raised her eyebrow.
Harlan: Well before...
May's face didn't change.
Harlan: THAT WAS A LONG TIME AGO OKAY?
May (laughing): Why did you never tell me?
Harlan: What do you mean?
May: I mean like... almost four years and you never told me. Why?
Harlan: Weren't you then all for... What was his name? The guy you fancied in second year.
May: Second year?
Harlan: Second year in the academy... Owen was it?
May: BULLSHIT! I just thought Owen was cute-
Harlan: No wait... wasn't second year Oscar?
May: Oscar? Who's Oscar?
Harlan: Curly hair-
May: YEAH OSCAR! NOW I REMEMBER! Still, why didn't you ask?
I kept my mouth shut. May looked at me then laughed.
May: Noooo... It wasn't because of them!
Harlan: Shut up.
May (laughing): PUSSY!
Harlan: Agents dropped the case. What is so important about her?
May stopped laughing. She decided to answer me seriously.
May: I don't know. All I know was that she was captured early-May. Two agents actually dropped the case. Well the first one went missing, the second one dropped it.
Harlan: Why did the second one drop it?
May: Pretty sure this is classi-
Harlan: Why?
May looked around. I could see in her mind that she knew she wasn't supposed to tell me, but she also knew that in a friendship like ours, there were no secrets between us.
May: She is part of a crime syndicate here in London. They've been causing disturbances here for a really long time, and not just in London. They're T.H.E.P.A.'s most wanted or something. My father told me that T.H.E.P.A. was after them for a really long time but we got nothing on them.
Harlan: Until her.
May: She was the first thing we got on them. The first thing that confirmed the organization's existence.
Harlan: So why did the agent drop the case?
May looked at me.
Harlan: Because she never said a word.
May: They thought she was a dead-end. Ever since they caught her... Not one word. Well, until you.
I looked at May.
Harlan: Well... Also you.
May: That is kinda true.
Harlan: Anything else you can tell me?
May looked at me, and I understood. She wasn't supposed to tell me any of it anyways.
Harlan: Got it.
I checked my watch.
Harlan: Damn it, I gotta go. Forster is probably talking to the Director now.
May: Yeah I'll see you later.
Harlan: Great. Catch y-
May: Harlan?
I looked at her and understood. She wanted me on the case. With her.
Harlan: I'll send him your regards.
May: One more thing.
I looked at her. She then nodded at me to come over. I walked over to hear and leaned in.
May (whisper): Her name's Clair. Clair Delvey.
I leaned back, nodded to thank her, and she nodded back. I then fixed my coat and walked my way to the Director's office.