She threw him a bored look and turned to the other detective to answer. "They're a competitor of VRL. I believe my aunt knew the president."

"Used to be a competitor. Closed up shop. No forwarding address." Harmon said with a scowl.

Marisa didn't have to fake her surprise and Detective Harmon frowned as another lead seemed to be going cold.

"Any idea why this tool Ulysses would want to kidnap little ol' Stanley here?" Morris asked Marisa.

The detective was getting under Stanley's skin. He scowled at Morris. "Why don't you go ask him?"

"We tried. His office was cleaned out, right down to the cement floors and even those were scrubbed and polished. Anything you'd like to tell us about that," Morris growled at Stanley in return.

Stanley just shook his head in confusion at the man. "What the hell would I know?"

"I'm not buying this bullshit about the floor just falling in so you could miraculously escape! I wanna know what really happened in that basement! What secrets are you hidi