"Yeah, fair. Well. Stay safe."

"Yeah I'm gonna send somebody else. Maybe I'll go with you to Endorë."

"I'd like that."

"It'll be fun."

He hangs up and goes back to his office and starts putting projects in a good state to be handed off.

She turns around and sends someone else to pick up the body. Settles accounts with the babysitter. Makes a deal for the van.

He peeks at the investigation records, just out of curiosity.

The wife has identified him to the police. They're planning to follow up on that.

Then he should probably be reasonably diligent about wrapping things up. He tells his secretary that something came up with the Noldorin agreement to expense red emigration to Endorë and Maitimo asked him to go check it out, which he might do, can she book a spot in the next lightleaper there.

"You know those are sometimes really crowded, right? They don't like to turn away the reds if they show up wanting to get on."

" - yeah, that won't do. I suppose I could go by way of Valinor."

"Those aren't as frequent but I can get you one, yeah."

"Thank you!"

"Four days."

"Sounds good."

The cops come by before then.

He's in an important meeting; his secretary wants to know what they want and then she'll see about delaying the next one.

"He's wanted for murder, we're just going to have to interrupt."

She blinks. "That seems, uh, unlikely. I'll let him know."

"He's got thirty seconds to stop talking about anything we shouldn't hear and then we're not waiting."

He comes on out. "We're continuing the meeting over osanwë," he says to the secretary, "I'm looping you in so you can take notes." And to the police, "what can I do for you?"

"You are under arrest for the murder of Anyo Dal."

"Gosh. Do I come with you, then?"

"Yep."

"If we're more than seventy miles out I'll need a relay to finish the meeting," he says to his secretary, who is looking shocked. "Don't worry, one presumes I can just swear to the judge I did not and have never killed an innocent person or abetted same etcetera -"

       " - right, okay. I'll tell people you're calling in remotely."

He goes with them.