Discussions on Crime and ethics

[Abendrot]

The policewoman smiled back and shook his hand before taking a seat opposite to the one Steiner had occupied. She was still quite unsure about what this meeting will be about and it made her somewhat anxious. The idea to bring up the whole husband misunderstanding also creeped up in her thoughts. Though she still felt too much a stranger with Alfred to bring it up or joke about it. Perhaps it was a misunderstanding that could simply be forgotten, she figured before dismissing the whole idea. Her eyes locked on the table briefly, the man had not ordered anything to drink, something that made her think this meeting will be more serious than she thought.

"So," she paused at first, trying to piece together the words and break this start of the famous case of awkward silence, "what exactly was the reason you wanted to meet up here in this fine establishment?"

Katja actually knew better places than this, but for meeting with someone she didn't know well enough the headquarters of the federal police was a place she felt quite safe in. Looking back at Alfred she began wondering why she was this much on edge, he seemed like a charming man in his his middle age, even reminded her of her father a bit, if her father was a journalist or something similar and not a foreman at one of the industrial centers on New Berlin. Now why would such a person show so much interest in the criminal population in Rheinland and their struggles?