You have got to be joking.”Anna showed the search warrant, but Emerald had already swung the door open wide.“Bloody harassment, this is. Come in, make yourselves at home, why don’t you? Do what the hell you fucking like!”“Can we go into the kitchen, please, and with you present.”Emerald threw her arms up in exasperation, leading them into the kitchen.Anna gestured at the vertical blinds. “I need to ask you a few questions about your blinds.”Emerald’s jaw dropped. She looked at Anna and back at the blinds. “Eh? What you on about?”“Can we sit down?”“You can do tango dancin’ for all I care. What do you want to know about the blinds for? They don’t work. The kids pulled the cord and they’ve fallen down a few times, and the rod’s come away from the wall. Is this about damage or somethin?”Anna perched on a stool while Barolli remained standing in the doorway. “I need to know exactly how long you have been living here.”“Five-odd years.”“When you moved in, were the blinds already in place?”“They was, everythin’ was here, but the ones in the kitchen soon got broken, and then the ones in the box room fell down.
