"Hi, Victoria Fox calling for Detective Palmer, please."

A brief pause, then the female voice on the line said, "Right away, Ms. Fox."

I imagined the detective was pretty difficult to get ahold of unless you were a suspected murderer. So that's one happy positive, I guess.

It was late Thursday evening, and I was winding down this terrible day with my favorite feline already asleep in my lap. A little bit of cat drool had started to seep into my sweatpants. I didn't ...