21st Precinct - The Mark

Captain Kennelly was scheduled to work the day shift, 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, at the 21st Precinct. It was raining hard when he arrived. At ten minutes after 9:00 AM, Lieutenant Gorman, the desk officer, informed Kennelly of a two-alarm fire in a loft building on 2nd Avenue. By the time a car came by the station house to take Kennelly to the scene of the fire, it had become a three-alarm. The fire was put out by 11:14 AM, about the same time the rain stopped. Kennelly returned to the station to finish the paperwork. He noticed on his calendar that he was scheduled to give a talk on safety to the students of Julia Richmond High School at 1:30 PM, so at noon he changed to civilian clothes and took his rain soaked uniform trousers to be pressed while he when to lunch. He stopped at a tailor shop on Third Avenue operated by Phillip and Rose Parazoni. He walks in and says "Hi Mrs. Parazoni. How are you?" She remains quiet for a few seconds, then says "I'm fine". He says "I'm Captain Kennelly". Mrs. Parazoni yells toward the back of the shop "Phil, come here". Phil walks up and says "Hello, Captain" Kennelly says "Oh, hello Phil". He says "I see you got some pants". Kennelly says "I'm giving a talk to some high school students and wanted to see if I could get them pressed during lunch". Phil says "Sure, I'll take care of them". As Kennelly starts to leave, Phil says "Oh, Captain. I'm sorry for the way Rose acted". Kennelly says "it's alright, I understand". After lunch, he picked up his pants and gave the talk at the high school. At 2:10 PM, Kennelly returned to the station house. Sergeant Waters told him that Mr. and Mrs. Parazoni were waiting to see him in his office. Kennelly walks in and says "Hello, Phil, and Mrs. Parazoni. What can I do for you?" Several times Rose says "It's my fault". Phil says "Rose, please wait outside until I get this straightened out". After she goes out, Phil says "Captain, when you came into the shop to get your pants pressed, she acted funny because she thought you were there to arrest her".