“The team employed the use of nightshade to get the information they wanted from their captive. Are you sure you want this is in your report, sergeant?”
“Yes sir.”
“Poisoning a prisoner is generally considered a huge no-no.”
“Sir, have you met Roma Tedesco?”
“That new sergeant on the front desk? I have.”
“She’s an Italian knockout, looks a lot like Sophia Loren. We brought in Vinnie Fin on a weapons possession charge, but he doesn’t speak much English. Sergeant Tedesco volunteered to help translate the Italian. By the end of the shift, Vinnie was confessing.”
“What does that have to do with your report?”
“Well, Vinnie kept staring at Tedesco and muttering ‘Bella Donna,’ over and over. Then he started signing confessions.
“Word got around at the station, naturally. When the guys asked Tedesco what exactly ‘Bella Donna’ meant in English, and she just laughed and replied ‘nightshade’.”
150 words. Inspired by this week’s Monday Finish the Story prompt:
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