"My sister," Phryne replied to the unspoken question. "We were just children, but I should have been watching her. I looked away for just a minute and she was gone."

It was easier now that they'd found her for Phryne to say it, but easier wasn't easy and as soon as the words were out, she tossed her head lightly and smiled the pain away. "I taught myself to see what people didn't want seen and now I'm a detective."