Our sinking ship

When Victoria, leader of a gang, finds her protege's mangled corpse in an alleyway, she contacts the gorgeous Alice, detective of the SPD. Together they find out that Alice's partner and Victoria's right hand had a Romeo-and-Juliette-affair, which led to their kidnapping.
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I started to step towards her, but an irish girl dancing on a table almost toppled into me. I opened my mouth, but before I could say anything she was pushed aside and some boyfriend apologised profusely. I did not care what he had to say, I only had eyes for her.
"You're late." she said, digging her eyes into me.
"I am."
"I suppose you told me that you might be."
"I did."
"You've never been late before."
"I haven't?"
"No, you haven't."
"Oh, well, there's a first for everything."