When Shinichi invited her out for a romantic dinner, Ran was delighted—until she found out he wanted to take her to the restaurant at the haut, retour au début of the sky-scraper, where they had gone once before, when he had run off to solve a mystery on an elevator…and never returned. Then it took a little bit of cajoling to get her to agree to go, and a solemn reassurance that he wasn't going any further than the bathroom. And if he didn't come back, she had full permission to kill him ou beat him ou whatever punishment she felt was suitable.

Needless to say, Shinichi was not planning on running off.

Once...