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Probable Cause
Once again, Alex found himself in the thick of things. And the police technician’s discovery about the tampering only made the situation worse.“Sit down, Mr. Verlaine. We are going to have a long discussion now,” Sergeant Doherty instructed in his gruff voice, pulling out a chair for Alex.“You can’t do this to me. There is absolutely no reason for you to label me as a suspect,” Alex muttered back, standing defiantly in his space.“Don’t refuse a direct order. I won’t be so polite next time,” Sergeant Doherty grumbled, fixing his searing gaze on Alex. “Sit down and cooperate unless you want me to throw you behind bars.”“I don’t think Alex was involved in this. You’ve got the wrong man,” Jakob protested, desperate to put an end to this tense situation.But Sergeant Doherty refused to budge.“Your valuable opinion has been noted. But you are free to leave,” he replied. “I know how to do my work, so please do not interfere.”On the Sergeant’s orders, a couple of junior officers escorte
108. Mounting Suspicion
The next morning, Alex sat down in front of his laptop with a cup of freshly brewed dark-roasted coffee and started putting all the scattered pieces together, trying to find any leads he could.Felicia’s car was on the way to Nexus City, but it crashed on the Avilon bridge before falling into the Georgetta River.Alex highlighted three important locations: the bridge, the river, and the city that lay ahead.Along with these three locations, there were also three incidents leading to the tragic mishap: a sudden fiery explosion that caught Felicia off guard, the resulting navigational failure, leading to the car crashing into the stone railings, and finally, the vehicle falling into the river.There were multiple factors to be considered when determining the true cause of the accident, but one thing was crystal clear: there was something wrong with their vehicle.As Alex was trying to gather the pieces of missing information, his phone rang, and that same dreaded name flashed on its scr
107. A ghost from the past
At six in the evening, Cynthia walked out of Electra Mobility’s main office building and got back in her car. But just before she could drive off, her assistant handed her a flash drive along with the laptop she had forgotten inside her cabin.Alex watched from the third floor of the shopping mall, noting the number on the car and marking it with a tracking dart from his state-of-the-art surveillance watch.“I’m sorry it has to be this way, Cynthia. But I really need your help to sort out my mess again.”Back inside the car, Cynthia leaned back and took off her glasses before wiping her face with a wet tissue. She was tired from her hectic shift and didn’t want to look at another screen for the rest of the night.“Straight to home, madame?” the driver asked from the front seat.Cynthia breathed a sigh and parted her dry lips. “No. I need to pick up some food first. I'm not in the mood to cook anymore. Head to the closest Asian drive-through. I am thinking about trying some Chinese toni
106. Circumstantial Evidence
The next morning, Alex was woken up by a call from Sergeant Doherty even before his alarm could go off.It was half past six, and Alex had only caught a few hours of sleep last night, but despite his tiredness, he picked up the call just to keep the cops off his back.“Good morning, Mr. Verlaine. I hope you’re wide awake by now,” the Sergeant spoke tauntingly.Alex wiped the sleep off his eyes and spoke in a groggy voice, “I already answered all your questions yesterday. What do you want this time?”“We’ve found something. Felicia Rashford’s broken phone. It was damaged during the crash, but we still managed to recover the information. She actually tried sending you a text barely an hour before the accident.”Alex became wide awake as he heard that information.“She never texted me. I haven’t been in touch with her since we last met in Glenmonte.”“Yes, I understand. The message was never delivered. Network error, probably,” Sergeant Doherty replied. “But it’s still saved in the draft.
105. The Nexus Connection
Alex walked out of the police station with a heavy burden on his shoulders and several eyes on his back. He knew the cops were never going to stop disturbing him as long as the true reason behind the accident remained unknown.Right now, the best course of action was to lie low and let things unfold, but Alex wasn’t the kind of person to stay quiet. Besides, he had his own reasons for suspecting someone else might have caused the accident to implicate his name in the matter and trap him in the case.As Alex got back inside his car, he rolled up his windows and set the GPS for the nearest hotel.He wasn’t planning to return to Glenmonte without clearing the air in Nexus City, but for that he needed connections and a source of credible inside information.Setting his car on auto-drive, Alex called up the only person he knew could be trusted for discreet fieldwork without stirring up any trouble.“Captain, I need a favor from you,” he said as Captain Mason Williams picked up the call.“Of
104. Criminal intentions
The call from the police left Alex disturbed and distressed. Although the Sergeant had seemed polite over the phone, he could tell he was already their prime suspect.News of the tragic accident had already devastated Alex, but now he unwittingly found himself in a whole new mess.“I’ll go now. Take care, Mr. Verlaine,” the chauffeur mumbled faintly and walked out.Alex, however, remained seated. Several twisted thoughts crowded his mind as the news replayed in his head.What if it really wasn’t a simple accident? What if someone had actually sabotaged their car?Even though the Rashfords didn’t have too many business rivals who could go to such lengths, Alex knew he had recently made plenty of enemies himself.Despite the details being blurry and disjointed, Alex had a wild hunch that one of his several foes could have orchestrated this tragedy to pin the blame on him and put him out of play permanently without a direct confrontation.So far, Alex couldn’t think of a single person who
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