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111. A second chance?
Alex always believed everyone deserved a second chance. Another opportunity to leave the past behind and start afresh. But over the last few days, he had learned the hard way that trusting old snakes never ended well.Still, the fact that Jakob had called Enrico to bail him out of trouble moved him, making him ponder Jakob’s request.However, it felt a little too strange to discuss a position in Femme Fatale when Jakob’s sister and mother had just recently died in a tragic car crash. It was almost as if he was barely affected by his great loss and only wanted to get back on his feet.Seeing Alex standing there, lost in thought, Jakob spoke again to clear the air.“I know what you must be thinking. Felicia and my mother just died, and here I am begging you to take me back into the fold. It’s not like I don’t feel their loss. But if I walk away from the family business permanently, it will mean I have abandoned everything that my father built. I only want to carry his legacy forward, ev
110. An unlikely ally
Sergeant Doherty wasn’t the kind to let someone else dictate terms to him inside his own police station, but Enrico’s reputation as an uncompromising lawyer preceded him.Thus, despite his unwillingness, the Sergeant was compelled to release Alex.“You are one lucky man, Mr. Verlaine. Who would have thought that your lawyer would show up here without any notice?” he grumbled. “You are free to go.”“This isn’t over. You will hear from me shortly,” Enrico warned with an air of condescension. “Officers like you give the department a bad name, but I will make sure that you remember where the real power lies.”Sergeant Doherty kept his calm and smiled. “I am sure you will. I don’t know the laws as well as you, but all your knowledge will be useless once we find the proper evidence against Mr. Verlaine.”“Then you'd best get to work right away without wasting your time harassing my client,” Enrico snapped back at him. “Good night, officer. We are done here.”Alex kept quiet and followed Enr
109. 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 escorted
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.
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