Exactly as they promised. Thirty minutes after Zack handed over a change of clothes and toiletries, the team of investigators started to come for an interrogation session. The team was led by Tyler. This morning he looked as bright as the morning sun with lines of exhaustion printed on his face. But that didn't dampen Tyler's enthusiasm for interrogating Alex because he had been waiting for a moment like this for a long time. The moment when Alex got into trouble and there was no room for him to dodge.
“Alright, let's just start this interrogation session. I'll introduce you to my comrades, Matthew and Andrew."
None of them greet each other. Only a sharp look appeared in Alex's eyes as he looked at Matthew and Andrew alternately. The rest, he remained silent and put on a stiff face in front of the others.
Feeling that Alex wasn't going to say anything, Zack took over the conversation with a brief introduction that seemed like a mere formality.
"Last n
Tom spent five minutes on the thick snowy streets carrying a large, heavy-looking box in his hands. The streets around him were very quiet. It's an old village on the outskirts of Ottawa where most of the residents are retirees and lonely old people after their children grow up. Practically in this cold season, they choose to stay indoors or some of them may be going to spend Christmas with their grandchildren at their beloved children's house. One of the houses with an ancient model and a red chimney like Santa's house in a children's fairy tale is seen emitting a bright light from within. White smoke rising from the chimney confirmed that the house was currently inhabited. In contrast to the other, gloomy-looking houses next to it, this house looks so striking because all the lights in the house are lit very brightly. Even at this time of day, the owner of the house turns on the porch light and also the street lamp near the fence to make the atmosphere in the house look mo
"Mr. Alex..." Sarah squeaked softly when she met Alex in introgation room. Alex had just come from his cell. He was called back into the interrogation room because the Winskies wanted him in that room too. Cross-checking will be done shortly. And actually, Alex was sick of being put in such a wrong condition. Moreover, this time the accusations weren't just directed at him. Sarah shouldn't be put in a difficult position that— he was sure she had nothing to do with the crime. But almost everyone in the room believed it to be his crime. "She hasn't been accompanied by a lawyer yet?" Alex nodded towards Sarah who was sitting across from him. Since entering this room Sarah's face looks frightened. Her hands also didn't stop moving on her lap restlessly. He could see it all from Sarah's movements, which looked very worried. Maybe the woman could pass out after this if one of the officers surprised her. "She is not yet a suspect. She's still a witness."
The first day of work after the Christmas break seemed longer than he had imagined. Chase was eager to come to his office early in the morning so he could see Tom as soon as possible. One of the employees in the computer division had something to report to him. The man had to see him this morning or he would come straight to his cubicle to drag him to his room. "Where's Tom?" Chase couldn't wait that long for Tom to come into his room. He had only been sitting in his chair for five minutes in his luxurious room on the fifteenth floor when he immediately felt uneasy and just wanted to see Tom. His life would never be calm if Tom didn't calm him down for now. So he had to risk going down to the fifth floor, where Tom and all his comrades were. "Good morning Mr. De Castro. Nice to see you in the morning after a joyful Christmas celebration.” "Where's Tom?" Chase really didn't like sycophants like Angus. The man had asked for promotion many times, but he was adamant that he would neve
The atmosphere was tense and eerie. The lights had been turned off since an hour ago and there was only one light left to shed some light in the gloomy place. The smell of dust mixed with the smell of a group of people who rarely bathe is a mandatory smell that must be inhaled in this place. Sometimes when it rains heavily, water from outside will seep in from the windows and make the room more humid, causing a musty smell of mildew. Everything that is not worth it is available there. In that dump people are held accountable for their evil deeds in the past. Tonight Alex couldn't sleep and just stared blankly at the gloomy ceiling of his prison cell. The paint was peeling off here and there. Countless cobwebs hung from every corner of the dirty wall. The cot wasn't suitable either, but he tried to rest his body with a pillow that Zack had sent from his house. Pillow in prison is disgusting. Damp, smelly, and moldy all over the surface. He did not want his head to be placed o
After taking care of all the administration documents for Brielle, Harper decided to visit her uncle in the ICU for a while. Even though she could only see her uncle through the window, she still dragged her heavy legs toward the ICU on the third floor. Perhaps by looking at her uncle, she could gain miraculous strength to support the heavy weight of life that hung over her shoulders. An hour ago Harper had just received bad news from the doctor who treated Brielle. He said Brielle had bleeding in her veins which could have been the result of a fall or due to her hypertension. The doctor said Brielle will be paralyzed in the whole right side of the body because the bleeding occurred in the left side of the brain. Brielle's current condition cannot be said to be stable. She has been in critical condition since being hospitalized and has not regained consciousness. Brielle's room is also equipped with life support like the one in her uncle's body. The doctor said if Brielle wo
The happy sunny week was suddenly ruined when an unknown man suddenly came to his house and had a serious conversation on the front porch. His mother, who was washing the cutlery they had used for a picnic this morning, trotted after his father when an unfamiliar guest was talking to his father. They were adults talking very quietly as if they were whispering to gossip about hot news, just like the women around their house did. Alex was about to stand up to follow his father, but his mother grabbed his arm roughly and told him to go to the backyard and feed the fish they caught today in the lake. He had wondered why his mother was like that. He wanted to stay there and follow his mother to the front porch, to join his father and the man who was chatting with his father. But the look on his mother's fierce face instantly frightened him. He had no choice but to go to the backyard to sprinkle fish food into the mini pond his father had made using an old bucket. Later when the fish grew
Bright sun, refreshing beach air, bikini-clad women everywhere, isn't this heaven on earth? It feels great to be able to vacation in Hawaii in December which is usually only filled with snow in his country. Tom yawned widely, spread his arms beside the bed, and grabbed his cell phone which he had been turned off for hours. Maybe almost twenty-four hours he didn't activate his cell phone. He just wanted to find some peace during his rare time off. As the youngest employee in his division, he rarely gets to take a day off for fun. Every time he applies for leave from the Human Resources department, his divisional colleagues will first request leave from the HR department. Yesterday he had to threaten the HR employee not to make things difficult for him because if the leave process was complicated, he would definitely report the HR employee to Chase. Booting up on his phone had just finished and his phone was already being bombarded by dozens, if not hundreds of message
The yellow taxi stopped in front of a ten-story building that had not shown too much activity on this cold morning. The person in the taxi insisted on being taken to that place and was willing to pay a higher fare as long as the taxi driver didn't make much noise in protest because he suddenly stopped the taxi in the middle of the road and got into the car. The taxi driver got angry at her while rubbing his minus glasses repeatedly. His taxi could have hit him moments ago, but the man didn't care at all and got into the car and silencing the driver with the hundred-dollar bill in his mouth before he could utter a word. He didn't care if the taxi driver would grumble all the way after dropping him off. He entered the ten-story building through the back door. He had a spare key in his thick jacket pocket. “You— mmppffhh!” Alex instantly covered the woman's lips before she could make any unnecessary fuss. He dragged the woman's body into the cleaning room and lo
Love is really strange. I love a man I can't reach. My ex-boyfriend was a man who held my heart too tightly. I'm happy when I'm with him. He was the first man who made me feel love and made me this crazy. Even though many years have passed, I still can't forget the madness of his love. He may not be a romantic man, but he always has a way of making me a queen. I thought at first it was a ploy to ensnare me. He is famous as a lady killer. Besides loving him, I sometimes also doubt his feelings. Is it possible that a lady killer would love a woman like me? “Yes, I love you, Harper!” shouted Alex enthusiastically. Harper poked her head through the bathroom door. She snorted when she saw her husband laughing out loud while holding her diary. She was stupid because she kept the diary in a drawer. Alex accidentally found it when he was looking for nail
The event was very lively. Decorated with beautiful flowers that were handpicked by the bride, the party was truly a dream party for the bride who had long dreamed of a fairy tale wedding party filled with beautiful flowers. At the altar, a man wore a black tuxedo, a snug bow tie around his neck, and shiny new shoes on his feet, the man waits for the bride with a feeling of extreme nervousness that is so annoying. His heart hadn't stopped rumbling for hours and hours, and his face was so stiff. It actually made the guests giggling and amused at him. Today everyone's gaze implies happiness for the most phenomenal couple of this century. A couple who have gone through many hardships together and have gone through many joys filled with laughter. Tyler waited nervously for his bride at the altar, wringing his cold hands over and over again. Even though he was a fierce police officer at the office, his ferocity was not at all visible when he stood at the altar. He even looked nervous to
He glanced at his phone screen and then looked at the snow in his small yard in the remote village of Newbury. Since yesterday he had known that his leisure time was over. Today he will soon end all this ridiculous charade to face a world that has never been on his side. "I've been waiting for your coming." Tom didn't turn around at all. His eyes were still glued to the white snow that was slowly starting to be illuminated by the sunlight. He wasn't in Hawaii at all. He's still in Canada. In a very remote village in Newbury. "The police will be here soon.” "Yes I know. Congratulations on tracking me down, Mr. Alexander Enzo. I don't think what people say about your prowess is anything but nonsense. Sorry for involving you in my game.” "Damn it! You almost killed a poor old man and you tricked a greedy man." "Trapper Winskie is indeed a greedy old man who deserves punishment." “You pretend to be me and talk to him who is very am
The clock still showed three in the morning, but the atmosphere at the police station was as busy as the activities carried out at nine in the morning. The officers who had just arrived from the field brought various kinds of evidence that could be used to build the case. They took several bags containing evidence from Chase's house. The items were arranged on a special table in the interrogation room. The 9mm caliber pistol that Harper once held was also among the items confiscated by police to investigate the case involving Alex and Chase.A police officer with sleepy eyes kept yawning repeatedly as he placed the evidence on the table. A USB and a small pen that looked unremarkable were placed there carefully after Zack came to hand it all over to them."Don't let anything be missed."Tyler patted the sleepy cop on the shoulder. He grumbled near Tyler because he had just been woken up when he was sound asleep in his house.“I even just slept two hours ago.”"Don't complain too much,
He had just turned off his bedroom light and was about to walk towards his bed when a strange sound crackled near his ear followed by the cold sensation he got on his temples from an object he knew very well what it was. He frantically tried to run to the light switch to illuminate his dark room so he could at least see the face of the intruder who had presumptuously disturbed his composure. But his footsteps had been blocked by that person so he immediately fell on the cold floor while enduring pain in the knee that landed first on the floor. "Who are you? What were you doing sneaking into my house?” "What do you think I'll do, Chase?" "Alex?" Chase winced in the darkness as he rubbed his bruised knee repeatedly. Knowing that Alex had come to his house, the feeling of anxiety gradually lessened a bit. But he simply couldn't ignore the fact that a few seconds ago Alex had been pointing him with a gun. “What are you doing in my house? The police are looking for you out there." “F
Across the dark hospital garden, they continued to run without stopping and trying to keep their balance in the snow which now seemed to be difficult for them. Several times Harper nearly tripped if Alex didn't hold her hand tightly, then they both jumped over the half-foot-tall bushes in the garden behind the hospital that separated it from the sidewalk that connected the street to another block."Are they still after us?"Harper panted repeatedly. Her lungs felt like they were going to explode, her legs would probably protest if they had a mouth to speak because her legs were sore right now after being used to running from the fifth floor of the hospital building."I don’t think so. Come on. Can you still walk?”Harper nodded weakly and started limping next to Alex. They had to pick up their car which was parked in a bar three blocks from where they were currently walking.When Alex stopped the car there, she was surprised at him because they left the car in a place that was quite o
For a long time, he stood there doing nothing. Maybe five minutes. Or more. He didn't know exactly when he had left the deserted hospital hallway to enter Brielle's noisy treatment room. The sound of the cardiograph showing the steady rhythm of Brielle's heartbeat relieved him a bit. Only a bit. The rest he was more worried when he saw Brielle's plump body which usually always radiated a healthy brown hue, now turned pale and wrinkled. Brielle's skin looked unwell under the needles that poked her here and there. “Brielle...” Alex muttered under his breath with broken feelings. He had never seen Brielle this frail. His Brielle who always laughs loudly, his Brielle who loves to cook delicious food for him, his Brielle who is always there for him. As he touched Brielle's hand which was drooping weakly at her side, it felt cold. Alex gripped her hand tightly, feeling the roughness of it because it was always used to work in the kitchen. He wanted to see Brielle in his kitchen again, no
He was enjoying classical music and a cup of fragrant hot coffee when his doorbell was rung roughly several times. Frowning his brows in annoyance, the man quickly tightened his sleeping robes and walked a little hastily to the front door to yell at anyone who had disturbed his quiet time. He thought the person who rang the bell at his house had gone completely insane. It's even a few minutes past ten. It's time for everyone to rest well. But the people out there seem to be crazies who don't know the code of ethics. "What the—" His words stopped in midair when he saw who the intruder had been playing with his doorbell. "Looks like I'm interrupting your bed time." "Very. You're not the person I expected to come tonight." “What kind of lawyer can stay relaxed when his client is being wanted by the police for running away.” Tyler said skeptically. He looked at Zack's body from head to toe which clearly showed that the man was ready to sleep. "It's a tough day. I didn't want to burde
Coming out of Harper's quiet residence, Chase didn't drive home right away. Instead of taking the route to his house, Chase turned the wheel toward Alex's office. There was something he had to do tonight to make his life calm again. Today he failed to pick up what he should have taken from Alex's office. For three hours he was stuck with people with thick glasses in the audit room on the fifth floor. Many times he made excuses to get up to Alex's room on the tenth floor, but time and time again he failed. Jordan Brasco, the smart-ass attorney keeps blocking him from going up to Alex's room by giving him a series of tasks that he shouldn't have to do. “Oh come on, why do they keep tinkering with Alex's wealth if the ten million dollars that Winksie sent to Alex's account have been withdrawn? They won't find anything at all until they ask Alex about it,” Chase monologued with himself. He was very upset about everything that happened to him today. But the problem is, Alex has disappear