Erik passed the paper over to the man and woman sitting on the other side of the table in the room. They picked it up and he could see the satisfaction in their eyes but then, their attorney took the paper from them, checked it and scoffed.“ I think you can do more than this Storm. You’re insulting us here…”, he said dropping the paper and pushing it back to him. Erik looked at Brandon, who was only sitting in just so he would have another legal counsel in the room.“ actually, that’s the most we can do, my hands are tied…”, he admitted.The lawyer defending the family snorted, “ you’re joking if you think this offer would get us to drop the lawsuit…”, he said.Erik smirked, already getting the reaction he wanted, “ no, I know it wouldn’t, I just wanted to see what you guys were after and it turns out that you were after money… ”, he concluded, turning to face the man and his wife.“ Did he tell you that he was going to help you get money if you filed a lawsuit, well he lied because a
Johan woke up to the sound of his phone ringing. He groaned as he rolled over, trying to find the annoying device with his eyes closed. When he couldn’t find it, he groaned, grateful that it had stopped ringing. So he continued to sleep. His ringtone blared again, this time louder than before as if it knew that he was intentionally refusing to pick it up.“ Damn!, Who’s calling this early in the morning…”, he whined, turning around so he could properly find the phone with his eyes opened.He saw the phone on the floor beside his shoes and wondered when and how it got there.He knew that he had been so tired the previous day after his reading and had failed to keep track of his activities and mouth, by the way.Johan winced when he remembered what he had said to Isabella, ' your eyes are beautiful', he groaned, answering the call.“ hello…”, he answered. Whoever the person was, he hoped it was not that urgent.“ Hello Johan…”, Isabella’s voice sounded from the other end of the call. S
Johan walked into the station with Erik trudging behind him. He had somehow convinced his brother to follow him to the station with the help of Lucas. Of course, Lucas was not going to let this opportunity of gathering more information about the case pass him by.“ I don’t like being here”, Erik grumbled as they crossed the front entrance.Johan rolled his eyes, ignoring his brother. He had been whining since Johan learnt of the matter. Johan had called Lucas immediately and told him of the recent development and Lucas had asked him to bring Erik to the police station and if possible, he should drag the guy to the station.Johan led the way to the crime investigation division with Erik trolling behind him. They were waiting for them for the meeting they were supposed to have that morning.“ this place is too crowded, how do you guys work here?, Everybody is doing one thing or the other“, Erik asked him as they entered the office.“ How do we work here?, You mind your business. That is
Erik sighed, something he has been doing since that morning when he woke up. He had not expected for the case to turn out like this, it should have been something simple. As simple as convincing the families to sign the settlement agreement and give his client the promised result. Yet now, he was sitting down in the police station, trying to figure out if his client was responsible for their deaths or not.He sighed, “ I can’t believe this is happening!”, he spoke out.Honestly, if he could turn back the hands of time, he would take time back to the day he signed Mancap foods as a client. Representing them was starting to look like his worst mistake.“ You usually have better luck when it comes to the clients you take on. What happened here?”, Lucas asked him in a whisper.Erik turned to face him, the only person in the room with him. Yes, before he took a case, he would always do a background check but this time, his private investigator had been out of the country and he had simply
Isabella parked her black Mercedes Benz along the road rather than driving into the parking space in front of the house. There was a reason she did that, it was so that their flight would be easy. She turned off the ignition and climbed out of the car. Johan followed her out too, shutting the door behind him and walking around to meet her on her side.“ This his house?”, Johan asked her.Isabella nodded, “ yes, that’s what the address says”, she replied looking at the paper in her hands. The house looked desolate and she doubt that someone was living there. She led the way to the front porch, kicking things out of the way.“ I don’t think someone is living here. They probably left or something”, Johan voiced.Ignoring him, she raised up her knuckles and knocked on the door. She was starting to regret letting him tag along with her. That is what you get when you investigate a case with a rookie, they question your every move. For all she knows, the owners of the house could have been p
Norman squinted his eyes, “ if you’re here, I know that you are aware that someone is targeting us and burning our houses”, he grunted.Isabella bit her cheeks, good, he was up to date with the case, now they were good to go.“ why is that? Why is this person targeting you guys and why is he targeting just a specific set of persons?...” Johan asked him.“ I don’t know…, if I do, I wouldn’t be running away. They just sent a message to us to withdraw from the case. Not everyone though, a specific set of persons. And at first, we thought that it was a joke until they burnt someone’s house. I thought it was too much of a coincidence to just happen..”, Norman told them.So they were threatened, that was why they pulled out of the case. A question popped up in her mind, who would their action favor. With them pulling out of the case, it would only favor Mancap, except someone was pulling the strings behind the scene.“ Is the message coming from Mancap?”, Johan asked.Norman shook his head,
Johan sniffed the air, “ do you smell that?”, he asked her.Isabella frowned, “ smell what…”, she said looking at him.He closed his eyes as if he was trying to remember what the smell was. He knew it was a chemical but he couldn’t pinpoint what exactly it was. There was no industry around the area, so it was abnormal for that kind of smell to be perceived in the area.Moving slowly towards Norman’s house and following the smell, he stopped when someone held him back.“ what the hell!”, Isabella shouted, pulling him out of his dreamy state. He snapped, Turning, he saw that it was Isabella gripping his cloth. Good thing she had not touched his bare skin, it wasn’t like he could see or read her Memories. He arched his brows at her.Even though they had been able to be civil with each other today, it doesn’t mean she should go around touching him, though he had thought that her touch would irritate him, he didn’t feel irritated, he actually feels like he wanted her to keep touching him
Mr. Benson sighed, looking around like he was being watched, “ I don’t know…”, he lied, Erik noticed.“ All I know is that I don’t want to end up like the other families, so leave me alone please and don’t come back here”, he spoke abruptly, slamming the door at their faces.What just happened, Erik arched a brow at Lucas who was also as stupefied as he was. One thing was clear though, Mr. Benson was scared, and the only reason was because he was under threat and someone was watching him.They were on their way to the next house, since Mr. Benson had provided them with little or no information about what was happening because he didn’t want to die, then they had better check in with the other families, if they were acting the same too.“ I need to check in with the guys to know what they’ve gathered so far”, Lucas said beside him, making the call. Erik was less interested in the call Lucas was making and more interested in how to make this case less complicated.With what he knows now,