Towards night.Sam and Dakota back to the headquarters just as Aris and Rina brought the second witness who came to the victim's house Rita Faris to expel Dom. The man, was none other than the neighborhood chief, a man in his fifties with an unpretentious and friendly face, not looking like a bully, so why was Dom so afraid of him? Strangely, the lab did not find the man's fingerprints at all at the location, whereas according to Dom and himself, he kicked Dom out of the victim's shop house.Pat Renolds, a fifty-six-year-old man, married, has two teenage children who are in middle school and elementary school. Works as an office worker in one of the logistics companies and in his spare time serves as the head of the local community. “Oh, well, it has been days now, I almost forgot about him, but I remember clearly that time I heard a commotion in Mrs. Rita's shop house, and as the head of the neighborhood, it was my duty to see what was happening to my citizens. I immediately went ove
The sun shone brightly into the room.Sam who unconsciously slept in a sitting position in a chair all night jerked awake. "Yeah yeah!" the young detective woke up and almost stood up from his seat alert.Raising his eyes he looked around him, this was a hospital room and Dakota was in front of him, he had slept in there all night."Ouch" and of course, his body aches here and there.Sam looked over at the bed where Dakota was already up and sat leaning slightly high on the bed, already opening his laptop for work.“Hoaaa, what time is it Dax? Why didn't you wake me up?" Sam asked looking at the clock on the wall which said it was nine in the morning."You slept very well Sam, I couldn't bear to wake you up"Sam pulled his sore waist."Ahhh! How can I sleep well, my body hurts, step aside, let me sleep beside you, your bed looks very comfortable," said Sam, who unexpectedly got into bed and positioned himself to lie down with him on his narrow bed."Hey, Sam what are you doing? What
Hospital room.Dakota received a call from Sam who sounded very annoyed. While Bella helped him put his clothes into the bag for him to discharge from the hospital tonight, even though Dakota had told her not to. The young woman hadn't moved at all since morning, and it was past lunch."Maybe he really doesn't know what's in it Sam, and people like him who don't need anything usually have lots of money, he could have bought the bag with his own money"Sam stood in front of his desk, watching Aris and Rina arrange the board of fame where the team put photos of people who are suspects in all their double cases, whether related or not, but from the results of the head autopsy found in a slimy bag, Emma confirmed that he was Rita Faris’s deceased husband, who she said died of a heart attack more than a month ago.<
It didn't take long for Sam to finish his conference call with the team, turning to Dakota who had just received a call."Yeah, Rog"Sam closed his laptop and approached the bed. Seeing Dakota is busy answering the phone."Em, I'm fine, it's okay, I know Dad is busy, after all his arrival will make only bring me troublesome, the guard will be tightened and Dad won't be able to linger here, I had enough already, Rog"Sam raised his eyebrows, a little curious about what Dakota was talking about."Wedding invitation? Whose marriage? Everyone who invited him is an official, what does that have to do with me?”Dakota held his breath for a moment."Let me see, Rog, I can't give you any promise, yeah, alright."Dakota hung up the phone, was about to set it down on the table beside and found Sam looking at him curiously."Eh, why didn't your Dad call you instead?"Dakota pursed his lips.“He called last night, but I was asleep”“I heard about the wedding invitation, whose wedding? Kim is getti
Ceklekk, ceklekk.Camera flashes had filled the living room of the mansion where the body of the house owner, Mr Dan Royce was found hanging down from his balcony, which was certainly lifeless when the team found him. Emma and the forensic team had landed quickly as soon as Rina reported.Sam entered through the door, seeing many forensic officers in their special suits already collecting shreds of evidence in the large room up to the top floor where the bodies were found.“Wow, Em, where is this smell come from? Is it the corpse?” Sam asked, covering his nose.Emma who does preliminary checks on the corpse stood up from her squat."No boss, it's not from this body, from the stiffness, this man died about two to three days ago. The level of tissue decay has not yet reached the stage where it emits a smell like this. I have asked all the team to come to look around the house from the front to the back, there is still a basement but until now we have not been able to find the key” said
In the hospital.Doctor Bella was seen in the room helping Dakota to get discharged from the hospital that afternoon. The woman looked around as soon as Dakota entered the restroom. She pulled something out of her jacket pocket and tucked it into a small pocket at the side of Dakota's bag, a small pocket she thought the young man would rarely open. Bella straightened up when she saw Dakota coming out of the toilet.She smiled seeing Dakota approaching, but for some reason, Dakota felt the doctor was a bit suspicious."Em doc"Bella patted the bag of clothes."I've put everything in your bag, are you ready Dax?"Dakota glanced at his watch for a moment, for some reason but he did find the young doctor a bit odds."Em wait a moment, Sam said he is on the way to pick me up, no need to bother you doc""Hehe, it doesn't really matter, you know, I'm a new therapist, my patients are still limited, so I have a lot of free time, I can take you home "“That's weird, this hospital needs a lot of
Sam turned back to Aris.“Then what about the body of Rita's husband, Bob Faris? How could his head be there? Where is the rest of the body? And, what does this guy have to do with Dan Royce?”“Until now, we haven't found any connection between them, boss. But according to Bill, his boss often invites people to his house to transport food for stray animals, sometimes up to a full truckload, he is very loyal and doesn't hesitate to spend money. The former security guard admitted that he recognized Bob Faris' face from his photo, it seems he had seen his boss inviting the man to come to buy frozen meat from the man because Bob was one of the wholesalers who sold frozen meat when he opened his meatball restaurant.""According to Bill, exactly two months ago he received orders from his boss to deliver several bags of frozen meat to several designated locations, until finally because he had gout and couldn't deliver his bag, his boss called a courier to his house and told him to deliver it.
The sun was shining very hot that morning. Sam's vehicle almost exploded from overheating. After traveling about an hour from downtown Bayward, he stopped in front of an empty grass field near a residential area, where a resident who was fishing at the time found a large suspicious bag on the side of the river. The bag, which he opened on a whim, turned out to contain pieces of the human body such as part of the stomach, legs and arms.Residents began to pile up, even though the police had put up a police line but the crowd could not be avoided, and even some mass media began to sniff out the terrible finding.Sam took off his sunglasses and looked around. The grassy area near the river that bisected district four, the small town west of Bayward, and Emma and her team had arrived on the scene, as usual.Erw manages to find out about the cult whose emblem was found in Dan Royce's house, as well as in the cloth bag that Doctor Garth gave to Dakota. However, that was beyond what Sam and
The young man’s face… it was like the face of the stabber at the mall yesterday. He was clearly a special needs child, possibly one of the children from those secret laboratory experiments.Dakota looked at the three campus security guards standing watch, batons in hand. A few more guards were just appearing behind them. Luke moves in front Dakota to keep him from harm.“Hey kid, calm down. Do you know what you’ve done? You just killed someone. You’re smart, you don’t want to die stupidly or go to jail, right?” Luke asked, though he knew it was too late to talk him down, he still had to try.The young man grinned, raising a long, kitchen-knife-like blade that gleamed sharply. He wiped the remaining blood on the blade with his tongue, licking it clean. Luke fought back a wave of nausea.“Oh.”“They study air theory, let them feel what it’s like to fly through the air. That&rsqu
Emma sat back down, and it was now Rina's case. Sam looked serious until his phone in his pocket vibrated. A call from someone he wasn't expecting, just as he thought. Jack Moris from the federal agency."Yeah," Sam said, getting up from his seat. He glanced at Ron across from him, then got up to answer the phone.“You’re incredible! We haven’t even released any reports to headquarters, how did you know about this? Did you plant spies in our office?” Sam asked. Jack Moris’s voice boomed in his ear; Sam had to pull the phone away, his ear aching from the man’s thunderous tone.“Ouch, that’s loud,” he muttered, pressing the phone back to his ear.“This might not even be the same case. Why don’t you let us handle this first? You won’t be late getting information, trust me. It could just be a random attack, like what usually happens. Anyone can go crazy, right? Are you sure this is
Morning comes. The sun shone brightly until it hit the highest part of the Bayward One tower and reflected all around it. The busyness of the metropolitan city has been visible since the sun was bright. Far below, the city's main roads are starting to fill with vehicles of all sizes sharing the pollution.Sam had just put on his leather jacket, today was going to be a busy one. He had to go early in the morning to the office for the weekly routine meeting and to analyze the various cases that were piling up.The bombing case at the center has not yet been resolved and several other cases have emerged. He came out of his room, and saw Dakota who was ready at the dining table in the kitchen. As usual, chef Edi looks quite busy in the kitchen.Don't look at his appearance like that, what is clear is that his monthly salary is much bigger than Sam's, he knows that from Kim. Sam just wanted to resign and become Dakota's personal driver, that would be more profitable
It was getting late, midnight, and Sam had just finished cleaning up. He came out of the bathroom, toweling his hair with a small towel, his upper body bare except for a towel around his waist. He approached the bed where Dakota was already sitting, opening his laptop."Wow, it's midnight, my dear professor. Time for bed, why are you still working?" Sam said, stopping beside Dakota.Dakota looked up, seeing Sam's slightly wet, bare upper body displaying his muscular chest. Sam seemed quite proud of showing it off.Dakota just pursed his lips, ignoring Sam and continuing to look at his laptop screen. Sam smirked; he'd intentionally teased Dakota, but the young man was completely unaffected. He'd hoped for some kind of reaction.Sam sat down next to Dakota. But before he could sit on the soft bed, Dakota moved the pillow from his left side onto the bed, preventing Sam from sitting down."You can get a blanket from the closet. The couchis very s
Dakota looked at the takeout container Luke had placed on the table. He watched him slowly sit down."Aren't you with guests? Why aren't you eating with them?" Dakota asked. Luke waved his hand dismissively."Let my secretary keep them company, I said I had important business. Look at this, supposedly amazing steak, almost perfect reviews. Next time we have time, we'll eat at the restaurant, they say it's much better there."said the man excitingly.Dakota looked at the logo on the box."I tried it last week with Sam."said Dakota.Luke's hand movement stopped; he looked disappointed."Oh, really? Was it good? How’sthe rate?" Luke asked."Yeah, pretty good," Dakota replied casually.Luke placed the plate in front of Dakota and carefully took out the neatly arranged steak from the box. Even though it was in a delivery container, the restaurant paid attention to quality, keeping it aesthetically pleasing wit
Rina approached their office just as Sam came back in after dealing with the attackers. She looked annoyed.“Boss,”Sam turned. He was applying a compress to his jaw, which was swollen and slightly red from the hard hit.“What about the woman? Did she confess?” Sam asked.Rina and her boss went into their office. It was dark outside, and the air was getting cold. Everyone was exhausted.“She’s very good at making excuses, Boss. According to her secretary, there was information about a room that couldn’t be used; she told Amelia because she was in charge of the seminar. After that, she got word to move everyone to the auditorium at the last minute. All the information fits Amelia Roy’s alibi,” Rina replied.Sam sat down, wincing slightly from his bleeding lip, a souvenir from the thug’s punch.“She must have planned everything meticulously. Find out the woman&rsquo
The wail of sirens echoed in the distance. Fire trucks had arrived and were tackling the blaze that erupted from an explosion of some electronic equipment in the now-destroyed auditorium building. Several ambulances pulled up, administering first aid to the victims, including Dakota, Luke Osborn, and Sam, who sat on the side of an ambulance, their faces and bodies covered in dust."Here, let me brush off your clothes," Sam said, brushing thick dust from Dakota's sleeve. They both looked like they'd just cleaned out an abandoned warehouse.Dakota had some scrapes on his forehead, and his clothes were torn; besides the aches and pains from the impact of the debris, they seemed alright. Medics bandaged a gash on Dakota's arm and Luke Osborn's forehead scrapes."Why did they target this building? Man, this was built less than two years ago. If they wanted to blow something up, they should've gone for that old building behind the lab," Luke said, propping his chin in his hands.Sam sat b
"Having no one to eat with is kind of weird, right? Is Mr. Meyers still reaching out to you?" Luke asked as he opened his takeout bag and pulled out his food, setting it in front of him. Dakota closed his laptop, watching Luke unpack his meal from the carton and arrange it neatly. The guy even opened the chopstick wrapper to hand it to Dakota."Why would he reach out to me? We're not that close," said Dakota.Luke raised his eyebrows at Dakota's response. "Oh, really? I thought you two were close. He often invites you to lunch and waits for your class to finish. If that's not close, then what is?"Dakota opened his lunch box. For some reason, he felt like trying the wet noodles Rina had recommended a while back; they looked pretty good."We have lunch together too,
The sun shone brightly, breaking through the curtains and hitting the long sofa in Dakota’s room. Sam lay face down there all night, still in the clothes he wore yesterday.“Ouch, my body,” he turned over, feeling sore after sleeping on that couch all night.Even though it was the softest, highest-quality sofa money could buy, it would still be more comfortable to sleep in a bed. He remembered that last night because he was so tired, he fell asleep on Dakota’s very tempting bed, so why did he end up there?“Boss, let’s go out!” Edi’s voice still echoed in his head. His forehead was hot, and he was sweating even though the room was cold. He pulled himself up and sat, glancing at Dakota’s neatly made bed. It was nearing noon, eight in the morning when h