Officer Andreas broke the silence as he held a stack of files in his hands even though he hadn’t read it once since he arrived in the room for two minutes. It didn’t seem like he was going to use the files anyway.“Well, Mr. Greyson, I am sure you know why you were arrested.”“I have no idea. I have been hoping that you were going to explain it to me but I have received no explanation for the minutes that I have been here,” Alan retorted, his voice sharp with displeasure.Officer Vincent scoffed, his face contorted with arrogance. “Well, we have only started and you are talking as if we have kept you here for a long time.”Alan didn’t understand what the officer meant by them only starting with the interrogation. Was it supposed to be something that would take a whole day? How long does it take to ask a simple question? As far as he was concerned, if they had asked their questions and they saw no fault in him, he was free to go. He would demand his freedom with everything he had insid
“You should focus on the real issue here. The three men you arrested are criminals. They have just returned from prison a few months ago but it appears that they want to strengthen their force.”“The more you focus on me, the more you lose sight of something that shouldn’t be let loose. I am not the problem here. I own a whole consortium. I could make a phone call now and this place would be brimming with tons of lawyers who would be willing to defend me with their last breaths. I am—-”“Keep shut!” Andreas snarled, his voice was a cold and cutting growl. “How dare you tell us where to focus on? Are you our commander to give us instructions? Look let me tell you, there are lines that I will never accept that you cross. There are things that I would never accept that you say. You dare not speak to us like that ever again or else I will make sure that I cut your tongue and wrap it around your neck.”There was so much anger in Andreas’ voice as his eyes narrowed in a cold fury. He nudged
Officer Vincent continued. “You see, I expected that you should know better than to say some things. Now you made my colleague angry, eh? Trust me, you don’t want to get any of us angry because that would mean so much doom for you.”Alan just stared blankly not giving too much attention to the nonsense that was spilling out of Officer Vincent’s mouth. He knew that he was just taunting him.Or perhaps he should try using his ability on Vincent. Maybe there could be something valuable to be hacked into if he searched his thoughts.But just as Alan was thinking about Vincent, Officer Andreas bumped into the interrogation room again, his eyes stern and his muscles tensed with effort.The anger with which he had on him when he left briefly was still the same when he returned.“As I was saying before I left, I would not have you disrespect us because of whoever you claim you are especially when you wouldn’t use the wealthy position you claim to have to benefit the real people you should ben
His brain stumbled into remembrance when he recalled that Harrison was one of his staff members in one of his main companies.When Greyson Consortium’s assets were unfrozen by the court and their companies were given a fresh license to operate, there was a scheme undertaken by Alan Greyson where he removed several employees from his companies.Alan, after being given control of operations involving the Greyson consortium, decided that he was only going to have the best workers available to him.At that time, he recalled that the last time the consortium was in operation, some employees were on the blacklist of the company. They had fallen short of the requirements of the company in terms of ethics and hard work.On Harrison’s part, his offense was that he was caught advertising and selling other company’s products in an attempt to make money. The board of directors in the company saw that Harrison wanted to use it as a plan to woo some employees and even customers away from the compan
Alan’s posture was stiff, his jaw tight with anger as he rejected the guilt that was being thrusted on him. The veins in his neck were pulsing with fury and in abject refusal to accept the blame.“Officer, like I said, it wasn’t just Mr. Harrrison whose contract was terminated. Have you even given a thought as to what happened that warranted his termination?”“Whatever happened was ten years ago when the company was operating without any allegations or threat to its existence. How is it that you guys were able to remember the offenses he committed 10 years ago? I remember how he called me that morning to tell me how excited he was to return to his place of duty,” Officer Harrison spoke.“He had been waiting for the moment when the court was going to declare the assets of your companies unfrozen and when the operation would resume. He waited almost ten years until you eventually put the nail in the coffin.”Alan’s eyes widened, his mouth opening and closing as he struggled to find the
Officer Andreas’ breath grew shallow with a weakening intake of apprehension and his body was still with anxiety because he knew that everything that had been going on in the interrogation room had nothing to do with the real matter at hand. He knew that he was guilty of going beyond the scope of his right.Every question he asked Alan pointed to the pain he had in his mind from the death of his cousin. Nothing was pointing to the alleged assault or investigation about what happened at the gym.But he wasn’t going to spill his faults to the inspector.“Oh, of course, Inspector. We have gotten a little information from him,” Officer Andreas responded. “He claims that he was only minding his business but he seems to be holding back on whether he was a joint member with the other three or he really assaulted them.”Officer Andreas’ statement was only intended to complicate Alan more and make it look like he did something bad. That was the only thing he wanted. He had sworn in his mind ne
Pasalic swallowed. “Alright officer, sorry about that. Okay, so, Alan Greyson got into the gym not long after and everyone was minding their business until I noticed that the three thugs moved closer to Alan. They pressed the weight that he was lifting on his chest as if they intentionally wanted to hurt him.”Officer Andreas’ senses were on high alert with a desperate pique of attention and his ears strained with a tug of desperation. He was looking for a loophole in the testimony that he was going to pounce on.“Luckily, Alan stood up and tried to defend himself but the thugs seemed to have been prepared for the whole situation because they began to beat him up and insult him until he lay on the ground writhing in pain. That was when we knew that it was no longer safe at the gym center.”Officer Andreas bulldozed his way into Pasalic’s speech, his voice piercing through. “Hmm, so how then did the men you claim to be thugs were the ones who got badly injured.”“No, Sir—Alan got injur
“Alright, let’s wait and see if a third witness would come. The moment there is a third testimony, make sure you secure his release irrespective of what time it may be,” Inspector Tyson instructed.Officer Andreas saluted. “Yes, Inspector.”He then left the inspector’s office and got to the counter.“Hey, madam,” he spoke to the young lady officer at the entrance of the station.“There is something I need you to do for me and I need you to be very smart about it.”“Alright Officer, I am attentive,” the lady officer spoke.“You will have to watch out for a particular person for me. I don’t know who the person is going to be but it’s most likely to be a male. The person is going to claim that he wants to testify in a matter that involves Alan Greyson. The moment you hear that name, you are to contact me about it,” Officer Andreas spoke, his voice low in a whisper.“You shouldn’t tell anyone about this assignment I am giving to you. It is very simple and straightforward, isn’t it?” The