That incident has also reached Detective Barnes. As someone who has been following Harry’s recent activities and business, there’s no way he is going to ignore this.When he arrives at the scene, he sees Harry being carried into an ambulance.“How is his condition?” he asks one officer nearest to him.“It’s hard to say right now. He got two shots in the back, and a fatal wound in his abdomen. The cops who got here earlier noticed him a bit late. He could have died from blood loss.”The place is now filled with NSW Police Force. One of them, who seems to be the leader of the team, notices Detective Barnes’s arrival, and he doesn’t look too happy with it.“This is a gun crime. What is a homicide detective doing here?”“Can't I look around for a moment?” replies Detective Barnes nonchalantly, as he keeps walking to observe the situation.“There’s nothing to investigate. All of them died, so you don’t need to look for the killer here. There’s only one survivor, and I’m doubting if he can
As Alex leaves that cemetery area, he notices Detective Barnes with his friend, a young cop by the name Jack Hayden. That is the one officer who once had an intention to be transferred to another department. However, since Harry Gaines has already died, he cancels his intention and opts to stay in Detective Barnes’ team.“Look at that. It seems like he isn’t welcomed either. Should we come to him?” mutters that young cop.“It’s too early for that. We have another issue with Harry’s son right now,” replies Detective Barnes.They talk while keeping their gaze upon Alex without hiding their intention. After all, they don’t need to hide anything, since both party have already known each others’ interest.Alex just stands there right beside his car, and he doesn’t shy away from their suspicious gaze. He is silent there, looking at them composedly, before getting into his car.Only when he gets into his car, his composed look turns into a desperate one. Despite having a strong confidence in
After that detective leaves, there are still those neighbors watching him from a distance. Alex feels so uncomfortable with that and chooses to go into the house. Inside, his mind is still not calm. He is pacing around aimlessly, with unclear thoughts. It’s not only about those cops. He can’t simply ignore the possibility that the people who killed his entire family might have learned about his current identity, while he himself hasn’t learned anything about them so far. And then, someone suddenly enters the house and shakes him from his uncertain worry. “Hey, are you okay?” Alex turns around, and finds Bella by herself. Feeling uncomfortable with her presence, while the conditions in the house are a bit dark because the sun is almost setting, he immediately turns on the lights. “It’s getting dark here,” he mumbles. But all the lamps in that living room have been broken. He then steps a few times on the floor near the hallway leading to the kitchen, as a way to turn on the light
Just when Alex reaches out his hand intending to help that woman to get up, her boyfriend suddenly pushes Alex harshly. Alex, with the great reflex he has, swiftly pulls the man’s hand after that push. And then he pushes the man back toward his girlfriend. “Kyaa!” The woman screams in shock. “This fucker!” That man grumbles so mad, before turning at Alex and delivering a huge blow. Alex manages to evade it by pulling his head behind. It only makes the man even angrier because of it. The man keeps coming with a series of huge swings. But none of them can reach his target as Alex already can estimate the man’s reach. Not to mention they are huge swings by a man who has lost his calm. They are just telegraph punches which are so easy to read by Alex. After finding the best moment between the man’s huge swings, Alex steps forward and pushes the man to the wall. “Get a hold of yourself, kid!” Alex scolds, treating the man like a teenager. “I don’t give a damn about your girl! Are yo
But Alex just stays sitting on the chair, nonchalantly leaning his back to the bar table behind him.“Why should I?” he taunts those two cops.“We just received a report about an act of violence that just happened to Mr. Dustin Immanuel. I hope you are willing to come with us to the office.”“No!” Alex denies flatly.“Excuse me?!”“I don’t want to waste my time talking about something useless with you guys,” Alex continues.“Pardon me, Sir! But, it’s better for you to cooperate with us. The act of violence you committed may not be that serious. But if you also complicate our task, perhaps it will only complicate your situation,” explains the cop, politely trying to persuade Alex to come with them.Alex sighs once and then gets up. He begins treating the cop seriously by standing so close right before his face.“Look! I deny you for your own good, so that I won’t complicate this issue for you. Taking me to your office means that I’d waste about 20 minutes to get there, and then waste a
It sounds like someone is trying to tell a fabricated story to show off. But right now, he sees Alex is not someone who is bluffing. He finds his face looks a bit gloomy, like someone who is really reminiscing about the dark past he has.“So, you already knew how to fight since you were a kid?” utters Boris rhetorically. “I always thought that you learned everything from Morgan Davis.”Alex then takes out one of his karambits, and continues reminiscing for a few more moments before telling his story.“My dad already taught me silat even before that incident. Not the one you often see on youtube, but the ancient one. This one is not for self defense, but to kill with this tiny weapon. But still, they were too much for a kid to handle.”“Hold on!” Boris halts for a moment. “If you got the chance to fight back, doesn’t that mean you saw their faces? With your strong photographic memory, couldn't you recognize them if you happen to see them somewhere?”Alex nods in affirmation. “I could e
Alex then turns his face to Melissa, and expresses his gratitude before taking his leave. “Mrs. Gaines, thank you for kicking me out of this mess. I wish you good luck!” But Detective Barnes halts him. “It doesn’t mean you can just leave! We discovered suspected narcotics trafficking, which we believe was going on even before Harry Gaines' death. And you were the CEO in charge at the time.” “Narcotics trafficking?” mumbles Alex while pondering. “Well, I'm sure you didn't come with a warrant for my arrest, but only to conduct a search and investigation at this company. If you do find something that would incriminate me as a suspect, you know where to find me.” “At least, I want you to stay in town while this investigation continues,” Detective Barnes issues. “You should have done something better than just get a search warrant. But, it’s not like I’m going to run away from you,” replies Alex as he walks away. “I know I’m innocent.” Indeed, from the start Detective Barnes wanted to
There is no way a response like that wouldn't make Nelson sad, because he has absolutely no intention of demeaning Alex. In fact, far from that, he really respects Alex, and hopes to learn a lot from him.Regardless, after how his mother treated Alex, he can’t blame Alex for his response. However…“Mr. Davis, please! I have absolutely no bad intentions. There’s no way I have any courage to look down on you. This is all just a misunderstanding from my clueless mother. I've been trying to clear this misunderstanding with her since the cemetery, but...”Alex suddenly cuts off the phone, not giving Nelson a chance to finish his words. In fact, with Nelson bringing back the humiliation that Alex received in the cemetery, only makes Alex even more annoyed.At the moment, he is heading to the kindergarten which his daughter attends. But it’s still so early in the morning, and of course, it’s not the time for Elly to leave the kindergarten yet.He just parks his car straight in front of a cof