Chapter 119 Confession (addition 712)
Linda's house.
Luke's newly rented house is not far from his mother's house, only a ten-minute drive away.
After get off work, I received a call from the little fat man, saying that I had something to call him and asked him to go home for dinner.
Ask him what's the matter, the little fat man is mysterious and refuses to say.
Mercedes-Benz G500 drove into the Yinuo community, attracting the attention of many neighbors.
Luke has always been in trouble at such a young age, and he often makes Linda upset. This time, he indirectly helped Linda improve his face.
It doesn't matter which country is the same, it is human nature.
Because of the investigation, Luke came back a little later. After entering the door, Linda had already prepared dinner.
Pan-fried lamb chops, grilled salmon, steamed potatoes, vegetable salad, and big Lieba are all Luke's favorite foods.
Luke swallowed, "Dear mom, thank you for the great dinner."
The little fat man was a little dissatisfied, "That's right, my mother is becoming more and more eccentric, and I don't agree if I want to eat French fries."
"For your own good, did I know how high the calories of French fries are? If you are too fat, you will be discriminated against at school." Linda would not admit that she favored the eldest son.
Luke washed his hands and took the initiative to take on the task of sharing meals. He was not used to it at first, but after a long time, he felt that sharing meals was also quite good.
Salmon and mutton are his favorites, so you can have more.
"If we have time, we can go fishing in the sea. When we catch it, we can cook it and eat it. That's real seafood."
"Wow... that sounds great, can I bring my friends along?" The little fat man looked expectant.
"Of course, dear brother, I have no reason not to satisfy your little wish."
"Super cool dude, I love you more and more."
Linda broke off a piece of big Liba, "When did you guys become so nasty?"
Luke took a bite of the tender and juicy lamb chops, "Jack, didn't you say that there is something wrong with me coming back? What's the matter?"
The little fat man hesitated to speak, "Ah... Actually, it's nothing, I just miss you."
Linda looked at her youngest son, "You are a little abnormal, did you make a mistake? I know you too well, you only look like this when you make a mistake."
"Is it obvious?"
"Not obvious, but you are my son."
"OK, I do have something to do..." the little fat man mustered up his courage, "I...I'm in a relationship..."
"What?" Linda thought she had heard wrong.
"Yes, I have a girlfriend."
"Cool." Luke pretended to hear it for the first time.
Linda was stunned for a while, expressionless, "When did it happen?"
"It was just a while ago. Now that the relationship is stable, I decided to tell everyone."
"You're only in eighth grade now, I thought you'd be in love at least in tenth grade..." Apparently, Linda was not as calm as she appeared on the surface.
"Many of my classmates are in relationships, and some even started dating last year, don't you agree?"
"nonono... I don't disagree, it's just... Luke, what do you think?"
"I think you can invite her to play at home, and you can meet her too. Maybe she is a good girl."
"Yeah, I also want to invite her to be a guest, mom, is that okay?"
"Of course, there's nothing wrong with it." Linda squeezed out a smile, "Does your father know?"
"No, I want to tell you as soon as possible."
"You should tell him, listen to his opinion."
"OK, I will."
"Good." Linda got up, "Such good news, I should have a drink, I'll get the wine, Luke, would you like some?"
"OK." Luke nodded.
Linda gets up to leave.
The little fat man breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered, "I was so nervous just now, I was afraid that my mother would disagree. If I knew her attitude, I would have said it."
Luke smiled noncommittally, "Why did you suddenly decide to tell mom?"
"Actually, it wasn't sudden. I had this idea a long time ago. You know, it's very inconvenient to have **** secretly, and Maggie is also worried about being discovered by her parents. Every time we leave school together, she feels a little uneasy.
I think this is not a long-term thing. We are in a relationship. This is our freedom and should be aboveboard.
So, I decided to set an example by bringing Maggie into our house and opening up about the two of us.
I think this is better.
I really like her and want to be with her forever...
I did it. "
Luke nodded, "You did the right thing, what a man should do."
Linda came over with the red wine and sat down at the dining table, "Look at my memory... I forgot the bottle opener. Jack, can you help me with it? Thank you."
"where?"
"It seems to be placed in the living room on the second floor, you can look for it."
"OK." The little fat man got up and left.
Linda whispered, "When did you know?"
"what?"
"Don't play dumb, Jack is talking about love."
"Didn't he just say that?"
"Don't fool me, you must have known it already."
"I don't know." Luke won't admit it.
"It's inconvenient for me to ask more about this. Children of this age are prone to rebellious psychology... You are his elder brother, and you can give him some good advice."
"Of course, I will."
"OK, Jack has grown up too. Generally speaking, I am very pleased."
"When will you bring the female lawyer back as a guest, I really want to see her."
"You know, my job is busier than Price, and she is busier...so."
"Comeon, work is all an excuse. I'm an experienced person, so you can't fool me."
"Maybe she thinks the timing is not right."
At this time, the little fat man came down with a flattering expression, "I found the bottle opener, Mom, can I have a little red wine, just a little."
"No, don't even think about it."
Luke opened the red wine cork, poured a glass of red wine for his mother, poured a glass for himself, and the little fat man got a box of orange juice.
The three of them clinked glasses, and Linda took a sip, "By the way, I heard something happened to Lucas."
"How did you know?"
"I read what the news said, is it true?"
"Yes, he died."
"It's not convenient for me to say too much about the one who was killed."
"You are also investigating this case."
"Yeah, I also met his wife today."
"Whoa...too bad I've seen his movies before..."
Luke answered quickly, "I know, Special Warfare, my ears are almost callused today."
Linda raised her eyebrows, "No, it's not special warfare, I don't like that type of movie.
We watched Brazilian Love, with your father.
Lucas was very handsome at the time, I just praised a few words, your father became jealous, and even specially cut a hairstyle like Lucas...
Thinking about it now, the time passed really quickly, things are different..."
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart.
Luke's mother usually pays little attention to the entertainment industry, but now even she knows that Lucas is dead, which shows how quickly and widely this matter has spread.
Luke feels that there may even be a film crew behind it.
"Mom, if Lucas's new movie comes out, will you watch it?"
Linda thought, "Of course, I'll go, even if it's to see off an old friend I haven't met, but isn't he dead? Can it still be shown?"
The little fat man said, "What's so difficult about this, wouldn't Paul in Fast and Furious 7 die? The movie is a big seller instead. Now Fast and Furious 10 is available.
Vin Diesel has made a lot of money. "
Luke also guessed before that the death of Lucas might bring a certain publicity effect to the film, but he is not from the entertainment industry after all, so he doesn't know how obvious the publicity effect is.
Now it seems that Lucas' death may make the movie a hit, involving huge interests, enough to make people take the risk of killing people.
…
The next morning.
The missing lover's supporting actor, Andal Ander, and the perpetrator, Ada Fell, were invited to the police station.
The reason for asking is because the police have no evidence to prove that they were involved in the crime, they just asked them for routine questioning.
Under the arrangement of the police, two people had a chance encounter, and they were led by different police officers in the same corridor.
Luke and others are watching from behind the glass window.
If you know each other, there will definitely be eye contact, or surprise, or surprise if there is no connection in advance.
However, when the two passed by, Luke didn't see any meeting of their eyes.
Based on Luke's experience, there are three possibilities.
The first possibility is that the two confess in advance and pretend that they don’t know each other, because they have greeted each other before, so they won’t be too surprised or surprised.
The second possibility is that the two people did not meet directly, and the transaction was completed through an intermediary.
The third possibility is that the two people really have no intersection, and Andal Ander is not the real mastermind behind the scenes.
Among these three possibilities, Luke feels that the first possibility is not likely, because nearly four months have passed in this case, and it is unlikely that the two people will collude again.
As for whether it is the second or third type, you will know after a while.
Luke and Xiao Hei are responsible for the perpetrator Ida Phil.
Ada Fell is an African-American woman in her thirties, and Jenny brought her into the lounge first.
Luke asked Xiao Hei to arrange the conference room, and he was going to talk to the other party in the conference room later.
The so-called layout is also very simple, that is, there are a few photos of the people involved in the case next to the conference table, and some words written in Chinese that the other party can't understand, but there is no photo of Lucas, if Ida Fell sees There is a reaction to the photo, indicating that her employer may be among them.
If there is no response, it means that the person involved is not suspected or has passed through a middleman.
Soon Ida Fell was brought into the meeting room.
She visibly froze when she saw the photo on the whiteboard.
Then he hurriedly turned his head aside.
Judging from Luke's experience, she should have recognized the person in the photo.
There are five photos on the whiteboard, producer, director, assistant director, supporting actor, and leading actress.
Among them, the supporting actor can be eliminated first, because Ida Fell didn't respond when he saw him just now.
The producer and director can also be eliminated, because these two have the right to decide the role. If they didn't want Lucas to play the leading role at that time, Lucas didn't have that chance at all.
There is no need for these two to use inferior methods.
Then the remaining people are the assistant director Clapo Heino and the heroine of the movie Courtney Bass.
As for who these two people are? It's hard to tell.
Because both of them have certain suspicions.
The assistant director is the informant. He found the body before the police arrived. Sometimes the informant may also be a suspect.
The heroine Courtney Bass and Lucas have been rumored to have an affair. Once there is emotional entanglement, the result is hard to say.
Therefore, it is difficult to rule out these two people.
At this time, if you choose one of them to test, you are 50% sure. If you take the wrong photo, it will be difficult to bluff Ida Phil.
If Ida Fell finds out that the police cannot identify the employer, she will probably bite the confession to death.
Luke has worked as a criminal police officer in China for so many years. Although his marksmanship is average, his interrogation skills are still good.
He directly picked up the photo of the heroine Courtney Bass, "Ms. Ida Fell, do you know her?"
Ada Fell glanced at it, shook her head, "I don't know."
"Yesterday we interrogated Krapo Shino. He admitted that the woman in the photo is your accomplice. After that, he identified you."
The method used by Luke is very simple, which is to say that the heroine Courtney Bass and the assistant director Clapo Shino are accomplices, so that it becomes a primary and secondary issue, rather than right or wrong.
Ada Phil shook his head, "I don't know what you're talking about, and I don't know Klapo Shino either."
Luke took off the photo of assistant director Klapo Shino from the whiteboard, "You don't know his name, you should have seen someone from him."
Ada Fell had a look of panic on his face, lowered his head, "I don't know him."
"Then do you know Lucas?"
"Yes, I accidentally ran into him four months ago, and he's a good guy who didn't hold me accountable. I'm grateful, he's a good guy."
"But he died."
"This has nothing to do with me."
"His death may have nothing to do with you, but what about the car accident four months ago? They have already identified you, and the current situation is not good for you."
Ada Phil's forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, but he still didn't force himself to speak.
Luke continued, "Not long after you injured Lucas, you deposited 50,000 U.S. dollars in your account. This money is the employment money they gave you."
Matthew checked Ida Fell's financial situation and found that her financial situation has been very poor. It has improved since four months ago, and she has a large deposit of 50,000 US dollars. This is why Luke felt that the traffic accident The reason for the problem.
Luke sighed, speaking earnestly, "Ida Fell, I know you, I know your past, you are a person who follows the rules, and you don't even have a speeding ticket.
I know you're having a hard time with two kids to support, but you shouldn't improve in this way, it's a bad example.
"If you are willing to assist the police, I am also willing to help you and help you reduce your sentence or even exempt you from punishment. Otherwise, the police can only accept the testimony of Klapo Shino.
Then it will be very bad for you.
They may even turn the truth upside down and say that you are the mastermind of the case, and you may face major criminal prosecution at that time..."
Ada Phil raised his head, choked up and said, "No, I am not the mastermind, it was Klapo Shino who hired me to hurt Lucas.
I really need that money, my child has autism and has to go to special education, the tuition is very expensive...sorry..."
(end of this chapter)