Los Angeles Detective

  Chapter 18 Accident

  Luke looked around and found nothing unusual, so he went to the door and knocked, "Boom..."

no respond.

   "咚咚"

  Luke was knocking on the door, still no response.

   "Lindsay, open the door, I know you live here."

   After a while, there was a slight movement in the room, "Who are you? What's the matter?"

   "I'm David's partner. We met two days ago. David asked me to send something."

   "No, I don't need it, you can go."

   "David is watching from the car. You should understand David's temper. If you don't open the door, you will kick the door open when he comes over. Don't complicate things."

   "Crackling..."

  The door opened, Lindsay stepped aside with her head bowed, and waved to let Luke in.

The room is very messy, all kinds of things are placed randomly, there are some leftover takeaways on the table, a pair of men's boots are placed under them, and a big TV is placed against the wall, this kind of TV is rare in China up.

  Lindsay picked up the boots and threw them into the bedroom, "Tell me, what can you do with me?"

  Luke didn't want to stay longer, and passed the naloxone over, "David gave you this. Although it can't help you get rid of drugs, it can reduce the harm caused by drugs."

  Lindsay picked up naloxone, "I know this drug can bring drug addicts back to life...I used to give it to others, and I didn't expect to have this day."

   Luke guesses, "You used to be a paramedic?"

   "No, police, narcotics. Didn't David tell you?"

   Luke was silent for a while, "We rarely talk about personal matters."

   "That's good." Lindsay opened the door, posing as if to see off the guests, "Don't let him come again, don't affect his future because of me."

  Looking at this down-and-out former colleague, Luke didn't know what to say, and walked straight out of the room.

  …

  Luke returned to the car, and David looked a little uneasy.

   After a moment of silence, David asked, "How is she doing?"

  Luke didn't plan to talk about the boots. As a policeman with rich criminal investigation experience, David should have guessed it long ago.

   Poking through that window paper will embarrass everyone, "Your wife was a policeman?"

   "Uh... that was a long time ago. At first I thought she was cheating. She stayed out at night with various excuses. I didn't realize that she was addicted to drugs. By the time I found out, it was too late..." David sighed softly,

   "Anyway...thanks."

   "Dingling..." Luke's phone rang.

   "Hi, beauty."

  Daisy's voice came from the phone, "Luke, I checked the law firm's surveillance, and no suspicious person has entered my office.

  But there was an unexpected power outage on Wednesday night, and the monitoring was unavailable for a while. "

   "Wednesday night?"

"Yes."

"how long?"

   "About forty minutes or so."

   "I see, save the monitoring and wait for my call."

   Luke hangs up the phone, and David asks, "The girl from last night?"

   "Yeah, something's wrong with her."

   "It seems that the two of you are making good progress."

   "It's not what you think, she's asking me for help."

   "Comeon, I am also someone who has been here. Many contacts start with helping, which means that she is interested in you."

   "David, remember the robber I caught?"

   "Of course, that bastard's name is Tim, and I participated in his interrogation.

  According to Tim’s account, he has been short of money recently, so he wanted to make some quick money, and then saw the news of the ‘Taser gun robbery’, and wanted to imitate the crime and blame the other party. Any questions? "

"Daisy is a lawyer. During dinner last night, she said that the office of the law firm had been moved. I suggested that she check the monitoring, and found that there was a temporary power outage on Wednesday night, and there was no monitoring for a while. Don't you think it's a coincidence? "

  David asked, "Could it be that she was too nervous? Many victims will become nervous and suspicious when they are robbed."

   "Daisy's mental condition is not bad."

  Last night Luke analyzed two situations, but both were based on the aftermath of Daisy's robbery.

  Now the monitoring shows that the problem occurred on Wednesday night, so the previous inferences can no longer be used.

  If it's really a coincidence, that's all.

   What if it's not a coincidence?

  Daisy's office was broken into on Wednesday night and robbed on Thursday night.

  Assuming that the suspect entered Daisy's office to steal something, but did not find it, he would commit the robbery the next night.

  From the analysis of this situation, the robbery on Thursday night was probably not a temporary intention, but a premeditated crime with a clear goal.

  The suspect Tim lied, and it is very likely that there is a bigger conspiracy hidden.

   "I want to talk to Daisy."

   "You go, I want to be alone."

   "OK, see you later." Luke wanted to get out of the car.

   "Don't be stupid, you can't get a taxi here at all, I will put you in a place where you can get a taxi."

   "You have become considerate."

   "Yeah, someone is trying to replace me just like that."

   "If you get rid of your bad temper, you will not be so reckless and impulsive in the future, and listen to good advice, I may consider not changing partners."

  David curled his lips, "Hehe, you should replace me."

  …

   At 11:30 in the morning, fly bar.

  Luke and Daisy meet here.

  One is because both of them are familiar with this place, and the other is that there are few people here at noon, which is relatively quiet and suitable for conversation.

  The bartender looked surprised when he saw the two walking into the bar together, "Wow...so fast...a master!"

   "Danny, one set of lamb chops and one set of steak."

  The bartender made an OK gesture, and while Daisy was not paying attention, he gave Luke a thumbs up again.

   Luke smiled and didn't bother to talk to him.

  The waiter brought two glasses of water first, Daisy took a sip, moistened her throat, "Luke, what should I do now?"

   "I want to ask you a few questions now, to determine whether the monitoring power failure was accidental or someone deliberately did it, OK?"

"OK."

   "Has there been a power outage in your law firm before?"

   "Never once, as far as I know."

   "If the suspect committed the theft on Wednesday night, you should have found something on Thursday. Why did you find something unusual on Sunday?"

   “I see clients in the morning on Thursday, and I plead in court in the afternoon. I don’t have time to sort out documents that day.”

   "Have you offended anyone recently?"

   "No."

   "Don't rush to deny it, you have to think carefully, is there any harm to other people's interests at work? Or some of your actions will cause other people's interests to be damaged."

   "I am a lawyer, and my duty is to protect the interests of my clients. It is normal to have conflicts of interest, but they are all legal actions. I can't think of anyone who would commit theft."

   Luke said sternly, "The problem now is not just theft. If the theft accident is not accidental, it is likely to be related to the robbery on Thursday night. This matter may be more serious than imagined."

   "You mean, I might still be in danger?"

  Luke explained, “Let’s say a suspect goes to your office on a Wednesday night to steal something and doesn’t find it. It’s important to him or them, and the robbery comes on Thursday night, which again doesn’t work.

  Suspect Tim is definitely not coming out, but he may have accomplices..."

  (end of this chapter)