After the secretary had left, Baron Lawrence did not sit down.
He furrowed his brows and paced back and forth in irritation. After a few steps, still feeling uneasy, he returned to his desk, picked up the phone, and dialed out.
âHello, Commander?â
âI need a favor in my personal capacity, have the Intelligence Bureau investigate someone for meâ¦â
After 3 minutes.
In an old residential neighborhood of Linton City, a middle-aged woman in her fifties was walking her grandson home from school.
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Then, upon spotting the men in military uniforms, her heart skipped a beat, and fear shone through her eyes. Quickly picking up her bewildered grandson, she lowered her voice and said, âLeon, be good, Grandma is going to take you to find your mom.â
âWhy arenât we going home, Grandma?â The little boy, still young and clueless as to why they were skulking around, asked in his childlike voice, âIâm hungry, I want to go home and eat cake.â
The boyâs speaking voice was not soft, particularly as there were so few people in front of the building, his voice sounded even clearer.
It turned the middle-aged womanâs face ghostly pale, she wished she could cover the boyâs mouth but feared that the act of covering it would be too abrupt. Sweating bullets from her forehead, she coaxed in a soft voice, âLeon, be good, weâll go out to eat, Grandma will buy you a cake from the store. Donât talk now, we can talk after we leave.â
âWhy?â
âBecauseâ¦â She didnât know how to explain, âBecause Grandma wants to play a game with you where the first one to talk loses.â
âOkay!â The little boy chuckled, âLetâs start now!â
He put on a silly face as if sealing his mouth shut.
The middle-aged woman breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly tried to walk outside; however, unbeknownst to her, she had been under surveillance since entering the neighborhood.
The man sitting in the military Land Rover furrowed his brows, and without needing an order, two soldiers stepped in front of the woman, âSorry, you cannot leave.â
The middle-aged womanâs heart trembled, yet she still put on a tough front, âWhy canât I leave? Are you soldiers trying to bully people in broad daylight? Do you believe Iâll film this and expose you all!â
âGo ahead, and also expose what youâve done while youâre at it,â Baron Lawrence walked over from behind. Broad-shouldered and slim-waisted, even though he was not in uniform, he exuded a strong sense of oppression, the kind reserved for those in high positions.
Without saying much, he managed to turn the middle-aged woman pale with fear, not even able to feign her usual brazenness, âI⦠I donât know what youâre talking about.â
âIâve found you already, do you think pretending you donât know will do you any good?â Baron Lawrence wasnât interested in wasting time with her; Enna Clark was waiting for him!
With a glance, he signaled the soldiers next to him who took the little boy from the womanâs arms. Before she could start screaming and making a fuss, his domineering aura compelled her to pay attention as he said, âI only need ten minutes of your time for a chat. If you cooperate with me, it will be as if I never sought you out today. But if you donât cooperateâ¦â
His hawk-like eyes were cold as ice, as if they could freeze someone in place.
Frightened by his stare, the middle-aged womanâs mouth gaped open, and she trembled, âWhatever you need me to do, Iâll cooperate, just donât make me go to jail; Iâll do anything.â
âTell me about the woman you helped give birth to 3 years ago, Matheo Lewis, how did she really die!â