Chapter 49: The gang that attacked you, these are the same outlaws

Chapter 49: The gang that attacked you, these are the same outlaws
Due to the late hour, the old grandpa left Sophia behind for the night.
The old man had a pair of children, both living in the city, his grandson also went to school, he was usually the only one in the house, plus the place was remote, not many people usually came, so to be able to host Sophia, the old man was still quite happy.
He tidied up his daughter's room, put on clean sheets, and prepared to kill a chicken to entertain her. Sophia was flattered and said no.
Most of the older generation are very hospitable, especially when they learnt that Sophia was a young woman and a police officer, they were even more positive.
Sophia was not able to stop the old man from grabbing the chicken and wiping its neck, and a plate of boiled chicken was added to the table.
Sophia saw the old man's simplicity and kindness in her eyes, and she was ready to tell Mark the truth about his inability to return home, but she couldn't find the opportunity.
After dinner, Sophia took the initiative to pack up the dishes and wash them.
When she entered the house, she saw the old man take out a few old photos and spread them on the table, and when she saw Sophia, she even waved at her.
When Sophia walked over, the old man pointed to one of the photos and said, "This is the only family photo of our family. My father and mother died early, and several of the younger ones relied on my elder brother to bring them up, and my second brother was a good student, so he was the only one who went to the big city."
The photo is in black and white, the family is standing together, Mark in this period is still a teenager, wearing a white vest with loose cotton cloth trousers, pursed lips, serious expression.
But Sophia's eyes couldn't help but be drawn to another photo.
Because on that photo, there was William.
In fact, the main person photographed was still Mark, who stood in front of the camera, his two hands naturally placed at his sides, and his eyes squinted with laughter.
And William, just a background.
From the photo, the place where the photo was taken was an office, with greenery in the corner, and William, who was sitting in front of the desk signing documents.
He must have been around his early twenties at this point, and was wearing a suit with the cuffs pulled up a bit on both sides, revealing a small section of his wrist.
Holding a golden fountain pen in his hand, his strict demeanour was quite like that of a monarch correcting paperwork.
Sophia couldn't help but smile heartily, inexplicably feeling a sense of accomplishment from watching him grow up.
"Grandpa, do you know who this person is?" Sophia asked him, pointing at William in the photo.
The old man glanced at it and said with a smile, "This photo was sent back with the correspondence, this gentleman, supposedly, is his boss."
"So do you know much about him?" Sophia couldn't help but ask.
The old man shook his head, indicating that he didn't know, Sophia felt regretful but also felt normal.
After picking up the photo, Sophia couldn't put it down, even though the person taking up the most space in the photo was Mark, she could only see William.
"You like this photo?" The old man could see the reluctance in her eyes.
Sophia could guess that the old man asked this because he wanted to give the photo to her, but she felt that it was still not right, just this little thought of hers, the old man saw through it at a glance.
In the end, he still gave this photo to Sophia.
Just remembering this second brother, the old man couldn't help wiping his tears again, he was young then, and this second brother was the one who loved him the most.
"Grandpa, do you want to take him home?"
Sophia wanted to return him a gift.
The old man smiled bitterly, "I want to, but where to pick him up?"
"He's at the police station."
The old man froze, in the police station, what does that mean?
"Grandpa, when your second brother kept his promise and came back, only, he had an accident on the way and couldn't find his way home ......"
As Sophia's words fell, the old man was already teary-eyed and choked up, unable to speak.
Sophia went back, did not wait long, the old man with his children to the police station to claim Mark's skeleton, the case, and thus come to an end.
But William's case has just begun. ......
On this day, Sophia had just arrived at the police station, when she heard Quinn say that two police officers from Washington had come to see her, Sophia immediately thought that they were Sebastian Reed and Shawn Scott.
As expected, when she went to the conference room, she found that it was indeed them.
The two are here specifically to see her this time, Sophia immediately wonders if the gang that attacked them last time has been caught.
For Sophia's enquiry, Shawn Scott didn't answer her directly, but asked her a question first, "In August last year, there was a serious shooting case over in Florida, with 9 dead and 5 injured, and after the investigation afterwards, the ones with the guns were a gang of fugitive outlaws who are still at large and have yet to be apprehended, is this something that you are aware of? "
"Of course I know, this case made a big fuss, the families of the deceased are still waiting for a result." After Sophia finished speaking, she suddenly thought of something and guessed, "Could it be, this has something to do with the person who attacked me?"
"That's right." Shawn Scott nodded, "The gang that attacked you, these are the same outlaws."
Sophia was taken aback, she busied herself by asking, "And have they been caught?"
"No, the manhunt is still ongoing." Sebastian Reed answered her, while adding, "The reason we came over to see you is that we wanted to know, how did you get involved with this gang?"
"I also want to know, why did they attack me?" Sophia could actually guess that it might have something to do with William, she just certainly couldn't say anything right now when she had nothing to base it on.
Sebastian Reed locked eyes with Shawn Scott, who pulled out a photo and showed it to her, "Do you recognise this man?"
Sophia glanced at it, in the photo was a white American estimated to be eighty years old, his eyes were sharp, giving off a very sinister and venomous feeling.
Sophia shook her head, "I don't recognise him, who is this man?"
"His name is Thomas George, he's the one who pulls the strings for those outlaws behind the scenes, those outlaws make their money by killing people, this Thomas George, is the equivalent of their boss."
Shawn Scott just replied casually, who expected Sophia to stand up in shock, pointing at the photo and saying, "Thomas? You said he was Thomas!"
"I thought you said you didn't know him?" Shawn Scott asked curiously.
Sophia shakes her head and says, "I've heard of him, I just didn't get a chance to meet him at the time, but I remember, wasn't he in jail?"
Sebastian Reed tells her, "He did go to jail, he just used some tactics later to get out of jail early."
"About what time?" Sophia was desperate.
Sebastian Reed flipped through the information and said, "The information shows that it was 1978."
1978?Sophia calculated that it was the year William turned 22 ......
Wait a minute!
Sophia suddenly remembered that she saw one of the newspaper headlines in the pile of newspapers, that is, in 1978, William had been attacked in a major way and his life was on the line!
Could it be that the man who attacked him was Thomas, who had been released from prison?
If so, then could this Thomas be the cause of William's future disappearance at sea?