Chapter 62 Sixty-Two
Pak!
The slap I gave him cracked up loudly, echoing in the hallway.
My eyes had turned so red from anger, and I felt like pulling out a gun and shooting him at that moment.
How dare he?
So he wasn't only sent to take over my job, but to also seduce me?
How could he even spit out those filthy words from his mouth?
What nonsense!
“The next time you try that shit with me again, you will have yourself to blame for anything I do to you.”
He lowered his head out of shame, held his swollen cheek, and walked away, head down.
“He is a bastard, seriously. How could he say those stupid words to you,”
One of the officers gasped.
“Detective Lizzy, you should calm down please. Your injury is still fresh and any abrupt movement will trigger it.”
Another one added.
That stupid guy doesn't know I deal with perverts a lot?
How dare he open his filthy mouth to say my boobs are so pretty and he would like to feel them?
For real?
Ahh
But wait, I haven't taken back the files from him, and I have to. He can't just come from nowhere and take over the case that belongs to me.
Luckily, I found him in the parking lot and blocked the way.
“Where are the files?”
He glared at me, still holding his cheek.
“Didn't you hear what I said?”
He still didn't say a word,
Out of anger, I grabbed his collar with my right hand and pinned him to the car with full force.
“It is either you give those files back, or I kill you right here!”
His eyes bulged out in shock, but he quickly controlled his fears.
It even baffled me that a detective has no skills to defend himself. The chief has made a mistake sending him to compete with me. I'll get back to him when I am done with this punk.
“Will you speak now or will I make you?”
He held my hand and tried pulling it away, but the grip was too tight.
Was he underestimating my strength?
The officers started gathering around, and some of them told him to show me where the files were, but he didn't say a word to anyone.
Then something hit me.
The chief chief must have sent this guy here to play with my mind. First, they will move all the things underground so I wouldn't be able to find any clue about another person to dig them out.
Then they would hide the files from me so they wouldn't be taken to court for judgment. And after they succeed in all that, I will then be labeled as a bad detective and relieved of my job.
Just wow!
“I can see through your deceit, Smith. But hear this, back down now or you will be my next target.”
He sighed,
“Lizzy, I have no idea what is going on or why the chief chief is doing that. He only sent me here to make sure all the things have been moved out of the underground rooms, and the files taken away from your office.”
“Where are the files?”
“It was sent to the chief chief an hour before you came. Please leave me out of this, I am only following orders.”
I released him, nodding my head.
“Now leave, and if I see you here again, I swear, I will cut off your limb,”
I pointed at his leg,
He bobbed his head, entered the car, and sped off.
“Arrange the car for me, we are going to the Chief Chief's house.”
No matter what happens, I must retrieve those files from him. And if he is also a serial killer, then I will have him executed or better still, kill him right there in his house.
After an hour of driving, we finally arrived at his house and luckily, he was home.
He wasn't alone in his study room when his wife directed me there. He was with Smith, and they were going through the files together.
“What are you doing here?”
The chief chief, a replica of the chief whom I killed in body, but the chief chief has a square head, and he is taller than the other one.
He was staring at me in anger, while trying to cover the files in front of him.
“I have come to take back what belongs to me, chief chief,”
Hearing my voice, Smith leapt to his feet, looking so terrified.
“Did you preserve anything under my custody to save for you?”
Pffft.
“Those files you are going through belong to me, I solved the case, and I am here to take them back.”
He got up, supporting himself with his walking stick as he strolled towards me.
“Lizzy, leave those files alone. Go back home and nurse your injury, I will take care of the rest.”
As if I don't know what he is up to?
This man must think I am a fool who doesn't understand a simple thing.
I can read through his mind clearly, and I will never allow what he wants to do to happen.
“Hand over those files right now, I am not in for any games!”
I commanded, my voice piercing the walls like a bullet.
“Detective Lizzy, you should know that you are talking to the chief chief, our superior,”
Smith said, still scared that I would do to him what I had threatened. But he still had to say that to gain the chief chief’s favor.
“Lizzy, leave now!”
He ordered, pointing at the door, but I scoffed at him, approached the table, and gathered the files with my right hand.
It wasn't fast because of my injury, but I still gathered them in one spot and motioned to the officer who had entered with me to take them.
He took them all in his arms and stood behind me.
“Stay out of this, chief chief, you know how dangerous I am. But if you insist you want to continue doing this, then be prepared to lose your life too,”
I threatened and stormed out of the study room.