Chapter 29
Hatch Motel.
The motel was somewhat similar to a second-story apartment with a swimming pool in front, and the overall environment was quite nice.
Luke and his group of five people got out of the car.
David couldn’t help but ask, “Marcus, how did you find this?”
Marcus laughed, with a smug look on his face, “You want to help me get reimbursed for my informant’s fee?”
Ramon and Jenny walked over to the hotel counter and flashed their badges and Harry’s picture.
Soon the hotel attendant helped identify the room Harry was in.
Luke and the others pulled out their pistols and stood on either side of the door to the room, ready to rush in and make an arrest.
Jenny knocked on the door of the room, “Knock knock ……”
There was no movement in the room.
Jenny knocked again, “Hello, room service.”
“FUCK, we didn’t order room service, you knocked on the wrong door, stop disturbing my sleep.” A chortle came from the room.
David nodded and made an acknowledging gesture.
Jenny continued, “Sir, we are having an event at the hotel today and breakfast is complimentary.”
Harry shouted, “What kind of bullshit event, why didn’t I hear about it yesterday ……”
“Wait any longer, he’s going to be alerted ……” David gestured offensively.
Luke had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, the next moment David rushed to the door and kicked it open, “LAPD!”
“Nobody move!”
“Get down.”
“Hands on your head!”
“Let me see your hands!”
Luke, Ramon, Marcus, and Jenny all rushed into the room.
Harry was naked and already dazed.
A black girl hid behind him and screamed even more in terror, “Ah ……”
“Clear.”
“Clear.”
“Safe.”
The room was small, with only a separate bathroom, and Luke and the others quickly searched the house.
Harry waved his hands when he saw Luke and David, “F***ing hell, what are you guys doing?”
David put away his pistol, “If it isn’t Harry. Good to see you.”
Harry questioned, “Are you guys crazy? Why are you breaking into our room.”
David looked at the woman beside Harry, “Who are you?”
Harry held the black girl back, “She’s my girlfriend.”
“Ramon, Jenny, you guys take her to the next room for questioning.”
The black girl was in good shape and covered her focus with a sheet went to the bathroom to dress and followed Ramon and Jenny.
Marcus looked at the black girl for a few moments, then glanced at Harry and muttered something under his breath.
David sat down across from Harry, “OK, no outsiders here. Harry, talk to me, why don’t you answer my calls.”
Harry sighed, “What are you guys doing, just because I didn’t pick up the phone, you guys came to this.”
“Don’t change the subject, answer me.”
“Can I get dressed first?”
“No.”
“Answer my question first.”
“We agreed earlier that you would stop pursuing me for assaulting a police officer when I helped you find out about Tony Weir.
What did you do?
You asked me to look into Lindsey Halls again, and I did it for you.
We’re even. I don’t want to be threatened by you anymore. Why should I take your calls.
You can’t keep threatening me with this and I’m not going to stay at your mercy, ever.”
Saying this, Harry revealed an angry look, “Just because I didn’t answer your call, you rushed into my room with a group of police officers.
What’s the difference between that and robbers.”
David shook his head and lost his smile, “It’s a pity you don’t become a politician.”
“I’ll vote for you.” Luke smiled back and pulled a picture of Eliza out of his pocket, “Recognize her?”
Harry hesitated for a few moments, “No.”
Luke patted him on the cheek, “Put a smart face on it. We’re not going to storm the hotel without enough evidence, don’t get us in trouble and don’t get yourself in trouble, understand?”
“OK, I know her, so what?”
“Where have you seen her?”
“The Poe Club.”
Luke scratched his hair, “Hey, you’re kind of pissing me off with that attitude, and since I’m asking, you should be honest about it. Instead of popping out one word at a time like squeezing toothpaste.
If you don’t cooperate with me, I’ll hand you over to David. See what I mean?”
Harry looked at Luke and then at David, “I did have a run in with her, she’s a dancer at the Poe Club and I wanted to see her perform alone, but the woman wasn’t a lifer and I scolded her. That shouldn’t be enough to alert the police, let alone your Robbery and Murder Division.”
Luke asked, “Remember why we asked you to find Tony Weir?”
“He’s a suspect in the Taser robbery.”
“Good, this woman may have also been the victim of a Taser robbery and you had a run in with her at the club. And since you know Tony Weir, we have reason to suspect you had something to do with the robbery.”
“WHAT? The robbery!” Harry showed a surprised look, “NoNoNo, I’ve never been involved in any robberies, and even if Alyssa was robbed, that has nothing to do with me.”
David said, “Harry, I know you gangsters, Alisa fell on your face, you will definitely take revenge on her. Don’t be sophomoric, without a reasonable explanation we’ll have no choice but to take you back to the police station, it won’t be that easy to let you go this time.”
“Even buy Karma’s ……” Harry scratched his hair hard, “I …… admit I got back at her… . but definitely not in this way.”
“How did you get back at her?”
Harry shrugged his shoulders, “I stole pictures of her dancing, then followed her and put them in her house.”
David grunted, “I’m sure it was you asshole, how nasty to do such a lackluster thing.”
Luke, however, heard it differently, “Hey, you put the pictures at Alyssa’s house? Or Alyssa’s parents’ house?”
“I don’t know, I just followed her around to see where she lived and put the pictures there, just to teach her a lesson.”
“Address?”
“I think it’s …… the Leen neighborhood.”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes. I just put the photo in the courier locker by the door.”
“Is the courier locker locked?”
“Yes.”
“How many copies of the photo did you drop?”
“One copy.”
“Who took the photographs?”
“I don’t know.”
“How many photographs did you take in all?”
“Ten.”
“How were the pictures contained?”
“In a light gray envelope.”
Luke and David looked at each other; Harry’s description of the photos was consistent with the photos found at Alyssa’s parents’ house.
But the Leen neighborhood was Alyssa and Steven’s home, not Alyssa’s parents’ home.
Why was the photo at Alyssa’s parents’ house again?
Hypothetically, after Harry placed the photos at Alyssa’s house, Alyssa saw the photos and would have surely destroyed them instead of placing them in front of her parents’ house.
It is likely that someone else found the photos of Alisa dancing and put them at her parents’ house again.
The delivery locker at Alyssa’s house was locked, so if it wasn’t Alyssa who took the photos, it was most likely her husband Steven.
It would be an absolute disaster for a man to see his wife watching this dance ……