Chapter 600
Mia Carioca looked at Luke with an inquiring gaze, “Counselor Lee, I’ve told you all I know, can we go now?”
“Until Filippo Carter is found, I suggest you stay here.”
Mia Carioca crossed her legs and seemed a little disgruntled, “Can I make a phone call?”
“Whatever.”
Luke left the break room and pulled a beef burger out of the takeout bag on the table, the meat was thickly patched and juicy in one bite.
He hadn’t bothered to eat since he’d been busy in the morning, but a few bites of a burger went down, and he was satisfied with another taco.
Luke walked over to his computer and searched the FBI system for information on Filippo Carter.
Name, Filippo Carter
Gender, male
Age, 23
Race, African-American
Residence, Miami, FL.
Graduate School, Loyola University Chicago
Cell phone number, 518 876 2572
There wasn’t much that could be found in the system about Filippo Carter, and from what was available he shouldn’t have been in New York long.
Amir walked over and sat his ass down next to Luke, “This cell phone number is out of service and can’t be located.” He spread his hands, “I’m guessing the suspect is on the run.
The odds are that Michael’s side will pounce as well, we’ll have to think of something else to find this guy.”
Luke nodded and returned to the lounge, ready to talk to Mia Carioca again.
Seeing Luke open the door and come in, Mia Carioca hung up her cell phone and stood up, “Counselor Li, can I leave now?”
“There’s no need to rush, sit down first and we’ll talk.”
Mia Carioca sighed softly, “I’ve told you everything I know.
I swear, I really don’t know exactly what happened that night.”
“I’m not asking about that night, I’m trying to find out what happened to Filippo Carter.” Luke sat down across from Mia Carioca and continued, “I looked him up, he’s from out of town, went to college out of state, and is supposed to have just graduated.
So when and in what way did he join the Venus Club?”
“Filippo Carter was a talent I personally recruited, so I know a little more about him.” Mia Carioca thought for a moment and replied, “He came to New York after college to make a name for himself.
About half a year ago, I met him at a fashion event when he was working as a model for an agency, and he was very handsome, muscular, well proportioned, and full of youthful vigor.
So I got the idea and asked him if he would like to come and work at our club.
He said he would have to think about it and I gave him a business card.
About a month later, he called me and said he wanted to apply for a job at the club.
I then interviewed him in person, and with his good physical condition and good emotional intelligence, I let him join the club.
As I suspected before, he was very popular when he came to the club.
Grace Bloomberg liked him too.” Mia Carioca slapped her forehead and sighed, “Originally everything was fine, I really didn’t expect this to happen.”
Luke opened his notebook and took brief notes before asking, “Does Filippo Carter have a girlfriend?”
“No. Our company has a strict rule that all employees are not allowed to have a relationship. This is because that would most likely affect their work at the club.
Something like this has happened before, and I know better than you how scary a hot woman can be.”
“Does Filippo Carter have any close friends in New York?”
“Not that I know of; he came to New York alone, and not for long.
The club work hardly made him any friends.”
Luke drew a line in his notebook, “How many clients did he have in all?”
Filippo Carter thought for a moment, “Besides Grace Bloomberg, he has four other clients.
We are a high-end club, not only do we have to accompany our clients to do sports, there is also emotional comfort, as long as the clients have the need, Filippo Carter has to be at their beck and call.
If there are too many clients, it will affect the quality of service.”
“You just said emotional solace, so is it possible for these clients to develop true feelings with Filippo Carter?”
“It’s impossible, Filippo Carter knows his identity very well and won’t get too close to his clients.
Those clients are also just playing around, they won’t treasure anything they can buy with money.”
Luke turned the pen in his hand, “I need you to provide the identifying information of the remaining four clients.”
“I’m sorry, I can’t do that. It would seriously affect our club’s reputation and image.”
Luke stared at the other party and said slowly, “OK, then I’ll take a step back, are any of these four single?”
Mia Carioca recalled for a moment, “Yes, one client is single.”
“I want her name.”
Seeing Mia Carioca’s silence, Luke continued, “If you don’t cooperate, I’ll get a warrant.
Four, or one, your choice.”
The Ruffles neighborhood.
It was an upscale New York neighborhood.
There were all kinds of luxury cars parked in the spacious and clean community highways, luxurious villas, and tree-lined compounds.
Two black Chevrolet SUVs were parked at the curb, and Luke and Amir stepped out of the cars.
Amir compared the address, “Yes, this is the home of a single client of the Venus Club.
Her name is Karin Salas, she graduated from MIT and is now a female executive at a tech company.
I didn’t realize that strong women were also good at this.”
Luke said, “Strong women are human and need to solve physical problems. Or maybe it’s a little more cost-effective because they’re too busy working to have time for a relationship.”
“Wow wow, that’s a novel perspective for you to consider.” Amir grinned, walked to the front door of the compound, and rang the doorbell.
“Ding-dong.”
After a moment, the visual doorbell revealed the figure of a Mexican woman, “This is the home of Karin Salas, who are you looking for?”
Amir flashed his ID, “FBI, is Karin Salas home? We’d like to talk to her.”
The Mexican woman gave a surprised look, “What do you want?”
Amir asked rhetorically, “What is your relationship to her?”
“I am a nanny hired by Ms. Salas.”
“This is an important matter, we need to interview Karin Salas.”
“One moment, please.”
After a while, the visual doorbell rang again with the maid’s voice, “Please come in.”
“Cackle ……”
The outside courtyard door opened.
Luke and Amir stepped into the courtyard and walked along the stone tiles until they reached the entrance to the villa, where the Mexican maid opened the door to the room and invited the two inside, “Ms. Salas is waiting for you in the living room.”
Luke nodded and walked into the living room to see a white woman in her forties sitting on the couch, dressed casually in a white casual outfit.
She placed the coffee she was holding on the table, stood up and asked, “You guys from the FBI?”
Amir once again flashed his credentials, “I’m FBI agent Amir Khan, and this is FBI’s criminal investigation expert, Counselor Lee.”
Karin Salas took the credentials and examined them, “What do you guys want with me?”
Luke asked, “Ms. Salas, do you know Filippo Carter?”
Karin Salas frowned slightly and ran her right hand through her hair, “I know him.”
“We are investigating a criminal case, and Filippo Carter is among those involved.
I’d like to learn something about him from you.”
Karin Salas replied, “We are not very familiar with him, why don’t you guys just approach him for questioning.”
“He’s missing and we can’t find him at the moment.
The purpose of our visit today is to find out if you have seen him recently?”
“Sorry, you guys are in the wrong place and I don’t know where he is.”
Luke asked, “When was the last time you saw each other?”
Karin Salas thought for a moment and rubbed her right finger against her left fingernail, “About a week ago.
We haven’t seen each other in a while.
You said he was involved in a criminal case, what was it?”
“Homicide, he could be dangerous. If you’ve seen him, or know where he is, you’d better tell us first thing.”
Karin Salas picked up her coffee and took a sip, “I will.”
Luke took out a business card and handed it to the other party, if you remember any clues about Filippo Carter, you can contact me anytime.
Karin Salas took the business card and said to the maid at the side, “Help me see these two guests off.”
“Okay, Ms. Salas.” The Mexican maid answered and led the two Luke out of the villa.
Karin Salas stood by the window and watched Luke and Amir get into the car and leave.
Until the car disappeared from sight, she walked quickly up to the second floor and opened the bedroom door to see a tall black man hiding in the corner of the window looking out.
“Filippo, why is the FBI looking for you?”
“Honey, I told you. I saw something I shouldn’t have seen and was involved in a case that has nothing to do with me.
You have nothing to worry about.”
Karin Salas took a deep breath and scrutinized Filippo Carter, “If you don’t want to say more, I won’t ask.
Now that the FBI is here, it’s not safe for me to be here. You should leave as soon as possible.”
Filippo Carter’s eyes widened, “You’re kicking me out?”
“No, it’s not about kicking you out. Rather, it is no longer safe here and I am thinking of you.”
“It’s already dark and I don’t have a place to stay, can I leave tomorrow?”
Karin Salas shook her head, “It’s just because it’s dark that you won’t be noticed, it’s just the right time to go.”
“But I don’t know where I can go now?”
Karin Salas opened her closet and pulled out a pile of dollars from inside a brown leather bag.
She put the dollars into Filippo Carter’s hand, “You can always find a place to stay with this money.”
Filippo Carter looked at the money in his hand, then glanced at Karin Salas, and said helplessly, “This money, I will return it to you.”
Filippo Carter turned around and began to pack up his belongings.
Listening to Filippo Carter’s somewhat despondent voice and sullen back, Karin Salas was suddenly somewhat unable to bear it.
But then, her gaze turned firm again, “I’ll have the maid take you out the back.” After saying that, she directly left the bedroom.
Filippo Carter paused for a moment, revealing a touch of self-deprecation, sure enough, Mia was right, these women had no feelings at all, only transactions.
Filippo Carter packed up his things and left through the back door of the villa under the urging of the maid.
Filippo Carter was a bit bewildered and looked left and right for a while, then walked forward along the road behind the villa.
However, he hadn’t gone far when a black sedan drove over and stopped on the side of the road, two men came down from the car and chided, “FBI, hands on your head, don’t move!”
Filippo Carter turned to run.
“Whoops ……”
Two black Chevrolet SUVs drove up and stopped in front of his escape.
Several men in FBI uniforms stepped out of the vehicles, guns in both hands, “FBI, don’t move or we’ll shoot.”
Luke stepped out of the crowd, “Are you Filippo Carter?”
“It’s me.
I’m unarmed, so don’t you shoot.” Filippo Carter raised his hands high in the air and looked at Luke, “Didn’t you guys leave? Why are you back again?”
Luke laughed, “We didn’t leave, it’s just that Ms. Salas didn’t want us to arrest anyone in her mansion.”
Filippo Carter gazed at Karin Salas’ house with resentment in her eyes, “This bitch betrayed me?”
Luke knew that Filippo Carter had misunderstood.
However, Karin Salas’ attitude just now made Luke very unhappy, he would not mention the other party to explain anything: “She just made the right choice.”