Chapter 228
Five minutes later.
A woman with her face coated in thick black juice walked into the office.
The lieutenant frowned, he had seen Larina Cage before, but it was hard to recognize the other party with this whole look.
“Can you remove the stuff from your face?”
“No, I’ve only been applying it for ten minutes and it hasn’t absorbed well yet.”
“What are you trying to absorb? Why are you putting this stinky stuff on your face, I can’t figure you women out.”
“This is an all-natural active volcano silt mask that can get rid of acne and fight wrinkles, and it’s very expensive.
If it wasn’t for all the crappy things that have happened lately, I wouldn’t even be able to use it. Rather, why are you LAPD chasing after the beauty salon?
Haven’t I already made things clear?”
“Have a seat and I’ll answer.”
The lieutenant leaned back, wanting to be farther away from the other party, that smell he really couldn’t stand, actually sticking stinky mud on his face, it was simply talent.
And what pure natural active volcano sludge, why don’t you smear some lava?
Vice team took out the photo of yesterday’s car theft suspect: “Do you recognize him?”
“No.”
The lieutenant took out Nancy’s picture again: “Do you recognize her?”
“No.”
“Look closely?”
“I told you I didn’t recognize her, Lieutenant Luke showed me.”
“When did you start coming to this salon for treatments?”
“A little over a year, why?”
The lieutenant pointed to the picture, “She works right here, she’s the nurse practitioner here.”
“Even buy the Karma’s …… are you serious?”
“If you don’t believe me, you can call Manager Crowleys over and ask.”
“Oh, no wonder she looks a little familiar to me.”
The lieutenant questioned, “Now you think it looks familiar? Why didn’t you say anything before?”
Larina looked around, “Black people all look alike and some of the caregivers wear masks, I honestly didn’t recognize them.
I swear.”
“That’s not a very believable statement on your part.”
“No matter what you think, what I’m saying is true, I don’t have to hide that, and besides, why would I care about a caregiver?
Be friends with her? Heh.
Besides, she didn’t give me a personal care, I usually call younger white girls, don’t ask me why, I just like it.”
“SORRY, you’re not convincing me with that reason, come on, come back to the station with me.”
Larina stood up and glared at the lieutenant, “Why?”
“Because you lied, I’m going to take you back to the police station to investigate, and when the situation is verified, naturally you’ll be ruled out.
I’m doing this for your own good.”
“Bullshit, I’m not going anywhere, not to the damn police station.”
“Why don’t you go to the police station, what are you running away from?”
“I’m not running away, I’m just fed up, why should I have to go to the police station when that idiot Mastin caused his own trouble.
And why should I have to remember what a black woman looks like?
I just don’t remember her, I just don’t recognize her, so what?
I’m not going to the police station with you.”
The lieutenant caught some information keenly, “You’re blaming your husband, you think all this is because of him, that he’s Nancy’s murderer?”
“No, I didn’t say he was Nancy’s murderer.”
“That’s clearly what you just said, I’m a cop, you can’t fool me.”
“I just thought that he was the one who caused the trouble, I didn’t say he was the killer.”
“Why do you think he caused the trouble, what do you know?
Are you his accomplice?” The lieutenant’s barrage of questioning caused Larina to break down a bit and
“SHUT UP!
I repeat, I had nothing to do with the black woman’s death.
I blamed Mastin because the other guy wouldn’t rent out that house, and if that house had been rented out, this wouldn’t have happened.
That idiot Mastin had the nerve to call me names and say something about how if the house was rented out and the tenants burned to death, we were more to blame.
Bullshit!
Do you really think I don’t know the reason he won’t rent the house?
It’s still not for a date with that fucking lover of his to hit the bubble.”
Jackson’s mouth dropped open, “You knew about your husband’s lover?”
“Surprised?”
“When did you know? I don’t think we leaked that during the investigation.”
Larina smiled, “I’ve always known, young man.”
Jackson was even more surprised, “Then why don’t you get a divorce?”
“In this society, most men who are capable don’t have a few women.
As long as you’re rich and good looking, some of the bimbos are like little bitches wagging their tails and will run ahead of you and hang out on their own accord.
Think about Elizabeth, Hilary, Melinda, Maria, these noble, excellent, rich women have the same thing as me.
It’s nothing unacceptable.”
Jackson froze, dumbfounded, yet hard to accept.
It was diametrically opposed to his values.
The lieutenant stared at the other man for a moment, “You signed a prenuptial agreement?”
Larina froze, covering her head, “Am I crazy? Why am I telling you guys this, just forget about it.
Don’t ever tell my husband.
I love him.”
“NoNoNo,” the lieutenant pointed to the law enforcement recorder on his chest, “It’s all recorded here, there’s no way we can pretend we didn’t hear it.
Did you hate your husband when you realized he was cheating on you? Thought about getting back at him?”
Larina looked angrily at the vice squad, “You old …… cop, really bad.
I just said, existence is reasonable, this is just a phenomenon in society.
Philip has lived into his nineties, why would I want to harm my husband.
I just occasionally complain about one or two things when I can’t think straight.
Essentially, I still want him to live a long life so that he can keep earning money for me.”
Refusing to let her off the hook, the vice squad pressed, “Just complaining when you can’t think straight, no other way to vent?”
“Yeah, go shopping, there’s nothing like it.
See the mask on my face?
Two thousand dollars a time.
It’s on my husband’s dime.
There’s nothing major wrong with him except that he’s a bit of a womanizer.
He should still be puffing and puffing and puffing to make money and support his wife and kids, and it’s actually quite tiring.
Thinking about this, it’s not so upsetting.”
After Larina vented, she also realized her state of affairs, “SORRY…… I got a little excited just now.
I told you guys everything I know, and what I said is true.
Can you not take me to the police station?”
“Let’s finish the statement first.”
“Okay, you guys ask, I’ll cooperate.”
The lieutenant cleared his thoughts, “Where were you on July 7 between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m.?”
“I was at a parent-teacher conference.”
“Name the teacher, and one of the familiar parents, and their contact information?”
“I can’t remember.” Larina pulled out her cell phone and flipped through it, “Teacher’s name is Jill Walker, cell phone number, 626 876 247＊
; Parent of a classmate, Virgina Jones, cell phone number, 626 326 253*;
You can ask them, everything I said is true.”
As for the alibi for the time of the crime in Nancy’s murder, it had been asked before, and the lieutenant didn’t ask again.
Larina glanced at the time, “Is there anything else you want to ask? It’s time for my mask.”
The lieutenant stood up, “Don’t leave Los Angeles for a while.”
“I’m not leaving for the rest of my life.”
“GOOD,” the lieutenant led Jackson out of the salon.
Jackson whispered, “This woman really wants it all! I still can’t get my head around it.”
The lieutenant smiled, “That’s thanks to the prenup.”
Getting into the car, Jackson started it while asking, “Lieutenant, do you think Larina is the killer?”
“She and the victim had previous contact, yet there’s no clear motive for the killing, and there’s no evidence linking her directly to Nancy’s death.”
Jackson had a brainstorm, “Could Nancy have cheated on her husband with him too?
She already disliked black people, even loathed them.
In a fit of anger, he burned Nancy to death.”
“If that’s true, then Larina’s not the only one lying. “The vice squad, while finding it unlikely, has suspicions that should be investigated nonetheless.
“Re-verify the Cage couple’s alibi for the crime, and have Matthew look into the movement of money for them all.”
Daniel’s Restaurant.
It’s a three Michelin star restaurant with a French cuisine.
The style of the restaurant was much like a French bistro, luxurious but not ostentatious, perfectly highlighting the beauty of introversion.
Luke was sitting in a corner of the restaurant and was looking down at his cell phone.
Although he wasn’t at work, he would follow the progress of the investigation in the chat group of the 1st Squadron.
The vice squadron and Jackson described the results of the salon investigation in general in the group.
Luke felt that it was extremely unlikely that Nancy was Mastin’s lover, first of all, he had taken a statement with Mastin and had seen no signs of lying on the other side.
Secondly, he had met Gail, Mastin’s real lover, who was a completely different type from Nancy.
Of course, everything wasn’t absolute, just like Luke loved Chinese and Mexican food and occasionally switched to other flavors.
“SORRY, I’m late.” Daisy walked up carrying her small satchel.
Luke got up and pulled out her seat for her, “Another tough case?”
“Yes, it’s a medical malpractice claim case, quite a mess.” Daisy scanned her surroundings, “This restaurant shouldn’t be cheap.”
“Seeing that you’re working so hard, treat you.” Luke handed over the menu, “See what you want to eat?”
Perhaps some people didn’t understand why they would treat Daisy to an expensive restaurant when it was obvious that their feelings had cooled down.
It was precisely because the feelings had faded that they needed to be maintained with money.
Otherwise, why would people bubble with you?
Because they’re handsome?
There are plenty of good-looking people.
Besides, Luke isn’t poor in money.
Excluding the liability aspect, isn’t the motivation for a man to get money just to pick up girls?
In fact, besides Chinese and Mexican food, Luke also quite liked French food, but French food had two obvious drawbacks, one was slow, and the other was expensive.
Therefore, it is usually eaten when you have money and leisure, and you can’t have one without the other.
A white waitress came over, wearing a blue dress with a light smile on her face, placed two glasses of ice water and two hand towels on the table, and stood waiting to order.
Daisy pointed to the menu and began to order.
Luke picked up the hand towels and wiped his hands, the cotton material was comfortable to the touch and when unfolded it had some cloud patterns printed on it, it was beautiful and familiar.
An image came to his mind.
Suddenly lost his appetite ……