Chapter 84
Robinson’s apartment.
Hans had just made dinner, a pasta, a fried fish filet, and a glass of red wine.
“Dingdong ……”
A doorbell rang.
Hans removed his apron and casually threw it on the dining table.
He walked to the door, tapped on the video call, and saw a woman standing in the doorway, none other than policewoman Jenny.
Hans frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment before opening the door, “Officer Jenny, what can I do for you?”
Upon opening the door, more police officers appeared on either side of the wall.
Jenny flashed a search warrant, “Mr. Hans, we are required by law to search this apartment, here is the warrant.”
“WHY? Why are you searching my apartment.”
Jenny explained, “As far as we know this apartment belongs to Mrs. Anna, and she left the ‘Telson Manor’ back then to move into this apartment, we suspect that the case back then has some relation to this apartment.
We are now going to conduct a routine search, please cooperate.”
Hans said, “Wait, it’s been twenty years already, it’s impossible to find any clues here.”
Jenny said, “Mr. Hans, haven’t you always wanted to find that precious oil painting? We suspect that Mrs. Anna has hidden that oil painting in this apartment, most likely in some undetectable corner.”
Hans’ face changed slightly, “Impossible, I have cleaned the entire room, if there is that painting there is no way I haven’t seen it.”
Jenny’s tone was strong and she took out the search warrant again, “This is a search warrant, please cooperate.”
The officers on either side then swarmed in, and there was nothing Hans could do to stop them if he wanted to.
When Hans saw Luke who just walked in, it was as if he had grabbed a lifesaver, “Officer Luke, why are you searching my residence, you don’t suspect that I’m hiding that painting, do you.
That painting itself belongs to me, I have no reason to do so.
What’s more, you know me, I am not that kind of person.”
Luke nodded, “Mr. Hans, I trust your character.
Don’t worry, as long as they can’t search for anything, they can naturally prove your innocence.
At that time, I will report to the captain and hold them accountable.”
Xiao Hei heard this and grinned straight from the side, bad guy and good guy both let you do it, what a sinister guy.
Hans opened his mouth and didn’t say anything else, seeming to already know that things can’t be done.
Sitting on his ass on the couch and fuming.
After about a couple minutes, Ramon shouted, “Hey, there’s something under the bed in the bedroom.”
Luke walked over to check it out, Ramon was holding a cardboard box that was sixty centimeters long and forty centimeters wide, and when he opened it up, inside was a white paper bag made of a special material, and inside the bag was an oil painting.
The white snowflakes drifted down on the dark night.
It was the lost oil painting – Snowy Night.
Luke pointed at the oil painting and asked, “Hans, don’t tell me you haven’t found this oil painting in twenty years?”
Hans covered his face and cried, “SORRY, I don’t want to lie, but I really have no choice.
Back then, when my business failed, I wanted Anna to help me out and get me some more funds, but she refused.
After she disappeared with her child, my business fell even further.
I desperately needed a sum of money to put into the company and I thought of the painting.
I thought about selling the painting, but it had been in my family for three generations, and I didn’t want it to be sold out of my hands.
I didn’t want to dishonor my Miller ancestors.
So, I thought of cheating on the insurance and lied about the painting being stolen.
I put the money from the fraudulent insurance into the company, thinking that I could put the matter to rest after making money.
But the company is in a sunset industry, just like Nokia that was in the ascendant, when you are abandoned by the times, investing more money is like drinking hemlock to quench your thirst.
I’ve been guilty of this for years, and it’s the only thing I’ve ever done wrong ……”
Luke asked, “Where was this painting hidden before?”
“Telson Manor, when I met you and Officer David at the Manor, I was afraid that the oil painting would be found by you, and when you left the Manor, I snuck into the Manor again and took the painting.” Hans sighed.
“It’s been so many years, how did you guys know that I have the oil painting?”
Luke replied, “After eliminating all possibilities, what remains is the truth.”
Hans said helplessly, “I’m about to recognize my daughter, but I’ve set a bad example.SORRY, I didn’t mean to deceive you guys ……”
David approached with handcuffs, “We are arresting you for insurance fraud.
You have the right to remain silent about anything you say to any police officer ……”
Hans pleaded guilty.
Cindy Botto also made a plea deal, admitting that she encouraged Tony to kill Shuart.
In exchange, the police would charge her with second-degree murder.
[Congratulations to the host for successfully solving the ‘Telson Manor Disappearance Case’, rewarded with thirty draw opportunities.] The system voice sounded again in Luke’s head.
A menu of options appeared in his brain, and on the left side was the warehouse interface.
On the right side, there was an additional lottery interface.
This time, thirty draw opportunities were awarded, the most draw opportunities awarded, indirectly proving that the case was the most difficult.
After all, it was an unsolved case from twenty years ago, and in addition to ability, luck was more important.
Lucky draw!
The pointer turned.
Randomly stops, the selected area lights up, one thousand dollars.
Keep drawing ……
Thirty consecutive draws yielded 27,000 dollars and three cards.
Two old cards, a Chance card, a Precision card
One new card.
Appraisal card [Active card, exact function unknown.].
The System Warehouse now has a reserve of 71,000 dollars and 8 cards.
Encounter cards, 3 cards.
Precision card, 2 cards.
Bullet Dodge Card, 1 sheet.
Detection card, 1.
Appraisal card, 1 piece.
Luke only had a little over a thousand dollars on hand, and a thousand of those dollars were still borrowed.
He desperately needed to liquidate the $71,000 in reserves.
Luke called Boret again and asked if he still wanted the warehouse to be auctioned.
The bastard was half scared.
Something happened every time Luke came to the storage center.
He was truly scared.
In the end, it was only after Luke’s soft words that he learned that there would be another auction in two days.
The next two days began to enter the closing phase of the case.
The case has been over for twenty years, a lot of files and evidence need to be reorganized and collected, which is troublesome to deal with.
Luke hated messing with these files and would touch fish with Marcus whenever he had the chance.
A cup of coffee, a bathroom break, a chat, and the morning would be over.
If your butt hurts from sitting, you can go to the gym and exercise.
In the afternoon, it was almost time to get off work after processing a few documents.
After six o’clock, Luke packed up his things on time, ready to leave work.
No one would say him again this time.
If you don’t work overtime, you can solve the case, if you talk about overtime again, people will say that you are mixing overtime pay.
At this time, Susan just came back from outside the office, “Luke, come to my office.”
Luke thought about it, he didn’t seem to have messed with this boss, however, he still honestly entered the office.
“Captain, what are your orders?”
Susan pointed to the chair across from her, “Good thing, sit down and talk.”
Luke smiled, “Is it that the three hundred thousand dollar bonus is going to be paid out?”
“The bonus has already gone through the procedure, I guess it will be paid at the beginning of the month together with the salary, what I’m going to say is another thing.” Susan took out a piece of information and handed it over.
“Luke, you’ve been doing a good job lately, playing a key role in solving the ‘Taser Robbery’, ‘Probate Case’, and ‘Telson Manor Disappearance’ The Taser Robbery and Murder Division now has 2 officers.
Now the Robbery and Murder Division has 2 slots for promotion to Detective Sergeant, and each of the four squadrons can put forward a candidate.
I’m going to recommend you.”
“Wow. …… Thank you Captain.”
Luke was a little surprised, this was quite a surprise, he didn’t think he would get a promotion so soon.
Detective Luke.
That didn’t sound too bad.
“Don’t be too happy too early, there’s only a fifty percent chance of promotion, perform well during this time and don’t do anything out of the ordinary.”
“Yes, captain.”