LA Detective

After dinner.

Xiao Hei said goodbye to Luke and drove away.

Luke sat in the cab of the car smoking and thinking.

Now that he has accepted Danny Carter's commission, and the commission from the other party is also very generous, he naturally has to do his best.

It is definitely not enough to rely on Xiao Hei alone, Luke still needs to investigate from other aspects.

In addition, being a detective is different from being a policeman. If Luke is now talking as a policeman, he must know the situation from the female victim Billie Warwick.

But not now. Luke's identity is not suitable for direct contact with Billie Warwick. Even if he conceals his identity to contact the other party, once he asks about sexy topics, the other party will avoid talking about it.

Luke needs to abandon the familiar way of handling cases and investigate the case as a detective.

Of course, the investigation method of this detective will also have certain personal characteristics. After all, the nature of the country is easy to change.

First, Luke contacted Ortie and asked her to investigate Billie Warwick's information and surrounding relationships.

It's not free, he'll pay as standard.

In fact, it was convenient and cost-effective for him to use the resources of the police station to investigate Billie Warwick, but after careful consideration, he gave up this idea.

If it's just an occasional investigation of someone in the police system, no problem, just like Luke investigated Daisy's father before.

But Luke can no longer get bonuses directly from the detective system. He needs new means of making money. With his current reputation, he will be very profitable as a part-time detective. If he doesn't do it, his reputation will be wasted instead.

If detectives are regarded as part-time jobs, they may often have to investigate some people's information in the future, and it is not appropriate to frequently use police resources.

Spend a little money and have peace of mind.

This fee is a drop in the bucket compared to his commission.

After chatting with Ortie, Luke contacted the informant Anleke Lauer and asked him to monitor near Billie Warwick's house. Although it may not be fruitful, there must be some arrangements.

Low-level mistakes cannot be made.

After setting up these tasks, Luke drove home and went to sleep.

Have a good sleep and rest in order to ensure normal work the next day.

the next morning.

After Luke got up, he poured a cup of coffee and sat in the yard to drink it.

Generally speaking, Luke would drink tea when he was on vacation, and a cup of coffee in the morning when he was working.

Tea still tastes better when you drink it in a leisure situation. If you have something on your mind, you can't drink that taste.

After drinking coffee, Luke didn't bother to cook, so he drove to a nearby Chinese restaurant for breakfast.

A bowl of beef noodles, two side dishes.

Large slices of beef, thick and chewy.

Side dishes are mixed with three shreds, tripe in red oil.

If you say which Chinese food in Los Angeles is the most authentic, it is definitely this beef noodle dish. The amount of beef beats 90.00% of the top five noodle restaurants in China.

The noodles are also very chewy, and the authentic ramen masters immigrated from China.

After eating a bowl of beef noodles, I feel comfortable and satisfied.

"Jingle Bell……"

The phone rang.

Luke pressed the answer button, "Good morning, beauty."

Orti's voice came from the phone, "Where are you?"

"Breakfast at a noodle shop, miss me?" Luke laughed.

"Yes, I miss you. Do you have time today? Let's meet."

Luke thought for a while, "Not during the day today, how about at night?"

"Forget it at night, I'm used to sleeping for beauty." Orti changed the subject, "The person you want to check has already been found."

"It's very efficient, and it will be sent to my mailbox in a while."

Orti asked, "You have nothing to say to me?"

"Thank you."

"That's not what I want to hear." Orti hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Are you investigating the Danny Carter X rape case in private?"

"Wow... so you're asking this." Luke hesitated for a moment before explaining, "Danny Carter is a friend of a friend of mine, he's in trouble, you should have read the news.

My friend asked me to help Danny Carter be innocent. "

"Danny Carter is very lucky to have met you."

Luke laughed, "You sound a little 'jealous'?"

"I don't." Orti hung up the phone directly.

As for Orti's thoughts, Luke can probably guess some. Luke and Orti have known each other for a while, and Luke also signed a consulting contract with Pinkerton Detective Agency, but Luke has been unwilling to formally accept the entrusted task. .

Some time ago, Ortie was soft and hard, and Luke only accepted a mission.

A few days have passed now, and Luke has left her alone to take on the task, and asked her to help investigate the relevant personnel, so she must have an idea in her heart.

This can be considered a normal reaction, Luke has to worry about why the other party has no emotion at all.

For women, it's normal to be emotional, but it's fine if you coax, it's a small problem.

Luke clicked on the phone mailbox and began to check Billie Warwick's information.

Name, Billie Warwick

age, 20

Occupation, Restaurant Waiter
Relatives, mothers, live-in boyfriends.

race, african

License plate number, 3CVb328
Address, No. 209, Naples Community

At the same time, there are photos of Billie Warwick, her mother, and her boyfriend below the profile.

After reading the information, Luke had a general understanding of Billie Warwick's situation.

Sure enough, Billie Warwick had a boyfriend, which should be one of the reasons why the police believed that Danny Carter was suspected of sexual assault.

……

209 Naples Community.

Luke drove to the neighborhood of Billie Warwick's house.

On the way here, he was worried that Alec Lauer would be discovered by Billie Warwick.

After arriving in the community, I found that my worries were completely unnecessary.

There are a lot of cars parked in the community. After a quick glance, Luke found that there was something wrong with these cars. Most of these cars were piled up near Billie Warwick's house, and there were people in the cars. They didn't open the windows or start the car. Apparently also to 'watch' Billie Warwick.

As for who they were, it was not difficult to guess.

Most likely a journalist.

Danny Carter is an influential football star. As long as the case is not over for a day, there will be continuous enthusiasm, and the public will love it. Naturally, the TV station will not let such good news material go.

They couldn't find Danny Carter himself, so they started thinking about Billie Warwick. If they could get an exclusive news about Billie Warwick, it would also be popular.

Afterwards, Luke and Alek Lauer met and asked about the situation of the stalking last night.

Alek Lauer was depressed, there was a strong smell of cigarettes in the car, and his upper and lower eyelids began to fight.

Luke brought him a hamburger and coffee, "Go home and sleep after eating."

Alek Lauer hurriedly took a sip of his coffee, grinning hotly, "I haven't drunk water for several hours."

"Remember to buy two bottles of water in advance next time."

"I just don't want to pee in the car."

"The body can only stay in good shape if you drink enough water, and you should try to overcome it."

Alec Lauer said with a serious face, "I tried...and I can't urinate."

Luke didn't want to continue this topic, "Tell me about last night."

"After receiving your call, I found this place according to the address.

The lights were still on in the house at the time, and people could occasionally be seen passing by the window. Among them, the woman was the target person. The man had physical contact with her, and it felt like a quarrel had taken place.

At eight o'clock this morning, the man drove out.

But the woman was still in the house and had never come out. "After Alec Lauer finished speaking, he took a big bite of the burger.

Luke pulled out a photo of Billie Warwick's boyfriend, "Is that him?"

"Yes, it's him."

"This is Billie Warwick's boyfriend," Luke demanded. "Anyone else here?"

"No."

"It's hard work. After eating, go back to sleep." Luke took out three hundred dollars from his purse and put them in the car.

"Are you still using stalking tonight?"

"Wait for my call." Luke said, got out of the car and left.

Judging from Alec Lauer's description, Billie Warwick did have a boyfriend. The two had a quarrel last night. Luke guessed that it might be related to the X-raid case.

From this point of view, it is unlikely that the two of them will join forces for Immortal Dance.

After Alec Lauer left, Luke continued to watch in the car, and Billie Warwick just took a breath in the backyard, and soon returned to the house.

The whole morning passed, and Luke didn't get any valuable clues.

In addition, there has been no news from Xiao Hei.

Luke couldn't just wait around forever, in case Xiao Hei didn't find out the news in the end, wouldn't he be dumbfounded.

In the afternoon, Luke's follow-up still made no progress.

He decided not to wait, and asked Daisy to act together.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Daisy rushed to the community to meet Luke.

Daisy was wearing a professional dress, with a curvy figure and the ability of a professional woman. "Did you find any new clues?"

"No."

"Then what did you ask me to do?" Daisy looked like I was very busy.

"I want you to investigate together?"

"How to investigate?"

"Whether it's a car theft or an X-raid happened in this community, there are likely to be witnesses during the crime.

We can walk around and ask, maybe we can get valuable clues. "

Daisy asked, "What is my role?"

"First of all, you are beautiful. If it is a male neighbor, as long as it is not crooked, they will basically open the door to you and are willing to chat with you.

Second, it is important that women can lower the vigilance of survey respondents.

The last point is that you are a lawyer. This status is very important and it is easy to gain the trust of others. "

"So, you asked me to be the background board."

"The background board also has the advantage of the background board. At least you can get new clues in the first place. Even if the other two lawyers want to be, I will not give them a chance." Luke emphasized his tone. Talking about work is not about love. Must be in hand.

"If I'm the background board, what are you?"

"Whiteboard eraser."

……

"Dong dong..."

Daisy knocked on the door of Billie Warwick's neighbor to the east.

After a while, the door opened, and a 30-year-old black man stood at the door, "Hey, beauty."

"Hello, my name is Daisy, and I'm a lawyer." Daisy handed the business card to the other party, and then pointed to Luke, "This is my assistant."

The black man took the business card, "Beautiful lady lawyer, what can I do for you? I don't think I can afford to hire you."

Daisy pointed to the house next to her, "Actually, I want to know something about your neighbor Billie Warwick."

"Billie Warwick?"

"Yes."

"I'm not familiar with her either. The house belongs to her boyfriend."

"How long has she moved here? What's the boyfriend's name?"

"It's been about half a year. Her boyfriend's name is Reido Geithner."

"How's their relationship?"

"I don't know how their private relationship is, but it's not bad on the surface."

"What does her boyfriend Reido Geithner do?"

The black man asked, "Whose lawyer are you?"

"I am an attorney for another person involved in this case."

"Danny Carter?"

"Yes."

"Wow... I should have thought that only rich people like him can hire such a beautiful lawyer like you."

Daisy tentatively asked, "Did you see Danny Carter that night?"

"No, I was watching a football game that night, and I didn't know what happened until the police came."

"What do you think about this?"

"Hehe...Actually, as a neighbor, I'm not very good at commenting.

But anyway, a woman living in her boyfriend's house shouldn't let a man who has feelings for her into the house.

If I were Raymond Geithner, I'd be blown up. "

"Did you hear anything unusual that night?"

"No, I was watching the game that night." The black man shrugged, "Miss Lawyer, I'm glad to chat with you, but I really don't know anything about that night, sorry."

After the black man finished speaking, he returned home and closed the door.

Daisy left the yard and asked, "Didn't you let me be the background board? It seems that I have been asking questions."

"If it were me, the guy would have closed the door before I could tell the problem."

Daisy laughed, "Then how do you repay me?"

"Thank you, I'll give you a full body massage tonight."

Daisy "..."

……

"Dong dong..."

Daisy knocked on the door opposite Billie Warwick's.

No one responded.

"Dong dong..."

Daisy kept knocking.

After a while, I heard footsteps, and the door opened with a 'creak'.

A black aunt stood at the door, looked at Daisy and then at Luke, "Who are you?"

"Hello ma'am, my name is Daisy, and I'm a lawyer."

"Is there a problem?"

"I want to ask you something."

The black aunt pointed to the opposite house, "You mean that girl raped?"

"Do you know that girl?"

"Yes, but I don't understand it, it's limited to greetings."

"Were you home that night?"

"Yes."

"Have you ever seen anyone suspicious?"

The black aunt thought for a while, "No."

Luke kept staring at each other, feeling like he was lying, and interjected, "Ma'am, did you see a Porsche 911 that night?"

"No."

lie.

Luke said, "Ma'am, are you familiar with Billie Warwick's boyfriend?"

"unfamiliar."

This time, there was no sign of lying. According to Aunt Jiang's statement, she was not familiar with Billie Warwick and her boyfriend, so why did she deliberately conceal it.

According to the relevant procedures of the investigation, the police will also visit the surrounding neighbors.

The black aunt could lie to him and Daisy just as likely to lie to the police.

What is the purpose of doing this?