The World of American Drama: From the Los Angeles Patrol

Chapter 173 Reasoning
Reach picked up the small key and looked carefully, "When your adoptive father passed away, did he have a file cabinet or a locked box at home?"

Rothko looked thoughtful, "No, I sorted out all his belongings, and I didn't find anything unusual."

"And is there somewhere else he can put something important?" Finlay asked.

"Grey is either in the police station or in this house. No, I never mentioned my adoptive father's suicide to you. How do you know? Are you investigating me?" Rosko's eyes showed suspicion, Look at Jack.

"Huh?" A question mark also popped up on Jack's head. He did ask Justin to help him look up information about his adoptive father Gray, but Justin hasn't provided it to him yet. Where did the impression of suicide come from?
"Mr. Mosley, the barber, I remember the barber shop you introduced us to." He patted his forehead.

"At that time, Reacher was provoked by Kleiner Jr., and I chatted with Mr. Mosley. He said that your adoptive father, Gray Conklin, is a good man. He was surprised that your adoptive father would commit suicide."

Jack also felt that there was no need to hide it, "I learned from him that Gray was the former police chief of Margrave, so I paid attention, and I am asking my friend to help investigate the cause of his death."

Roseko narrowed her eyes dangerously, "You mean, you suspect that the cause of my adoptive father's death was not suicide?"

"What do you think? You are the closest person to him."

Jack threw the question back, "As Reacher said, if this key is indeed his most important thing, why would a suicide hand over this box to you a year before his death? It appears to be more of a precautionary measure."

"He meant, he probably did it because of my God, he did it to protect me, he loves me so much, he sends me a bouquet of my favorite daisies every year on my birthday."

Roseko inserted her fingers into her hair, her face showing pain.

Hearing Jack mention the black barber, Reacher looked thoughtful, as if he had caught some kind of inspiration in his mind.

"Roseko, those group photos in the room were of you and Gray, right?"

Roseko didn't speak, but just nodded her lowered head.

"You did say before that your adoptive father used to go to that Mosley barber's once a week when he was alive, but in the picture he has almost no hair on his head."

Roseko raised her head and looked at him in a daze. She had lost the ability to think normally under the intertwined complex emotions of self-blame, anger and sadness.

"Gray may have hidden something that needs to be opened with this key, and Mosley must know something." Reacher affirmed.

"It's not urgent. Our Mr. Barber is still safe and sound, which means that he has not been exposed. We must be being targeted by someone now. Before we get rid of the possible tail, we will only give him a visit. He poses danger."

Jack waved his hand, indicating that this is not urgent, and his reasoning is not over yet.

"Roseko, please keep this key safe first, we need to wait for the right time."

Jack turned his head and continued to remind Reacher, "Speaking of the provocation of Kleiner, do you still remember the scene at that time?"

Rachel nodded, gesturing for him to continue.

Jack looked at Finlay again, "Do you remember what Reacher said when you discussed the crime scene with him?"

Finlay nodded suspiciously, not knowing what he wanted to express, "He said that there were at least three people at the scene, a calm shooter, a lunatic who insulted the corpse, and a person with some empathy."

"You mean Little Kleiner and his lunatic cousin Dawson?" Reacher's eyes lit up.

Jack asked Roseko again, "Little Kleiner is your suitor, right? Do you know how good his marksmanship is?"

Rothko roughly understood, "He has good marksmanship, and he once showed me his hunting experience in Africa."

Jack clapped his hands and pointed towards the front door, "So, is there a possibility? We already know that the person who attacked the deceased and Brother Reacher under the overpass, the person who caused the murder at Chief Morrison's house, even this morning The person who broke into here is."

"These sons of a bitch, bastards, I'm going to kill them!" Rothko got up in a rage, and was about to rush out.

Jack, who had been prepared for a long time, left his seat almost at the same time, and stopped in front of her faster than her. Rosko tried hard to push Jack away, but he held his shoulders, turned around in a circle and a half inexplicably, and became dizzy He fell into the arms of Reicher who followed behind.

"Take care of your girl." Jack returned to his seat and slapped the table aggressively.

"Now, I've finished my reasoning. You can talk about your own ideas. There's no need for Roseko. You've made it very clear just now."

"I don't have any ideas. I just want to find out all the people who hurt my brother and kill them all." Reicher hugged the still struggling Rosko tightly and replied with a blank expression.

"I'm a policeman. Although this town doesn't welcome me, I must fulfill my duty. Dealing with crime is my duty." Although Finlay's words were a little arrogant, the meaning was very clear.

"Then, I have a plan." Jack hesitated for a moment before he decided to change the word.

".I have an idea, and you can help me add it at any time."

"First of all, we need to confirm whether the black hand behind all this is the Kleiner family. Although it is not necessary to obtain evidence that can bring them to court, at present, everything is just my reasoning with Reacher, Joe Although Yi woke up, he didn't trust my friend and refused to disclose more details except his name and identity."

"So, we need to go to Atlanta as soon as possible to meet Brother Reacher, it's safe, the kind that can't take the tail."

Finlay demurred, "But it's hard to do. Margrave is too small, and our every move will be watched by interested people. Maybe we will be followed as soon as we leave here."

Jack pointed at him and agreed, "So, it's better to expose the other party more clearly and give them a reason to stop us."

"Paul Herborg is missing, but his wife and daughter are still there. Sorry Rothko, I overheard your conversation with Stevenson."

Seeing Jack apologize to himself, Rosko, who was still in Reacher's arms, waved his hands quickly, expressing that he didn't care about such trivial matters.

"If we took Paul's wife and daughter away and secured them at the same time, how do you think they would react?"

Rothko showed hesitation, "I have a good relationship with Charlie, and I should be able to persuade her to go with us, but will it be too dangerous? Are you using her and the two children as bait?"

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