Chapter 277 Maids or Security?
Luke nodded and said, “Just the gist will be fine.”
After Elsa told him the gist of the interrogation, Luke said, “Alright, boss. You shouldn’t talk anymore. You spent the whole day yelling at the suspects, didn’t you?”
Elsa had some water and lowered her voice. “Did I have a choice? I have to raise my voice to put pressure on them.”
Luke asked again, “What about Selina?”
Elsa said, “She’s watching Elizabeth and her partner in the interrogation room.”
Luke rose and said, “Then I won’t disturb you any longer. Boss, you should take a break; you deserve it for cracking two murder cases in one day.”
Elsa nodded and watched Luke leave for the interrogation room.
In the interrogation room, Elizabeth and Billy were bombarding Thomson with questions, and Selina was observing Thomson as well as the detectives through a one-way mirror from next door.
She would notice any unusual reactions on Thomson’s part as well as any flaws the rookies might have.
Once she noticed something, she would remind Elizabeth and her partner via their earphones. It was hard for a suspect to withstand the joint assault of multiple detectives in the interrogation room. Seeing Luke come in, Selina asked curiously, “What did you do back there? Did you… hehehe.”
Luke rolled his eyes. “Didn’t you see what her ‘personal hobby’ is? You’re getting more and more dirty-minded nowadays.”
Selina snorted. “Then what did you do, exactly?”
Luke coughed and said, “I watched all the videotapes.”
Selina was lost for words. And you’re saying that I’m getting more dirty-minded? Luke said, “Those videotapes have to do with the cases, after all, and if we follow procedure, they should be processed. However, do you think that’s a good idea?”
Selina immediately shook her head.
Unless necessary, it was best not to take the videotapes back to the police department, in case someone copied them and sold them for money.
They had to do with Jennifer Perry’s private life, and could easily sell for millions of dollars. Few officers would care about ethics or professionalism with so much money on the line.
“Since I promised Jennifer that I wouldn’t take the videotapes with me, I could only watch the videotapes there in case I missed anything. Don’t forget that Jennifer is the employer of the two victims as well as the two suspects. How can we be sure that she’s clean?” Luke said.
Selina thought for a moment and nodded. “That does make sense. What did you find in the end?”
Luke nodded. “There are three types of recordings. Two are of Jennifer and either one of the maids, and one is of all of them together. There’s nothing else.”
Selina clicked her tongue and looked at him. “You must’ve really enjoyed it!”
Luke chuckled. “As long as you’re willing to pay, you can go to San Fernando Valley and immediately make a dozen movies like that. Alright, I think this is basically over now, right? Have Elizabeth come out. I’ll give her back her car key.”
Selina rolled her eyes and said something into her headset.
Elizabeth soon came out to take the key. Luke gave her some encouragement. “We’ll be counting on you to wrap up the cases now. Also, don’t be hasty with the Wever case. I’ll read the case file tomorrow, and then we’ll decide what to do.”
Elizabeth nodded quickly. “Got it, don’t worry, Luke. Um, you too, Selina.”
Selina chuckled and pretended to look affronted, before she grabbed her purse and left.
Luke smiled and waved goodbye.
Elizabeth was feeling quite upbeat.
Luke was obviously implying that she would get the credit as long as the cases were wrapped up.
What Elizabeth and her partner needed most was credit.
As soon as they had more credit, they wouldn’t have to worry about making mistakes all the time.
Seasoned detectives tended to be mean to rookies, which wasn’t unusual in any trade.
But the more cases they wrapped up, the less cocky the veteran detectives would act around them.
Luke and Selina left the police department and drove home.
When they got back, Selina took off her coat, kicked off her shoes, and threw her purse to one side, before she jumped on the couch. “Oh, home sweet home. That mansion was beautiful, but I didn’t feel comfortable there at all.”
Luke smiled and said, “I’ll make dinner. Go and take a shower first.”
Ignoring him, Selina turned on the TV with the remote. “Let me see, where are the TV series I lined up? Haha, they’re right here.”
From the videotapes and the intelligence gathered, as well as the confessions that Elsa and Selina had related to him, Luke could guess what had happened in both cases.
In short, the cause was one simple reason: money.
Millis and Manny had been receiving copious bonuses from Jennifer for their extensive and personal service.
However, Millis, who was younger and less docile, had gotten it into her head to blackmail her employer after secretly recording their exploits. By her reckoning, she would earn at least a million dollars from it.
But she had been careless and was discovered by Morgan when she set up the camera, and she had been so scared that she confessed her scheme.
Morgan, on the other hand, was no gentleman at all, and had threatened her.
Also, he was more professional and audacious.
He promised he would help her with the recordings and the blackmail, on the condition that he get half of the money.
There was no way Millis could refuse. Morgan also disdained her lack of ambition, and felt that the videotapes were worth ten million dollars at the very least.