Destiny

Chapter 54: Police custody

When he went down to join the girls in the kitchen, he made his daughter sit on the stool before going to get a plate and cutlery and put Lona's pancakes on the plate before giving it to her. Lini sees that Lona doesn't look well today, she's pale, coughing, tired. "I'm going to the doctor with Lona later, I won't come to training today." He finally said trying to hide his displeasure to undo what he wanted to do with Lini. "Okay, I hope she gets better." She says. She understands that Mark decides to cancel the plans they had planned to make together to take care of his daughter. She would have done the same. Lona looks at no one, not even her friend Agnes who tries to talk to her.

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Rodriguez and a few men stop at "Just' Repair", he walks towards the garage all towards Will who hasn't seen the police, focusing on his work. "Mr. Rifte?" calls out Rodriguez putting his hands on his handcuffs attached to his pants. Will didn't have time to say what the Sergeant put his hands behind his back to handcuff him. "What are you doing?" Asked Will in total incomprehension not knowing why he is arrested. "You are in custody for the murder of Josh McClay as well as Jessie and Calvin Calaway. You have the right to remain silent, everything you say will be used against you in front of a judge. You have the right to be represented by a lawyer, if you don't have one, a lawyer will be assigned to you." Said the sergeant while handcuffing Will in front of the employees and customers of Just Repair. "What?! I'm innocent! " He shouted at the sergeant, he felt that the sergeant was pulling him so that they headed towards the police cars without worrying about anyone. Will's boss tries to find out why he's arresting him but the cops won't tell him what it is. Rodriguez not wanting this thing to be publicized before informing the families that they may have finally found the culprit.

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Taker came back from the doctor, Lona has the flu, nothing serious, she just needs to rest and take her medicine and she will be fine in a few days. He called Lini who was still at the shed to tell her about Lona and ask her what she wanted to eat at noon but she is going to eat with the Ministry. Mark prefers to stay home with Lona because she is sick and it will allow him to spend time with his daughter, just father and daughter. As soon as he hangs up the phone, he heads to the kitchen to cook two steaks and some pasta while Lona sits on the couch, wrapped in a blanket watching the cartoons. As soon as the meal is done, he puts the dishes on the table before carefully taking his daughter in his arms to put her at the table. Lona coughed dryly before eating her plate while Mark prepared her medicine for that nasty flu. "Come on honey, you need to take them to get better." He said to his daughter when she refused to take her medicine, not being too hungry or thirsty. She took her medicine reluctantly and continued to eat while Mark did the same. Lunch is over and Mark is going to put Lona to bed to rest. He draws the curtains to plunge the room into darkness while Lona gets into the covers.

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Rodriguez arrives in the interrogation room with a coffee where Will, their number one suspect, sits. Will is handcuffed to the table, watching the sergeant sit across from him and lay the case papers on the table. "Why am I suspected of murdering my best friend?" He asks the sergeant, Rodriguez watches him drink his coffee before answering him. "I'm the one asking the questions. I want to know why you paid two men to hit you the day before Josh was murdered." He asked with the insistent look knowing that Will is lying somewhere but why?

Will frowned not understanding why he had asked him that, he didn't even understand why he was suspicious. "I didn't pay anyone. What are these charges?" Will asked, not understanding what was going on. "I didn't pay anyone to beat me up! I was attacked and they stole the van like I told you!" Will assured looking straight into the eyes of the sergeant who was listening attentively while drinking his coffee. "Maybe you're telling me the truth about that. But you were with Josh moments before he died? Don't lie to me." Asked Rodriguez, Will lowers his head, he remembers the argument he had with his best friend before he died. "Tell me what happened between you two before the fact." Added the sergeant.