John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens:
Grant is waiting patiently for his flight to take off. He wants to go away from New York as fast as possible. Initially, his plan was to go to Mexico and start a new life there with a new identity, but he felt that it would be sad without saying goodbye to his family. He is on the flight to Dallas and from there he is going to travel to Greyville on the bus. It will take him about a day to do so, and he is scared that anything may happen within this time.
NYC Police Department:
Inspector Fraser tells Amber and Yulian about the delivery that Liam had to make that night and locates the house from where the call came from. However, the records show that the house is owned by a Spanish lady, Alba Torres.
"We are going there with our team and investigating", says Fraser.
"I am coming with you", says Amber in a courageous voice. "I will ask her why she did what she did and I will not spare her."
"Calm down Amber", says Yulian and he held her shoulder and sat her down on the wooden chair. "Let the police do their job and I think if we go there then we may cause some serious problems."
"What problems are we talking about, Yulian? The damage has been done", stormed Amber as she got up. "I am going with you and I promise I won't interfere."
"Okay then, you can come with us but please remember to be careful", says Fraser.
Torres Residence:
"New York police, open the door", says Fraser as he rings the bell.
Alba, at first, peeks from the door hole, and gets frightened seeing the police. Fraser is standing in front of the door with two other inspectors standing side by side. Behind them, Amber and Yulian are keeping their guards up.
Alba slowly opens the door as it makes a creaking sound and in calming voice says, "Yes, inspector. How may I help you?"
"Did you order chicken quesadilla and boneless chicken from Casa del Cibo on this specific date?", asks Fraser and he hands over the delivery bill to her.
"No, I didn't", answers Alba. "I am a vegetarian. I don't eat these."
"But the phone call that we traced was this exact location."
"There must have been some misunderstanding, inspector. I didn't order these."
Amber is slightly convinced that Alba has no hand in it and she wonders why would a middle aged woman do something like that to a teenage boy. Yet, her doubts arise again as she saw Alba's 4 year old daughter come out to her.
"Que paso madre?", asks the little girl.
"Nada, vuelve a tu habitación, Linda", says Alba and she pats the girl on her back.
"Who is that?", asks Fraser.
"My daughter, Linda."
Amber wanted to ask a lot of questions to her but as she is not allowed to speak between the investigations, she stays quiet.
"I remember something happened that day. I heard some noises in my house", says Alba as the police asks her further more questions.
"Tell us more", says Fraser.
"Just that I heard some noise in the house that day. I don't exactly know what that was and I didn't go to check it either."
"So you heard a noise in the house and you didn't check? What if it was some intruder? Or a criminal or anything?"
"I was tired because I was on my medicamento. Also I don't usually care much about these things because I haven't called pest control for a long time."
The police is not convinced with this statement but decides to let her go because the evidences are not that strong.
"Okay, thank you mam. Have a good day", greets Fraser as he leaves with his team.
"Right now, we couldn't bring out anything from her. But we have recorded her voice and we will check if her voice matches the voice on telephone", says Fraser as he brings out the recording device out of his shirt pocket.
Liam's House, Brooklyn:
In the morning, as Liam is getting ready to go to college, Darien comes to his room.
"So you are finally going to college. You are pretty brave I must say", taunts Darien.
"I have to be brave. I cannot live like this for the rest of my life in fear and panic", says Liam as he looks directly into Darien's eyes.
"You remember what I said, right? Not to utter a word about what happened."
"I know you are threatening me. I know you don't have enough shit to actually hurt my dad", shouts Liam.
Darien gets confused with what Liam just said and he hesitates. He feels that he made a mistake telling Liam directly.
Liam leaves his room and just as he walks few stairs down, Darien stops him holding his arm.
"I am serious. I will really hurt Yulian and I am not lying."
He takes out his phone and calls someone and says, "Do it!"
The person on the other end of the phone opens the phone camera and Darien shows it to Liam.
It was at Yulian's office. The person put some glass pieces in the coffee that was been taken for Yulian in his cabin. Liam gets shocked by what he is seeing and tells Darien, "Stop! Please don't do this."
Yulian laughs wickedly. "See I told you, I am not just fooling around. Your dad will drink that coffee and he is going to be all blood and tears."
"Please don't do this Mr. Darien, I beg you. I won't speak a word about this", cries Liam and he gets down on Yulian's feet.
"Stop! Abort" says Yulian and the person on the other side throws away the coffee.
"You must have learned your lesson, lad. I am not someone to fuck around with", says Darien and he kicks Liam and walks downstairs.
Liam is in despair now and he feels hopeless.
YOU ARE READING
Men Do Cry
Mystery / Thriller"Are men supposed to cry? Are men supposed to live the most miserable life? Are men not supposed to speak out about the deepest and most miserable events in their life?", asked Liam Garcia, a 20-year-old college student, living his best life and try...
