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💖 MY EX MY LOVER💖
🌺 EPISODE 24🌺
🌷 Tonia Onyinye🌷
Pêrspy Snazzy ✍️
ENJOOOOY 📕 📙📘
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Jason POV 💋
When I strode into the conference room in the Chicago Hotel, the detectives from The Chicago Police Department were already seated and waiting for me. Nik followed behind me and despite the bad mood I was in, I couldn't help feeling amused by the way everyone in the room seemed to go wary at the sight of him.
Nik might be a respectable businessman with a billion-dollar empire but that was not all he was. There were many whispers, unconfirmed rumors that he was connected to the Italian Mob. More specifically to the Lazarro Crime family that dominated organized crime in the West Coast. The cops could never confirm his involvement with the mob and Nik's power, wealth and connections meant they couldn't accuse him of anything unless they had legitimate proof.
"What have you got?" I asked sitting down. I didn't want to involve the cops in the investigation of the bomb explosion. Nik was more than capable of doing what the cops could never do but the Mayor of Chicago was a family friend and he had insisted that the entire police force at CPD was at our disposal and that we use them.
The cops had gone through the security footage from the CCTV cameras at the casino and arrested a man who they suspected was the bomber. He was one of my staff, Ricardo Sotto, who worked as a slot technician in the casino.
Lieutenant Boone cleared his throat. "We got a confession out of Soto. He said he acted out alone and denies having any accomplices." I listened as Boone explained the motive Soto had for the attack. He had been due for a promotion at the casino, which he didn't get and that had angered him into carrying out the bombing.
Nik, who was silent the whole time glanced at Boone. "I want my team to question Soto."
The two detectives with Lieutenant Boone looked uneasily at each other. It was clear they didn't want anyone meddling in a case that they thought was an open and shut one. Lieutenant Boone looked at me and I nodded.
He didn't look happy but he had no choice. "Very well, Mr. Valiente. That can be arranged."
An hour later, Nik strolled into my hotel suite. "Turns out Ricardo Soto was paid ten thousand dollars to carry out the bombing." He said sitting across from me.
"By who?"
"He said the man didn't give him a name. He was paid in cash so there is no paper trail. But my sketch artists are with Soto right now and in an hour, we will have a face to the man."
A thousand thoughts were going through my mind. Like Nick said the attack in Bali and this incident were linked. Someone was going through a lot of trouble to get me.
"How did you get Soto to talk?" I asked curiously. The cops couldn't get anything out of him but Nik was with the man for just less than an hour and he got more than the cops could.
He grinned lazily. "I can be very persuasive."
Nik and I had been business associates for three years and in that time, we had become friends. I was among the few people he trusted so I was aware that the rumors about Nik's involvement in the mob were true. I knew how ruthless Nik could be. But I didn't care about the double life he led. I knew he would never harm an innocent. And he was a loyal friend and that was all that mattered.
"I don't want the cops involved in this anymore, Nik." I said quietly. "I want them off the case."
"Whatever Soto told me, he wouldn't dare repeat that to the cops. I made it clear what the consequences would be if he did that. So as far as the cops know, Soto acted out alone and it's an open and shut case."
