He stopped the vehicle on the isolated road and dashed out of the van. All dressed in his army uniform, he opened up the back of the van hood and took out a green bag in which he filled them with sheets of newspapers. There also lied the rusted box in which he quickly left a stare but locked the van hood in the end.
•••
Sandra was driving the car with Martin beside her, on their way to the railway station. Martin was looking out from the window when Sandra cut off the silence and asked:
"What happened after the station incident?"
Martin glanced at her when he explained:
•••
"I want the file immediately..",Martin asked over the telephone while writing something.
"Martin!",he called out.
Martin quickly left his work when he saw the chief police officer coming towards him. All the other members of the police department were all standing, with their head down in respect.
"Have you lost your mind?",the chief officer asked, red with anger. Martin bent his head down with his two hands from his back and listened quietly.
"You lost 20 million of dollars of the police money!"
"Sorry sir, but we have the serial numbers of the notes"
"Means what? Until he doesn't spend the money, we cannot trace him. Till then, we'll all be sitting idle with our hands in our pockets!",he scolded.
"And now, you want the kidnapper to do the job for you. He has made a foul out of you all. Shame on you, Martin!",he insulted.
Martin tried his best to keep his silence but in vain:
"Extremely sorry, sir but we..-"
"I'm taking over this case! Put the entire unit to trace the money back. Raise an alen in the city, sniff the money out like dogs!",he ordered.
"You have made us look like a piece of shit.."
"Extremely sorry, sir but we should have a unit at John's home. What if the kidnapper-"
"Have you seriously lost your mind, Martin?",he interrupted.
"The kidnapper has the money now. Will he call back to say thank you?",he mocked.
"Idiot!. Martin, do as you are told, got it?",he said and finally made his exit.
Martin were stewed with guilt as he watched the chief going away. All the other officers murmured among them for awhile but quickly got back to their respective work.
Martin moved up his sleeves and left out a breath. He frowned and clenched his fist when he kicked his chair out of frustration and was about to throw some files when he stopped as he saw his two colleagues coming towards him:
"What are you guys doing here? Who is at John's house?",he asked and thrown back the file on the table.
"Chief on the wireless asked us to come back..",the guy said.
"You should have waited for my order",replied Martin.
"Who's there now?"
"There is no one. We just left the recorder at his house"
"Left the recorder?",Martin grapped his keys and was making his exit when the guy asked:
"But, what happened now, sir?"
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Angela✓
Mystery / ThrillerJohn Miller is a broken man. His life was destroyed when his precious grand-daughter, Angela Miller, was abducted and murdered. Likewise, Martin Gas, the investigating officer, was so shaken by the case that he had quit the force and turned to the p...
