Getting Justice 2

Chapter 12

Max walked in investigation room, he stop near the big flat screen. He wonder who could be the person behind it all. Time wasn't on their side, the more they waste time the more their life become more in danger. Max and his team had tried all avenues to make the investigation go forward. But all it resulted was a dead end. Every suspect they suspected to be involved was innocent. Max wonders who ever the person who was behind their struggles was doing it quite well.

The door opened. Cedric and Ralph walked in the room. They could see the misery on Max face.

"Has Jeff returned from  the cemetery." Ralph inquired as he sat near Max.

"No. Maybe he needed sometime alone, seeing Bill Stone might have not done him good." He responded.

Ralph nodded. Cedric place his laptop bag on the table. He took out his laptop and placed it on the table.

Max drank his coffee. He looked tired, he hardly sleeps since the investigation started. He wanted to make progress on the case, but it wasn't going like he wished.

"Well, did you find anything useful at the hotel?"

Cedric cleared his throat. "I managed to hack into the cameras surrounding the hotel." Cedric said as he open his laptop.

Max looked at Cedric with an inpatient look. "And did you find anything useful?"

"Nope, but we managed to enter the hotel room where the shooter was."

"Did you at least find the name of the person who booked the hotel room?"

"Yes, but it turn out it was a false name." Ralph responded.

Max hit the table with his fist.

"Damn it, not another dead end!"

Cedric and Ralph smiled.

"What's so amusing you too? We just hit another dead end and you too have time to smile around while everything is fall apart." Max said in a frustrated voice, as he stood up.

"Relax, Max." Ralph said gently.

"Relax? We can't afford to relax while someone want us dead. This is a serious matter. Every second counts!" Max roared with anger.

"We found a finger print. We suspect it belong to the shooter." Cedric informed.

"Can we be sure that it belongs to the shooter?"

"Max, the hotel staff told us that the room wasn't used for months prior to the shooting. And the shooter specifically required that room." Ralph stated.

Max looked intrigued.

"The police didn't thoroughly looked at certain areas for any finger prints. Luckily we found it out in time."

"Wow, This is great! This is what we been needing for sometime." Max beams with excitement.

"I hacked the police server to match the finger print, the print belong to a white male, he's name is Luke Malone, he's a former navy seal."

"Luke Malone, what's more did you find out about him?" Max asked.

"Luke, seems like he lived reckless life, he had a lot of traffic fines,  assault convictions and armed robbery conviction." Cedric said as he looked at his laptop.

"The said part is that Luke weeks back was found dead in his car." Ralph said.

"Okay, now we know something about the shooter. If we can come find more information about him, who did he work for? We need to find that." Max says.

"I located his his aunt, she might shed more light about him." Cedric says.

"Fantastic, guys. I must congratulate both of you on a stellar job you did." Max says.

Ralph said Cedric nod.

Max's cellphone rings. He move over and take it on the table. He looks at the caller ID, he see Lillian, the prosecutor was calling.

"Lillian Brown, what a surprise to receive a call from you." Max says as he walks around the room.

"Hi, Max. I wish I was calling under different circumstances."

Max looks confused. "What's wrong, Lillian?"

"I just received a call from senior detective, he..." Lillian stop for a moment. She sighs heavily.

"He what?"

"He just informed that they found body at the cemetery, the person had been shot. That person is Jeff. My deepest condolences to you and your time."

"No, not Jeff." Max says, in a disbelief tone.

"I'm sorry about this. I'll keep you informed with the investigation on this side. Bye for now."

"Okay. Thanks." Max ended the call. He throws the phone on the table. He tears appear on his eyes.

"Max, what happened?" Ralph asked as he looks at Max with concern.

Max wipes the tears. "Jeff, has been killed. He's no more."

"What?" Cedric says in shock.

Everyone looked saddened by the news of the passing of Jeff.

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