Chapter 24 - Assault
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“Fine… let’s go in and talk, Steve.”
Lora West stared at the space behind Richard with a doubtful look on her face. The door was like the mouth of a huge monster, cold and frightening. She turned her eyes to the cops.
The tall one was Leslie Kamp, and the strong one, Steve Chan. In their time as partners, the two corrupt cops had killed several criminal suspects without mercy. That day they had volunteered to support Kelly when she went to the DCPD for help. However, they had not expected the young man to attack her, and then calmly invite them into the house. This was not part of the plan.
Steve saw Lora nod, so he put his handcuffs back in their pouch, and stared at Richard. As an experienced policeman, his reaction times were better than ordinary people, yet Richard had easily avoided his grasp just before. He was now very eager to teach him a lesson after their talk, preferably using his fists.
After sitting everyone down in the living room, Richard called out to his wife, “Mary, how about you take our son out for a walk? I have something to discuss with the policemen. I’m sure in 20 minutes or so everything will be settled.”
He wanted his family out of the house so that he could focus on the upcoming confrontation. This instinct was also from doomsday memories.
Richard was prepared to fight, and to kill. With Mary out of the way, he would end the fight in the shortest time possible.
Things didn’t work out so easily, however, as Edith suddenly said, “No, she’s not leaving! She and her crying baby were involved yesterday. Cuff them all and take them back to the police station.”
“We…we did nothing wrong. You are the ones making trouble here. I am telling the truth.”
Mary was a kind girl by nature. She tried to explain to Steve and Leslie, but Richard stopped her.
“Dear, you don’t have to explain. It’s no use. Don’t you see they set us up? Am I right?”
Richard was watching Steve and Leslie, wondering how best to deal with them.
“Smartass, ha-ha. Well since you’ve guessed it, I’ll give you two options. Option one, apologize to the ladies and give them 2 million dollars to cover the medical expenses. Option two, I arrest you for assaulting this poor woman. Are we clear?”
Leslie took out a cigarette and lit it, staring at Richard. For some reason, he had no time for the young man’s rubbish. His instinct told him he’d be trouble.
“Yes, very clear. But I have something to talk to you about, officer.”
Richard stood up and pushed the ashtray a bit closer to his side of the coffee table.
“Are you satisfied with only 2 million dollars? How about this, I’ll give you 3 million, and you let me kick these bitches one more time?”
“What the hell are you talking about? What’s wrong with you?”
“What do you mean officer? Do I not look like the type?” Richard said innocently.
Enraged, Steve stood up and rushed at Richard.
But before he could form any kind of attack, Richard was already up and dived at Steve with an amazingly powerful punch.
He was not as strong as he had been in his doomsday life. However, Richard still had the technique, and he knew how to take the man out in an instant. He was also aware that he had to be quick, or else the tall cop would have time to draw his gun and shoot.
Fortunately, Richard struck Steve in the stomach with such power that he trembled, collapsed, and fainted within a second or two.
Leslie responded quickly. He did not stop to check on Steve, but stood up, drew his gun, and aimed. All this took place in less than a second.
The distance between the two men was at least 3 meters. And Richard was confident that, given the chance, Leslie would empty the round on him. With no time to run, he lunged at the coffee table and tossed the ashtray into Leslie’s face with perfect accuracy.
“Ahhh, my eyes!”
Leslie’s eyes were filled with ash, as was his mouth, not to mention the pain of the ashtray striking his face.
How did he do that? He moved so fast! And just now… he moved the ashtray closer to his side… he planned the whole thing! Now Leslie was really scared.
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