Detective Luke

Chapter 27 Accidents

“You have a good eloquence, I was convinced by you. Let me think it over. "Paul pressed his elbow on the table, crossed his fingers, and his bright red nails were very eye-catching,

“I remember, there was indeed a conflict between a guest and Eliza.”

“When?”

“It's been about a month now.‘’

“What is his name?”

“I don't know, "Paul shrugged." I'm a club here, not a bank. It's impossible to record every customer's information.”

“Describe his characteristics.”

Paul recalled for a moment, "A white man in his thirties, with slightly curly hair, of medium height, sounding like a local.”

Luke wrote down in his notebook, "There are too many people with these characteristics. Can you be more specific?”

“Do you know how many guests there will be in a day at the venue? There are too many, I can't remember everyone clearly. I've only seen him once and I'm not very familiar with him. I only remember these.”

“What is the conflict between the man you mentioned and Eliza?”

“That day he ordered a solo performance in the backstage cabin, and while Eliza was performing, he got into a conflict with the two of them. Fortunately, the security guards stopped him in time and there was no major problem.”

“Another time that guy got drunk and wanted to have Eliza perform alone, but Eliza refused. Afterwards, he cursed a lot and made Eliza cry in anger. The second time I wasn't in the field, otherwise I wouldn't have let him leave so easily.”

“Do you think it might be his photo?”

“I'm not sure, but in my impression, only he and Eliza have had.”

“Do you have a photo of that person?”

“No, I said that taking photos is not allowed in the venue.”

“There will always be surveillance, I want to check the surveillance on the day of the incident

It's been almost a month since the conflict occurred, and I'm not sure if the monitoring can still be saved.”

Luke said, "Just take a look and you'll see.”

Paul stood up and said, "Okay, come with me.”

Subsequently, Paul took the two of them into a monitoring room of about ten square meters, which was filled with the smell of tobacco, beer bottles, and takeout boxes.

David frowned and said, "This place is even more messy than a pig's nest. Find someone to tidy it up.”

“Yes, sir. "Paul reluctantly responded and called the club cleaner to clean up.

Taking advantage of this moment, Luke asked, "Paul, can you recall the specific time when the conflict occurred and which surveillance camera can capture the location of the conflict.”

Paul complained, "Hmm, you have so many demands,”

David gave him a sidelong glance and had already noticed that this strange guy was not pleasing. "Yeah, so you'd better cooperate with our work, and we can also leave early to avoid delaying your evening business.”

“Is this a threat?”

“Friendly suggestions.”

“In my opinion, this is not friendly at all.”

David curled his lips and said, "If you knew me, you wouldn't think that way.”

Luke smiled and said, "Here's a hint. This guy is a complete jerk, don't pay attention to him.”

People are afraid of comparison. Paul was originally not interested in Luke, but when compared to David, Luke immediately became more eye-catching.

Paul stood with his arms around his chest for a while, deliberately turning his head away from David, and said to Luke, "I have carefully recalled that the time when that person and Eliza had a conflict was likely in mid February, possibly February 13th, or February 14th or 15th. I can't remember the exact day.”

“What about the time?”

“Our business hours are from 8pm to 2am, and Eliza usually dances in the early hours of the night. She can finish work before 12pm. Their conflict should occur between 9pm and 11am.”

“Thank you, you saved us a lot of time. "Luka sat down in a chair and began checking the surveillance in mid February.

The video on February 13th did not show any abnormalities.

On the video of February 14th at 9:13 pm, Luke saw Eliza in the video. She entered the backstage cabin and a white man with curly hair followed in. However, the man's back was facing the surveillance camera and his face could not be clearly seen.

After about a few minutes, Eliza ran out of the cabin, her right hand covering her chest and her left hand pointing towards the cabin, as if shouting loudly.

Immediately, the curly haired man also walked out, holding a bottle of beer in his left hand and pointing at Eliza with his right hand, talking incessantly.

The security guard who arrived later separated the two.

Luke stared at the curly haired man, from this angle he could see his appearance.

He felt that the man was a bit familiar, so he zoomed in on the video and recognized the man.

“David, guess who I found?”

David smiled and said, "Isn't it that scumbag from Marcus? I wasn't surprised he came here at all.”

“It's Harry, the temporary informant you just developed, the racing party.”

David leaned over and looked, "That's really this guy." David pointed to the video and asked Paul next to him, "Is it he who's in conflict with Eliza?”

Paul glanced sideways at David and reluctantly walked over, looking at the man on the screen. "It's him," he said

David frowned and said, "Is this guy related to Eliza's disappearance?”

Luke analyzed the situation and said, 'I remember the first time we met Harry, he knew Tony.'.

Assuming that Tony only purchased a modified Taser g*n, but is not a suspect in the Taser g*n robbery case. Is it possible that Harry used that g*n to commit the crime, or is it possible that Tony bought the g*n as Harry instructed.”

David suddenly felt a bit ridiculous. If Luke's hypothesis was correct, then Harry might be the real suspect in the Taser g*n robbery case. He even asked him to find Tony, and if he could find him, there would be a ghost. Maybe Tony had already been silenced.

Luke said," anyway, this guy is involved in the case, first get him out, control.”

Davy nods, pulls out his cell phone to make a call.

Luke warned, "Have you thought about what you're going to say when you get him on the line so he doesn't get alarmed?"

"Don't say anything. Just ask him to meet you."

Luke shook his head. "If I were him, I'd run."

"What do you suggest?"

“If you want to ask him out, you need a reasonable reason to make him feel like he hasn't been suspected by the police yet... "Luke pondered for a moment and continued,

“Ask him to help investigate Logan Salm's background. If he doesn't want to, you can give him money.”

David's face looked a bit ugly, "You're the bastard.”

Luke explained, "If Harry is related to the Taser g*n robbery, the last time you asked him to check the address of Lindsay, he must have already figured out Logan's situation... This is a good reason, he shouldn't suspect it.”

David was very unhappy in his heart, but he had to admit that this was indeed a good reason, at least not to make Harry suspicious.

It's perfectly normal for a police officer to pick up a man who fools around with his wife.

“Bastard.”

David muttered again and reluctantly called Harry's phone,

“Hi, I'm Harry. I'm very busy right now. If you have any questions, please leave a message.”

“This bastard has turned off.”