The King of City

13 THE CLUE

The old woman got up slowly to see who was knocking on the door because her knees were hurting a lot, she took her metal staff, and went towards the door with a slow and quiet step, while the person knocking on the door was getting desperate, the person rang the bell, DING-DONG, DING-DONG, DING-DONG, for every DING-DONG that Lionel listened to, he felt that his operation was at risk, that if someone got in, he could be recognized because Amber had already gone to that place

"My Philip! Thanks of god you came, you would have warned me, I’d have prepared your favorite food. " The old woman said very excitedly because her son came to see her after a long time. But Lionel had an unpleasant feeling.

"Mother it’s not necessary, remember that you shouldn’t cook much, the doctor forbade it, that is why I pay you an employee”. Her son said severely because he liked to take care of his mother's health.

"Son, you know I don't like that lady to come here, she goes everywhere and leaves things dirty, I do things better alone, I even have a guest and I’ve taken good care of him".

"What guests?" Philip asked who saw a coat on the coat rack that he didn’t know.

"He is a very kind young man you will like, he came from the laundry, he brought me my beautiful dress, the one your father gave me when we got married". The old woman said, overflowing with joy, she was really very happy.

"How strange, I don’t remember asking for to bring the dress, in fact, I haven’t even paid for it”. Philip began to suspect because he had always had to deal with life and death situations. And this situation had several missing links.

"Mother, I saw the flowers in the back garden very wilted. If you watered them,". Philip said with the intention that his mother was going there. "Why don't you take a look?".

"Oh, I forgot all about what you liked about those flowers, and I'll fix it.". The lady said hastily because it seemed careless of her not to pay attention to such an important detail for her son as those flowers were.

"Thanks, Mom!". Philip said that when he saw that his mother was out of sight, he took out his gun and began to advance slowly through the entrance of the house so as not to be detected.

Meanwhile, Lionel felt that he was in a quite disadvantageous situation, he had left many loose ends, hearing that the person who had arrived was the son of the old woman, he didn't have many options, if he beat him at the time, that would be considered as acting outside the Law and because of the connection with Amber that the coat man had, he couldn't leave the window open for him to be caught for a crime in Frederic, that would frustrate his plans to go after Elizabeth in Lucien. But what did he do? Every time Lionel's thoughts pondered, Philip got closer and closer, approached with careful steps, just as they train assault groups, it was only a matter of seconds for him to get to where he was, he was only two steps from where Lionel was sitting, suddenly he turned quickly to corner Lionel with an impressive instinct, but when he pointed to the exact place, there was nobody, he was gone.

"Oh, here you are, my son! You will be glad to know that the roses are wonderful, you must have seen badly”. The old woman suddenly stopped, looked at her son's gun and rebuked him. "I told you, I don't like guns in my house”. The old woman said sternly and looking away from the table where Lionel was, she realized she was gone. “Oh! Why is the laundry boy gone? And without saying goodbye, you didn't have to do with that, right?”.

"No mom, there was nobody here, better prepare me some tea and cookies." The man said thinking that Lionel would return, at some point.

Lionel searched for the company the old woman had mentioned to him, but apparently the internet browser told him the same thing as the old woman, that Grey Umbrella Safety Company is dedicated to creating electronic surveillance devices, however, there were things that didn't fit, why an accountant would have the training and so much care and stealth about not attracting attention. Lionel had to make a decision, he had to somehow approach the mysterious man, but without being discovered.

Lionel waited near the old woman's house for the mysterious lord to come out, indeed, at nightfall he came out in his usual appearance, apparently, that strange guy was called Philip and Lionel should follow him. Philip climbed into his car and headed off, Lionel followed him on a motorcycle a few meters to avoid detection, however Philip started to accelerate, so Lionel thought he had been discovered or at least suspected the situation, in spite of this, Lionel couldn’t lose him, he had to get closer to him as it gave rise, fortunately, while he was inside with his mother, Lionel put a tracker on him, so seeing the GPS, he followed them more cautiously, and even when he saw the car stop, he took a shortcut to get there earlier.

He realized that he had parked in a parking lot under construction, it wasn’t finished yet, so entry was prohibited, so what brings you to this clandestine place?

Following him more closely, he realized that Philip was meeting some people, he looked like gang members and apparently, they are part of the micro-trafficking gangs in the city, Lionel came closer to hear the conversation.

“What's up Dave? Always in those old-fashioned clothes, buy yourself something fashionable”. One of the gang members told Philip with great confidence.

"HA HA HA it's true, look, he looks like a nun". Another said and the others laughed out loud.

"Stop! The boss wants you to do this job clean.” Philip told them, losing his patience and stretching out a paper that apparently brought the details of the order. Suddenly another of the gang members yelled.

“HEY! Here's a mole". The gang member said and pointed out to Lionel who had hidden until then behind a column. "Let's get rid of him!".

In the act, all the gang members went against Lionel, but he with great skill took out his endowment weapon and killed the first two, then approached one and knocked him unconscious hitting him on the head with the handle of the gun, Now there were only two left and, making a key to Philip, he took advantage and kicked the last gang member who remained standing in the face.

"Hello, Philip." Lionel said

"How do you know my name?". Asked the dismayed man.

"I left my coat at your mother's house". Lionel said waiting for Philip to deduct the rest.

"What do you want of me?".

"What is Grey Umbrella Safety Company?". Lionel was straight to the point

"Shhhh, not so loud, that's confidential". The coated man said because he didn’t yet know if the gang members were unconscious.

"Is it a secret? So, your friends don't know, how convenient “. Lionel said enjoying control of the situation. "Tell me everything you know or I'll tell you where you belong, surely they will have a way of knowing what Grey Umbrella Safety Company does."

"Okay, okay, look, we take on missions of all kinds, from protecting certain people to getting confidential information," Philip replied that he was at a disadvantage.

"And who do you work for?"

"For the one that pays better". He replied with a mischievous laugh.

"What do you know of the mission in Lucien against Blackwing?". Lionel asked that he wanted to get to the bottom of the matter as soon as possible.

"You aren’t an ordinary person, are you?" Philip asked maliciously trying to dissociate, however, he continued. "We did the intelligence on the case, but I don't have the investigation, it's at the Grey Umbrella Safety Company headquarters in Lucien”. Saying this, he burst out laughing, which bothered Lionel a lot and hitting him with the back of the gun knocked him unconscious.

In the end, Lionel didn't know anything about Elizabeth's case, but something if he had insurance and it’s the place to start the investigation, so he had to infiltrate the Grey Umbrella Safety Company and steal the information himself.