Chapter 222 - Aftermath and Authenticity
Seeing Luke off from his office, Old Greyson shook his head.
Although they said that they would meet more often, both of them knew that they were too busy to do so; they would barely be able to meet a couple of times a year.
However, he could call Robert later and tell him the good news that his foster son had bested him.
At the very least, Robert didn’t have a girlfriend, let alone two “female friends,” for a long time after graduating high school.
Well, fine; Old Greyson’s main reason to make the call would be to mock his cousin, whom he had never seen eye to eye with.
After Luke left, he met Hodges in the elevator.
Both of them smiled and greeted each other, and Luke asked him how the barbecue restaurant case was coming along.
Hodges didn’t keep it a secret from Luke since he had been there as well.
The outcome of the case was quite astonishing.
The dead person, of whom only bones remained, turned out to be Henry, the boss of the restaurant.
However, it wasn’t his wife who killed him, nor Slick, who had been sleeping with his wife; instead, it was Gomez, the chef who had been crazy enough to set a raccoon on fire, only to be burnt to a crisp along with the raccoon.
It wasn’t a complicated investigation; a lot of Henry’s ribs had been skillfully removed from the grill.
Henry went missing just as the Hepatitis B outbreak happened in the restaurant, plus he had the disease as well.
The postcard from Florida which his wife thought was from Henry was in fact mailed out a month after the Hepatitis B outbreak.
The writing on the postcard was Henry’s, but how could a dead man send a postcard?
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Later, Gomez became a suspect.
From the criminal database, the police discovered that Gomez had a history of faking paperwork.
Furthermore, there were fingerprints on the postcard which belonged to Gomez’s mother, who also had a criminal record and who lived in Florida.
It was very clear what happened in this case.
Gomez killed Henry and burned his body, which resulted in the Hepatitis B outbreak in the restaurant.
Then, he wrote a postcard in Henry’s handwriting and had his mother send it from Florida, making it look like Henry was alive.
His objective was simple; this was meant to cover up the fact that he murdered Henry, faked Henry’s signature, and withdrew 250,000 dollars from Henry and Shelly’s shared bank accounts.
Because of the postcard, Shelly thought that Henry had run off with a lover and the money. She never knew that Gomez had killed him.
Luke was lost for words after hearing the whole story.
He didn’t know what to say about Gomez.
As a criminal with past convictions, this man murdered someone for money, but blew himself up just a couple of months later. There was no telling if he had used up all the money yet.
After hearing the story, Luke said goodbye to Hodges with the suggestion that they hang out again in the future.
Hodges nodded with a smile and saw Luke off.
After the elevator doors closed, Hodges murmured, “You’re such a pretty boy that I’ll only be outclassed if we hang out. I certainly won’t go out with you.”
Outside the elevator, Luke was lost for words.
They were still very close to each other and the elevator doors had yet to close all the way, so Luke heard Hodges clearly.
This man turned out to be much funnier than he seemed!
After he left the forensics center, Luke returned to his hotel room.
Lanchi and Trinity had just woken up, and they greeted him with smiles when they saw him.
They had lunch and chatted in the room.
Mostly, the girls talked about their experiences in New York and the fun they had there.
But as they talked, they moved the conversation to the bed again.
It wasn’t until later that night that Luke finally tried out some new things in the bathroom with the girls.
Two hours later, both girls were tired and drowsy when they came out of the bathroom.
They were already snoring by the time they hit the bed.
Luke made a call in the living room. A manager soon arrived with two security guards to deliver a metal case.
After examining the money in the box, Luke asked them to leave.
Closing the door, Luke took out the stuff in the box and returned to the bedroom.
The two passionate and flexible girls were sound asleep.
Luke gently rubbed their ears for a moment, before he drew back his hands and nodded in satisfaction.
After that, he left the room with his suitcase.
Luke met Selina that night and they went to the airport.
On the plane, Selina observed him curiously. “Did you have fun the last two days?”
Luke smiled and didn’t say anything, but his eyes gave him away.
Selina asked, “Don’t you find two girls exhausting?”
Luke kept smiling. With my physique, I’m still far from exhausted.
Noticing the look on his face, Selina snorted. “Fine, forget I asked.”
Luke chuckled. “You bought a lot for yourself, didn’t you? Look at your clothes. Well, well, the latest Chanel product. Isn’t it worth 12,000 bucks? How does it feel to be rich?”
Selina said guiltily, “I only bought this one. It can’t be refunded.”
Luke said, “Then just keep wearing it. I don’t think the rest of your clothes match this coat, though.”
Looking at Selina’s sweater and shirt, which had been bought on sale, Luke shook his head and knew that together, they still cost less than even a single button on her new coat.
He just hoped that Selina’s coat wasn’t the type that couldn’t be washed.
If so, she would certainly regret it when the coat became dirty.
Selina was creeped out by Luke’s gaze. “What are you looking at? Why are you giving me such a pitying look? This is a genuine product that I bought at a Chanel store.”
Luke chuckled.
