Sunday, 26th April
The crowd of supporters gathered in front of the podium on which their candidate stood and delivered his speech: I promise you to solve the city's infrastructure problems and social problems because of the massive growth of the population, and the problems of education and other things, just help me to achieve your dreams of having a secure future for your children.
Then he said: The "mini city" project will help our city and our people to have a bright and secure future.
The crowd chanted repeatedly: Candidate Steve! Candidate Steve!
He waved at them and then followed his guard towards his car, he took off the emblem in fidgety, saying: Assistant (Not), what's next on the schedule?
He turned towards him and answered: We will go to the Capital Hospital to visit the patients who were hurt by the collapse of the building last week.
He loosened his tie a little and said in a sharp tone: Be sure that no one comes near.
Mark opened the door to the room and went to her bed and found her sitting staring at the window. He approached and said, "Good morning. You seem to have regained your strength?"
She smiled: Good morning. Yes, the food here is delicious, but the wound still hurts a bit.
He replied: But you shouldn't stay in bed. You should move a little. The doctor said the wound had healed well and you will be fine.
After eating breakfast, they went out to the hospital garden to get some air, and on their way back to the building, there were many cars and journalists heading to the hospital. He said: What is all this fuss?
They entered the building and found people gathered and the press was filming. He came a little closer and then said grumbling: He is that politician again.
She wondered: Politician!
He replied: Yes, Steve, the new mayor candidate, he must be here to get attention and win votes.
She muttered: Steve? (Some people turned away and she saw the politician. She stared at him and said: It is strange, he looks familiar. I saw him before, but where?
He said: His pictures fill the city, you must have seen one of them, let's go up so you can rest.
Steve gestured to his assistant to get things done here, then withdrew to meet the hospital director, Mr. Michael, then Steve gestured to his assistant to put the bag on the table, saying: I hope you like this simple gift that crosses I am grateful for your treatment of the injured individuals from the building collapse incident and for your efforts in providing treatment to all.
The manager approached and opened the bag. It contained large amounts of money. He looked at him and said: Thank you. This is my duty as a director of the hospital.
Steve motioned for his assistant to get a file, then said, "This is the care center land purchase contract."
He took it and put it in front of him. Then he took the pen in his left hand and signed the contract. Then Steve got up, buttoning his jacket, saying: I hope it stays that way and helps the needy.
He shook his hand and replied: I wish you win in the elections.
She sat on her bed and said: Do you know anything about the person who attacked me on Friday?
He replied: No, he took advantage of your passing from that road because it is a blind area, no cameras and no people. We will take some time to discover his identity, and I discovered more about that girl, Mary.
She asked: What did you discover then?
Reply: It was difficult to search for her due to the lack of data, but this is what I was able to find. Mary was born in 1993, her house is in (Bankh Khai), She disappeared when she was in high school, and the case was closed so that she ran away.
Then she said, "When are we going to Bang Khai?" We must keep looking, we can't be slack now.
He replied: You should pay attention to your health, and if that man is free your life will be in danger.
She said: So, what? I gather my things and return to keep the secret of my father's disappearance buried here.
He said: Finding your father now is impossible, the more we dig we find more dangerous things, and we haven't gone deep yet, but they attacked to silence you, what about if we dig for more!
She replied in an angry tone: We don't know if my father was alive or not, but you want me to fly back! I will make sure that everyone who has a hand in my father's disappearance is put behind bars and exposed to their tricks! With you or without you!
He closed his eyes and sighed, "You stubborn one!"
She smiled: I know, when will we go then?
He turned his back, saying: The day after tomorrow.
In the evening the nurse came out of the room after making sure of Sarah's wounds, then Mark entered with Jan and introduced him to her, saying: This is detective Jan, my partner.
She looked at him sharply: Why is he here?
He replied, "Let's skip the formalities and tell me about your father Max's case."
She wondered: But how do you know...!
Mark answered her: I told him. During the investigation into the killing of a Chinese tourist, we found a suitcase with a card with your father's personal details on it.
She was amazed: what!? Are you sure about this? Does the bag really belong to my dad?
Jan: We can't be certain, there are no fingerprints and no trace of him, unless he was involved with...
She replied in an angry tone: How does he participate in such crimes and put a card with his personal information in it!
He replied: You don't know where he is or what he has been doing over the past years, how can you be sure that he hasn't been involved in anything?
Mark Advanced: Jan Stop!
She replied: "I don't deny that he was involved in something, but I'm sure that it's not what you think."
They calmed down and asked her again: Can you tell me about your father's case? And what did you find?
She stared at him and said, "I have nothing to say to you."
He looked at her sharply, and Mark said, "Sarah, he's a detective, and he will definitely help us with this case."
She sighed angrily: Well, ten years ago my mother married him, after a few years he disappeared and then my mother died, since then I heard nothing from him, and at the beginning of this year I received a letter from a person named Mr. Tan which later I found out he's Miss Jane's grandfather.
Mark added, "Miss Jane said that Mr. Max had assisted an investigator in an important case concerning the disappearance of her friend, Mary."
And she added, "I found a picture of Mary with my father, and it says "Captain Lawan", that's why Detective Mark is helping me on his behalf."
Turning to him, he said, "That's why you told me that you doubt who had the rank of captain?"
He nodded, then she said, "Hey, do you suspect Mr. Lawan, too?"
Mark said, "Just a doubt until, we're sure."
Then Jan asked him: Can I see the threatening message? (He gave it to him and read it): "Stop digging in the past and go back to where you came from." The fact that he avoided security cameras and passers-by indicates that he was watching her.
Mark agreed: If she stayed in that apartment, it would put her life in danger.
She said: I'm here as you know, why are you talking about me as if I'm absent! Where would I go if that place was monitored?
Mark answered her: We'll manage it, don't worry, now we must leave, the visiting hours are over, take care of yourself.
She smiled, "I'll. Bye."
Monday, 27th April
The Commander met with his team to discuss the Chinese couple issue, and asked them: What happened with the travel agency, is there anything new?
Jan replied: When we went to see him, he seemed so relaxed, he even shared the records with us and told us the couple visited them on the 11th of April on Saturday.
Mark added: We collected all the surveillance records in the area and found that there were many tourists who came to this office, and the surprise was that everyone who dealt with this office is now dead or missing.
Jan: That's not all. It turned out that the office belonged to Michael, the director of the capital's hospital. The office started working in early 2001, and in 2007 the money suddenly started to come to them.
Zhao: Does this mean that Michael is abusing his position and power?
Kyle: We shouldn't file charges based on false rumors; we should investigate the truth.
Mark agreed: Exactly! As you know, we found a suitcase with a card bearing the name Max, who is a foreign man. We asked the office manager, Mr. David, about him, and he told us that there are many foreigners come and go.
Jan: But the strange thing about the matter is that we only mentioned his name, but he told us that there were many foreigners who had come to the office before.
Mark: We didn't even show him his picture, how did he know he was a foreigner? This director is very suspicious, and there's an even bigger secret hidden behind this office, which we must discover, Commander.
Commander said: We will have to search everywhere until we find the wife and arrest her husband's killer.
Kyle showed pictures of the accident scene where the body of the husband was found, saying: As we said earlier, the body of the husband was found inside the travel bag in the river by a fisherman on the Chao Phraya River, and according to eyewitnesses, they heard falling and described it as heavy objects in the river.
Zhao continued, showing the CCTV recordings: The last time the couple were seen was on the 14th of April, after their anniversary celebration, we were able to get footage from the security cameras deployed on the road, and fortunately we were able to see the couple as they walked away from the restaurant no less than four meters away. Then a minibus was picked up standing in front of them, blocking the view, as you can see, Commander, when it left the couple disappearing completely.
The commander asked him: And the plate number, did you get it?
He replied: Of course! While we are talking now, the policemen have arrested the owner of this minibus.
The captain smiled: Excellent! And who is he?
He replied: He is a man in his mid-forties who works as a driver in a furniture transport company. It turns out that he requested sick leave from his manager on the morning of Saturday the fourteenth of April.
The commander said: Excellent, Zhao you will take over the interrogation, come on everyone, let's work!
While everyone is busy with his work and away from gatherings, one of them is alone and goes to the emergency exit and then takes out his phone while looking around and then calls someone in a low voice: Hello sir, I apologize for the inconvenience, but there is a problem.
The other side replied: What's the matter? Speak quickly!
He replied: They are looking into the case of that girl.
"Act before things get out of hand!" he said angrily.
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