Chapter 10: Mary's Family
"Listen, we're the FBI, and if you dare to cheat me, you're going to be held legally responsible!" Sean replied unceremoniously.
"Uh, I'm sorry, please come in!" the other party was startled by Sean's words, and immediately opened the gate of the courtyard.
Lin Xiuyi and Sean walked through the courtyard, and the owner of the house immediately opened the door. Sean first showed the other party his FBI handbook. Then he asked, "What is Mary Brigitte Rice's relationship with you?"
"She's my daughter, my de jure daughter!" was a well-dressed middle-aged Caucasian woman, about forty years old, with a well-groomed figure. At first glance, it looks like a rich man.
"Legal?" Lin Xiuyi asked suspiciously.
"I'm Mary's stepmother, and my name is Diana!" replied with some restraint.
"Okay, Diana! Where is Mary now?" Lin Xiuyi deliberately asked Diana, now the FBI has not fully investigated the true identities of the three victims, and the media does not know the names of the victims, if Diana's answer is beyond this range, then Diana has something to be suspicious.
"I don't know, she doesn't live with us!" Diana said indifferently.
"Don't live here, why?" Lin Xiu asked puzzled.
"She and her father are a bit at odds, they've broken off their relationship?" replied Diana with some nervousness.
Just as Lin Xiuyi asked Diana about Mary's situation, another voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Mom, there's a guest at home?"
Lin Xiu turned around after a while and saw a middle-aged man about fifty years old and a girl less than twenty years old walking in together.
"Raymond, two FBIs came to us, and it seems to be for Mary's business!" Diana immediately dodged when she saw the middle-aged man, and the two kissed affectionately in front of Sean and Lin Xiuyi. Immediately after that, the middle-aged man named Raymond began to look at Lin Xiuyi and Sean.
"Hello, two police officers, what are you looking for me?" Raymond held Diana with his left hand, and reached out with his right hand to shake hands with Lin Xiuyi and Sean.
"We're here to learn a little bit about Mary Bridgette Rice, are you Mr. Rice?" Sean showed Raymond his FBI journal and explained why.
"Yes, Mary is my daughter, what stupid thing did she do?" asked Raymond solemnly.
"What do you mean?" asked Lin Xiuyi meaningfully.
"Two police officers, although it is said that the family is ugly, but Mary is really angry with me, and I have completely disowned her relations!" Raymond said suddenly with some excitement.
"Mr. Rice, can you tell us why you broke off your relationship with Mary?"
"Why? Mr. Officer, if your daughter is pregnant before she is married, will you still ask me why? I asked her to tell me that the bastard did it, but she took my words as a deaf ear, and I asked her to dispose of that bastard, but she wanted to give birth to that bastard's child, so that I would never be able to hold my head up, and I ask you, officer, if you were you, would you still have such a daughter......" Raymond said loudly with a red face, while his wife, Diana, comforted him.
Hearing that Mary was pregnant, Lin Xiuyi and Sean glanced at each other, and now there was a reasonable explanation for the matter of the baby goods store.
As soon as Lin Xiu heard this, he already had a general understanding of Mary's situation. The girl was probably kicked out of the house by her stubborn father because she was pregnant out of wedlock. In the end, he was stranded near Highway 90, although he had not yet found Mary's foothold on Highway 90, but Lin Xiuyi felt that Mary's life was probably not easy when she was kicked out of the house.
"Excuse me, did Mary contact you after she left the house?" Lin Xiu asked as soon as he said this, but his eyes drifted to the other girl. The girl was pretty and had red hair just like Diana. He wore a T-shirt and a strip of ripped denim. However, Lin Xiuyi noticed the iWatch with a leather strap on the girl's wrist, and if he was not mistaken, the mobile phone in the girl's hand was also the latest iPhoneX. Looks like the girl is having a good time!
"Yes! He came to me after I stopped her credit card! I told her that she would come back if she gave the baby away, and she refused my request! So I told her never to set foot in my house...... "Raymond said with a sense of pity.
Lin Xiu suddenly felt a little angry when he heard this, this Raymond is really stubborn and self-conscious, one of his daughters has fallen into a well-known place on Highway 90 to sell provenity, while the other daughter has to be windy and rainy. But he still dared to tell himself here how he disciplined his daughter. However, Lin Xiuyi finally held back and did not tell Raymond Marie that he had been killed. Because he's afraid he's getting Sean in trouble.
Lin Xiuyi secretly glanced at Sean, Sean's fist on his knee was clenched so tightly that his knuckles were a little white, Lin Xiuyi could see that Sean was also angry.
"Mr. Rice, don't you think it's a problem to treat your daughter differently like this? After all, it's your own flesh and blood, so it's a bit too much to ignore it like this!" Lin Xiuyi said to Raymond indifferently.
"Mr. Officer, are you a Catholic?"
"It's not!"
"Have you ever been a father?"
"Nope!"
"So you'd better mind your own business, are we paying for you to teach me how to discipline my daughter?"
As soon as Raymond said this, Sean stood up from the sofa, and Lin Xiuyi hurriedly stopped Sean. He patted Sean's arm and reminded him not to be impulsive.
"Forget it, Sean, let's take our leave!" Lin Xiuyi said to Sean, and also to the Rice family.
"Officer, you haven't told us what trouble Mary is causing again?" Diana asked when she saw that Lin Xiuyi was leaving, and quickly stopped them.
"Trouble, Mary shouldn't cause you any more trouble! You can live your life with peace of mind!" Lin Xiuyi said sarcastically.
After coming out of Rice's house, Lin Xiuyi and Sean sat in the car, and the two were indeed angry by Mary's father's attitude. After a long time, Sean asked about Lin Xiuyi's next step.
"It's almost time, and we're going to the 90 neighborhood to ask if anyone knows Mary. Lin Xiuyi suggested to Sean.