Chapter 5 The Road Wanders
Third Avenue has a bustling business district as well as a gray area, and not every place is a paradise, and there are always blind spots where the sun can't shine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Rosie had just finished her night shift and was rushing home in the pre-dawn sun. Since he has to walk a little way home, he often passes by some small alleys.
Today may be a special day, Rossi always feels that someone is following him, maybe it is a work relationship, he will use what he thinks is safe to find out who is following him, but whenever he "inadvertently" turns back, there is nothing behind him. For the first time, he was able to face it calmly, but after a few unsuccessful attempts, he had to speed up his pace, thinking that he could skim off the invisible tail.
Passing by the junction of an alley and a major road, Rossi suddenly disappeared around the corner. When he reappeared and looked out, a man in a suit and leather shoes broke into his sight, armed with an M9 pistol and a muffler, because it was not yet on the market, so Rossi did not know it, but at a glance he knew that it was not small.
So Rosie naturally touched his right hand to the holster. The person who was following him got closer and closer, and as soon as his right hand touched the holster, suddenly his hair rose up, and he didn't know when the gun disappeared.
"Are you looking for it?" A grim voice rang out behind Rossi.
"Who..." Rosie turned around sharply, but before he could see the facial features of the person behind him, he felt a cold neck, liquid splashed out, and his hands reflexively covered it, and in a few seconds, the whole world was dark.
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As James walked out of the police station, it was nearly noon, and the sun spread its golden radiant wings like a peacock opening its screen, telling him with the hottest temperature that the opportunity for work might be evaporating.
That's right, Sarah recognized James, although he knew that he was wronged, but after all, there was no evidence to prove that he was framed, so the evidence was insufficient, and he temporarily regained his freedom, and waited for the evidence and testimony provided by the two policemen who arrested him to clear his suspicion.
Just now, the police superintendent received James in person, and said that the entry procedures had been completed, but the police badge and gun were said to take a while to be in place, and even the work permit was only given a temporary one.
Since he said that James should be given a day off to adjust his condition, he could not disappoint the police commissioner, and he planned to go to the hotel where his friend Frank worked, and not give the presidential suite, at least the vice presidential suite, it was still okay.
James, who was determined to pay attention, didn't think much about it, stopped a taxi on the road, and after getting into the car, he reported to the Bay Hotel and lay in the back seat to close his eyes and recuperate, and he really didn't let him sleep well on the hard bed in the detention room last night.
"Black police? Why did Wandu hear that he shouldn't have gotten into that car? Which one exactly? Is it the bus that came? Closing his eyes, James wanted to sleep for a while, but the previous general manager lingered, thinking about it and thinking about it, he was a little upset.
“Fuck!” With both hands wiped on his face, James was angry.
Not only is the encounter a little weird, but even the people you meet are very strange, one after another, if it is accidental, it is too Tamar coincidence, the probability of recognizing the wrong person is a little surprisingly high, and James, who is not sitting safely, has a lot of small movements at this time.
"Hey! Man! Are you an addict? The taxi driver couldn't stand James's movements, thinking that the arrested Taoist friend needed to solve some problems.
“……”
"Hey! Man! I've got something good here, do you want one, you triad just got it! The taxi driver saw that James didn't talk and thought that the addict couldn't control it.
"What are you talking about?" James had just returned from his disorganized thoughts when he saw the taxi driver handing him a tube that was clearly rolled by himself, and asked strangely.
In front of the police, let the police smoke marijuana, unscrupulous and blatant, what is wrong with the people of this city? Isn't it an accident that the black police are called? A simple gesture by the taxi driver makes James full of question marks about the city he is about to serve.
"I don't smoke, thank you!" After all, James can't be regarded as a policeman now, and besides, he is not on duty now, so he should let go of the problem of being nosy, if this time it is also a false accusation, he will not be able to tell ten mouths at that time.
Things are not smoked, but they can chat, although the taxi drivers live at the bottom of the society, but they have a lot of news and talk, and before arriving at the Bay Hotel, James learned through him that there are several groups of forces in the city. For example, the triads, the Chinese are one of them, and it is precisely because of the official tendency to suppress them during this period that the taxi driver will think that he is a gang member, and of course there are other gangs, needless to say how big they are, they are talking inside and out, there is an umbrella, and there are police covers.
Smuggling, drug trafficking, erotic services, no matter what the forces, are involved. The taxi driver may have been a peripheral member of a gang, but later quit for the sake of his family, which should have paid a lot of money, and he also warned James that it was better to leave early.
Arriving at the destination, James saw that for the sake of giving him information, he originally planned to go to the hotel and call the police to deal with the taxi driver who dared to smoke marijuana, but now he got out of the car directly, as if he had not taken his car, and forgot the taxi driver on the road.
"Sorry excuse me, I'm looking for Frank from your hotel's accounting department, Frank. Sims! After James found the manager in the hotel lobby, he asked directly.
"Hello! Are you a guest of the hotel? Although the lobby manager was polite, this stiff expression clearly told James that it would be difficult to help if he wasn't a guest.
"Hehe, you see I booked the presidential suite of your hotel with him yesterday, but he didn't give me the room card, can you help me call him!" Since the lobby manager is so principled, James simply comes to be unprincipled, as long as he sees Frank, isn't the suite easy to get?
"Wait a minute!"
After speaking, the lobby manager turned around and used the walkie-talkie to notify other colleagues, and suddenly found that he didn't know James's name, so he turned his head and asked:
"What is the name of your book, sir?"
"James. Week! Thank you! ”
"Wait a minute! Excuse me! ”
After asking for the name, the lobby manager walked in the direction of the front desk, thinking that he had gone to check the information.
Of course, James doesn't lie and goof, as long as his friends come over, everything will be solved, so he quietly looks at the decoration of the hotel.
Five-star hotels are different, European-style palace decoration, bright crystal ceilings, reliefs are also good, at a glance is a master's work, but the lobby is too big, so that just James did not find the front desk, if not the lobby manager passing by, really have to ask.
After a while.
"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for Mr. Zhou!"
"How's it going? What about people? James knew that it was the lobby manager who was back, but at this moment, not far away, there were obviously a few hot girls, walking lightly, windy, wearing skirts, and James had eyes to look at other people, not to mention the male staff.
"Mr. Zhou, are you sure you are booking our hotel? I just didn't see your booking record at the front desk! "The quality of the lobby manager is still okay, I have seen those women for a long time, but it is not easy to do it without squinting and dealing with the guests seriously.
"Impossible, you check carefully, check carefully, do you have a lot of beauties here?" James was still watching the hot girls, and some words couldn't help but blurt out.
"I've just checked it many times, and my colleagues have also checked it, but it's really not, are you really staying in a hotel?" The lobby manager probably had some bad premonitions, especially James, who also asked him if there were many beautiful women, and always felt that this person was playing tricks on himself.
The beauty disappeared around the corner, and James had to speak to the lobby manager head-on, but it didn't turn out what he wanted. Inform the identity, Frank did not come to work for two days, should not have asked for leave, judging from the information conveyed, the hotel is also looking for his friend.
"What? Absence? It's not that James doesn't believe the others, but that he was surprised by the information.
"It's really not there, since you are his friend, you still go to his house to have a look, and tell him to come to work quickly, it is said that there are high-level executives of the group to inspect today!"
Although the lobby manager knew that James was not a guest, after all, he was a family member of the staff, so he was still able to communicate politely.
I came out of the police station to call Frank's house, it was a recording, rushed to his place of work, did not go to work, and an inexplicable emotion gradually rose, but I couldn't say what was wrong. It's really unsettled and wave after wave, just want to go home first, overheard the lobby manager's walkie-talkie: ...... The police... Alarm... Come right here...
Intermittently, not close, and thinking about other things, so James didn't fully hear what was said, just a few words, and a very anxious tone, and it was not easy for the staff to come to the five-star hotel.
"You don't have to greet me, I see you're busy, goodbye!" With that, James was about to turn around and leave the five-star hotel that he hadn't stayed in yet.
"Wait, Zhou, I don't think you can leave now!" As soon as he finished communicating with his colleague on the intercom, the lobby manager suddenly said loudly to James.
"What? What do you mean? James was stunned on the spot, this is about to lift his feet, as if eating fish and being stuck in the throat by fish bones, not only an accident, but definitely not a good thing.
"Don't get me wrong, it's about your friend, Frank. Some of Sims's situation, because I told you about your arrival, so I have just been notified by a colleague to ask you for some information, and I hope you can come with me. The tone is a little hurried, thinking that the staff of a five-star hotel will also encounter things that they don't want to do.
"Okay, can you tell me what's going on?" James has time today, and the original intention of coming here was to find someone to talk to, since a good friend didn't go to work, so it's good to talk to a random person.
If there is a mistake, don't let it go. In the spirit of giving it a try, James turned left and right under the guidance of others, and the elevator came. Because it is an employee passage, I didn't encounter a situation where I squeezed the elevator with guests, but among the few people who took the elevator together, there was a good figure, which seemed to have something to do with Frank.
Push the door in, the first thing that catches your eye is a number of uniforms, not to mention that the uniforms worn by female employees in five-star hotels are quite fitting, of course, not all, only one or two outstanding, just at the door.
"Are they all there?" A man in uniform was the first to speak before James's group could stop.
I like it very much, not because of the man in uniform, but because of that uniform.
"How could it be them?" James muttered, he really couldn't figure it out, as if he would encounter something when he went there, what happened to this city, is it really the same as what Councilor Huang and his mother said, does it not match the eight characters? Or is Tai Sui too powerful?
I didn't know why Mrs. Huang was so superstitious before, but after James encountered so many things in the past few days, when he lost his parents, Mrs. Huang said to herself: Tiansha Lone Star, Ke's parents know a little.
"Wait a minute, I'll call one, just come in!" The small door to the conference room cubicle opened, and a man in uniform came out and said.
"What's going on?" James asked the people around him in a low voice.
"I heard that someone from the accounting department was killed!"
"Didn't you say missing?"
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James heard countless answers, and knew that these people were not credible, and there were many rumors, so he was still waiting for the answers of his would-be colleagues in the cubicle.