13 The mind of a vampire

In Grande's office, on one side of the workbench, Blake looked up from the clutter of writing. The young mayor's office publicist moved his neck and stretched his slightly sore shoulders.

Blake had in front of him a record of Grande's cooperation with the prison, and compared with the official records in his hand, he added up the money that Vincent Light had swallowed up in the funeral area. These are just small things, though, because these are records of Grande before the privatization of the cemetery.

The shortfall in obtaining a specific amount is only to prove that the problem of prisons has existed in the past, and this is used to dissociate itself from the current mayor. What really worked was the official contract between Grande and the prison.

Under Anthony's approved contract for a formal partnership between Barton Prison and the Grande Funeral Home, there was also an add-on agreement that clearly spelled out the cost of each Grande 'attendance'.

When it is sold, it is sold thoroughly, and Zach asks Madison to send this additional agreement to save the ZΓ i mill and give it to Blake for backup.

The terms of the agreement are what Zach and Vincent left to Madison to deal with on the phone at the time, after discussing casually like good friends. Now, at Zack's behest, Maddison naturally vented his complaints about his boss on the prison.

Madison sued the prison for how powerful it was to sign the contract, regardless of Grande's interests to keep the price down......

Blake's harvest is very large, and with the information he has compiled now, he can already calculate the funds that Vincent has swallowed in the funeral. Because of Grande's active cooperation, the evidence has been solidified, and this aspect alone can make the warden step down.

But this is not enough, the mayor's enemies obviously want to make a big deal with Vincent, so the mayor's side can only do bigger. Completely clear the gap in Vincent's body, and block the place where the residence could be exploited by the enemy.

Funeral homes are only one aspect. There is also an annual fixed grant for the maintenance of government facilities. There are also various reasons to help, such as where did the repair cost of the sewer pipe burst during the last rainstorm go. There is also the problem of the prison itself, for example, as far as Zach knows, the 'black room' actually wants to release people in the summer, so that the felons will not be killed by the heat......

For Anthony to walk out of this incident unharmed, the team behind the mayor still has a lot to do. So now that Blake is part of the mayor's team, his job is hardly easy.

Moving his neck left and right, Blake continued to bow his head, pressing his fingers on the text in front of him, and continued to compare the number jΓΉ......

Blake looked up at Zach behind his desk, frowning. Working too carefully, he ignored Grande's master, and now remembered. It seems that the last time he lifted his body, Zach sat there with his hands folded on his chin.

The last time Blake was active was two hours ago.

Blake looked at Zach suspiciously, and the hour hand of the table clock had crossed the 'twelve' position and was about to align with the 'one'.

"Are you expecting any guests?" Blake smiled, it was interesting to see what someone like Zach would be waiting for so stubbornly.

Zach raised an eyebrow. He lowered his clasped arms and looked at Blake with a smile. "Yes, old relatives from the past. ”

"Relatives?" Blake was stunned, he had read Zachary Grande's information, his mother died of illness during the war, and Zach and Benjamin came to Barton to find their biological father. In a few years ago, the old owner of the funeral home. Grande Sr. also died, and Zach's only relative in the world was Benjamin.

Zach tilted his head and smiled, "My mother's relatives." It seemed to be in memory mode, and Zach's tone was a little. Well, sentimental, "It was a long, long time ago. ”

"Oh. Blake realized that this was not what he should have asked, lowered his head, and stopped asking.

But Zach didn't seem to want to stop, and he chuckled, "You know we were 'bastards' (bastards) before Benjamin and I came to Barton, right?" ”

Blake looked up again, put down the pen in his hand, and made a gesture of listening intently. What a nice lad.

"Nobody wants us. Zach looked at Blake, "So we're ...... too" Zach paused and raised an eyebrow, "Self-reliant." Zach nodded, "With the world wandering, there's nowhere to go back and nowhere to go, always on the way." ”

This abstract description strangely fits Zack's two identities, which makes it impossible to tell whether the vampire's love at this time is real or not.

Blake looked at Zach seriously and frowned slightly, "Do you know, well, these relatives? ”

"Recognize. Zach smiled, "I don't know." He took a deep breath and shook his head, "I've always known about their deposits. Winking at Blake, "But we've never really known each other, you know what I mean?"

Of course I understand! The other party is Gangero, who has always been ignored by Toredo, what can he know?!

Blake nodded, he also understood, what he understood was that Zack's mother's relatives regarded Zack as a 'mongrel' and didn't want to know him.

Blake smiled, "You look like you're expecting them to come." ”

"Of course. Zach smiled, seemingly, sincerely, "The past is gone, at least they want to come here, aren't they." ”

Blake smiled, sounding like a nice heartwarming ending. He now felt a little closer to the owner of this Grande House. Okay, enough of the interruptions, Blake picked up the pen again, lowered his head, and put his finger on the entry he had just compared, and he was going to get back to work.

Zack's gaze took one last look at the clock, how many five minutes had passed, and the vampire didn't want to wait any longer, he tugged at the corners of his mouth and looked at Blake. Now Zach needed something to distract him from quickly throwing away the negativity caused by Gangero releasing his pigeons.

"Blake. Zach screamed.

"Huh?" Blake looked up again, "What's wrong?"

Zach made a thoughtful look, "Grande is just a little funeral home. He gestured to the text on Blake's desk, "These are just a few of what Warden Vincent does, what else do you need, can we help?" Zach blinked, accentuating his tone, "'Grande' can help." ”

Zach still couldn't sit still. He wants to help Anthony!

Anthony didn't want the alien to intervene and brought Blake in the West End, well, the alien methods were abandoned, but Grande is now not just a funeral home for the alien, but also a funeral home mixed in the gray professional circle!

Zach still has other ways to help Anthony!

Of course, Zach was helping Blake. He is the owner of a small funeral home. I don't have that much face to help the mayor.

Blake was stunned, then laughed, looking at Zach and shaking his head helplessly, "I'm sorry, I'm still very young, and I'm still exercising, I don't want to rely on helpers too early, so I haven't entrusted it to you for the time being." But thank you for your mention. ”

Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth, okay. The reason was convincing enough, and the vampire was disappointed.

Blake, who had just lowered his head, raised his head again, thought about it, and said with some hesitation, "Don't talk about commissions, can I ......" He looked at Zack's expectant gaze, shook his head, and lowered his head again. "Forget it, I shouldn't have said that. ”

Zach pursed his lips. "It doesn't matter, what's it?" the vampire smiled, "You know, even if you don't say it, I'll still know, from some friends." ”

Blake lowered his head and thought for a moment. Zach is right, now the mayor's team is competing against their opponents to see who controls Vincent's fate first and has the upper hand. Blake wanted to exercise himself and didn't ask for help. It doesn't mean that the opponent won't. And Zach is in that group of 'helpers'.

Blake organized his words and looked at Zack, "The mayor wants to have evidence of all Vincent's crimes, and then charge him." ”

Zach nodded, and it seemed that Blake was moved.

"We will arrange an agreement to coerce Vincent to cooperate and make him stop talking nonsense, and to complain about the impact of this prison incident on the mayor's reputation. The corners of Blake's mouth twitched slightly, as if he had thought of something helpless, and then continued, "Vincent's biggest problem is the management of the prison, the information here in your funeral home is actually only superficial, enough to convict, but it is far from enough to accuse him, we need things inside the prison." ”

Zach narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "You need a clue that can go deep into prison management?"

Do you remember the 'routine questions' of the police brought by Weiss? Casting a net to ask civilians to describe their impressions of prison staff, trying to find out what a helpless and stupid way to get to the inside!

Maybe Vincent should be given a little praise, his prison is really strict!

The two parties who are eyeing him can only scratch his itch on the surface now, if it weren't for the private relationship between Grande and Blake and Anthony, no one would be able to break through the part of the funeral home alone. Remember that Zach likes simple villains like Vincent!

Blake nodded and sighed helplessly, "If you hear anything, I can't ask you to sue me, but ......"

He next estimated that Grande, who maintained a good relationship with the people of the West End, should give advice to some colleagues who received the wrong commission in the gray professional circle, and not to work against the mayor and Stone.

But before he could finish speaking, Zach raised an eyebrow and curled the corners of his mouth, "I have the clue you wanted." Exclusive. ”

Blake was stunned for a moment, before he could respond.

Zach had already picked up the phone, "You guys need to hurry, I don't know if the police will find them before you." ”

Zach put down the phone again and began rummaging through the drawer. Uh, where did Wes's phone number go?

It is necessary to explain.

The clue that Zach said refers to the urn in the North Park of the cemetery, which occupies a small area.

Grande helps Vincent and stops the prison for dereliction of duty. The family was not notified, and the act of cremating the prisoner without permission was covered up.

Let's revisit the scene of death in Madison's trunk and the description of the prison guard. Brill's brother was murdered in prison.

Anthony needed a clue that would get deep into the inner workings of the prison, and there was no better clue than that. (To be continued......)