Dustin slowly ate two pieces of barbecued pork, weighed it in his heart for a while, and then wiped his mouth and hands with a tissue, turned around and said, "With my many years of friendship with Brad, I'm sure this is not his own intention, but it must be the request of someone he can't refuse." ”

Luke made eye contact, and his heart was clear.

Brad is the first deputy commissioner of the NYPD, the same level as the NYPD's sheriff.

His immediate supervisor is only the Commissioner.

If you go up further, the only people who can directly direct him are city councilors and mayors, who are big names in New York politics.

Has the power of the Golden Union swelled to this point? Luke was a little surprised in their hearts.

The difference between the power moving from the dark side to the bright side is really big.

It's no wonder that Kim has also been on a steady footing in the face of multiple federal and local law enforcement investigations.

His community of interests is no longer just those gang members, but also official allies.

Thinking about the huge gang members in Los Angeles, none of them have such a big deal, and Kim really deserves the name of the leader.

Dustin poured his coffee and walked back to sit down again.

Surveying Luke's expression, he spoke, "If only you knew this. ”

At this, he sighed: "This is New York." ”

The three of them fell silent for a while, and they all sighed with some emotion in their hearts: the center of the world is really not easy to mix.

In the past, Director Brad, who was basically able to protect his subordinates in Los Angeles, was promoted here for less than a month, and he had to be used as a mouthpiece for others, and only he experienced this feeling.

But considering that the first deputy commissioner vowed to return to New York, and Luke didn't bother to sympathize with him, perhaps this is the life that people dream of.

After a moment of silence, he still asked, "Walter doesn't know about this?" ”

Dustin: "He should know something, but he's John McLean's boss." ”

Luke nodded.

"If you can lead such a subordinate, do you think his temper will be very smooth?" Dustin smiled: "Walter really thought that I was relying on connections to occupy his position, but he didn't know that he never had the opportunity to be this director." Neither his boss nor his opponent wanted him to be promoted, but he was at a loss. ”

At this point, he paused before continuing, "Some people know that I don't like to cause trouble as much as he does, and that's why I'm sitting here. If you can really solve cases and become this director, then it should be John McKellen who is sitting in this position now. ”

Luke Khan.

There's really nothing wrong with this logic.

John McLean is qualified to be an NYPD sheriff for solving the case alone, but he has now been promoted back to sergeant, and his first promotion to sergeant was eight years ago.

"If you're safe, try to protect Walter as much as possible." Dustin said, "I don't want to give my family medals just after I arrived in New York. ”

Luke said he understood, and the two took their leave.

On the way home, Luke's cell phone rang, and Christina just said, "Molly's parents just arrived and are talking to her." ”

Luke: "We'll come right here." ”

The car turned around and sped towards the Metropolitan Hospital.

Twenty minutes later, Luke and the others arrived outside the hospital room and knocked softly on the door.

A moment later, the door opened, and it was opened by a slightly stocky middle-aged man.

Seeing Luke and Selena, he looked at the two of them suspiciously: "What's the matter with you?" ”

Luke and Selena took out their badges and gestured, "Can you go to the side and talk?" ”

The middle-aged man looked inside the ward, but still walked out, closed the door and followed Luke to the side: "The two detectives are here for Molly's business, right?" ”

Luke nodded: "Mr. Richard Johnson, my name is Luke, this is my partner Selena, and we were on the phone in the morning." ”

When the middle-aged Richard heard this, he immediately stretched out his hands excitedly: "Thank you, thank you for saving Molly." ”

Luke didn't interrupt the other party's thanks, although he wanted to ask about Molly's situation at home now, he also understood the excitement of the other party's search for his missing daughter.

After a few moments, he said, "Mr. Johnson, let's get down to business." ”

Richard: "Just call me Richard, Detective Luke." ”

Luke nodded: "That's right, Molly's disappearance is a bit suspicious, so I want to ask her about the previous situation." ”

Richard was excited: "She has been very lively since she was a child, and she loves sports and has a kind heart. In addition to being the main member of the school's diving team, she is also a member of the student council, and when she has a little break, she will participate in various community volunteer services. She's just a little angel, and I can't think of anyone who would hurt her. ”

Luke bowed: "Richard, sometimes the bad guys always catch us off guard. We can't stop what has happened, but I'd rather find this person and stop him from hurting more innocent girls, right? ”

Richard gasped for breath like a red-eyed bull: "This beep-beep miscellaneous beep, if I knew who he was, I would definitely blow his head with a gun." ”

Luke was silent for a moment before he spoke, "Richard, you need to concentrate. Think about whether Molly had met any strange people or anything unusual before she disappeared. ”

Richard looked at his calm expression, finally suppressed his anger, and tried to remember.

But after talking for more than twenty minutes, Richard didn't have many clues here.

Of course, this conversation is not useless, it at least gives Luke and the others an intuitive understanding of Molly's past.

To a certain extent, this excludes many possibilities.

For example, it is very unlikely that "he" is an acquaintance, or that he will attack Molly through an acquaintance.

With Richard's love for his daughter, Molly's friends of the opposite sex will hear a little bit of the wind.

But Molly didn't have anything unusual before she came to New York to compete.

Richard had confirmed this repeatedly with her classmates and teammates.

And when Molly had a problem with the source of life during this time, it was a large sum of money that she herself took out from the ATM.

The card that took the money belonged to Molly herself, and it contained her own scholarship, prize money for participating in the competition, etc., and the amount was about 12,000 US dollars.

Richard runs seafood in Massachusetts, including the Maine lobster, which is a bestseller.

is also the same, Molly, an underage high school student, can only control such a large amount of money on her own.

Molly herself is clean and self-conscious, and although her family conditions are good, she has no habit of squandering.

Richard first called the police in the NYPD because it was unusual for Molly, who suddenly disappeared, to withdraw this large sum of money, and he suspected that his daughter had been kidnapped and coerced her to withdraw the money.

As a result, the bank's surveillance showed that Molly went alone to withdraw the money during the day, and there were no people around who coerced her.