Hearing the gunshots, Beckett hurriedly pulled Simmons under the car, Ryan and Esposito contacted the police to find the sniper, and Beckett and Cassel escorted Simmons to the hospital for emergency treatment.

Outside the operating room, Cassel comforted Beckett, "It's okay, I asked the doctor just now, because Simmons went down the stairs, so the sniper didn't hit Simmons in the heart." ”

Beckett sat on a chair in the corridor and said disappointedly: "I thought that my mother's murder was a simple case, but I didn't expect things to become complicated, and more and more people were involved. This time, only a small number of people knew that we were going to arrest Simmons, but I didn't expect the people behind him to be so well-informed, and now we can only see if Simmons can be saved. ”

When Beckett leaned on Cassel's body and was half-asleep, Cassel pushed her awake, "Kate, Simmons is awake, he wants to see you." ”

The two walked into the hospital room, and a weakened Simmons motioned for Beckett to come closer to him, "I hired Dick to kill your mother Joanna, but your mother's death was not because of a grudge between her and me, but because she had a tape in her hand, which recorded the secrets of a big man." Detective, I know you want to avenge your mother, but I advise you to give up, you can't move him, he has an umbrella behind him, and you will end up as dead end as me. ”

Beckett looked into his eyes and said confidently, "Simmons, he has already killed you once, won't there be a second time?" Don't you want to go on with your life? The only way you can do it now is to cooperate with me and we will bring him down so that we can live freely. ”

Simmons hesitated for a moment and said: "The evidence in my hand has long been destroyed by him, we can't deal with him, Inspector Beckett, I want to warn you, if you start an investigation of him, you and the people around you will never be at peace." ”

"You can not be involved in this, but you want to tell me who he is?"

"Are you sure you want to know? , well, his name is William. Bracken. ”

Kassel asked in shock: "You are talking about the senator, William who is running for president of the United States. Bracken? ”

Simmons nodded effortlessly and said, "Yes, you guys think about whether you can beat Bracken, I need to take a break, you guys should go." ”

Leaving Simmons' hospital room, Beckett said to the officers protecting Simmons: "Protect him, he is an important witness." ”

When the two came to the door of the hospital building, Cassel said, "We still have a chance, Simmons has no other way to go now, he can only cooperate with us, and then there is a chance of life." ”

"But as he said just now, he doesn't have any evidence in his hand, and it is difficult to bring down a senator by relying on a gangster as a witness."

Cassel smiled and said: "Kate, I have communicated with many gang leaders in order to write a book, they can become the best of the criminals is not so easy to be controlled, I am sure Simmons has the evidence about Bracken in his hand, but he was shot before he could take it out, tomorrow we encourage him, maybe there will be a difference." ”

The two were chatting about Simmons when Beckett suddenly saw the police officer who had been guarding Simmons' hospital room come out.

"Wait, why aren't you protecting Simmons from the ward?"

The officer replied, "It was a call from the dispatch room telling me to leave." ”

Knowing that something was wrong, Beckett and Cassel hurried back to the hospital room, where a doctor and several nurses were covering Simmons with a white cloth.

Seeing them looking at Simmons' body in disappointment, the doctor said, "Unfortunately, the patient was not resuscitated, but we have done our best." ”

Both Beckett and Cassel are aware of the powerful forces behind Bracken, and they have so quickly erased all clues that could lead to Bracken.

The two returned to their apartment in Kassel.

Beckett said in a depressed mood: "I have finally found out who is behind my mother's murder, but I can't do anything about it now. Ryan: Have you checked the surveillance near Simmons' ward? ”

Kassel replied: "I checked, all the cameras are out of order." ”

"What should I do now in Kassel? Bracken knew I was investigating him, and they were coming at us. ”

"There's Esposito guarding outside with a squad of policemen," Cassel pulled Beckett into his arms, "Kate, I'll take you away, let's get out of here and go to a safe place." ”

Feeling the warm embrace of his lover, Beckett made a difficult decision.

When she woke up, Cassel found that Beckett had disappeared and questioned Esposito, who was guarding outside, but no one found her.

When Chen Zhong and Alexis arrived, Ryan and Esposito, who thought Beckett had been killed, were blaming themselves for not protecting Beckett.

After listening to Cassel's account of what happened, Chen Zhong said: "Can you find out where Senator Bracken is?" ”

Esposito said suspiciously, "Brother, you mean that Inspector Beckett went to find him......"

Ryan, who came to his senses, quickly picked up the phone and dialed and said, "I'm Detective Ryan, my police number is 42344, please help me check the specific location of Senator Bracken." ”

Cassel reminded Ryan, "You ask if anyone else has inquired about Bracken's whereabouts." ”

Ryan put down the phone and said, "Bracken was giving a campaign speech at the Vermack Hotel, and Beckett checked his information an hour ago. ”

……

In the lobby of the Vimack Hotel, many media reporters gathered around Senator Bracken.

"When I was fourteen years old, I became good friends with a little boy in the neighborhood, his name was Rama. Dirks is a lovely kid who helps him review his homework every day after school. One day he didn't go to class, so I went to his house to see him, and the door was open, and I went in, and... I saw Rama lying in bed, dead, his little sister also died, his mother hanged herself in the bedroom, she left a note that it turned out that she had lost her job and the house was going to be repossessed. At the time, I wondered how desperate a woman could have been to poison her two children by putting pills in hot cocoa. It was at that moment that I realized that I was going to help people live a better life, and I did it now, I strengthened the social security system, I protected children like Rama, I created a lot of jobs in the community, I did a lot of things. Now I want to ask you, will you support my candidacy for president of the United States? ”

"Yes!"

"Bracken!"

"Bracken! We've got your back! ”

"President!"

"President of the United States!"

Bracken watched with relief as the crowd enthusiastically embraced him, and the reporters' flashlights kept flashing, recording the political star's every move.

The phone rang, and Bracken stepped aside, took out his phone and connected, "I'm Kate. Beckett, judging by your expression, you're familiar with the name, and yes, I'm looking at you. ”

"Okay, Kate, I don't know what you want to do, but I'm not interested in playing games."

"You'll be interested, I have an audio tape that can destroy your political career, and if you don't do what I say, I'll use it to ruin you."

Bracken came to the back kitchen of the hotel to look around, and Beckett, who was hiding on the side, came out and aimed his gun at Bracken.

"What do you want? Inspector Beckett. ”

"I need the truth."

Bracken laughed, "Haven't you heard? Never ask politicians for the truth. Besides, if you really had the tape that destroyed me, wouldn't you already know the truth? ”

Beckett walked slowly with a gun and said, "I want you to confess to the crime of killing my mother." ”

"I'm sorry, your mother's death is a tragedy, and I deeply mourn it, but I can't fulfill your request."

A group of bodyguards in black suits surrounded Beckett with guns, and Bracken turned and walked a few steps before turning back and saying, "I forgot to tell you, if there was a tape like you said, I can tell you that someone might have found it and destroyed it." Detective, are you trying to threaten me with something that doesn't exist? Do you think that's why I came to see you? You're wrong, in fact, I just want to see your desperate look, enjoy your few moments, and hope you can see me become the president of the United States. ”