Taylor Kelly raised her head arrogantly, as if Miss Ben was not here to beg for help.

"I have an important clue related to the case you are working on"

Seeing that she was speaking in a dignified tone and refused to continue, Jack got up and blocked her in front of her, cutting off the other party's small gesture of waving his hand to greet Jiejie and Angela.

"Say it, or I'll throw you out and call Hannah to come and interrogate you."

Taylor bent down slightly, holding his knees with both hands, looking fake scared, "Are you serious?" Actually, you can interrogate me, will you use a belt? ”

Thinking of the group of people watching the excitement behind him and the teasing Jie Jie on stage, Jack really had the urge to play with this chick in an instant, and by the way, he flicked the leather whip twice, and he hadn't found a chance to practice the new poses he learned from those tapes last time.

"Be decent, our lovely host, hasn't a Pulitzer Prize satisfied you?"

"OK, no kidding, a friend of mine is in some trouble, she's terrified, I think this should have something to do with the case you're investigating right now."

Taylor put away the cheap look that didn't match her temperament, and turned back into the beautiful news host of Channel 8 that the public is familiar with.

"Where are your friends? What's the trouble? Jack asked.

"Right next door, John is receiving her, and the trouble is here."

Taylor took out a newspaper with the Los Angeles Times early this morning, and the front page headline was the murder of actress Natalie Lane, but on the newspaper she took out, three words were written in a red pen.

"You owe me"

Jack handed the newspaper to Hodchner, walked out of the conference room, and walked back a few minutes later, shaking his head at Red.

"Dr. Spencer Reid, come and pick you up."

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Red walked a few quick steps and followed Jack into an office, still wondering about his strange words, and then he saw a familiar face.

"Leila? Hi! ”

"Hi, Spencer."

As soon as Leila Aki looked up and saw Red, her originally nervous expression suddenly relaxed.

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Due to the large number of people who wanted to sit in on the inquiry, Jack directly borrowed a break room from Tim, where Hodgner and Red sat and the others stood or leaned, holding documents or notebooks in their hands.

Rosie and Jack were holding a thermos cup, leaning against the filing cabinet, posing with the virtues of the man's parents, knowing that this was a police inquiry, and those who didn't know thought it was a blind date.

Jack used to prepare medicinal meals for pregnant women and the elderly, and bought more wolfberries and American ginseng, some of which were used to make wine, and the rest were used to make tea.

After all, drinking too much coffee is not good, brewing a cup of jasmine tea, adding some American ginseng and goji berries, Rosie said it is very good.

Laila Yaqi, who was sitting opposite, was wearing an off-the-shoulder knit sweater and jeans, showing off her hot body, and seemed to be accustomed to this kind of star-studded onlookers, but she didn't show any special resistance.

There was also a middle-aged white man sitting next to her, babbling about what not to worry about, meaning that as long as she was a star, she would encounter similar problems.

Hodgner cleared his throat and began to ask, "How familiar are you with Natalie Lane?" ”

"When we meet in public, we talk a lot, but we don't talk about friends." Leila raised her hand to signal her agent to shut up and answered Hodchner's question.

"And what about Willy Myerman?"

"What?" Leila was surprised and slightly confused.

"A producer, who was killed two months ago." Rhett tips.

"Didn't the newspapers say that the robbery caused the accident?" Leila looked at the agent next to her, and then at Taylor on the other side.

Taylor shrugged, "Don't look at me, the newspapers often talk nonsense. ”

"Do you know him?" Hodgner asked.

Leila still looked a little confused, as if she didn't understand why the FBI was asking this.

"We met a few times for a show, but I couldn't get that role, and they changed their minds." When Leila said this, she seemed to bring back some bad memories.

"So?"

"He chose, uh, another actor." Laila seemed to suddenly think of something, and suddenly paused, and the agent on the side also showed a look of sudden realization.

"Oh my God!" Leila turned to look at her agent again.

The agent looked helpless, "He chose Natalie Lane." ”

That would make sense, and Rossi clicked her finger at the newspaper that had been packed into the bag of evidence with the words "You owe me" written on it.

"I guess that's a good way to win the competition?"

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, the agent felt wronged, "Don't look at me like this, do I look so stupid?" Or I drove her to the police station. ”

Jack glared at Taylor, who was so excited that his eyes lit up with excitement, and asked as he put down the cup in his hand.

"Do you notice being watched or followed?"

"From the moment I got on set, there would be hairstylists, makeup, and people around the costume team, and then producers, screenwriters, and agencies, agents, publicity, and of course, photographers, I simply couldn't."

Jack nodded in understanding, "There's no such thing as a routine, regular, but unusual." ”

"What exactly are you talking about?" Leila blinked, a hint of confusion on her pretty little face.

"Think like a harassing phone call that keeps coming in but hangs up as soon as you answer it, or a gift from someone who doesn't know who sent it. ”

"I'll receive flowers, and every month on the 7th of the month there will be a bouquet of flowers in my nanny car, no message card, just in a glass bottle.

It's my favorite pink anemone. ”

"So you never wondered who sent it?" Hodgner asked.

"Celebrities always receive anonymous gifts, and I guess Miss Kelly is the same."

Taylor ignored his agent's half-explaining, half-flattering words, and reached over and put his arm around Leila's shoulder as a sign of comfort.

Emily reached out and took a picture from Jiejie's hand to look at it, and asked, "Do you remember meeting someone special on the 7th of a certain month, or in July?" ”

"Nope." Leila looked distraught.

"Wally Melman is a producer, he considered you, but he ended up choosing Natalie Lane, who can be seen as your rival, and this Chloe Harris, do you think she looks like you?"

Emily shows the picture in front of Leila.

"Who is this?"

"A potential competitor, she was murdered too." Red replied.

Leila covered her face and looked like she was about to cry, "You're saying that all these people were murdered because of me?" ”

Hodgner hesitated as he spoke, "We suspect. There is this possibility. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't stand it, I have to go." Leila gently pushed Taylor away and grabbed her arm, got up and fled.

Jack secretly kicked Red, who woke up from a dream and hurriedly got up and chased after him.

"Is there anything else I don't know about?" Taylor looked suspiciously in the direction the two had left.

"It doesn't matter, come and sign a non-disclosure agreement."

Jack smiled and handed her over to Jiejie, then took out his phone and sent a message to Red, asking him to drive Leila home and come back after making sure it was safe.

At the end of the month, collect some monthly passes

(End of chapter)