"Knock. Knock. Knock." Rita knocked for a little while before the door opened. The middle-aged man who opened the door looked at Rita with a frown on his face."Who are you?" He asked."Are you Marcus Lopez?" Rita asked."And who's asking?"Rita showed him her badge. "I'm a detective and I've come to ask you a couple of questions."Marcus's frown face went deep. "I haven't done anything wrong.""I didn't say you did anything wrong, Mr. Lopez. I'm just here to ask questions."Marcus slowly nodded. "OK. What question?""If you don't mind, can I go in?"Marcus shook his head. "I don't accept cops into my home."Rita nodded. "Of course. I'm here about Ezekiel Bates."Marcus's eyes widened, it was like blood suddenly drained from his face and fear completely took over him. "Um, Ezekiel who?""Ezekiel Bates, you know him?"Marcus shook his head. "I know nothing, detective. I don't know who you're talking about."Rita scoffed. "I know you know, Mr. Lopez. I just need...""It's best you don't

"Hey, Ds!"Damon and Damien looked at Henry. They both closed their lockers after getting what they needed. "Henry. What's up?" Damien greeted."Well, I want to ask what you guys think about the new principal."Damien scoffed. "Still female. I don't know why the proprietor can't hire a male one."Damon shook his head. "Well, she's none of our business. There's no need for us to know each other too well."Henry nodded. "True. Joseph is no longer here to bring you out in the open."Damon looked at Romeo as he passed with his friends. "True. I just hope there's no more problem like Joseph.""Have you guys heard any news at all about Joseph? How hard is it for a kid like him to be caught? Henry asked with a frown."He probably escaped out of here." Damien hypothesized.Damon nodded in agreement. "Probably.""Escaped ah? With the help of the person backing him, am I right?"They both nodded. "Yep. I just wish I found out who that person is." Damon said with regret."Okay, let's stop talkin

(28th July. Thursday.)"How was the raid yesterday? Please tell me it was successful." Leo asked over the phone.He heard Emily sigh making him mentally hope it wasn't bad news. "Not everything works according to plan."Leo rolled his eyes in annoyance. "So you let him slip away.""He ran away. I mean, we almost got him, but he defended himself by shooting at us." Emily explained."You guys should have been the ones with the upper hand, Emily. He doesn't know about being compromised and I'm sure you did as I warned, or did you?" He began doubting her."Okay okay, chill, Leonard."Leo scoffed. "How can I? He was our hope in finding Harrison Lewis. Letting him slip is bad. Very bad."He heard her sigh again. "Well, luckily James was there.""What?" Leo blurted."He was there. My husband was there." She clarified. "James helped with the case."Leo was still confused. "So you're saying you got Chris?""Yep. We got him."Leo blinked. "Seriously? You couldn't have just gone straight to the

The boss chuckled. "She's pregnant, ah?"Marco and Mason smiled feeling proud of themselves. "It worked."The boss looked at them. "But you guys should have put a device in their room."They glanced at each other a bit nervously. "It was hard, boss. Honestly, we weren't expecting a lot of guards in the house. They were watching like a hawk." Mason explained."We really thought the wife will be the only one at home. It was unexpected and disappointing." Marco explained further.The boss sighed. "I'm not sure how much we'll get from this. If it was their room, there is gonna be a lot of information to get.""If I may ask, boss, what kinda information are you really looking for?" Marco asked."Hidden secrets of course. Especially what they know about us. How far they've gone in what they know. I need those details.""You think he tells his wife about that?" Mason asked."Hopefully he does, but if he doesn't, the next will be placing some in his office."They nodded with a smile knowing h

There was a brooding silence in the room. Everyone's head was filled upon getting very bad news. It stabbed the boss hard in his heart."How did this happen?" He thought aloud on the sofa he was on.Marco, Mason, Carmen, and every other just kept their heads faced at the floor.The boss shook his head. "This is impossible. In one week, two of our people were apprehended. Chris, and our new recruit, Nash. How did they get them? How did they find them?!"Marco shook his head. "It's unbelievable to us too, boss. We promised Nash protection after his help in killing that old man and Chris was in a secluded town where it should have been hard for him to get caught. We don't know how it happened."The boss sighed shakily. "Something is wrong somewhere and I'm gonna find out that thing, but for now we need to deal with this. I mean, I trust Chris, but the chef...I don't trust him. He's new.""And you'll think we'll get something from the devices we inserted in their house." Carmen pointed ou