Benjamin's voice was slightly hoarse and more seducing than usual, but he seemed to have forgotten what happened the night before.
He was always like this, giving me a strange feeling.
I didn't take the blame and said, "Don't push everything on me. If you are sick, go to the hospital yourself. I'm still busy."
Benjamin said calmly, "Alas, a cold-hearted woman."
"Is there anything else?" I asked.
"I will come to the police station in the afternoon," Benjamin said suddenly.
I was stunned. Thinking of what September had said, I said bluntly, "For Victoria? What's wrong? Don't wanna see her bullied?"
"What're you talking about?" Benjamin chuckled and said, "Victoria is coming to the police station, but Sean's gonna take care of that, and it has nothing to do with me. I just wanna come over to see you and Ellis."
"Oh, I'm not at the police station this afternoon." I lied. "I'm on a mission this afternoon, so you don't have to come by."
I was afraid that he and Zack would meet face to face.
After all, that wouldn't be a very pleasant scene.
"If you lie, you'll have to be punished," said Benjamin casually.
He didn't believe me, so I immediately changed my mind and said, "Well, get here early, and I'll go out for the mission later."
"Well, good girl."
I hung up the phone speechlessly and felt that I was fooled again. But what was I afraid of in my heart?
At noon, I took Ellis to eat at the canteen, and Bob also followed me into the canteen. I asked curiously, "Why are you in the canteen today?"
"It's raining outside. I'm not in the mood to go out." Bob complained. "First it was the endless snow and now it's the endless pouring. What about summer? Endless roasting?!"
"Go back to City B if you don't like it," I said with a smile.
"Humph, do you think that I have been living in City B all the time?" Bob held the plate and said, "My whole family has moved to New
Zealand ."
I knew it because Zack would always back to New Zealand for New Year.
I asked about what Ellis liked to eat, and he pointed at the dish he wanted. I heard Bob say, "My dad also waited for me to grow up before he migrated, and I can't leave until I have my own children."
"Why?" I asked in surprise.
"The Channing family's business is in City B, so we must keep a family member here. Zack is young but he's my uncle. So he doesn't have to worry about it."
"You don't seem to worry about it either."
He had been at the police station for a long time, wasting his time every day.
"What do you know? I would go back to City B anytime if need be! In fact, I do envy Zack." Bob sighed and said, "He's got the most shares of the Channing Group, but he throws his responsibility to me. That b*stard."
I looked past Bob's shoulders and blinked at him, but Bob didn't understand my reminder. He said, "And do you know why he gets to enjoy all that without lifting one finger? Just because I gotta call him uncle! If he had a son and wasn't single even when he's already thirty, I wouldn't be suffering from all that business crap!"
A cold voice asked, "Really? I offer my sincere gratitude on behalf of the whole family, Bob."
Bob was so scared that his tray was dropped on the floor. Pretending that he didn't see Zack, he put his hand on his head and moaned. "I'm not feeling very well, Emma. Help me clean this up, I gotta go back to the office to take a nap."
Bob ran off in a flash. I looked at the disgusting food on the ground, but when I squatted down, someone reached out and pulled me back.
I looked up at him and explained, "Bob didn't mean it, but you scared him."
Zack pursed his lips and smiled. He squatted down and used a tissue to clean the place. After cleaning it up, he lowered his head and looked at Ellis.
He then called out softly, "Ellis."
I was not surprised that he knew Ellis. Even though they were not familiar with each other, he had seen the Dunn family's children more or less.
Ellis took my hand and politely said, "Uncle Zack."
Zack asked, "Well, where is your Dad?"
Ellis said nervously, "Connor is in City B."
"Connor... " Zack thought for a while but didn't say anything more.
After lunch, I packed some food for Bob in the canteen. He opened the lunch box with chopsticks in hand and said with fear, "Why didn't you tell me he was behind me? I'm gonna be stuck in this s*itty department forever"
"You weren't going back anytime soon anyway!"
Zack said that because of a few other things, he hadn't considered letting Bob back to the crime squad. In fact, from his attitude towards Bob, I knew that he was also a cold-hearted person. He was good at using his own methods to punish others.
It's just that he was never cold to me.
At 3 p.m., Sean came to the police station with Victoria, and Ellis immediately ran to Benjamin to ask for a hug.
Benjamin patted his head and did not hug him. Ellis stayed by his side with some disappointment.
I took Victoria to the interrogation room. A few minutes later, September came over in her uniform and asked, "Where's Bob?"
I answered, "He's at Zack's. He's probably coming soon."
September smiled brightly at Sean and asked, "Why are you here?"
Sean looked at September with bright eyes and explained, "Victoria is like a sister to me. I can't leave her alone to this"
September asked, "What if I say I did this on purpose?"
I frowned and asked calmly, "You name."
Victoria asked, "Don't you know?"
I asked again, "You name."
September said coldly, "If you say one more word that is not what we wanna hear, I'll throw you into jail right away. Try it, I dare you!"
Victoria choked. I noticed that Sean's expression was also rather haggard, so I skipped this question and asked, "What were you doing at Concept Apartment at two in the morning last night?"
Victoria replied, "I bought an apartment over there."
"Did you meet up with a man called Cash last night?" I asked.
"He came to me, but you caught him."
"Why did he go to you? Don't you know that he is a fugitive?"
Victoria said calmly, "How would I know what he wanted? I didn't even bother about him. He was the one who kept pestering me."
At this moment, Bob came in and sat beside me, asking, "I came as fast as I could."
September frowned. "We've been waiting for you for a long time."
Bob didn't care about the people in the interrogation room at all and didn't care about
his face at all. He smiled and explained, "I was kept there by Zack! I said something wrong at the canteen and he heard it. If it were for Riley, I'd still be stuck there."
September smiled and said, "You deserve it!"
"Do you want to chat or continue to ask?" Victoria suddenly spoke out. Bob followed the voice and looked over in a daze. However, it was only for a moment.
September stood up and tidied up her clothes. "Emma, I got something else to do. Let her go. I don't wanna waste my time."
"I've just arrived and you're leaving?" Bob said with a smile, "Let's have dinner together tonight and take Emma along."
September refused, "I have an appointment!"
After September left, Bob also got up to leave. I packed up the documents and said to Victoria, "You can leave."
Victoria asked in surprise, "Are you kidding me?"
Without paying attention to her, I held the documents in my arms and took Benjamin's hand. I chuckled and asked, "Do you wanna go to my office?"
Benjamin looked up at me and said yes.
Before I took Benjamin back to the office, September called me and said, "If I'm right, there's something wrong with Victoria." "What do you mean?"
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