companion ghost

When Shen Lie was about to step out of the homicide team, he heard the voice of Jerry from the other team member calling him from behind, and turned around to find him holding the receiver of the landline phone in one hand while waving at him, "Shen! James' phone number." !"

Shen Lie frowned slightly, walked over quickly, took the microphone and put it to his ear, "Shen."

Ning Yuan leaned over to listen meanly, and Shen Lie gave him a sidelong glance.

"Shen," James' slightly excited voice over there cooled down, "Why are you? Where's Casey?"

"He and Dino are in their captain's office. By the way, your mood changes are too obvious." Shen Lie said coldly, "Call me back from the door, you better have something important about Rebecca. "

James: "..."

Is it 30 meters from the door to the phone?Have it!Why don't you be lazy!

"It's okay, it's okay, I'll hang up."

"Yes, yes!" James said quickly, "Rebecca has type B blood."

"...I remember I read her profile as Type A?"

James quipped; "Maybe it's because Eric and Sarah (parents) are type A?"

Holding the microphone, Shen Lie turned his head to meet Ning Yuan's surprised gaze.

"So who betrayed their marriage?"

"Dino!"

Shen Lie pushed open the door of the interrogation room, hooked his finger at Dino, "Come here."

Casey and Dino exchanged a confused look.

After Dino went out and closed the door, Shen Lie slowly said, "Rebecca is not Eric's child."

Dino beeped the dog.

Ning Yuan muttered: "Seeing this kind of expression appear on such a face is so contrary to harmony."

Shen Lie answered naturally: "After a long time, it won't violate the agreement."

Dino looked at him suspiciously: "What are you talking about?"

Shen Lie suddenly reflected that he responded to Ning Yuan in front of Dino just now!

"I said it's been a long time, and it doesn't violate harmony at all to see you showing this expression."

Dino didn't think much, and smiled slightly, "After all, you have been the prosecutor of our team for almost five years."

Shen Lie gave Ning Yuan a hard look when Dino turned to open the door, and Ning Yuan glanced at the ceiling knowingly guilty.

Dino entered the interrogation room, pointed to the door behind him, and said to the female defense lawyer; "You can go," and said to Casey who was still confused, "Take him to the Central Detention Center to register."

Kathy stood up and walked to Dino and asked him what was wrong in a low voice. Dino replied in a small but loud enough volume for Eric to hear: "It's time to buy Sarah a coffee, I hope she won't dislike the police. The bureau's coffee is terrible."

Casey looked at Eric, who was obviously flustered, and the defense lawyer who was trying to stabilize him. The perfect understanding with his partner made him understand something.

"Please sit down." Dino gently opened the chair for Sarah. "I apologize for our rude behavior last time, but there is nothing we can do. I hope you can understand."

Sarah sat down with some embarrassment, "Why did you call me here this time?"

"It's just some procedures and routine questions," Dino reassured her, "Don't be nervous... Oh, by the way, would you like a cup of coffee?"

Sarah patted her hair irritably: "Thank you."

Dino opened the door and said to the outside: "Cathy! Pour a cup of coffee!"

Kathy yelled, "You're annoying! I'm busy!"

Dino laughed and cursed to stop talking nonsense, and closed the door again.Turning around and seeing Sarah staring at him blankly, she squeezed out a smile after a while: "You two have such a good relationship."

Dino smiled; "After all, we have been partners for five years."

Sarah lowered her eyes and murmured, "It's great, Eric and I have been married for 15 years, but we don't know each other as well as we thought."

"The secret exists because it cannot be told to anyone." Hearing the impatient knock on the door, Dino opened the door to take the coffee, closed the door gently, and put the coffee on the table in front of Sarah, "It's like You never thought your husband would be so cruel."

"...Yeah." Sarah picked up the coffee, holding the coffee cup tightly with both hands, absorbing some warmth, "Who would have thought of that?"

"Sarah," Dino leaned forward slightly, looking deeply at her with brown eyes, "do you miss your child?"

Sarah raised her pale and haggard face, looked at Dino and then turned her eyes back to the coffee cup: "I never thought about it for a moment, I always thought that when I got home, I would see Rebecca's smiling face, I always thought I was passing by her school and I could see the scene of her cheering and throwing herself into my arms...just all of a sudden, having my first night alone in 15 years at home yesterday, I realized something was going on It’s over, and there’s no going back.” Tears slid across her pretty face, followed by sudden bursts of tears.

After Sarah left, Kathy, who was wearing gloves, picked up the coffee cup that Sarah had been holding and put it in the evidence bag.Behind him, Dino leaned against the door frame and asked softly, "You've been watching outside, what do you think?"

Shen Lie looked at Casey who paused for a while: "It doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what the fingerprints make me think, what the jury thinks." He smiled sarcastically, "The five prosecutors for you Over the past few years, I have learned one thing, that is, it doesn't matter what we think or do."

Every night, I still think about those powerless people and things, and think countless times that if I work harder, maybe the ending of the story will be different.But the truth is, no matter how perfect the dream is, when you wake up, you will find it is still empty.

Ning Yuan walked behind Shen Lie silently, looking at the figure in front of him who didn't look so broad and strong compared with Casey, Dino and other Europeans and Americans, but the well-tailored suit outlined a straight and tough outline.Ning Yuan immigrated to the United States when he was very young. In his impression, no Chinese can do what Shen Lie does. Under the inequality of racial discrimination that exists all the time, he can live proudly and self-sufficiently. also live.

Even Ning Yuan himself could not do this.

His English standard is better than Shen Lie's, his accent is purer than Shen Lie's, and he has even stayed in the United States longer than Shen Lie, but in fact he is far less able to integrate into this society than Shen Lie.He doesn't have the courage to go on a rampage like Shen Lie, nor does he have the ability to be invulnerable like him.In order to be able to return to his own body, he stayed by Shen Lie's side with a stern face, but he found what he lacked in this man.

"The lab results are out," Shen Lie said to Ning Yuan after putting down the phone, "Whether it's the fingerprints on the climbing rope or the strangle marks on Rebecca's neck, they all match Sarah's."

Ning Yuan was lying on the sofa reading a book, and didn't lift his head when he heard the words: "I guessed it."

Shen Lie raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise: "How should I say it?"

"It's actually easy to think of a person who can make a three-good man like Eric willingly take the responsibility." Ning Yuan turned a page, "He thinks he is a good man, a good husband, and a good father, but the truth? His The child was sexually assaulted and then died. He didn’t protect her well. He blamed himself for not being a good father. Later, he found out that his wife killed his own child. He blamed himself even more and lost being a good husband to himself. In the end, he can only hope to prove that he is a good man by committing the crime himself."

Shen Lie listened thoughtfully, and then asked: "According to your analysis, will he not testify in court?"

Ning Yuan finally looked up at him: "Absolutely not, even if you give him a subpoena, he will not meet your expectations."

Shen Lie rubbed his temples with his index finger, his brows and eyes were tired: "For now, we can only hope that Sarah will be remanded in tomorrow morning's subpoena, so that Dino and the others can find a breakthrough."

Ning Yuan hummed, and turned another page: "Have they arrested Sarah?"

"The Miranda Declaration (Note 1) is finished." Shen Lie walked towards the stairs, intending to return to the room.

"Shen Lie," Ning Yuan suddenly stopped him, "Have you ever thought about the motive? Why did Sarah kill her own child? If she just didn't like it, why didn't she do it until she was 14 years old? There is no need to raise her so big. "

Shen Lie stopped and looked at him with a half-smile: "That's the job of a police officer."

Ning Yuan sent him a smiling face: "I just thought of it suddenly, do you think Eric knows that the daughter he has raised for 14 years has no blood relationship with him at all?"

"I'm really sad for you," Kathy sneered and held up a piece of paper in front of Eric who came to open the door. "The child I raised for 14 years is not my own."

Eric was irritated and pointed out the door: "If you show up at my door again, I will report you for harassment."

Casey shrugged indifferently, but Dino Wen said, "You accept this, and we will leave naturally."

Eric still looked at them angrily, and slammed the door without saying a word.

Casey raised his eyebrows: "It seems that he doesn't know, and he doesn't want to know."

"I can understand this kind of fear. Not knowing is one thing. Once he knows, all illusions will burst in an instant. He lost his child, his wife and his family, and he has no ability to lose again." Dino continued. After passing the DNA paternity test in Casey's hand, he squatted down and slid in through the crack under the door, "Everything will be his own choice."

Casey's cell phone rang suddenly, and he glanced at it: "It's James." After speaking, he picked it up, hung up in less than a minute, and looked at his partner in surprise: "Through DNA analysis, we found Rebecca's biological father."

Dino was also slightly surprised: "He is in the system? Is there his registered address?"

Casey looked complicated.

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Note: Miranda Declaration: Everyone should have heard it, it is very classic.

【You have remained silent, but anything you say may be used as evidence against you in the trial.You have the right to see a lawyer, and if you can't afford one, the government can provide you with one for free. 】

If the police did not read the "Miranda Declaration" before the interrogation, or if the interrogate said that he would meet with a lawyer, then the statement obtained by the police at this time cannot be used as evidence in the trial.