The embroiderers would arrive at the store in the next few days.
A month is neither a long nor a short period, and many things would happen in this period, such as Loredana had settled down in City C and was working on what she wanted to do steadily and continuously. Many things had happened in City B these times, and one of them was about Eddie’s matter. After the investigation, the evidence was overwhelming that Eddie had issued a female prisoner to kill Maria back then.
The case was heard in private. Eddie was released from his post. He was about to retire in the next few years, and he could gain both fame and wealth. However, he made a fool of himself and had paid for his foolish behavior in the end. It was not worth the candle.
There was considerable progress in the car accident in which Boyce caught the participant who escaped home.
The participant was cooped up in an abandoned factory in the suburbs.
Boyce tied the man to the beam. He should be called a boy rather than a man. He looked like an underage boy who was short and thin with yellow hair. The little boy was looking at Boyce with his eyes full of panic, “Who, who are you people? Why did you guys catch me?”
Boyce did not like to talk nonsense with such people and showed him a photo of a man who kidnapped Loredana and was hit by a car and died.
The man in the photo was the cousin of the boy.
“You know the man in the photo, right?” Boyce said indifferently.
“I must know all about you if I caught you. You’ve followed your cousin to be a street gangster since you were fifteen years old. Although you don’t have felony records, you got a lot of misdemeanor records. You better tell me the truth honestly. Otherwise, you’ll be suffering from the flesh, and then go to jail.”
The little boy grew up in the mountains. He did not finish elementary school and followed his cousin to be a street gangster. None of the factories want to hire such a young child laborer like him. So he followed his cousin to be a street gangster for a long time. There were a dozen people following him to live and earn money by helping people to do things.
“You know how your cousin died, right? What I want to know is who directed you people to kidnap Loredana that day,” Boyce asked again.
“Will you let me go after I tell you all I know?” the little boy did not experience the things of violent storms and waves, and he could not resist such pressure. So he consciously confessed without Boyce got physical with him.
Boyce did not want to listen immediately, “Wait for a moment. Leave it later.”
Boyce made a call to Cormac, and Cormac should arrive shortly. He wanted Cormac to listen to what the little boy said himself, so he would not have to convey the information to Cormac.
The car engine sounded outside at this time. Boyce walked out of the factory and saw a black car stopped by the cement roadside. He saw Armand through the front windshield, who sat in the driver’s seat. Soon Cormac opened the rear door and got out of the car.
He was in a black suit meticulously. He held his back straight and looked neat. His face was impassive, and he did not have any changes in his expression, and he was quiet as if a bottomless puddle. Boyce was about to get used to his indifferent expression. Since Loredana left City B, Cormac talked much lesser, and he mostly stayed in the company. He would only come out of the company for the matter of Jeffery.
Boyce and Armand were better than Abbott, who was being in deep water. Cormac spent most of the time at work in one month, and he had acquired two big corporations in the country. Boyce did not know whether Cormac could not be idle around or the company needed development.
An eerie and tense working atmosphere spread throughout the employees of the WY Group. When Boyce saw Abbott last time, Abbott had complained to him that Cormac must be crazy. He said that Cormac had a meeting that started from nine o’clock in the morning to three o’clock in the evening and was six hours long in total. Cormac did not release people at lunchtime, and nobody was allowed to enter the conference room. During the meeting, they had finished the water on the table. Nobody dared to move, and those who wanted to go to the bathroom had to put up with it. There were up hundreds of company executives participating in the meeting. Each of them wore a bitter face, but they had to sit upright. They were always tensed and did not say boo to a goose.
If someone did not get the work done that Cormac issued or did not meet his requirements, he would give a good scolding to someone’s face without saving face in front of everyone.
Cormac acquired two big corporations in only a month, and the workload involved was mind-boggling.
Cormac also wore an indifferent face when staying with Boyce and Armand, but they were not being ‘abused’ by him, at least.
Boyce was grateful about it, and he walked over to them, said in a low voice, “He is a green and inexperienced boy. I think he knows only a few things about the kidnap matter.” Cormac had a frosty face, “Did he confess?”
“He hasn’t said yet. I wanted to wait for you to come,” Boyce lowered his head and touched his nose. He unaccountably did not dare to look at Cormac. Cormac glanced at Boyce and walked into the factory. Armand, who followed behind Cormac, walked over to Boyce. Boyce stopped him and whispered, “Do you think we should look for Loredana privately?”
It was a rough time for them to get along with Cormac since his moods were very changeable.
Armand looked at Boyce and hesitated for a moment, “Will Cormac be angry when he finds out?”
Since Cormac did not look for Loredana himself, they were afraid that Cormac would be angry if they intervened in this matter.
“We do it privately, and don’t let him know,” Boyce looked at Armand like a fool. It must mean not to let Cormac know about it since he said they would do it privately and secretly.
“Okay, let’s find a place to discuss it in detail after this,” Armand sighed and said with a smile, “Finally, someone is worse off than me.”
Boyce looked at him speechlessly.
Armand smiled brighter, “Somehow, I feel fair now. You don’t know how painful I am forcing a smile when Theresa is not around this period, but Cormac knows my feeling now,” Armand pointed to Cormac, who had already walked into the factory, and leaned over Boyce, “Cormac is worse off than me. His wife and children left him behind.”
Cormac could not be in a good mood since he was alone.
Boyce sneered at Armand, “How do I feel you are gloating over him?”
Armand became serious immediately, “What nonsense you talk. I’m not gloating over him. I think I’m just a little gloating. Now he feels the pain of my suffering.” Boyce was speechless.
“Have you two finished?” Cormac’s voice was as cold and fierce as the wind in December.
Boyce and Armand turned around and saw Cormac standing at the messy factory. His neat and indifferent look was in great contrast with the dirty mess all over the floor.
Boyce smiled and walked over to Cormac, “I asked Armand to go for a drink in the evening, and I didn’t dare to ask you, So I talked a few more to Armand.” Cormac said in a deep voice and monotone without any heart in it, “Is that so?” his eyes looked indifferent that people could not feel any temperature. “Of course,” Boyce forced himself to reply.
Cormac glanced at Boyce and did not continue the topic. His mouth gently raised, and the lips slightly opened and said frigidly, “Get him talking.”
Boyce answered and then walked over to the little boy. He looked at the little boy with an expression of ferocious which was scary and could frightened people, “Tell us. Who directed you people to kidnap Loredana? Why do you people want to kidnap her?”
The little boy looked at him, and his teeth struck against each other. He did not dare to play tricks and told them everything he knew, “We’ve been doing somethings for people, and they would pay us after the things get done. Someone has paid us to kidnap a woman. Usually, it was my cousin who took some small jobs such as fighting for people. However, he did not take the kidnap job himself. I heard him said that it was someone named Bailey who sent his men to my cousin. My cousin was excited at that time and said that it was a gravy train since we would get paid with a lot of money after only we kidnap the woman. However, my cousin didn’t even get paid and died.”
The little boy felt wronged. He did not dare to stay in City B since his cousin died, and he was scared and went back hometown and even got caught by Boyce. He felt broken and cheated because he and his cousin had paid such a fat price and did not get the money in the end.
Boyce wondered, “With surname Bailey?”
“Didn’t he say what the name of the man was?” Boyce asked again.
The little boy shook his head, “I heard it from my cousin. I didn’t know who the person was, but I heard my cousin said that the person seemed powerful and influential. I have not seen the person. I’ve told you all I know. Can you release me now?”
He looked at Boyce with his eyes full of begging for mercy.
“Don’t be anxious. I’ll release you as long as you tell us all the truth. If you dare to withhold information from us…” Armand spoke and leaned against the door. He deliberately dragged out the ending -s and pointed to Boyce’s men, “They’re all rude men and don’t know how to control their strength. It’s common for a person becomes disabled after beating by them.”
The little boy was ashen with fear and stammered, “I-I-I’ve told you w-w-what I k-k-know. I-I’m a small beer and always followed my cousin to be a street gangster. I didn’t know the person surnamed Bailey. Please, you must trust me.”
Boyce’s arms crossed over the chest and rubbed his chin with a single finger. He pondered the person who surnamed Bailey. He guessed, “Is it Declan Bailey?”
The name of Declan Bailey was familiar in the circle.
Boyce turned his head and looked at Cormac, who was standing in front of the window, “Is Declan the only child of Old Mr. Bailey? Is he the Declan who dares to do everything and has his father to rely upon, and black and white also give him face?”
“It’s explainable if it was Declan Bailey who did it. Jeffery doesn’t want to get involved in this, so he contacts Declan since Old Mr. Bailey has been friendly with the old master Harris,” Armand said.
Old Mr. Bailey and Jeffery’s father were the same generations, and they had much power and influence. Armand heard of their matters when Cormac did not fall out with Jeffery.
Boyce became serious and wondered, “It will be troublesome if the matter went to be like that.”
Declan was no easy to deal with, and he certainly would not admit it.
Why would he help Jeffery? Is it because of friendship or because of benefits exchange?
It was easy to deal with if it was because of benefits exchange. Otherwise, it would be troublesome if it was because of friendship.
New Book: Beginning with a Daring Encounter
Celsie was tired of being labeled as an introvert, workaholic, and dull virgin by her friends. Determined to prove them wrong, she made a bet that she would do something daring on her 25th birthday. Now that the day had arrived, it was time to fulfill her promise. On her daring to-do list, there was one task: a one-night stand with someone.