Dani, 6 years old, is the daughter of Sanderson and Tamara.
After her mother disappeared and was confirmed dead, her father Sanderson did not send Dani to school, nor did he take her to see a psychiatrist, nor did he allow Dani to have contact with other children. Instead, he locked her up in a Home.
What I eat every day is the leftovers from last night.
"I've called Sanderson and he said he'd be home soon."
Hearing Mona's voice on the other end of the phone, Luo An nodded and said:
"OK, by the way, please contact the New Jersey government child protection department. There is a little girl here who needs their protection."
"Okay, I'll contact you right away."
"Roan!"
Ryder, who was sitting on the sofa, comforted Dani for a long time, but didn't see her paying attention to him. He lowered his head and sobbed to himself. Ryder had no choice but to turn his eyes to Luo An.
When Roan took Danni out of the bedroom just now, Danni didn't cry all the time.
Seeing Ryder's helpless look, Luo An's head was full of black lines.
How to communicate with children is his weakest point.
But in this situation, Luo An had no choice but to sit down on the sofa, take the toy from Ryder's hand, take a deep breath, and start asking Danni about the model of the toy and other questions.
Hearing Luo An's question, the blond Dani did not answer. Instead, she looked up at Luo An for a while, slowly stopped crying, and then lowered her head and hugged Luo An's arm without saying a word or letting go.
Ryder: "...."
Luo An: "...."
A few minutes later, a pickup truck drove quickly from a distance.
After leaving a deep skid mark on the ground, a man with a big beard and an unnaturally red face ran out of the driver's seat of the pickup truck and rushed towards the rectangular house shouting:
"Dani! Are you okay Dani!"
Seeing that Sanderson finally came back, Luo An was about to get up, but found that Danni was holding her arms and was silent for a few seconds. Luo An held her in his arms and looked at the yelling Sanderson quietly. .
"and who are you?"
He reached out to hug Dani, but Dani turned her head and refused. Sanderson was stunned for a moment, then stared at Roan angrily:
"Why are you, the FBI, looking for me again? Do you suspect that I am the murderer?"
"Please control your emotions, Mr. Sanderson..."
Before Ryder could finish his words, Sanderson turned his head and continued to yell at him:
“FU-K YOU!
I remember you! Agent Ryder from the FBI! Didn’t you ask me for a lot of information before? Why are you coming to me now? Have you found my wife's murderer? "
Seeing Sanderson's flushed face, blurred eyes, and smelling the faint smell of low-quality perfume and alcohol coming from him, Luo An looked very unhappy.
Tilting his head to signal Ryder to block Sanderson, Roan turned around and carried Dani back to the bedroom. After discussing in a low voice that she let go of her arms, Roan closed the bedroom door and walked to the living room with a serious expression.
"Rubbish!"
"Bit-h!"
"Shit!"
Sanderson's eyes were blurred at this time, and he was yelling loudly and full of swear words. Roan didn't waste any words, pulled Ryder away, and kicked Sanderson in the stomach.
Boom——
Sanderson fell back on the sofa, and Roan picked up the water he had just poured for Dani from the living room table and threw it directly in his face.
"F-"
Before Sanderson could curse, Luoan took out his Glock 18. Ignoring Ryder's look, he put the gun directly into Sanderson's mouth and shouted:
"Are you sober?"
"......woke up."
"Can you talk properly?"
"......able."
boom--
Luo An did not fire, but threw the water cup heavily to the ground. The sound of the cup breaking frightened Sanderson's body and Luo An then put away the Glock 18 stuffed in the other man's mouth.
Turning around and seeing Ryder's serious eyes, Luo An raised his brows and pointed calmly at the safety of the Glock 18.
Not at all, but it was enough to scare the drunken Sanderson.
"Ever since my wife disappeared, you police officers have been telling me, 'We can't say anything.'"
A few minutes later, Sanderson, who was much more awake, sat on the sofa, covering his face and feeling very excited:
"When you contacted me again, all you told me was the news of my wife's death! Now, I don't know what happened to my wife at all, I only know that she is dead. Instead, you asked me over and over again about the news of her lifetime. , don’t you think this is too much?”
"I can understand how you feel, okay?"
Luo An stared at Sanderson with his eyes and said solemnly:
"We want to help you, but before that, you need to help us first. Only in this way can we find the real murderer of your wife! So, answer me now, where was your wife when she disappeared?"
After hearing Luo An's words, Sanderson took a deep breath, pressed his temples and thought for a long time, and then whispered:
“Tamara is a cashier at Wall Supermarket, a large supermarket about fifteen minutes’ drive from here.
The supermarket closes around 10:30 pm, so Tamara usually gets home around 10:50 pm every day.
Three weeks ago, she called me after get off work and said she would be home in twenty minutes and asked me to prepare something to eat for her, so I started to make some simple food at home.
But Tamara didn’t come back until thirty minutes later…and that was the last I heard from her. "
"OK."
Luo An took a pen and briefly wrote down Sanderson's narrative, and then continued to ask:
"Before Tamara disappeared, did she mention that she was being followed or harassed?"
"No."
Sanderson shook his head and explained:
"Tamara is just a supermarket cashier. Sometimes she does get teased by some gangsters, but it's just teasing. Both Tamara and her colleagues are used to it, and they even scold them back. "
Luo An continued to write and draw, and then asked again:
"As Tamara's husband, have you ever found anyone around her who bothered her or who was often attentive to her?"
"NO."
Sanderson shook his head: "Tamara is very direct. If you like something, you like it. If you don't like it, you don't like it. If someone asks, she will give the answer on the spot and never hesitate."
"All right."
After writing down these words, Luo An frowned and found no useful clues. After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and handed Sanderson a piece of paper:
"Which Wal-Mart is where Tamara works? Write me the address."
"OK."
After putting away the records of the inquiry, Luan walked out of the house to call Mona and confirmed that the New Jersey Child Protection Department would arrive in three minutes. So he asked Ryder to get back into the SUV and prepared to drive to Wall Supermarket to look for clues. .
At this moment, Dani suddenly sneaked out of the house without Sanderson paying attention and ran straight towards the SUV.
Luo An was shocked when he saw this, and hurriedly opened the car door and ran out of the car to pick up Dani.
Before Luo An could speak, Dani's crisp voice sounded in his ears:
"I know where my mother is."
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