A community in Queens, New York.
The phone rang, and Luo An immediately stood up and walked to the side of the room.
"This is Roan."
"It's me, Ryder."
The voice on the other end of the phone was a little noisy, but Ryder's words were still very clear:
"The mission was successfully completed. We have captured Elud Brook. There were no casualties."
This operation was just to arrest an ordinary young man with no systematic training. For Ryder, Lacey and the group of SWAT members, it couldn't be easier.
"Good."
Luo An nodded, but he heard something seemed a little wrong in Ryder's tone, and immediately asked:
"Did something go wrong?"
"Well, there is indeed a problem, but it's not Elud Brook's."
Before Ryder could finish his words, the phone was snatched away by Lacey. Lacey's voice was a little soft, but her tone was a bit gloating:
"Roan, we just arrested Elud Brook at the entrance of St. John's Hospital.
After our operation was over, the doctor responsible for caring for patient zero, Matthew Ethan, told us that they had just detected early signs of Kaposi's sarcoma and two other tumors in Matthew Ethan's body. "
"Forehead……"
Luo An's brows moved slightly when he heard this. Kaposi's sarcoma is a common complication in AIDS patients. In most cases, people who suffer from this disease basically have 1-3 years left in their lifespan.
Coupled with the traces of other tumors in his body... Matthew Ethan doesn't have much savings at this time, and his remaining time is obviously just around the corner.
However, Luo An had no sympathy for Matthew Ethan, a self-inflicted, selfish guy who harmed a group of people by himself, so his expression remained unchanged and he said calmly:
"Lacie, just be appropriately happy. Let's bring Elud Brook back first."
"OK."
Lacey smiled, nodded in agreement and hung up the phone.
Luo An put the phone back in his pocket and sat back on the sofa. At this time, grandma Lanrissa was introducing the situation of her daughter Polly to Mona.
"I really regret giving birth to her!"
Judging from her appearance and conversation, Lanrisa is a very well-educated old woman.
But when it comes to talking about her daughter Polly, Lanresa's face is full of anger:
"Growing up, Polly has always been a naughty child, but her father and I didn't pay attention. After all, we are children, and being lively is not a problem.
But as she got older, Polly became even more serious. Not only did she skip classes and drop out of school, she also hung out with a group of bad friends, and even got infected with reading materials! "
Mona and Luo An frowned slightly when they heard this. Once they are infected with reading, nothing good will happen most of the time.
As expected, Lan Risa continued:
"Then one day, Polly suddenly came back with a huge belly and refused to say who the father was.
There is no other way, her father and I can only help her bear the cost of giving birth to a child, and name the child Ansel Ward..."
"OK."
Mona briefly recorded this information in a small notebook, and then asked:
"So, have you been taking care of little Ansel all this time?"
"We take care of it?"
Lan Risa sneered when she heard this:
“Sometimes Polly would ask me to look after little Ansel for a night, and then she would disappear completely for the next few months.
Then she went home in a clear mind, saying that she had given up drugs and hoped that I would return little Ansel to her..."
Lanrissa said that she did not want to hand over little Ansel to Polly, but she was old, her husband also died during this period, and she was really lacking in energy, so she had to choose to trust Polly for once. After all, she was little Ansel's mother.
But judging from the current situation, Polly is still untrustworthy as before.
Mona continued to ask as she wrote:
"When was the last time you saw little Ansel?"
"Six or seven months ago."
"What about Polly?"
"Same, I haven't seen her since."
Mona frowned slightly when she heard this, and Luo An, who was sitting next to him, straightened up and asked:
"Ms. Lanresa, do you have a photo of Polly here?"
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The SUV was driving slowly on the dark road. It wasn't that Luo An didn't want to press the accelerator to the bottom, but Mona on the co-pilot was searching for the Polly through her notebook.
In the photo that Lanrissa gave to Roan and Mona, Polly was a white girl with short blond hair, a pretty face, and an enthusiastic look.
Luo An looked at the photo briefly and threw it aside:
"It's a pity that I got infected with reading material."
"Even if she hadn't been infected with reading, I'm afraid Polly wouldn't have been a good mother."
Mona in the passenger seat said casually while typing on the keyboard:
"I have a high school classmate who is very similar to Polly. She also chose to drop out of school and hang out early in the society with a group of guys who don't know where they came from.
We were chatting some time ago. Although she was not infected with reading material, her husband was nowhere to be found. She also beat and scolded her children, and her whole life was in a mess. "
Luo An was a little confused:
"Who was your high school classmate? When did you contact him?"
"It was some time ago, when I first moved into your apartment."
Mona replied casually:
"She was in desperate need of money, so she contacted me."
Luo An frowned slightly:
"Did you lend it to her?"
"of course not!"
Mona curled her lips. She only talked to that female classmate in high school and was not familiar with her, but now she actually started to come to her to borrow money.
Mona judged that it was most likely that she had lent money to people she was familiar with but never paid it back, which led to no one willing to continue to lend her money, so she started contacting people like Mona who were not very familiar with her.
Luo An calmly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. At this moment, Mona tapped the keyboard and said with a smile:
"OK! I found this Polly!"
"Awesome, thank you for your hard work!"
Luo An held the steering wheel tightly with both hands:
"Where is that woman now?"
"Records indicate she was in a women's shelter in Brooklyn, at 114A Convent Street."
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Half an hour later, inside the shelter.
Showing the FBI's golden badge to the person in charge of the shelter, Luo An took out Polly's fake photo, and the other person nodded:
"Yes, Dina is indeed in this shelter."
Mona raised her eyebrows:
"Dina?"
Luo An didn't care about this matter, it was just a fake name, it was normal, so he asked directly:
"Where is she now?"
"She's in there."
The person in charge pointed to the densely packed beds in the shelter and shrugged:
"You can go find it yourself. I don't know where it is specifically."
"OK."
This place is a women's shelter, so most of the women inside are dressed casually.
Seeing Luo An, a handsome man, come in, some young women hurriedly pulled up their clothes to cover their vital parts, while more older women not only didn't care, but whistled at Luo An.
Luo An, who had already been whetted by Mona, was too lazy to talk to these women, not to mention the mixed smell of rancid urine, salty fish, etc. in the shelter was very overpowering.
Especially the smell of salted fish, even though Luo An was determined, he still felt a little nauseous.
Holding his breath and searching one by one, Luo An was halfway through the search on the left side of the shelter when Mona's shout suddenly sounded from the right side of the shelter:
"Stop! Don't run!"
(End of chapter)
