Chapter 26: Arlen Sinclair
You look at me. I look at you.
That was the situation in the Davenport Police Bureau as the tall handsome Police Captain and the shorter, bearded Police Officer had a standoff with the entire team looking at them.
Arlen smiled, "Officer West, why would you say that?" There was a hint of amusement in his smile that made Ravi want to roll his eyes.
"10,000 dollars is too small for someone with mind control to exert himself...Too troublesome." Besides, her face is too blank, her eyes unfocused. Someone who was being mind-controlled would not display such emotions, she would not even notice that something was happening to her mind.
He had personal experience with a person with mind control abilities. He had not known any mental block technique and so Hunter had played him for a fool so many times. It takes time and lots of practice to build a mental block to prevent someone from infiltrating your mind. He rubbed his forehead in time to hear Lisa clap her hands excitedly.
"True. If I have mind control abilities, why would I steal the 10,000 dollars of an old woman like Mrs Karen? I would go to the bank and ask them to give me ten million dollars in cash and then erase the CCTV and everything that would link the money to me, then I would fly to the Capital, buy a house, and live every day in splendor."
Everyone looked at her in shock and Lisa realized what she said and shook her head, waving her hand around, "I was thinking from the point of view of the criminal. What would a criminal do? I would never do something like that."
"I knew it." Draco quipped and Lisa gritted her teeth, her black jewel-like eyes had a sheen to them as she struggled to explain herself.
"Profiling. They taught us in our behavioral analysis class. I am a good honest citizen. Since I was born..."