Chapter 214: Calling Home
They returned back to the Davenport Police Bureau and Arlen went upstairs to give a preliminary report to the Chief before he came back down.
Due to the background, the Chief had always been agreeable to him, he had paused when he had told him about Club Lush but he had told in the end that he should do as he sees fit.
Arlen intended to do just that. The Davenport Police Bureau was small and they did not have a lot of specialized departments. Scratch that, they did not have any specialized department, not to mention a Narcotics Department.
He tapped against his trousers as he thought about what the woman had said. Emily had worked as a waiter in Club Lush but what she really did was escort business with a side of selling some party drugs.
Even though she decided that she wanted to go to college, she had refused to engage in the business, cutting a deal where she would be an ordinary waiter for half the pay.
He bit his lips, he knew that people like Victor LaGrine had this mind that their workers are property and they would rather kill them than let him leave. When he followed Anouk, they had cracked down on gangs, a lot of them involved in prostitution, gambling and drugs, their moral bottom line was almost non-existent. So if they wanted to kill her, why wait? It has been over six months since Emily got a deal with the Club so why would they choose to kill her now?
Or did she return back to old business? He checked for cracks in the walls and the ceilings but he did not see anything. There was no laptop either. Arlen rubbed his head, he had been careless, he should have really sealed off the room.
He took a deep breath, he did not want to narrow his judgment because of the information from the woman.
There was no sign of mutant ability either so there would be no help from the Heroes Association. He picked up his phone and dialled a number.