Chapter 876: Reward for Being a Good Person
Jessica’s face changed, and her eyes flickered between anxiety and fear.
Luke simply waited.
Jessica was silent for more than ten seconds before she finally said, “No, I don’t know anything.”
Luke smiled. “Miss Jones, I appreciate that you’re protecting your clients and us detectives, but we’ll continue investigating this case. If you really want us to avoid danger, why don’t you tell us what you know about him? Molly might not be the first victim, and you don’t want another one to appear, do you?”
After a long silence, Jessica finally shook her head. “I don’t know anything. I can’t help you.”
The smile on Luke’s face didn’t change. He simply nodded and said, “Alright, that’s all for now.”
He looked at Christine and asked, “What about Richard and his family?”
Christine said, “They went to handle the discharge procedure.”
Luke said, “You’re currently working, we won’t keep you. Just leave this to us.”
Looking at his calm face, Christine remembered what her friend Haley said. After a brief hesitation, she decided to trust Luke.
The truth was that she had no choice but to trust him.
Even the attending doctor couldn’t reject Molly’s discharge. After all, Molly wasn’t a critical patient.
In a situation like this, the hospital had no right or obligation to interfere with the patient’s discharge.
Christine just didn’t want to see Molly leave with so much trauma.
The thoughts flashed through her mind, but she simply said, “Alright, thank you.”
After the nurse left, Luke and Selina stood at the door of the ward and sucked on a chocolate lollipop each.
Jessica looked at them, a little baffled. “What… are you doing?”
Luke said, “I’m waiting for Richard.”
Looking at Jessica’s face, he said casually, “Don’t worry, Miss Jones, I’m not here to persuade them. You’re right. Staying in New York really won’t do them any good except increase the chance of encountering that lunatic again.”
Jessica was suspicious.
It wasn’t the first time she had dealt with the police. Using the victim as bait was absolutely one of the most common ways for the police to catch a suspect with a victim.
But when she looked at Luke, she didn’t really want to accept it.
Because of her temper and profession, she had never had a good relations.h.i.+p with the police, but she had a good impression of Luke and Selina.
If two young police officers were willing to investigate a case when there didn’t seem to be anything in it for them, it could only be a.s.sumed that they had a professional att.i.tude.
A dedicated police officer was more respectable than a dirty one.
After another ten minutes, Richard returned after Molly was discharged.
Seeing Luke, he hesitated, but still greeted him.
Looking at his uncomfortable expression, Luke comforted him. “Richard, you’ve given us enough help. Take Molly home now. She needs to recuperate.”
Richard shook his hand. “I’m sorry. Thank you.”
He apologized because he had been so supportive of Luke before, but now he was running away.
He was grateful for everything that Luke had done.
Luke patted his shoulder and said, “Let’s go. We’ll escort you out of the city.”
Richard hurriedly shook his head. “No, it’s fine.”
Luke said, “At least let me confirm that you leave New York safely, alright?”
Richard smiled bitterly. “Alright, thank you…”
A few minutes later, Molly and her mother walked out of the ward, clearly prepared to leave.
When they reached the parking lot, Richard just got into the car before he came back out again and walked over to Luke. “Detective Luke, Molly said that she needs to go back to her place to get her doc.u.ments and personal belongings, so we need to take a detour.”
Luke nodded. “No problem. I’ll follow you.”
Watching Richard get back into the car, Selina said, “Molly never mentioned where she had been staying during this time. Maybe there are important clues there?”
Luke nodded. “Of course. So, good things always come to good people.”
Selina agreed.
If Luke said later that he wanted to check Molly’s place, Richard most likely wouldn’t refuse such a small request.
If the two of them had left just now, they might’ve missed this lead.
After the two cars left the hospital, Selina looked in the rearview mirror and said thoughtfully, “The female detective is here too. It seems that she’s worried about this family.”
Luke nodded. “n.o.body can be careless against a lunatic.”
Twenty minutes later, three cars stopped outside an apartment building.
Molly’s family led the way, followed by Luke and Selina, and then the female private investigator, and they went to the fourth floor.
After Molly opened the door and entered the apartment, Luke said to Richard in a low voice, “We need to check this place. There might be some clues. Is that okay?”
After a brief hesitation, Richard nodded. “Yes, but the bedroom…”
Luke said, “Understood. We won’t randomly touch anything here. You can ask your wife to help Molly clean up.”
Richard was worried that Molly’s private affairs would be on display in the apartment.
Molly had been taken away by a man for three months. It was possible that she had been living here the whole time. He was really scared that he would see something horrible, such as photos or videos.
Receiving permission from Richard, Luke signaled to Selina, and they split up.
Selina went to the bedroom, but didn’t go in. She simply watched them pack.
She had to make sure that the two of them didn’t take away anything that could be evidence.
Luke, on the other hand, walked around the apartment.
In fact, even if he didn’t move, Sharp Nose had already locked onto a rather unique man’s scent.
It seemed to be a heavier scent compared with an ordinary person’s, but it didn’t have the sort of specific scent which most people had.
It was like the difference between umami and the other tastes.
It was only because of Luke’s keen sense of smell that he noticed the anomaly.
The smell was so unique that he would definitely be able to confirm the man’s ident.i.ty the moment he saw him again.
While a.n.a.lyzing the scent, his eyes didn’t stop scanning the living room.
There were no pictures or devices, including phones, cameras, or computers.
He only paid a little more attention to some coffee and wine bottles in the living room. These weren’t cheap; at the very least, only the middle cla.s.s would frequently buy this.
Furthermore, this was a mid- to high-cla.s.s apartment. That Kilgrave didn’t have low living standards. He probably wouldn’t live in a dirty and dilapidated slum, which narrowed Luke’s search range.