Chapter 509 - Asking For Clues
The phone call was from Jordan, who quickly explained what he had discovered.
The driver who had hit William two days ago was named Craig Valis. After losing control of his car and hitting William, he died in another tragic car accident nearby.
Of course, Lucas suspected that this was very likely not purely an accident, and the information Jordan had found out proved this.
Craig"s wife and daughter had suddenly vanished from their apartment the day before the accident.
So over the past two days, Jordan had targeted his investigation here to get a clear explanation from Craig"s wife and daughter.
Now, he finally found their whereabouts.
"Lucas, do you need me to go bring these two people back so that you can question them? Their hiding place is nearby. It"s a private house near the outskirts of the city," Jordan said.
Craig wasn"t very old, so Lucas reckoned that his daughter must be rather young. If they suddenly brought them over, they might frighten them.
Luca thought about it and said, "Let"s go over together."
"Yes!" Jordan naturally acknowledged.
Soon, Jordan drove to Lucas"s side, picked him up, and then went to a somewhat chaotic area where low-income people lived.
It was a shabby district with lots of disorderly and short buildings, narrow and dirty alleys, and many miserable-looking people.
During the journey, Jordan said to Lucas, "Lucas, Craig"s wife is named Sarah, and their daughter is now six years old. Due to time constraints, we haven"t found much detailed information. We only know that the place they"re living now is allegedly a residence belonging to a distant relative of theirs."
Lucas nodded slightly.
He suspected that someone had instigated Craig, but he couldn"t be convicted now.
So he came here today to ask about this.
The alleys here were extremely narrow and cramped, and cars couldn"t even fit inside.
Lucas and Jordan got out of the car and walked in.
Perhaps because there was a large number of low-income residents here, the walls on both sides of the alley were full of all kinds of miscellaneous objects, making it difficult to walk.
Lucas followed Jordan all the way to a small house in front of the deep alley.
This was basically the innermost part of the alley, which was even shabbier and more dilapidated than the streets outside, and there were no pedestrians.
In front of the small house were a wood pony and a pale-faced girl sitting on it, staring at the sky with a blank expression.
For some reason, Lucas"s heart suddenly wrenched up when he saw the crestfallen expression on the face of the little girl who should have been full of vitality.
The little girl noticed the movements here. As soon as she saw the two strange men approaching, a trace of panic immediately appeared on her face, and she leaped off the small pony in a fl.u.s.tered manner and ran toward the door at the back.
They could clearly tell that she wasn"t in good health. Not only was she gaunt, but she almost fell onto the ground after just running a couple of steps.
Jordan raised his brows and pointed at the house the little girl ran into. He said with a trace of surprise on his face, "What a coincidence. The Sarah we"re looking for is living in this house."
Lucas didn"t say anything and only signaled Jordan to go over and knock on the door.
Jordan walked to the half-hidden door and was about to knock on it when the door suddenly opened from the inside to reveal a middle-aged woman in her fifties.
Looking at the two strangers outside the door, she immediately became vigilant and grabbed the door frame warily. She asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Jordan smiled. "Ma"am, we"re here to see Sarah."
When the middle-aged woman heard the name "Sarah", a trace of panic flashed across her face, and she quickly said, "You"ve come to the wrong place. There"s no one here named Sarah."
Then she wanted to close the door.
But her speed was naturally no match for that of Jordan, who had extremely quick reflexes. As soon as she moved her hand, he immediately grabbed the door frame, making it impossible for her to close it.
"You… what are you doing? I… I"m warning you. This is my home. If you dare to trespa.s.s and get up to anything funny, I"ll definitely sue you! If you dare to do anything in broad daylight, as long as I shout, someone will immediately come here and grab you! Hurry up and leave!" The middle-aged woman was obviously panicking, but she still pretended to be calm and threatened him.
Jordan grinned. "Ma"am, we"re not crooks. We"re here to look for Sarah. We just have some questions for her. We won"t do anything bad, so rest a.s.sured!"
Although Jordan usually had a roguish smile, he now wanted to get into the good books of this middle-aged woman to reduce her vigilance, so he smiled obediently.
The middle-aged woman was a bit skeptical, but she was still clutching the door frame tightly, not daring to let anyone in.
Lucas walked over and handed a stack of bills from his pocket to the middle-aged woman. "Ma"am, we really don"t mean any harm. We just want to ask Sarah some questions. Please ask her to come out."
Jordan had casually taken this stack of bills from the car just now, and it happened to come in handy now.
There were around 50 bills.
The middle-aged woman"s eyes were immediately glued to the stack of bills.
Most people living in such a shabby place were struggling to make ends meet and earned meager wages. This stack of bills was worth about a thousand dollars, enough to cover a few months" worth of living expenses for the woman.
All that was required of her was to ask someone to come out. It was really effortless.
For people used to being poor, such a temptation was really difficult to resist.
Thus, after being conflicted for a while, the middle-aged woman finally opened the door, reached out to accept the money, and said with some slight embarra.s.sment, "Ah, you are so polite. It"s just a small favor. You"re being too kind, haha."
After smiling, she yelled inside, "Sarah, come out!"
Two seconds later, a female voice sounded inside the house, "Aunt, you called me? Wait a minute. I"ll be right out!"
After about eight seconds, a woman in her thirties came out from behind the rusty iron door. She was wiping the water and foam on her hands against her ap.r.o.n. She seemed to have been was.h.i.+ng clothes.
"Aunt, what"s wrong?" the woman asked in bewilderment.
After receiving the money, the middle-aged woman became much more enthusiastic. She pointed at Lucas and Jordan and said with a cheerful grin, "These two people are here to look for you. They said that they have questions for you."
Sarah finally saw the two tall men standing behind the middle-aged woman. She immediately panicked and waved her hands. "I… I don"t know them, and I have nothing to say to them! I… I don"t know what they want to ask either. I still have lots to do, so I"ll get going now!"
Seeming terribly frightened, she immediately turned around, wanting to go back inside.
But the next instant, Jordan suddenly appeared behind her and blocked her from going back into the house.