Chapter 243 We’re Different
It was actually Luke who had taught Selina Gracie’s “won’s self-defense.”
“I don’t think you’re a student here, are you?” asked the number 10 girl.
Luke said, “Well, I’m only here today to check out the place. Chances are that I’ll be finishing the last year of high school here.”
The number 10 girl grew interested. “Oh, really? That’s fantastic!”
Luke didn’t know what to say. Why are you so happy when you already have a boyfriend?
On the other side, Selina had returned.
Sibury had taken away the boys who had been having fun chasing the girls, and the two unlucky idiots would probably be kicked out of school.
The number 10 girl’s boyfriend also ca back. Noticing that his girlfriend was talking to an unfamiliar boy, he glared at Luke angrily. “What are you doing? Stay away from my girlfriend.”
Luke smiled and pointed behind him.
The boy said angrily, “What are you pointing at? Just talk! Are you dumb?”
Luke said, “I’m trying to say that you’re blocking my cousin’s way.”
The boy turned around and saw Selina. His face imdiately changed. “Hi, nice to et you. May I know your na?”
“No.” The boy glared at Luke, who had been the one to refuse.
Luke chuckled. “Boy, stay away from my cousin.”
Stunned, the boy felt that sothing wasn’t right. In the end, he said, “I was talking to your cousin; it’s none of your business.”
Luke said, “I was talking to your girlfriend; it’s none of your business.”
The boy roared, “How can a girlfriend and cousin be the sa?”
“How can soone with a girlfriend and soone without a girlfriend be the sa?” Luke smiled.
The boy was confused. “What’s that supposed to an?”
Luke said, “It ans that I’m speaking for my cousin, who’s reluctant to hurt the feelings of little boys.”
The boy turned around, only to see Selina smiling silently.
He was imdiately enraged. “You think you’re aweso? You’re just two id-“
Selina suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his neck. “Language, kid. Shut up and go ho, if your words are as unpleasant as your fart, got it?”
The boy turned red, not because of the humiliation, but because Selina was almost suffocating him.
Seeing the fear in his eyes, Selina loosened her grip. “Alright, go away, but don’t talk to anymore.”
She casually pushed the boy away and wiped her hands with sanitizer, as if they were contaminated.
The boy gritted his teeth and left.
The number 10 girl, however, didn’t move, and looked at Selina in admiration. She was truly awed by Selina this ti.
Ten ters away, the boy noticed that his girlfriend wasn’t following him. He roared, “Tatum, we’re over! Over!”
The number 10 girl was dumbfounded. “What’s wrong with you?” She stopped looking at Selina and hurriedly chased after her boyfriend.
Selina finally sat down. “What were you doing? You hit on a high school girl and I had to get rid of her boyfriend for you?”
Luke said casually, “It’s only been half a year since I graduated high school. I’m not even nineteen yet.”
Selina choked. Indeed, it wasn’t strange for an eighteen-year-old boy to pursue a girl only one or two years younger than him.
They finished the rest of their lunch in peace.
They road the school again that afternoon and visited the cri scenes after that, which included the spot where Deputy Director Condra’s niece was killed as well as Sandra’s ho.
They were only familiarizing themselves with the environnt, and didn’t expect to find any leads, partly because the case happened three days ago, and partly because scant evidence had been left behind at the cri scenes.
Luke didn’t find anything from Sandra with his Sharp Nose either, though the suspect who had assaulted her was her boyfriend Billy.
Billy had gone to see Sandra the night of the cri, which was why he was suspected of being the serial killer. However, there wasn’t enough of his sll for Luke to determine that he was the criminal.
It gradually turned dark while they were checking out the town, and the residents quickly and solemnly went on their way.
Housewives returned ho with their babies, and children playing in the yard were summoned back to the house.
Most won in places like bars also paid their bills and went ho.
Luke could only shake his head. “This is unbelievable.”
He had never seen a situation like this, where one murderer could make the people of an entire town hide in fear, which seed rather absurd.
That was precisely the panic that a serial killer could cause.
After all, nobody could be sure that they wouldn’t be the next victim.
They certainly valued their own lives more than leisure.
Polk also said that a curfew had been implented until the serial killer was found.
But Luke wasn’t very hopeful.
The residents would only tolerate the curfew for half a month at most. If it was prolonged, chances were that Polk would lose his position as sheriff.
That explained why Polk was friendly to Luke and Selina. He was too stressed to care about reputation any longer.
That night, Luke and Selina went to Polk’s ho.
Polk took them to his study. Although nobody except his wife was at ho, he rembered what Luke said about the importance of confidentiality.
While Luke and Selina browsed the case files, Polk opened the window and lit a cigarette.
But he coughed after smoking for a short while.
Luke glanced at him and said, “Sheriff Polk, it’s been a long ti since you smoked, hasn’t it?!
Polk said with a bitter smile, “Call Polk. I quit smoking, but the last few days...”
Luke thought for a mont, then said, “How about this? While Selina reads the files here, you can show what you have at the police station.”
Polk asked, “Are you a forensic scientist?”
Luke provided validation without blinking an eye. “My uncle is an administrator at the forensics center in Las Vegas.”
Polk’s eyes bulged. “Really?”
Luke spread his hands. “I wouldn’t have beco a police officer so quickly if it wasn’t for the guidance of my family elders.”
He wasn’t lying. If Robert hadn’t pulled strings for him, Luke wouldn’t even have been able to beco a security officer.
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