Chapter 966: Scalper? Slipping Away
The glance almost made Aurora lose her temper again, but her husband, Jeffrey, pulled hard on her hand from behind.
She instantly ca back to her senses.
In any case, their daughter was willing to go ho, which was at least an improvent.
They could take things slow in the future.
Seeing that they had basically reached a compromise, Luke smiled. “Well, by the way, do you need to provide a third-party psychiatrist? She’s pretty good.”
The family of three turned their heads in unison. Are you a police officer or a hospital “scalper”?
The family expressed their doubts about Luke’s profession for the first ti, but Lindsay only hesitated for a mont before she agreed to let him introduce a doctor. She also requested that the doctor co to the police station imdiately to give Monroe a preliminary diagnosis.
For so reason, she trusted this calm detective.
Also, Luke seed to have inadvertently reminded her of sothing.
If an official record of their agreent was left here at the police station, so of her parents’ tricks wouldn’t be as useful.
Lindsay wasn’t stupid. It was precisely because she was too smart that her parents took her so seriously.
She didn’t feel that Luke was acting like soone her parents had arranged. Although she didn’t have direct evidence, she was sohow sure.
Naturally, the psychiatrist recomnded by Luke would be more reliable than whover she looked for later.
She knew all too well how capable her parents were in New York. If things went wrong, they might be able to replace the doctor with one of theirs, which would be bad for Monroe.
In less than half an hour, there was the sound of high heels coming over swiftly, before they stopped in front of the door. The door opened, and a blonde woman with black-rimd glasses appeared.
The family was stunned.
Surprised, Lindsay opened her mouth to say sothing, but abruptly clamd up as joy flashed in her eyes.
The blonde woman’s gaze swept over everyone before she nodded at Luke. “Hello, Detective Coulson. Who is the patient?”
“Hello, Dr. Haley.” Luke smiled and gestured at Monroe. “That’s him. But you need to discuss with these three how to carry out the consultation. They have so special requests.”
With that, he gave Beckett a look before they left discreetly.
After they went out and closed the door, Luke said to Beckett in a low voice, “When Monroe is being examined, you can talk to Lindsay about your case first. I think there’s still a chance that she’ll cooperate. Don’t get your hopes up about Monroe. He’s really in a bad ntal state.”
Beckett nodded and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “You studied psychology in college?”
Luke looked at her strangely and said, “I studied a little on my own; I never had the chance to study it in college.”
Beckett nodded and said, “Thanks, Luke. You can look for if you need anything in the future.”
This was a small favor she owed him.
The colleagues in the police departnt were all close or distant to varying degrees.
Without these favors, there were many things other people wouldn’t agree to help with.
For example, when Luke asked John and Joe for help a few days ago, Luke would have to help them out the next ti they asked.
However, everyone was clear on the “grade” of these favors. For example, Beckett’s favor was much smaller than John’s.
That was because John had done Luke a personal favor, while this was just a small work favor.
Also, when she had asked Luke the question earlier, he realized that this lady was still too green.
At the very least, she wasn’t too familiar with Walter → John → Joe. Otherwise, how could she not know that Luke hadn’t gone to college?
She hadn’t paid enough attention to the ins and outs of the police departnt, or it would’ve been easy for her to find out that Luke was only nineteen.
But that wasn’t a bad thing.
A person who focused on work and didn’t care about office gossip might not get a promotion or a raise that easily, but they were much more comfortable to be around than those part-ti “underground spies.”
Luke went to Dustin’s office and told him that everything was under control.
Dustin was suspicious. “Are you sure?” If it was that easy to deal with, why would this family be famous even in NYPD?
Luke said, “If we’re lucky, the situation really will stop here. If we’re unlucky... we’ll probably get a break for a week or two.”
The whole of NYPD didn’t care how big the family drama was, as long as the family kept it at ho.
Most of the family disputes which Luke dealt with as a detective were either serious or fatal. He had never dealt with such purely emotional disputes.
A certain lonely and unmarried middle-aged man was even more impatient than Luke when it ca to dealing with the rich.
Worried, Dustin asked, “What if they cut their donation?”
Pondering for two seconds, Luke replied, “Even if they do, that might not necessarily be on my head.”
Lost for words, Dustin raised a finger. “Get lost.”
He realized that he had asked a silly question.
It was possible that might happen, but the police departnt had already had to deal with this troubleso family seven or eight tis.
Even if they didn’t receive a big donation from the Soderbergs next year, nobody could be sure what had offended them.
This wasn’t ancient tis, and the bigshots couldn’t hold anyone accountable over so groundless accusations.
Innocent until proven guilty – this was the sa in Arica.
On his way out, Luke looked in the direction of the interrogation room. Only Javier was at the door, which ant that Beckett had gotten sothing.
After solving the family’s problem with unexpected efficiency, he no longer hung around the police departnt.
After sending a text ssage he waited for another ten minutes before he got up and left.
Outside the entrance, he found a cab and got in. The driver smiled. “Are you in a hurry today?”
Luke paid the fare. “Of course... I’m not in a hurry. Please keep your ‘plane’ to the minimum speed. It’s snowing today.”
“My car can switch to snow mode at any ti.” Bell, who was in the driver’s seat, nodded regretfully. “When I saw your ssage, I thought it was a chance to chase after a suspect like last ti.”
Luke said helplessly, “You basically only get that in movies, right? Most of the ti, the police drive themselves.”
Bell thought about it.
The last ti Luke hired her car to chase soone, he had been a LAPD detective.
It was indeed hard for a LAPD detective in New York to chase soone without a car.
Even though it was snowing and the ground was slippery, it only took Bell ten minutes to reach Clinton.
Luke waved goodbye to Bell and entered the Nelson and Murdock law firm.
It was snowing today, but there were a lot of people in the law firm. Most of them looked happy.
Luke knew why.
The reconstruction plan had already been set in motion, and the first batch of renovation teams had officially begun to repair the houses of many families.
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