Expectations Vs World

Our president's name was Maximas Delfanto. —For the first time and after a period lasted more than 10 years I called him with his name because we had studied together in the colleague— "Maximas listen to me properly! This is a big mistake you are doing! You can't arrest me! You can't!"

He was a little bit surprised and raised one eyebrow; hearing his name in my mouth, —he had used to "Boss" and "President"…—

So he said arrogantly "Yes! I can arrest you, watch me".

And he called "Tom! C'mon!" —Tom Jefferson was the right arm of the President like a protocol or a bodyguard; he was following him everywhere—

I quickly shouted while Tom was taking me out "I have the proof"

He answered me mockery because he was angry with my treatment to him "Yeah! Let it to the judge!"

"It's about Todd!" and just when my feet across the door I said.

He raised his head and ordered Tom to get me back, so tom did and took me to him —it's weird how children change the person, as a parent you want always the best for them and do the impossible, like giving up on yourself and your principles just to protect them and to make the perfect environment for them to be fine—

It was my first time that I begged someone badly, and all of my worries were heading to Todd because I knew if I go to jail and don't have contact with the kidnapper I will receive his head in a box.

At the same time, I didn't want to let Max know about the kidnapper and broke the deal, so I thought about something to say "can you please come with me to the crime scene?"

He sighed "You know that I can't. Until your innocence approved you still a criminal".

I begged him up "Please! Max! Please! Without you, I have no one"

He closed his eyes for a while; looking at me begging was a marvel to him, and then he said "Ok! But it must be that important! And be quick!"

I nodded with my head and we went out with Tom who was cuffing me.

It was 5:00 in the morning, the sky was cloudy, and the roads started to be full with people, we got in Maximas car; it was a black Jeep, a new model with an engine power reach 400hp.

I was in the criminals' section of the car; Tom was the driver beside the police chief.

When we arrived at the building, all of us got out of the car except me, I waited till Tom came to open the door for me, the crime scene was full by cops but without doing anything because they were waiting for the next responsible inspector to take the case; since I was a suspect and my partner was fighting death in the hospital.

All of them were disgustingly looking at me, but I was sure that each one of them knew that I was innocent; they just needed proof and some of them were happy for my situation because they've been always jealous of my cleverness.

The boss was in the front, the policeman who guarded the crime scene said "hello!" to the president and opened the barrier for us, and then Maximas called me "Professor!"; he shocked me naming me like that, and his expression gave me big support; confirming that's Boss stilled believing me, and gave those who hated me a slap on their ugly faces.

I walked in and said "this way" Max and Tom followed me and when we arrived at the room where Suho injured, Boss stopped his bodyguard and ordered him to wait.

As we entered; Albert was moved to the morgue and the equipment was untouched, I headed to the holes in the wall, and tried to smell something, however, without result.

I didn't know what to do; the gas had gone, so I turned to Maximas; who was checking me with his eyes trying to know what I was doing.

"Sir! I need an ax or hammer" I said

He asked me "Why?"

And I answered him "to break the wall. Sir"

But he stopped me saying "No way! The wall is a clue! We can't do that!"

He added "We need a fingerprints…The team didn't take it's because of the delay," he said, and I didn't want to argue with him, because he was right.

After 90 minutes playing rock-paper-scissors and Dama and drinking the coffee with my boss to pass the time; because the scientific police team was doing their works.

Finally, they finished taking fingerprints and it's our turn, so Max ordered 2 cops to break the wall and the first strike was straight to the holes and a sound had released; it's wasn't like hitting a rock, but it was more like a metal sound.

I told the boss to complete the destruction and he ordered them to.

After removing all the rocks of the wall, we observed that's the two holes were in the airing system in the library.

That's wasn't expectable, the boss looked at me and said "what did you want me to see?"

I didn't have the answer, because I thought that's I would find a gas bottle or something.

"I have an idea but it required the building plan," I said.

He sighed again "look if you have anything in your mind tell me now! So I can decide"

I responded "ok listen… When I was here, I had a weird feeling, very weird, I thought it was a human's sentiment, but seeing Suho hurting and laughing at the same time was weirder"

He wondered "laughing!"

"Yes sir! Laughing, you can check if you want, ask the cop who filmed me, so my idea that the two holes we saw before were to leak the gas that maybe it was Nitrous oxide; a laughter gas"

He kept silent for a while and called Tom and told him "Tom! Go and bring me the building plan"

After a half-hour of asking and investigating, the responsible managers of the library who survived told us that the documents had burned with the building.

I didn't know why the world kept pushing me to the edge; I was an appreciated man with his honor and respect and turned to a humiliating failure and a criminal.

Thanks to the one whom I thought him my boss but he was more like a friend; a friend who didn't lose faith in me and just to prove my innocence he ordered all the cops to search for the principal airing room in a building like I told him; and the library contained more than 5 floors.

So we started looking for that's room and I was hoping to find something in it, that could give me my work and my value back to me.