Chapter - 12

George locked the door, picked up the landline and told Miriam to cancel all programs for the next one hour. He then opened all the files in his office and opened it all on the table, and he began;

“Axel Andrews, Cepher Cohen etc. all of them are big shots, respected and honored in society. But they are not what they are seen as; they loot the public and use the same money to destroy the public. You may wonder why I'm targeting only these people, I'd say, because these people are the first group I could track down. I was not actually after them, one occasion I was in an area where they had bombed. They are having a different strategy; they'd install the bomb a day before the blast, on the day of the blast, they would activate all the bombs and leave the country. When the blast happens, they'd be already in another country; thereby they are having an alibi even if caught. There's also another factor, most of the people who set the bombs would be high profile people. Axel himself has set several ones when he was not the police chief.”

Clyde cut in between, “The source of these funds, what about that, any idea?”

George replied nothing; he threw a newspaper report on the table, Clyde recognized it immediately:

BANKER FRAUDS….The Federal Police (Bundespolizei) on Thursday night arrested Cepher Cohen…for an alleged economic fraud of 2.4 million Euros…Clyde Stewart.

Clyde couldn't believe what he had covered was the tip of an iceberg, with utter astonishment he asked, “What you are saying may be true, but won't they be caught when there's an investigation, especially when this was reported. I mean I reported it, why wasn't there an investigation on this?”

“When you reported it, a case was filed and with some influence he managed to get a bail the same day right, yeah. Well, later on the case was cleared out. I checked their system; the case was closed with the payment of a penalty. I'm sure that penalty was not paid too. I was in pursuit of further leads in this case, that is when I learned about Axel's bribery case. After that I was on his trail, I watched for about a month and finally I found where they had their money. Any guesses Clyde?”

“No, I don't understand what you are hinting at, explain it properly.”

“Well, it was in your own house by your dear partner, Laura. She had a relation with Cepher's brother right; it may be during those times that they discovered about your spy cams. The news report gave me the hint about that….Unexplained circumstances. I had information Axel was travelling with huge amount of money. He came in a private jet, landed in Canada the same day we did; my men were there, they saw no luggage and so he got away with the money hidden away in pillows. I followed him around the country but I couldn't find when he had transferred the money. He was also in the Simpson tower's area but only then did someone else catch my attention. I have this strong feeling that this person has some involvement in this but I'm not sure. This person was seen entering the Simpson tower several times during the last past days. I, but, stuck to Axel because I had to pin him and only by him could I know the other people involved.”

“Who is this person you suspect, and why the hell did you kill Axel?”

“The reason I pounced on Axel was to get information but then after I got it if I leave him like that wouldn't the others be alerted. He was going to be out of contact for the next one month and so I finished him; I've disfigured him well enough to get the forensic people get confused; but how the hell did you get all these visuals, I had used the device that interrupts all surveillance cameras.”

“Never give me that question, remember I was a journalist before, I'll get past obstacles very easily. The difference between us is that, where you stop thinking, yeah, that is where I start. Now tell me who is this person and why didn't you stop the blast today.”

“I could've but my calculations went wrong. I thought they were targeting the Bank on that street. I so ransacked the place and found nothing. I so concluded they didn't plan any attacks or it wouldn't take off as Axel was killed but it happened. That's the reason I retrieved the surveillance cameras recordings from the police. There you go, this is the person,” saying George showed him the person.

Clyde had a doubt at first but when the next visual came, he confirmed it though with a small shock. He then quickly picked up his phone and dialed his mom's number, the call was finally answered on the third ring, “Mom, where are you; I want to meet you.”