Murder Case

Looking outside the car window, Allen was half asleep, while listening to the weather broadcast, it was a sunny day, a hot one, Allen preferred winter and cold weather rather than summer and its hotness.

It was June so the temperature is getting hotter, but not that much really, you can spot some people walking wearing semi-heavy clothes.

"Can you turn on the air conditioner for god sake Ethan? I'm going to die man!", Allen said while he was looking for the button to turn it on, he searched but couldn't find it so he just gave up and start looking at Ethan's eyes, trying to get his attention.

Driving a big black car Ethan gazed at Allen with an annoyed look on his face, he let out a sigh "It's here!", he pointed at the air conditioner button then he continued "but you are out of luck, it's broken, and I don't have time to fix it unless you fix it for me!" Ethan grinned his face while he was driving trying to tease Allen who was smashing the button trying to turn it on.

Ethan Hale is Allen's friend, he is an investigator and a good one, unlike Allen who was just an average policeman, if you take a look at him with his brown hair and brown eyes, wearing an elegant pair of glasses, with his white suit, you will think that he is from a rich family, which you'd be right.

The pair of glasses that Ethans wear is from an expensive brand, the same thing goes for his suit and watch that was on his wrist.

Ethan was a little bit taller than Allen, but his physique was not quite like Allen's, he is skinnier but not in an unhealthy way, if you put his overall look you could say that he was in a different social class than Allen.

"I'll fix it if you give me the money, and uhh, also you gotta pay me, nothing is for free, I know you could afford it", Allen said while closing his right eye, he was trying to tease Ethan back.

But in the back of his head, Allen was thinking about how could an air conditioner in a car break, he was about to ask why, but he didn't want to go into details.

"Got it, so when ill give it to you?" responding quickly to Allen, Ethan's facial expressions didn't change he was still smiling back.

Allen went silent for a moment, he couldn't fight back anymore so he let out a sigh admitting his defeat.

He checks his phone looking at the clock Allen decides to drive to the main topic "aren't you guys able to track him already? this is starting to get ridiculous now!!", Allen said with a serious face "didn't you see the news? the people are starting to get afraid knowing that a drug dealer that going rampage killing around this city!".

So the main topic that Allens drew is the hottest news right now, about a murder incident that happened in an alley around this place, while this city wasn't the safest place since waking up to new murder cases it start getting normal, however, this time it start getting people attention.

"I won't say that they are afraid, they are curious and the media is eating this up, It's all thanks to the rumors that it says that he was from Fang, and media these days are trying to find everything about this so they call 'mafia'!!", Ethan said trying to focus on the road.

Fang is in fact a trading company, quite popular in this city, but there are some rumors stating that this company has ties with the mafia? and thanks to this, stories and conspiracies about this company are starting to pop out of nowhere.

How did the rumors start? everyone has his own story about it, Allen thinks that a competing company stating making those rumors, which was quick a dumb thing to think of, another company taking the risk of ruining the public image just for rumors was quite stupid, so he quickly brushes it out from his head.

"And also finding him is hard, we didn't find anything about him, we did go look at his house but you know the rest, we found that there was a fire in the apartment!"

"I can confirm that he was in fact part of Fang company, I was there when it happened, he killed them both, and he did see my face, that's why I'm very anxious about it!", bitting his thumb nail Allen said with a low worrying voice "If what I've heard turns out to be true, then me and my family, heck maybe you too are screwed, they won't let anyone that knows about this wandering around freely".

If what Allen's said was true, It would be a big problem for Allen to deal with, if the Fang company really has any relation with the 'mafia' they will not stay still, every company is trying to have the best look in the public eye, so just knowing that someone out there knowing the truth will be big problem in their eyes.

Like in any show you watch or any book you read, If the so-called 'mafia' knows that there is someone who knows about them or has a bad relationship with them, they will try to 'get rid of them', and what happened for example if that person tells others about it, yes they will also try to 'get rid of them', that's a logical way of thinking if you want to be sure that nothing skips their radar.

-- This is Mafia 101.

So Every time he thinks about the possibility that what he heard was true, Allen makes an uncomfortable look, In Allen's point of view he wasn't worried about himself as much as worrying about his family, if this turns out to be true then Allen is screwed up, no matter who you think of it a real 'mafia' is just too much to handle. Just thinking about his family Allen's right arm starts shaking.

And if you really start to think of it for a moment you can see where he's coming from, unlike tv shows when the protagonist could take down a whole gang or mafia by himself, just the thought of it would make Allen laugh, while Allen is a policeman and yes he could have a gun and experience with this kind of stuff, but dealing with something like that is just in another level that only happens in TV.

After thinking about it more, Allen let out an awkward smile, he knew that he is thinking too deeply, and thinking won't do anything, so he was trying to brush these thoughts out of his head, he knew that it will ruin his day, and make him stressed out without any benefits.

Looking at his friend with worried eyes, all that could Ethan do is assure his friend with some words "come on man, you are thinking too much into it, and also thanks to you Allen we can find him!", with a soft smile Ethan added "you can count on me dude, finding bad guys is just a part of my job!".

It was known at the police station that Ethan is the best detective in the city, he has a track of solving all his cases, so when he said that he will catch him, it was better just to trust him, or so Allen thought he is still worried what will happen to his friend also.

"While you could be right and that it's own problem then, you could get help from the police simply, don't think too much, your hair will turn white from the stress".

Holding his right arm to stop it from shaking, Allen smiles back at Ethan "but man, I'm out of luck, why I was the one who found him, If I just didn't follow him I would be out of worries!", Allen said with a joking tone, after clearing his mind, he starts looking outside the window again, just so Ethan can't see his face.

Letting his friend clear his mind, Ethan didn't reply and just focused on his way, they were about to get to the police station, so they decided to just close the subject and let themself have a moment of silence.

A moment passed away with just the sound of the radio playing and the cars passing by, but this moment didn't last long, a ringtone started playing from a pocket, both of them looked immediately at the source of the music.

"Are you kidding me?" Ethan lets out a surprised look on his face after reaching his hand to his pocket, After checking who was calling Ethan without too much thinking he hung up and let out a pissed look on his face.

"Is everything ok? you look angry!!" Allen went with a curious look, it was rare for him to see his friend pissed over something.

"It's nothing, uh... wait I forgot." still with the same face, Ethan went to his phone again but this time he turn it off.

Looking at his weird behaviors Allen's curiosity starts to build up quickly, it's not like every day you see Ethan angry, so he decided to ask him again "Are you sure?!".

"Why are you looking at me like that, I'm telling you it's nothing, don't worry about it!", Ethan said while laughing anxiously while rubbing his cheek, Ethan knew that he sounded suspicious so he let out a sigh and added "It just some guy I know, he keeps calling me and I don't know how to deal with him!".

"Hmm...." Allen closed his eyes for a moment then he added "well anyone has his own problems I guess, but uh... I mean you can ask me if you need help!" Allen was really curious about it, but he didn't keep pushing this topic and putting his friend on the spot, he just decided to leave it there.

Ethan smiled softly at Allen's comment, and just went silent again while driving.

After a minute or two they arrived at the station, the building was quite big, and there is a lot of traffic in the yard, people waiting by the entrance, holding microphones and some of them holding cameras, waiting for someone to pass by.

Allen took a look at what happening around the station and he quickly realized that it was the media and journalists are trying to get a word out of the policemen working on the station.

"A-are they the media?"

"Yes they are indeed the media, and since you Ethan are taking this case they are likely to ask you, so good luck about that!" Allen said while trying to tease Ethan.

"I have no time for this kind of thing, you enter alone, I'll do something about this" letting out a sigh Ethan said while stepping out of the car.

"What are you doing about this?".

"I don't know, I'll find a way to sneak in without them noticing me!" Ethan said with a confident look "also I need to take a call quickly, so yeah just go don't wait for me!"

"Okay then see you later then...." Allen mumbled quietly looking at Ethan's eyes, he decided to just go to the station without much talking, thinking about something Allen went "yeah, he starts acting weird after that call!".

Allen thinks a little further then goes with an excited yet anxious face "something is going to happen huh..." he let out a sigh "but first, time to work!!" he said while entering the station.

Watching his friend back while going to the station, Ethan's face was smiling "I think he catched something from the way I act.... dammit!".

Nodding several times Ethan went silent trying to process something "I hope I'm not screwed... but let's hope for the best!".

With that, both friends went their own ways, Allen went to work while Ethan went to do some business.