Chapter 413
Chapter 413
“Take care of him. Let me know when he regains consciousness,” Cale said calmly.
Oscar lay unconscious on the floor, dried blood crusted at the corner of his mouth. The baseball bat had been returned to the corner of the room, as if it had never been used. And Cale-standing tall, adjusting the cuff of his shirt with unhurried movements-was far too composed for someone who had just struck another man’s head without hesitation.
A guard dragged Oscar away without concern for whether his body scraped against the floor. The order to tend to him was carried out immediately-but not to a hospital. Just basic treatment. Cale despised it when someone in his grasp was rushed to a hospital before he was truly done making his point.
Daven watched from a distance. A long pause stretched between them before he finally spoke.
“You…” Daven stopped, choosing his words carefully. “What you did just now was dangerous p>
Cale glanced at him briefly, then looked back toward where Oscar had been. “It was,” he replied lightly. “That’s exactly why I let my emotions step in. People like him need to think I’ve lost control p>
“The way you interrogated him,” Daven went on, shaking his head in disbelief, “that wasn’t normal p>
Cale smiled faintly-not warmly. “I don’t play fair when my opponent doesn’t play honestly.” He took a few steps and stopped beside the table. “Sometimes hands have to get dirty. So the message gets through p>
“What message?” Daven asked.
“That dealing with me always comes with consequences,” Cale answered without hesitation. “And the people behind Oscar will learn that soon enough. Either through him-or through his sudden silence p>
Daven exhaled softly. “You know,” he said, half under his breath, “moments like this make me realize something p>
Cale lifted an eyebrow. “What’s that p>
“I’m grateful you’re on my side,” Daven said honestly. “Not on the other p>
For the first time since earlier, Cale laughed. Short. Easy. Almost like he’d just heard a harmless joke, “Relax,” he said as he walked toward the glass window. “As long as we’re on the same side, I won’t aim my blows at you p>
He had just stopped near the window when his phone vibrated-for the third time.
The afternoon wasn’t over, yet when Erick’s name appeared on the screen.
Cale answered without sitting back down. “Talk”
Erick’s voice on the other end sounded different from usual. “Mr. Cale… I found something. And this—” he paused, drawing a breath, “—this is much bigger than we initially thought p>
Cale’s jaw tightened. He didn’t answer right away. His gaze remained fixed on the view outside the window, but his focus had already shifted entirely. “Get to the point p>
“The incident at the cemetery was deliberate p>
“The cemetery incident?” Cale straightened. “What do you mean p>
“Regarding Mrs. Riana p>
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Cale closed his eyes briefly. Not in shock-more to make sure his emotions didn’t outrun logic. “Explain from the beginning. Don’t skip anything. I don’t want a single detail missed p>
“Yes, sir.” Erick’s voice steadied, as if he were forcing himself to remain calm. He began recounting everything from the start-Althea and Riana’s departure for the cemetery, their encounter with Selena and Eli. Then-
“The drone that nearly struck Mrs. Riana didn’t lose control due to a standard technical failure. We retrieved the unit. Its navigation system was modified p>
“Modified how p>
“The fail-safe was disabled. If the signal weakens or interference occurs, the drone should land automatically. But that mechanism was deliberately removed p>
Erick paused. “Which means whoever flew it knew exactly what they were doing p>
Cale clenched his fist. “Operator location p>
“We traced the control signal from a mid-range distance. Not from inside the cemetery grounds, but from a vehicle moving slowly outside the secured perimeter. The vehicle was already gone before our team could close in p>
“License plate p>
“Fake p>
Cale let out a low huff. “Bastards. So what did you find p>
“After the incident, we secured the area and reviewed all the footage,” Erick continued. “There was a gap of roughly fourteen seconds before the drone dove. That wasn’t coincidence. That was timing p>
“Timing for what p>
“To make sure the target was fully exposed.” Erick’s voice dropped. “And based on the angle of descent, Eli wasn’t the original target p>
Cale turned sharply toward the room, even though Erick couldn’t see him.
“The target was my mother p>
“Yes, sir p>
A brief silence cut through the line. All Cale could hear was the hum of the air-conditioning.
“Go on,” he said at last.
“After that, we followed up on several other matters as you instructed earlier,” Erick said. “At first, it was just a precaution. But the pattern has become clearer. My movements are still limited, though p>
“What kind of pattern p>
“Starting with Mrs. Kate Callister’s accident,” Erick said quietly, as if merely speaking the name carried weight. We reopened the old report. There were witnesses who were eliminated. And one of them… has resurfaced. The man convicted in that fatal accident was also involved in its orchestration p>
Cale’s eyes widened in disbelief. His impatience sharpened. “And p>
“His testimony states there was another vehicle at the scene before the accident. A vehicle that was never recorded
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in the initial report. At the time, it was deemed irrelevant. Now… it isn’t. My team and I are collecting evidence- far beyond a simple confession p>
“Who buried the report p>
“When the verdict was handed down, the perpetrator was convicted based only on testimony and a crime-scene analysis that had already been selectively filtered. But the threads are increasingly consistent with other incidents. around us, sir. The security chain was compromised from the inside p>
Cale let out a short, humorless laugh. “Incredible. Whoever designed this is disturbingly clever p>
“And it doesn’t end there,” Erick added quickly, as if he knew Cale wasn’t ready for conclusions yet. “The Nora case wasn’t isolated either. As you requested, we kept digging into how that accident happened—and all of it leads back to the same field operators p>
“Hired hands p>
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