Master of Lust

Chapter 165: Rick's Modus Operandi

Chapter - 165

The ICU was once again shrouded in a chaotic mess of police tape and evidence markers, like some twisted déjà vu from hell. The air crackled with tension as officers swarmed the scene, faces grim with the weight of the situation.

It was like a sick joke played by fate, a cruel irony that spat in the face of logic. Here they were again, in the same damn place, dealing with the same damn scenario.

It was almost as similar to the morning. The attackers came to the same ICU, fought with the same man, and again the attackers were dead, with the same excuse of self-defence.

They were yet to get any clue or even the identity of the dead man from the morning and now another, exactly similar case was staring at their face. They marked and tagged all the evidences. And were discussing among themselves.

"What a freaking day, huh? We are back in the same damn spot, surrounded by the same damn faces, dealing with another mess!"

"Tell me about it! And the excuse? Self-defense again! I am not buying it, are you?"

"Hell no! This time that son of a bitch isn't walking away scot-free."

"You know, I swear I have seen that dead dude somewhere before. Maybe on a case or something. Can't quite put my finger on it, can you?"

"No, but if what you are saying is true then we will find out about him quickly, unlike the guy from the morning."

"Anyway, why would Zack Warner attack him? He attracted trouble once in a while , but how is he connected to him? Why was he visiting him in the hospital? I don't think Zack is connected to the patient either."

"Do you think it was planned all? Zack's father Marnus Warner owns a big construction company, and when you are that rich and powerful, you sort of attract enemies and heat. Poor guy! You work hard all your life and you cannot even enjoy your success without troubles."

"Poor guy?" The officer frowned when he heard his pal, "Come on, no need to lick his when he is not even here. We all know what he is into."

"Whatever! This time the bastard has to spill the truth. His excuses won't work again."

The officers finally finished marking the evidence and got up. They prepared themselves to approach Rick. They marched towards Rick, as they formed their questions and Rick also made-up him mind as what to answer.

"So, here are we again! Another murder! Are you going to lie again and say this was an act of self-defence?"

"What do you mean lie officer? What happened here was exactly an act of self-defence."

"Um huh! What were you defending yourself from? You don't seem to be hurt at all from this"

"Are you saying that I should have just stood there and waited for them to hurt me?", Rick answered without a care.

"From what we saw, both of them were unarmed. Yet you seemed to have used a weapon. And given that they didn't hurt to at all, do you think you could have acted with less force?"

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'I am not giving shit to anyone for free,' Rick was going to hold on to his money.

"So what if I did that? Not that you cannot prove anything," Rick leaned forward and with a smirk whispered into the officer's ears.

All of Gloria's rambling went in vain as no one paid attention to her.

The police officers finally presented their summary of the incident and began to question Rick.

"So, Mr. Rick you what were you doing in the hospital in the first place!"

"The patient Emily and her mother Olivia are my close friends. So, I was there to support them."

"Can you give us an account of what happened in the morning?"

Rick calmly explained all that happened in the morning.

"You are saying the you don't know the man? You tried to save your friend and he attacked you. And his death was an accident which happened due to self-defence?"

"Yes, officer that is correct."

"So, what about tonight? Did you know the assailants?"

"I only knew Zack. I don't know the other guy."

"And how did you come to know Zack?"

"We checked and saw no history between you two."

Rick became silent and went into a dilemma. He didn't want to involve Amanda.

"Mr. Rick? We want to know how you know Zack Warner. Can you answer?"

"I wouldn't say I knew him very well. We just had a little misunderstanding that is all."

"And what was he doing in the hospital? Was he there for you or anyone else?"

"I believe he was in the hospital to attack me. He came there with a goon and was threatening me. Then both of them tried to attack me. You can ask her. She was there and she saw everything" Rick looked at Gloria as he answered.

Gloria refused any reaction and was quick to turn her face away.

The officers chuckled.

"A little misunderstanding? A misunderstanding led to all this? You want to believe that your little misunderstanding, whatever it was, led to such violent fight and resulted in murder."

"Yes officer, that is the truth", Rick acted as he was telling the complete truth.

"Bullshit! I think you are lying to us about Warner. And you are also lying to us about the morning incident."

"You were hired by a rival or enemy of Marnus Warner to harm his son. You lured him to the hospital, where he arrived with his body guard. Then you attacked him. You thought you can claim self-defence because it was hospital, don't you?"

The officer smiled in confidence, "I think I figured out your modus operandi. You are a contract killer. You lure your targets into hospitals and then kill them there so it would be easier for you to claim self-defence."

"I have figured it all out, you bastard. You can't sneak your way outside."

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