After Karen walked him to the stairs, Luke didn't let her continue.
When he came downstairs, the young black girl who had sneaked over asked in a low voice: "Karen, who is this? He looks pretty handsome."
Karen turned around with a smile on her face. "His name is Luke. He just moved in not long ago and lives in the building across the street. Charlie didn't tell you about him? Kodiya, it seems Charlie has a lot of little secrets from you."
The black girl Codiya was stunned for a moment, and suddenly connected a person she had heard of a long time ago with the name she just heard.
Her mouth dropped open. "He, is that Luke? The Luke who made Charlie and I volunteer?"
Karen made a zipper gesture on her mouth: "Just keep it to yourself. Of course, you can share it with Charlie."
As she said this she walked in.
This little black girl, Codiya, is Charlie’s girlfriend and she is only fifteen years old.
Charlie was thrown into a labor camp by his mother... No, it was the decoration team, and Codiya was also stuffed in by his father.
The office has been too busy recently, so Fudge asked two girls to do odd jobs and serve as Karen's "apprentices", one of whom is Cortia.
This young couple can now be said to be "sharing the joys and sorrows".
After a long pause, Codiya was awakened by Karen's shouting. She ran into the house, still muttering in her heart: Is this the male and female killer that Charlie mentioned? Has this guy watched too many movies and has a brain problem? The young man just now said that he was a middle school student, which is more appropriate.
He does look calmer than an average middle school student, but... a killer? Kodiya sneered, once again confirming that her boyfriend's "mysterious premonition" was just a nervous tic.
If Luke is a killer, then isn't Charlie the king of killers
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For the next three days, Luke and Selina became even more lazy and didn't even report to the police station in the morning.
Of course, while Luke was adjusting to his own surging spirits, he was also making arrangements and plans for action, so no time was wasted.
In addition to her own training, Selina also has to organize the intelligence on the killers, including the information on the bartender Visso and the suspicious people that Luke's intelligence system has recently monitored in the city.
In this matter, the system can only give a rough judgment, and the final screening still has to be done by her.
At the same time, Robert Toluk's old comrade finally got some clues.
But this person was not among the more than a thousand people Luke had searched before.
After Xiao Wo compared the sketch with the more than a thousand people to no avail, Luke compared it with all the targets in the police database and finally found a similar person in a case a few days later.
That was a shooting that happened more than a year ago, and this lookalike was sent to the hospital after being shot in the head.
This is all the information we have. There are no more clues about this old comrade, except that he was discharged from the hospital shortly afterwards.
There was no follow-up to the shooting, just a simple statement that it was a gang fight.
Following a clue in the information, Luke found the Metropolitan General Hospital where his old comrade was being treated.
In fact, many of the injured in the shooting were sent to this hospital for emergency treatment.
Unfortunately, the profession of doctor is as busy as that of lawyer and police detective.
Even when Luke revealed his identity as a detective, it was of no use. The doctors who were questioned only briefly talked about what happened that night, and then said they couldn't remember anything more and left in a hurry.
Luke couldn't do anything about it.
It is unrealistic to ask these emergency doctors who are so busy that they are exhausted to stop and slowly recall everything.
If Luke had the mental attributes of an ordinary person at this moment, and someone came to ask him about the situation of a certain person in a case more than a year ago, he might not have much impression at that time. Mind communication also confirmed that these doctors were not lying.
Having found nothing, Luke could only walk out, thinking about checking the files at the police station again.
As they turned the corner, a man came hurrying up and almost bumped into Luke.
Luke dodged and smiled at the other person, "You're very busy, Temple."
This person was Charlie's sister Temple, who was originally a nurse, but had been resting at home for some time.
Seeing that it was Luke, she also laughed: "Okay, Luke. Are you... doing business?"
Of course she knew Luke's identity as a detective, which was why she asked this question.
Luke's heart moved: "I have something to do, can I take up a little of your time?"
Temple said cheerfully, "I just got off the operating table. Let me go to the bathroom first."
A few minutes later, the two found a corner and started talking.
Hearing Luke asking about the condition of the injured in the shooting more than a year ago, Temple nodded: "I also participated in the rescue at that time. I have a deep memory of the injured person you mentioned."
Luke: “Why?”
Temple: "Because his family didn't sign off on the surgery, and his identity wasn't confirmed, in the end two men in suits signed an agreement to waive resuscitation. If it weren't for his own strong vitality, he would have died that night."
Luke frowned: "Who are they?"
Temple shook his head: "I was busy saving people at the time and didn't pay much attention to it, but it should be someone from a certain department, otherwise they have no right to sign an agreement to give up rescue."
"Who is the surgeon?" he asked.
Temple: "It's Dr. Albert Carter, but he just went to Europe for a medical conference and won't be back for a week. It's not uncommon for non-family members to sign. He may not remember much."
Luke had almost asked this question and said, "Thank you for your help, Temple. I won't delay your rest time."
Temple smiled and shook his head: "You recruited Charlie into the decoration team again this time. I really don't know how to thank you. You and Selena must come to my house for dinner when you have time."
He smiled and nodded: "Okay, when you are free, call me to make an appointment."
After saying goodbye, Luke drove to the home address in Queens of the man who looked like Robert's old comrade.
After standing in front of a bungalow for a moment, he frowned.
No one has been in or out of this room for a long time.
After thinking about it, he went around to the back of the house, easily opened the back door, and entered the room.
In the kitchen, many things are still placed where they were used and have not been put back to their original places, such as tableware, kitchen utensils, chairs, and towels.
Passing through the kitchen and entering the living room, the room was not messy but also not tidy.
This house seemed to have fallen into a state of stagnation after the owner left one time, and no one ever came back.
Luke frowned and walked over to the picture frame in the living room.
This is the display habit of many Americans.
If it is a young couple, it is a couple photo. If there are children, it is a family photo.
Of course, there may also be photos of grandparents and close friends.
The photo of this family is not that complicated. There are four people in the family, including the host, the hostess, and a pair of children.