North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 769 Dave’s Visit
Mrs. Hareton used her location as bait, and now the only people who knew her location were the bodyguards, servants, lawyers, and these few people. She believed that if an accident really happened, it must be that something went wrong with one of them, so the scope of the investigation could be narrowed down.

But even if she was used as bait, she didn't want to be the bait to be swallowed, so after thinking about it, she called the bodyguards outside the door and asked them to clean up a room. She needed to leave the bedroom temporarily to hide. Of course, she still had to leave a fake target on the bed, which was not difficult.

One bodyguard was unable to move Mrs. Hareton to another room, so he had to wake up the people who were on duty to help deal with it.

One of the three bodyguards in the building would take a break each time, but since Hareton had just returned today, only one of them was left for the time being. The other two would take over after a short rest and then guard the second half of the night.

Of course, given Mrs. Hareton's financial resources, it is impossible for her to have only these three bodyguards. It's just that the others are responsible for the safety of the manor, and these three are the real personal bodyguards arranged inside.

The entire moving process was done by bodyguards, and the servants had been arranged by them to rest downstairs in advance, in order to minimize the possibility of Mrs. Hareton's location being known.

Those attending the meeting today are not all shareholders of the foundation. In fact, they are only some of the people that the Harriton family can control. Moreover, not all of them are in the foundation. There are also several people who are in charge of the business of other companies.

In the past, these people were contacted by Mr. Hareton. Although Mrs. Hareton knew them, they did not have much interaction with each other. She only tried to contact these people again after Hareton's death, so she was not sure who was the traitor among the people who appeared here. The plan to use herself as bait was only made temporarily, and it might be more troublesome to completely resolve the threat she faced.

Bradley Lester, the second largest shareholder of the Harriton Foundation and the head of the securities company under the foundation, has great power in the foundation and has many direct subordinates in management positions, but he has never been able to control the foundation. All business is basically completed under the command of Harriton. He was not notified by Mrs. Harriton to attend the meeting and did not participate in this evening video conference, but he soon received the content of last night's meeting early the next morning.

Mrs. Hareton's guess was certainly correct. Among the so-called direct descendants attending the meeting, some had already fully considered the actual situation and jumped to other tracks.

Lester certainly knew about the dead Pete, the small shareholder, but he was very sure that he didn't do it. When Jimmy came to visit him, he already had some bad guesses. After all, there was an important person next to the dead Hareton, the foundation's human resources director Lucas McKinley. This guy was Hareton's dog, and many of his own people had been blocked by him. However, because of his relationship with Hareton, he had never been moved out of his position for more than ten years.

Killing both Harriton and McKinley at once was a huge blow to the Foundation. Although it was not known whether the murderer deliberately waited for them to be together before detonating the bomb, it was undeniable that the deaths of these two people directly caused a huge power vacuum in the Foundation. After a brief period of chaos, Lester immediately arranged for his people to make internal adjustments and temporarily took over the position of Human Resources Director.

But their actions were still a little slow. Mrs. Harriton, who had been away from the management position, suddenly came back and used her identity to replace the deceased Harriton as the chairman of the foundation. Although she did not take action, the foundation had restored its normal order. It was just that the undercurrent caused by the previous turmoil did not stop.

Lester's shares were not much less than Mrs. Hareton's. Since he had already started to adjust the personnel, it was impossible for him to just stop. Pete, the small shareholder, was someone Lester had contacted before. It was just that Pete died suddenly before they could do anything, or he died of an accidental electric shock. Of course he didn't believe it.

Mrs. Hareton has been missing for a few days. I have tried to contact other people to look for her, but to no avail. Last night, Mrs. Hareton returned to her manor and had just had surgery.

What about the fact that, according to Mrs. Hareton herself, she had been in an automobile accident before?

It had been many days since Hareton's death. If the purpose was just to kill Mrs. Hareton, there was no need to wait so long. The only possible reason was that after Mrs. Hareton came back to take over Hareton's position, someone wanted to kill her, not because she was Hareton's wife, but because she sat in that position and perhaps did other things that people didn't know about.

After Lester imagined a big drama in his mind, he decisively blamed Mrs. Hareton for Pete's death. She must have arranged for someone to kill Pete before returning from the hospital. In other words, she thought that Pete was responsible for her previous car accident?

There has not been a complete result in Pitt's communication with herself, and it is impossible to get rid of Mrs. Hareton before that. Pitt is not so courageous, so why does Mrs. Hareton think it is Pitt?

Was she trying to interfere with other people's judgment by specifically mentioning this matter at the meeting in the evening?

Lester now doesn't know whether Pitt has revealed what he has communicated with him before. If so, will Mrs. Hareton turn her target to him?

After thinking for a long time, he asked his driver to leave the company. Now he might need to stay in a safe place for a few days. Next, it was time to make use of his connections.
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Jimmy has temporarily given up on provoking these people. Panic is not something that can be relieved immediately by drinking water when you are thirsty. It takes time to ferment. If you want to make these people panic enough to go astray, it will take at least a few days for them to understand the situation and communicate with others, otherwise the effect will not be very good.

The most important thing for him now is to organize the report according to the inquiries recorded in his little notebook. Although it is definitely impossible to solve the case, as long as his investigation results are detailed enough, even if he has no credit, he has made some effort, so that others will not question his ability, and it also shows how hard he has worked.

Copywriting work is always the most time-consuming and troublesome. Jimmy didn't write much in one night and stayed in the hotel for a whole day to finish it. This is not the final version yet and it needs to be adjusted at any time pending subsequent incident investigations.

Checking the time, Jimmy packed up and prepared to go back to New York while he had nothing to do in the next few days. However, he was obviously overthinking it. The next morning, before Jimmy left for the airport, he received a call from Dave, asking him to pick him up at the airport. Dave would arrive in Los Angeles at noon.

Jimmy hung up the phone helplessly, looking at his packed suitcase and smiling bitterly, it was all over, his plan to skip work was completely ruined, Dave's coming must be up to no good.

He called to cancel his flight, reopened his suitcase, took out his notebook and boredly flipped through his records to kill time. Now the time was not enough for him to make appointments with those people, so he might as well wait until Dave arrived at noon to see what he had to say.

It was not easy to get Dave to come to Los Angeles directly instead of talking on the phone. It was a big deal.

Sure enough, seeing that Dave had nothing in his hands and only a briefcase, it was clear that he was definitely not here for tourism, and he would probably not stay for long, without even a companion.

It was not convenient for the two to say anything outside. After they got in the car and left the airport, Dave asked, "Is there any new news in the past two days?"

Jimmy stared at the road ahead and said, "No, I've been sorting out the reports these two days. It doesn't make much sense to continue investigating. I plan to go back after I have a stage report."

Dave: “Anyone else have any bad news?”

Jimmy: "I haven't asked yet, but I guess they're having a hard time."

Dave: "OK, stop for now. I came here mainly to communicate with the office here. If everything goes well, I hope you can participate in the death cases of those two people and investigate their real cause of death."

Jimmy frowned, glanced at Dave and said, "Is it necessary? They should have finished the autopsy, and it is not even ruled out that the body has been buried."

Dave: "Maybe other people will be killed. Anyway, this matter is not over yet."

Jimmy was silent for a while, and finally asked what was in his heart: "Dave, I want to ask... can you tell me what you are going to do?"

Dave sighed. "It's just that some people want to suppress their competitors, but they don't want to make such a big deal. They just want to use the previous case to hold them back."

Jimmy: “Business-wise?”

Dave: "NO, politically, didn't you notice the time now? It's the primary election time for those candidates in the party."

Jimmy exclaimed, "I didn't think of this at all. I always thought it was done by their business competitors or internal staff."

Dave sighed inwardly. Only Jimmy would not pay attention to political affairs at all. His father-in-law and his family all have clear party affiliations, especially Kevin. As the chief of the NYPD, he has a good relationship with the mayor and is obviously a supporter of the Donald Trump Party. "Maybe Harriton's death was related to other things at the beginning, and these things later should not have much to do with it."

Jimmy thought for a moment, frowned, and asked, "Will political events lead to someone being assassinated? They are not candidates, nor are they key figures."

Dave: "Whether they are key or not depends on their positions and relationships. In fact, one of them is really key. That old guy Claude happens to be the soul of someone's campaign team. It's just that because of his age, everything is handled by his son in public. The other party can accurately kill such a key figure, and their intention must be big."

Jimmy narrowed his eyes, he just killed a scum casually, and the previous investigation on him only got the most basic information. He didn't expect that he had such a relationship. It seemed that this incident made Dave and others think wrongly. He really didn't expect this effect.

Dave: "Okay, I'll take a break, just take me to the office."

Jimmy: "Okay, it will probably take a while."

Jimmy stopped talking and successfully sent Dave to the Los Angeles office building. He waited in the car and did not follow Dave in.

Sitting in the car, Jimmy kept thinking about what Dave said. Apparently, most of his previous guesses were correct. The only mistake was his stance. He originally thought it was just a business issue, but he didn't expect it to involve politics. As the head of the New York FBI, Dave should obviously be a member of the Donkey Party, but Los Angeles is also the Donkey Party's base. Are these businessmen members of the Elephant Party? It shouldn't be.

If they are all Donkey Party members, then it is an intra-party competition. They really will do anything to achieve their goals. Even a murder case is used to delay the actions of these people. It turns out that the election year is a political year. It is better for a political novice like me not to get involved too much. Without someone to give me advice, I can't handle these dirty things behind the scenes.

It would be great if Kevin was around at this time. He has been in New York for many years and must be familiar with these people's style of doing things.

I secretly made up my mind that after Dave arranged things, I must go back to New York as soon as possible to communicate with Kevin. After all, Kevin is one of my own. There is a great possibility that others will take advantage of me. It would be bad if I get involved.

Dave didn't even have lunch at noon, and came directly to the office. It must be something important, and maybe this matter will be particularly difficult. It's no wonder Jimmy was thinking wildly, people like Dave always plan before taking action. Except for the time when he was shot, Jimmy rarely saw him anxious. Apart from guessing that the matter was very troublesome and related to him, he really couldn't think of what could make Dave so anxious.

Just as Jimmy was daydreaming, Dave came down from upstairs, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat. He looked at Jimmy and said, "When was the last time you contacted Mrs. Hareton?"

Jimmy: "Two or three days ago, she was in the hospital and had surgery for heart problems."

Dave: “Did you meet her in person?”

Jimmy: "No, just a video call with her lawyer. What's wrong?"

Dave: "According to the information provided by the informant, Mrs. Hareton has been missing for several days, maybe..."

Jimmy frowned and said, "That's not right. From what I saw in the video, she seems to have recovered quite well and looks quite energetic."

Dave thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, continue to contact her and see how things are going. Also, stop contacting the people I asked you to contact before. There's no point in that."

　Just these two days, the update time will be a little chaotic, but it will be restored by the weekend at the latest, I promise
　　
　
(End of this chapter)