Chapter 94 - How did I get here? (3)

28 December, Central Police Station, City K

John's train of though was interrupted by his personal mobile ringing. As soon as he picked it up, he saw the number calling. Damn Phillip and Chester. The two of them had no idea of the real issues, but at the same time he needed to ensure their cooperation presently.

"Phillip…"

"You have it wrong, no pun intended."

"Chester, what do you want?"

"We need to know what is happening. Phillip is not coping, and with his health…"

"Just calm down. This is an open line, but things are under control. I have no more news now but suspect that we will have something in the morning. Just take care of him, and I will come and see you in the morning."

"That will not cut it John. You need to tell me what you know now, otherwise I am not only going to talk to Andrew but go to the military."

"Chester, Matthew's senior officer knows what is happening, and as far as I know they have the situation under control, hence the request that you facilitated earlier. They have told me nothing else but promised me an update in the morning. Once I have that I will come and see you. You just need to be patient."

"But you know what happened to Dominic, and god forbid something happens to Lexi…"

"Chester, she has Matthew with her. Regardless of the past he will protect her."

John was interrupted by his secure phone ringing, and said "Chester, I promise you an update in the morning. Just sit tight until then and do nothing stupid as it could impact whatever the military are planning. I need to take this other call, as it might be news."

"Call me back."

"Will do."

John ended the call with Chester and picked up his secure phone. "Police Liaison Officer Nang. We just wanted to let you know we have all the information you sent through. On our quick review of your conclusions and the raw material, we do seem to agree with you, but will be looking at it further. As we suspect you and your team have had little sleep since this happened, we will review everything overnight, and give you an update on the situation in the morning. But if you determine anything more, can you please let us know."

"We will do. We are going back further with CCTV footage to see what we can find with movements of the Devil and ISX members in the city to see if there is anything that should concern us, but we are doing that around everyone taking breaks to get some sleep. If something comes through, I will make sure it is sent on."

"Thank you," and with that the call ended.

John paused and wondered what he was going to tell Chester. If he was not careful this would get out of control and jeopardise lives. The bigger problem would be if the truth about Matthew came out to either Chester of Phillip. Phillip would be proud about Matthew's true rank as a general, but his special forces involvement was a deadly piece of information.

What would be worse is that that piece of information would lead to the exposure of his true job with the police. Family and friends all thought his job as the police liaison officer was an administrative post, simply ensuring cooperation between the police and the military. In part, that was true, but the position had its hidden role, which put what he did in a similar frame as Matthew.

That piece of information would cause real issues. Matthew could be shifted and given a new role within the military, but it would end his career, and if he was realistic the last thing, he wanted at this time was to join the company. Sally had finally secured a senior position within the company, but he knew his father. Despite being proud of everything he had achieved within the police force his father always called him his heir, and the next generation for the family. John knew that it really was Sally, and he wanted to make sure that she was secure in her position as she deserved that, rather than him being parachuted over her into a role.

Biting the bullet, John picked up his personal phone and called Chester to provide him with a brief update. It was obvious to John that Chester was not happy, but at least he had been able to buy time until the morning. John just hoped the military was able to do what they had planned overnight to bring this to an end.

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