Chapter 272 - You had to be a hero, didn't you? (6)

12 April, Palace Hotel, City K

As Joseph walked in one direction Robert Hung headed towards his cousin, who was standing with Kevin Mo. He could see Kevin Mo tensing, but then given how much he hated his son-in-law seeing a military officer walking towards him would easily explain this.

As he got closer, he said "Cousin…"

Kevin Mo looked at the two of them and asked "Cousin?" while looking directly at David Hwang.

David knew he needed to speak. "Yes. My story is well known. Orphaned at a young age and going into state care until I turned eighteen. This was my cousin's story as well, but the government kept us together as we are each other's only living family. But we drifted apart due to our decisions at age eighteen but have recently reconnected."

"No need to tell everyone everything."

"But you forget it was my pig headedness that caused that. I hated the idea that you joined the military, and for years I lost contact with my only family."

"Speaking of family, that is why I am here. As there is no certainty as to who the target was and why, there will be parallel military and police investigations until that question is answered. Consequently, for close family members certain military officers that means they can deal with the military authorities rather than the police. Cousin, that will include you if you want to…"

David knew this is where he had to play the game. Robert has some idea that he was setting something up, but for plausible deniability he did not know specifics. "If you think this is for the best?"

"I would say yes, but there is no compulsion for you." Robert saw a nod and then turned to Kevin Mo, who had now standing behind him his wife. "CEO and Madam Mo, as of your son-in-law's position the same also applies for you."

"I have no daughter married to any military officer, so why would I deal with the military. The police will respect who I am, and I will make sure of that," came the snarky reply before Madam Mo stalked away.

Shaking his head, Kevin quietly said "If it means that I can be away from her for a few hours, absolutely." He paused before adding "Please excuse me for a few minutes David."

When he stepped away, Robert directly looked at David and said, "You have something up your sleeve?"

The quiet response came "You need plausible deniability, so you really do not want that question answered."

"True. I better go and deal with those idiot superiors, but I will come and get you when they are ready to take you to the base." Robert turned and quietly watched the three idiots, as he saw them, until hey came together before heading towards them. The less he had to deal with them the better.

As John saw Bronwyn talking to her superiors, John saw the head of station walk straight to him, and loudly say "Mr Nang, how do you damn well explain this, and tell me why the military are here. This is a police matter. You are an idiot to allow something like this to happen on your watch. I will damn well have your badge."

John groaned internally. Here comes the turf war, and he was going to be caught in the middle of this. And he was threatening his career. The career, he could care little about, but while he still has a job with the police, he would not allow the conflict with the military to happen. "Sir you fully know, this was a foundation event, and I was attending in my capacity as a member of the foundation board. Any I know that you had an invitation to attend this event, along with several other senior officers. I believe…"

"I do not care about your beliefs; I want the truth."

Heading that, John immediately thought of the line from one of his favourite Jack Nicholson movies, A Few Good Men. There was no way he was going to be able to handle the truth. How he wanted to say, 'You cannot handle the truth', but that was totally inappropriate.

"Sir, there was only three people here able to deal with the situation. Myself, Colonel Rong who is injured, and my girlfriend…"

"When in the world did you get a girlfriend? You know the rules with your position…"

"Sir, that is not a problem." John had promised Bronwyn that he would not reveal her post, but he figured that he could reveal part of the situation. "Sir, she is a military officer, who I met by chance. Approval will not be an issue. Plus, my private life is my private life, and I am not obliged to tell you everything."

"Do not answer me back…"

John wanted to cut this off "Sir I am not answering you back. The rules are around security checks and as of her job, that will not be an issue."

"I damn well want the paperwork on Monday otherwise I will have you removed from your position, you ungrateful person."

John realised what this was about. Another blinded senior officer who cannot see that those from wealthy backgrounds as much as those from middle class and lower socio-economic backgrounds can want to make a difference in joining the police force. This was an attitude that he was constantly sick of fighting, but it was not going to deter him from pursuing his dream.

Taking a breath "Sir I will do that, but we are getting distracted. The more important thing is dealing with the situation. Colonel Rong made it clear that the military will assert their right of jurisdiction in the matter until a determination is made as to who was the target of this."

"No damn way. This is a police matter only."

Ben, having just arrived said "Sir, that is not open to debate."

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