Chapter 122 - Her Game (1/2)

At the harbor,

'Beep'

Anya heard her mobile beep on the desk. She was going towards it when she heard the greeting of the cops who entered with four men. The two were Berwick's minions, and the other two were Stefan and Captain of the ship.

When the four men were entering inside, the two were freaked out and the other two just stole a glance at each other.

Stefan and Captain's guess turned out to be accurate. She wasn't any assistant-general secretary.

Stefan and Captain were seniors. So she shoved the mobile into her pocket as she made her way towards the door.

Anya signaled the cops to keep the two minions inside and went out with the other two. She skipped the greetings and came to the main topic, ”I am leading the case of all the illegal activities in PSR and an attempt to hijack PSR. I request your complete cooperation during this time.”

”It will be our honor.” They were polite without questioning her anything.

Anya gave a faint nod at the response and questioned, ”Was there anything odd that might have caught your attention and would like to let us know?”

The two men looked at each other and shook their heads, ”Nothing in particular.”

Anya nodded again. She pointed to another room, ”Please wait in that room. I will come shortly to get your statement and I have some instructions for you.”

”No issues.” The two men responded and went inside.

Anya returned to the room, pushed her chair for the two minions to sit. She leaned on the desk looking at the two men who were already freaked out. Anya shook her head and lied, ”Your boss washed his hands off. He said he doesn't know you two.”

The two men looked at each other. They couldn't believe their ears. Did Berwick push all the blame on them? Their panic continued to rise.

Anya sighed, pitying the two, ”Don't you know peeping into the private lives of people, that too cabinet ministers and their family is illegal? You guys even dared to film them. Are you planning to sell it to p*rn sites? Or threaten those families to extort money?”

The two men panicked and tried to clear it out, ”No, we were not doing it.”

”We don't know what you are talking about?”

Anya laughed and lied, ”Vice-Captain submitted proof against you. So according to law, p*rn racket, sabotage of privacy, Conspiracy, crime against children, stalking, illegal…” Anya listed all the possible crimes that go under their acts.

Those two men were only doing it for some money. They couldn't bear to hear anything and soon started confessing. The cops recorded the confession for Anya.

While confessing, they blurted, ”… The cameras were installed before we got on the PSR. I am sure it's Harper Johnson's work. His men were instructing the Vice Captain and we were doing as the Vice-captain was saying…”

Anya was waiting for people to pick Harper's name. Now she could summon Harper for interrogation whenever she wants. But she won't make his life so easy. She will start her game.

The cops understood their next step and went to the darkroom. Meanwhile, Anya took statements from Stefan and the Ship captain.

Before letting them go, ”You two might have to visit my office whenever necessary and you aren't allowed to speak about anything with anybody. Ignore the media, avoid Johnson employees reaching you out and rest at home.” Anya gave her instructions.

The two men were supportive so Anya wrapped the first stage of the investigation successfully. Standing in the lobby, she breathed a long sigh, for having a few seconds of peace. So she fished in the pocket for her mobile.

The two cops who were laughing outside the storage room saw Anya and jogged to her. ”Officer Owen, the plan was well made. Mr. Berwick is scared after hearing his minions have proof against him.”

Another one continued in disappointment, ”But he is insisting on meeting his lawyer.”

Anya shoved the mobile back into her pocket while hearing them. She had expected this outcome. She needs to break Berwick slowly. Until he makes up his mind and confesses, she will have to collect all the evidence from the ship.

She looked at the cops and faintly smiled with a nod, ”Thank you so much for helping me out.” It wasn't their work. They were helping her on the commands of Commissioner Brown.

”It's alright. We were free today anyway.” A cop told and made way for her to get in the room.

Anya was again fishing the mobile when a soldier came upstairs and reported to her, ”Officer Owen, all the staff are rescued. We have taken control of the ship. Manager Payne is injured but not critical. The ship will be surrendered to you shortly.”