Chapter 414 - Danger and Trouble (8) (1/2)
11 May, JL International Mall, City F; and JL Headquarters, City K
”How, dare you…”
”Boss, yes you are my superior, but you are my friend. I know you, and you need a reality check because unless you dial back on the feelings of hurt you will be useless to the operation here. We need to focus on the people, and that includes Lexi if she is here. You can deal with the other issues when the time is right. But I suspect the blame is on her parents, as at the time she fell pregnant Lexi was only seventeen.”
”Mmmmm…”
”Promise Boss?”
Closing his eyes Matthew thought for a few seconds. Joseph was right he needed to put this out of his mind, and deal with the immediate issue, rather than focusing on what the actual issue was.
As he opened his eyes, Matthew looked at Joseph, saying quietly ”Thank you for the reality check. I had figured out previously that Lexi had been backed into a corner, but the hurt that she had not even now been able to tell me the truth…”
”You know the reality of after telling the lie for so many years, it becomes the reality you live with. You have done it with your brother as to your role, you friend John has done it with people around him, and as Legend has told us about those in undercover assignments they can become the lie over time, hence why they are always limited.”
”True…” trailed off Matthew. Could Joseph have hit something with Officer N, she had now totally lived the lie of her reality? But then why did she always provide accurate intelligence to them? Maybe, he needed to have a talk to Legend about the situation because if that was the case, could they trust her going forward?
Before either of them could speak, the inspector approached Matthew and spat out ”I see you got your permission to be involved from JL International. But this is still my scene and I am in charge.”
Shaking his head at Joseph Matthew turned ”Attitude will get you nowhere. Who gave permission from JL International?”
”The Officer-in-Charge received a call from the President of JL International.”
Matthew could see Joseph was trying not to laugh. ”President Rong?”
Joseph having observed the police officer, already had enough of the pretentious attitude on display, wanting to derail what needed to be done. ”Boss, you better thank your brother for smoothing that over as quickly as possible.”
As Joseph turned and walked away, Matthew observed a stunned look on the inspector's face ”Oh, did you not pay attention to my identification. You wanted permission, and since JL International is my family's company I decided to cut to the chase and get you your permission.”
”But you are a soldier…”