35 Tattoo (1/2)
She picked up her cell and said, ”Send two. No, two is enough. Yeah, sure. Ha ha. I'll see you soon. Yeah, please make it fast. Oh, okay. I'll send you the location.” Amelia placed her phone down after typing something on it. And then, Amelia turned to face Mr. Collen and said, ”Let's wait and watch, shall we?” She reclined her chair lazily and sat there.
After a while, a series of footsteps could be heard coming from the corridors and those footsteps stopped in front of the door. Amelia smiled, and that was enough to give Mr. Collen goosebumps. A series of knocks could be heard at the same moment. With a trembling voice, he squeaked, ”Come in.”
”Even if you didn't want us to, we will come in.” A deep masculine voice answered him before entering the room. Mr. Collen wanted to see who Mrs. Holman managed to invite. And his eyes widened with shock. 'Isn't that the Retired General? Why is he here? No one knew better than him how the Retired General was, and he never wished to cross paths with this man.'
With a stuttering voice, he answered, ”Y… Yes.” He nodded his head to show that he agreed with his own statement. Brad's lips curved up into a smile watching the Dean make a fool out of himself.
The Retired General slowly closed the door before he came and sat down in the only empty chair in front of the Dean's desk. ”So, Mr. Collen, I presume?”
”Yeah.”
”So, Mr. Collen, what did you do?”
”No… Nothing.” It was very hard for Mr. Collen to speak. His throat was parched and in the end his voice sounded squeaky. The Retired General looked at him and said nothing. He knew how to break someone's psychological defense without having to resort to force.
He stared at him constantly without saying a single word. Amelia and Brad did the same. Under their combined intimidating stare, he did not dare to breathe loudly. ”Mr. Jackson, believe me, I did not mean to.”
”So, this was not your doing, and you were very much innocent in this matter, am I right?”
”Yes yes. I didn't. I never meant to.”
”Meant to? What do you mean by 'meant to'? You could kill a person and say that 'I never meant to', do you think that the judge will agree with those? Do you think you are justified saying that? Tell me the whole truth, and I might be able to do something. One word false, and you know me very well.” His threatening tone sent shivers down his spine. He never cowered in front of influential persons, but these three persons sitting in front of him managed to evoke fear within him.
”I… I… Believe me, I was threatened. I didn't want to, but I was forced.”