Chapter 22 - Manhunt (1/2)

Halia felt herself fall into the man's arms. As much as she wanted to run away, she had no strength to do so.

She knew something didn't feel right about their investigation, but a nurse wasn't something that ever came to mind. Perhaps Alex was right...everyone did underestimate them.

...

Back at the police station, senior detective Murray Yang had just reported his discovery to the police chief.

”Our first victim had a 'doctor' boyfriend who went by the name Isaac Yan, but it appears as though it was a case of stolen identity.”

”We've already identified the fraud to be a student nurse from the emergency department of PUH, by the name of Alex Li. I've run a quick background check on him, and discovered he is a medical school dropout,” the detective explained.

”Where is he now?” the police chief asked. ”Call him in for questioning tomorrow and send someone to watch him like our other suspects.”

The detective quickly went to do as he was told. But, 20 minutes later, he returned with a worried expression, ”Alex Li supposedly left work with one of the nurses. I tried to call both their phones, but both phones are switched off.”

”It's 9pm, right now. What if...”

Before the detective finished speaking, the police chief cut in, ”What's the name of the nurse he's with.”

”Her name is Halia Feng.”

The police chief quickly picked up his phone and dialed a number. The phone was off.

”Sh*t!” he yelled.

”Get a warrant, we're going on a manhunt!”

...

By the time Halia woke up again, she was tied to a chair inside an abandoned warehouse, but her mind was still fuzzy.

”Finally awake, I see,” Alex said as he sat down opposite Halia.

”You're very special, you know? I had to mix a special concoction for you. Normally, we'd already be finished having fun and you'd be dead by now, but you see, we still have 2 hours until April and I just can't get myself to break the pattern I've created. So, I had to put you to sleep for a little.”

”Now that you're awake. Let's start having some fun.”