Chapter 211 - Two Hundred And Eleven: The Search (2/2)
”You're in trouble now,” he grinned at Niklaus who let go of him,” Now, not only would be charged for tampering with a crime scene, you'd charges for assaulting a police officer and I bet you're high on something; your life is finished” thinking about it made the officer sneer at that fool.
But he was mystified when his partners set their sight on Niklaus, ignoring him. What the fuck.
”We are so sorry for the inconveniences,” one of them bowed to Niklaus who grumbled a reply.
”Where is he?”
”He's down the river for the search,” he answered.
”Take me to him,”
” Of course sir,”
”Wait a minute, ” the officer who had shamed him rose to his feet but Niklaus had no time for him and had already taken his leave.
”What are you doing?” His fellow policeman held him back.
His expression was livid, ”Didn't you just see what he did -”
”Unless you want a death sentence, I'd advise you not to go there,” the other policeman cautioned him.
Of course, the officer wasn't dumb. That man must have power else his mates wouldn't have respected him to that extent. Unlike what the public thought, even the security forces could be controlled by a powerful figure.
Niklaus was led down the river shore where the search was ongoing with full force; helicopters were scouring the area with citizens being held off.
”You're welcome, sir Niklaus” The deputy sheriff enveloped his hand in a firm handshake.
”What are the results?” Niklaus went straight to the point.
”So far, our divers and teams are searching the area with sonar equipment but haven't come up with anything,” he explained.
”Then search harder,” Niklaus hissed.
”We are doing our best here and are putting every available resource into this search. But so far, I don't think this woman has a high chance of surviving, the current here is no joke,” the deputy confessed.
Niklaus' heart skipped a beat but he refused to give up until he saw her body, that notion kept him going.
”What are you trying to say?” His eyes narrowed.
”We started this massive search from last night, yet there's no trace of her. I'm suggesting we switch this rescue operation to a ”search and recovery operation' what do you say?” The sheriff proposed.
Niklaus' face darkened,” So you're saying that I should accept the fact that the mother of my child is dead?”
The deputy was taken aback, the mother of my child? It was no wonder, all had been put into this search. Helicopters, sniffer dogs, divers, submarine vehicles with cameras, you name it.
The sheriff lowered his shade,” I'm so sorry-”
”Your sorry is useless in this situation but your hard work might give her a chance to survive,” Niklaus said harshly.
The deputy sheriff didn't say anything, he understood the reason for Niklaus' hostility. He would be the same if he was in his shoe.
”Fine, we would expand the search and hang onto the fact that her body had somehow swept to shore,”
”That's a lot comforting,” Niklaus knew that was a blatant lie but he needed positivity right now. He wasn't going to admit that he had just lost two loved ones- Maya and his child.
That news would devastate him, it would crush him. He wasn't going to acknowledge it yet until he saw the evidence. Maya must be somewhere.
Niklaus looked up that period and saw Eden with his assistant, talking to one of the police officers, and anger like no other coursed through him.
He strode towards them and before Eden could sense the impending danger, a powerful punch that knocked him to the ground met his face.
”This is all your fault!” He roared, pushing aside the police officer who tried to hold him back. He would kill Eden today.
Eden shook out the stars from his eyes, he never saw that one coming. He felt a metallic taste in his mouth and spat out blood, he saw red.
With a feral growl, he lunged at Niklaus and tackled him to the ground and they began to roll.