It was now only the two of them , shifting through papers and organising documents , of course with meals and breaks in between.
Credit of Louis.
They had evenly distributed the tasks out with Maddison reading the identity papers detailing certain people's backgrounds and information, whilst Louis was tasked with calling various contacts related to the victim.
" Why do I have to do all the talking " , Louis asked .
" Because, you're the one with the sweet tongue. You find no problem in lying to people and charming them" , responded Maddison.
" Plus we've been over this many times , I hate people , while you have a sort of charming allure over them " , he said compelling Louis to drop the subject .
" Now , you've gone through quite the number of calls , so pick anything suspicious or out of ordinary yet ?" , he questioned.
" Well , Sammy's mother gave a testimony, in which I caught something off in the story about her sons involvement with gangs . She said he had made a deal with a bunch of loan sharks to borrow money " .
" Specify the amount " Maddison asked .
"She never gave a definite amount , an estimate rather of about £10,000 " , he said .
Maddison heaved a tired sigh , " A man whose a complete deadbeat , earns about £75 a week working at a factory , dared to loan that much money?! " , he said voicing his thoughts, unsure of the victims thought process to have made such a bad financial decision.
"Atleast now we know he never intended to pay the money back , poor sap was better of dead anyway . And because the loan sharks aren't dumb , they sent someone to kill him . Finished case closed ." , Louis said in a hurried sarcastic tone .
Standing up Louis poured himself a shot of whiskey from the refreshments tray.
" As much as it's a tiring case , it most likely doesn't go as you said , but , you have some theory in there " , " now hypothetically following the plot you started , the man -"
" Sam " , Louis interjected.
" Yes Sam " , Maddison responded a bit annoyed. " Didn't plan to pay back the loan sharks , and them knowing this still decided to give him the money regardless. Next , according to your line of thought was they'd sent someone to kill him" .
" Yes , and ? " , loud questioned, still not up too speed with Maddison , confusion marring his face .
" I believe they intentionally did this so they could achieve something , them borrowing money was a cover-up, so that they looked like typical loan sharks " , " however they missed something crucial , typical loan sharks first strip you of everything before resorting to killing you , and even if they do they take your organs to sell . Meaning were dealing with a group of people who are under the guise of loan sharks" , he explained.
" However , Why do it at a public place and why and leave the girl , a crucial witness , alive ? " , he questioned, many things still not adding up .
" Wait there was a girl ?" Louis said unaware of the witness .
Maddison was lost at his question for a second until realisation hit him , " Louis exactly which people were you calling ?"
" Well his mother , sweet Angela- his cousin, the aunt and his uncle...yes , that's all ", Louis answered , smiling as he listed the names .
Maddison became enraged , it was clear Louis flirted with 'sweet Angela' , their dead victims cousin and on top of that couldn't even pick good information up.
" You were meant to call key suspects , witnesses and close family members ! " , " did you even call the girl ?!" Maddison questioned to which loud responded meekly , " No?"
" Okay what about his cousin ? "
" Oh , you mean sweet Angela , she's a darling - said they weren't close though." Louis answered his ego swelling with pride , feeling good he had atleast called someone in the list , only to be wrong.
" You idiotic fool ! I meant the boy cousin , Jack Markham , another key suspect . He was the one to introduce Sam to the fake loan sharks" , he said mad at his comrades stupidity .
" You can't blame me , I never knew , you just threw a list of numbers and said dial them !" , he fought trying to justify his actions , he believed the instructions were rather vague , however looking at the context in which he was told , he understood his defence wasn't really solid .
" Nevermind, I'll call them since you clearly can't do the job " , Maddison said picking up the electric telephone, speed dialing Jack Markham's number . Seeing as Louis was about to back chat , he raised his hand , one finger up , gesturing for him to be silent .
Louis pouted , mad at being treated like a toddler .
The only sound in the room was the dialing of the telephone. As the recipient answered and finally picked up the call .
" Hello , this is John Markham at your service how may I assist you ."
" Good evening, this is Maddison - " , looking beside him at Louis he urged him " I need a surname ! Make one up now !"
Louis quickly went through a list of possible surnames in his head , " Saint " ,he suggested.
"No."
"George ?"
" That's a fricking name !"
"Huddle...ton !" He said in a loud whisper.
Making a gentle cough he resumed his introduction, " sorry for the pause , network problems . This is Maddison Huddleton " , he said cringing at the name " I'm the detective on your cousin's case ."
" Ah , you must be the detective handling Sam's case , a tragedy really . He was only just beginning his life " the man said moping the whole time .
' Then why set him up for death ' , Maddison questioned in his mind .
" Yes , a pity indeed , that is why we would like your assistance in the case...to provide him justice so he rests in peace " , he said as an afterthought to convince the man .
" ....."
The other party not responding to Maddison's heartfelt speech .
" Did I overdo the feelings ? " , he said turning to Louis for his opinion .
Afterall he was the charmer .
Hearing that Louis held a smug smirk and mouthed , " sweet tongue" in his direction.
Maddison feeling like a child , stuck his tongue out at him .
Turning his focus from the childish game and back to the call at hand .
" Mr . Markham -"
" I think it'd be better to set a date where we can talk in person as I fear ..."
Meeting Maddison guess the rest , he didn't think they'd be at risk of a third party overseeing their call , either way the heads up was a good reminder of such a reality.
Louis whispered to Maddison " What does he fear ?"
Maddison , didn't blame Louis, not many people knew about the government overseeing calls , it was regulatory to check for underground communications , as drug smuggling was rising within London . However , dealers retaliated by overseeing government calls and sending messages through network interferences using pitch and sound .
" Yes I understand, but -"
" Well if that's all , Cahoots underground, 8pm sharp and wear formal , don't worry about reservations , I'll sort it out . Come alone . Good bye " Jack said cutting the call.
Louis looked at Maddison for any reactions or words to the abrupt ending , Maddison on the other hand was counting how many the guy cut him off , an astonishing feat done twice , twice !
Louis snapped Maddison out of his stupor and interrogated him " So you seem to have a date ".
" Not a date but a debriefing of information that will benefit us both."
" Yeesh . Uptight as always ."
" Anyway, off to a good night's rest , and you're definitely not going without me. " , " Night." Louis said , somehow already in pyjamas.
He didn't even ask , just took up half the bed , Maddison thought .
Finally feeling sleep catch up to him , he decided not to dwell on it and slumber .
Tommorow had may events ahead , new trails revealed, of course coupled with a few clues .
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Was so tired .
This chapter was in my draft's till I remembered the dialogue won't go so I pushed when I thought of you guys .
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