Chapter 34
Greg
I was sitting at my desk in my office, looking at the maps I found in my father's library. I was comparing the old maps of the house with the new ones. They are exactly the same, except for one thing, behind one of the walls in my father's library. There is a corridor that leads to another room which are not visible on the map of the new house, the reality is I am not sure, I am not an engineer, but I think I can take advantage of this opportunity
"Mr. Greg, there are two cops in my office who want to meet you."
"Aha, two cops… well, get them in immediately." So she filed a case against me, the stuffing of potatoes must have convinced her of that, anyway, the police won't be able to find anything, I hid all the evidence, clipped the cam cables everywhere, I deported John and Robin out of the country, and I paid a major killer to get rid of Steve, the justice system can't beat me, I'm much smarter than that, and this isn't the first time I've gotten away with it.
When they entered, they stood in front of me, looks stern and strict. I got up and greeted them, "Oh, good morning, officers, please tell me how I can help you."
"We are only here to give you this note of attendance, the detective wants to meet you, the interrogation session is in two hours."
"Oh, my God, I don't remember doing anything wrong. May I know why?"
"You can open it and read the reason. Just for your information, you must come on time or we will have to arrest you next time " One of them said to me, I opened the file and read the paper inside, it's exactly what I thought it was a sexual assault case,
"Okay, I'll be there in time, and now if you can excuse me, I just need some time to talk to my lawyer"
"Of course, Mr. Greg, that's your right. Have a good day." then they left my office.
"Margaret, tell Louis to come to my office right now." I told Margaret angrily on the phone
"You mean the lawyer?"
"Yes, quickly." I hung up from Margaret angrily, threw the file on my desk, poured me a glass of wine, and looked out the big window in the corner of my office. "Okay sweetheart, let's see what you can do, I promise you won't escape from Greg's vengeance, especially when you're carrying my baby"
"Hi Greg, how are you?" Louis is a man of my father's age. He was also my father's lawyer when he ran the company, and he has known me since I was young.
"Hi Louis, please take a seat, I need you, man." As I'm pouring a glass of wine for Louis
"So how's your daddy? I haven't spoken to him in a while."
"He's fine, he spends his time resting and relaxing, he's better than me."
"Huh, he deserve it. He was working hard for the company, so... Margaret tells me it's necessary, what's there?" as he takes the glass from me
I handed him the file that the two policemen had brought as I sat in my chair and leaned my back
"Holy crab, Greg... did you insult this girl?" he said, looking surprised
"Come on, Louis, why do I need to insult any girl? Girls around me are like flies."
I lit a cigarette and told Louis the story, "I knew this girl five years ago, when she was in university, she took training with us in one of the factories, and then we lost contact when she returned to her city where she lives, I just met her again about three months ago, she was breaking up her boyfriend, she was hovering around me ,calling me all the time , like I was the surrogate, a month and a half ago I invited her to dinner, and we got drunk, and she just lost her control, she was all over me, she was begging me to take her to my apartment to... well you know …to fuck her,…. And next day in the morning she couldn't remember what happened, so now she accusing me of assaulting her, and that's it. That is the story... "
"A month and a half ago, and she just raised the case now?"
"Oh yeah, can you imagine it, I think she wants to blackmail me into just giving her some money."
"Well, is there any evidence or witnesses, anything to prove that the sex was consensual or not?"
"I don't know, should I bring witnesses when I want to sleep with any girl?"
"Well, if there is no evidence to substantiate her allegations, and if she is late in bringing the case until now, then most likely she wants the money, as you said" he turns his back and sips wine, but you want my advice, Greg?"
"Go ahead"
"You must settle this case, even if you are innocent, you are an important person and well-known in the national and international levels in the business world, it is not appropriate for anyone to hear these accusations about you, you are not an ordinary person, you are the chairman of the board of directors, remember your customers and shareholders and suppliers, partners, your competitors, and others... settle the case, Greg."
"Let's see what this blonde can do, come with me, Louis, I need you in the investigation." I take my car keys and phone and move towards the door and signal for him to follow me
"I knew she was blonde, that's your type,... you dirty dog, let me guess, she's tall and skinny too, she must be very pretty, isn't she" he joked to me as we walked down the hall to the elevator.
"Shut up, Louis" I said that with a sly smile on the side of my mouth
In the car, Louis was asking me a lot of questions, about all the details, which bothered me very much, but he was telling me that he needed all that information to defend me, he asked me to make him speak and not to interfere with the conversation except for necessity, and when we arrived and entered the interrogator, the interrogator was harsh with me, as if he wanted to extract confession from me by any means, I understood from his question that the police investigated many details that I did not expect, but I was cleverly evading responsibility
"Who do you think cut the camera cables everywhere you went the night of the incident? Don't you think that all this is not a coincidence? The cameras are cut off in the restaurant in the direction of your seating and also in the place where you parked your car, and also at the entrance to your building and in the park where you parked, at the time of the cut-off on the same day and at the same hour, do you have an idea who does this? And why?
Do you know where Steve disappeared two days after the incident? And why was there a large amount of money deposited in his bank account the day after the incident?
Why did you change John and Robin's workplace after every problem he had with Miss Linka? Was that a coincidence? Why are there always deposits in their account after the incidence and before the incidence?
Referring to the phone calls between you and Miss Linka, we find that you are the one calling her and not the one who calls you. What is your response to that? Do you know that Miss Lenka is pregnant? Do you think you are the father of the child?
There's a call between you and John at the hour of the accident, do you remember what you were talking about?"
Despite my ingenuity in answering Leuis, the investigator decided to put more pressure on me to extract a confession from me, so he issued an order to detain me pending investigation,
And I exploded in anger at everyone, "Who do you think you are to lock me up, do you know who I am, I'm Greg Hanson, owner of Hanco companies and factories, how dare you put me in a cell with murderers and criminals, I will sue you all and win the case and you will all regret it."
The only thing that stopped me was the police threatening me with violence, and Louis' solitary talk to me that anger was not in my favor, but I insisted not to stay, I should have found someone to take me out on bail, and although I did not want to tell my father the whole story, now I would have to, and Leuis went home after we spent about a quarter of an hour in the police station to get my father
"Greg Hanson" a policeman opened the dark cell door and said, I lifted my head to look at him through the light, "Release, your sponsor has come."
When I arrived at the police captain's office, I found my father talking to him as if he had known him for a long time. I later knew later that his name was Captain David, and Louis was with them. When I arrived, my father gave me a sad, hopeless look. Then he signed some papers and went to one of the offices to pay the guarantee, I was with him all the time but we didn't talk .I preferred to remain silent until Louis whispered to me, "Why didn't you tell me the girl is pregnant?"
"And what does this have to do with anything?"
"Of course it has something to do, listen, Greg, I think you need a criminal lawyer, I can't handle your case."
" stop the bullshit and tell me, What did you say to my father? Did you tell him everything?"
"What else I am going to tell him, I told him the truth, I told him the whole thing."
"Why did you do that, I didn't want him to know, why didn't you invent anything else?"
"Greg I can't lie to your father, even if you're my boss, he's my best friend, and he's an Owner like you. If he doesn't know now, he'll know later. I don't think the press will miss that."
When we got into the car, Dad was silent for a while, I wished he'd never speak. Lewis sat in the front with the driver and left me and Dad in the back seat.
"I can't believe what's going on, I can't believe that my son could do something like this, tell me where I went wrong Greg, I didn't deprive you of anything since you were young, I raised you in the best way, I took you to the best schools and universities, why son why?"
"Wow. Wow, listen dad, it's not true, this girl is a liar, she was all over me , until you deceived me, all she wants is to blackmail my money, I'm the victim here, not her." I was screaming at my father
"And what about the employees that you suddenly deported, what about the bank deposits in their account?" What about the cut camera cables? Is all this a coincidence, Greg? "He shouts at me back
"Yes, all this is a coincidence, dad. I sent the employees the reasons related to working in our different branches, and their bank deposits are something that belongs to them and I have nothing to do with it, and it is not my fault if any criminal cuts any cables anywhere, I told you that she only wants money."
"WHO IS THIS GIRL ANYWAY? TELL ME, GREG."
"You don't have to know, Dad, I can handle it myself."
"Greg, don't you see, you are the CEO and chairman of the board of directors of the most important international companies, the passage of time is not on our side, you know that I am very influential, I may have been able to stop her from spreading this scandal."
"Yes, but you can't stop this girl, Dad."
"GREG, WHO IS THIS GIRL? TELL ME NOW."
"IT'S LINKA OK." I can't stand my father anymore
"Which Linka?" My father's voice started to calm down
"The Russian" I said as I look through mirror, I just don't want to look into my father's eyes
"You mean the blonde Linka, the Russian... who was a trainee in one of our factories several years ago?" My father's voice was intermittent and sad, as if he had been stabbed in the back.
"Yes…She is the one ".
"Oh my God..., oh my God." My father's back bent, and he put his palms on his knees like a weeping widow. Then he started unbuttoning his shirt, as if he was choking, "Greg, this girl doesn't lie, she's a good girl." Suddenly my father put his hand on the left side of his chest, and started screaming, as he having a heart attack.
"Dad, Dad, are you okay?" I was calling him but he closed his eyes and screamed in pain
"Pull over" Louis yells at the driver, and as soon as he stops the car, he opens Dad's door and checks his features, "James answer me, can you hear me, James?" Louis returned to his seat and said to the driver, "Take us to the hospital quickly, I think he's having a heart attack"