Chapter 4: Red Banner Part 2
"The concepts of good and evil are profound reflections of the human condition, intricately woven into the fabric of our moral and ethical landscapes. Goodness represents the aspiration toward empathy, compassion, and harmony, guiding us toward actions that uplift and unite. Evil, conversely, embodies the darker facets of our nature: selfishness, cruelty, and discord, leading us toward actions that harm and divide. These forces are not merely external but reside within each individual, creating a perpetual inner conflict. True wisdom lies in the awareness and acceptance of this duality, and in the conscious choice to nurture the good within, striving to overcome the shadows of our nature through understanding, empathy, and the pursuit of a more just and compassionate world."
"Human criminal psychology delves into the labyrinth of motivations and influences that drive individuals to commit acts deemed criminal. At its core, criminal behavior often stems from a confluence of factors: psychological, social, and environmental. Early childhood experiences, including trauma and neglect, can distort an individual's moral compass and capacity for empathy. Socioeconomic conditions, such as poverty and lack of education, can limit opportunities and breed desperation. Psychological disorders and personality traits, such as impulsivity and aggression, further complicate the landscape. The interplay of these elements creates a fertile ground for deviant behavior. Understanding criminal psychology requires a nuanced exploration of these multifaceted influences, recognizing that criminal acts are often symptomatic of deeper, unresolved issues within both the individual and society. Through this understanding, we can address the root causes and work toward rehabilitation and prevention, rather than mere punishment."
"Soo what do you do in your free time Jayson?." Said by Jem "Oh I just do reading and going for hikes in the mountains" Said by me "huh very convenient were literally going on top of a mountain and a mansion "Chuckles"" Said by Jem "Oh well coincidence can be truly amazing yet terrifying don't you think." Said by me,
Jem and I were small talking till we arrive at the crime scene to talk to the wife of Reinold,
After an 47 minutes of driving we are now on a fancy road leading to the high mountains and what awaits us is mansion owned by a illegal man heh.
"Have you solved many cases before Jasyon?." Said by Jem "Not really I solved a couple cases before but that's about it jem." Said by me, the cases I've solved were all but frauds cases and 1 Homicide case.
After we talked we were visited by a gate and a guard, and from what I looked from here there are quite a few police inside the gate,
"Alright were at the gate, the gates looking gold ey" said by Jem "yeah agree, they got all of from shipping guns "Chuckles" Said by me, "Yeah I agree "Chuckles" Said by Jem, after that the guard comes forward and knocks on Jem's window in which jem opens, "Hello there can you show me your badge?." Said by the guard, "Yeah I'm Jem Watson and this is my colleague Jayson Holmes, were from the FBI." Said by Jem after showing her badge and mine, "Alright ill open the gate" Said by the Guard, after we went inside the mansion, jem parked next to the police cars and we left, "woo what a long ride ey" Said by me "Yeah and I think the wife's waiting we should go inside." Said by Jem,and I nodded back.
We were walking towards the door and the maid who was standing there opened it for us, and as we went inside, the mansion was very big and Jem's face had a bizarre look on her face, "Wow this mansion is huge huh!" said by Jem "Yeah I wish this was man... Nah I'm just kidding "laughs"." Said by me, "laughs" yeah right Jayson." Said by Jem, after we're done talking a maid approached us told us the wife's in the living crying from the husband's death, well I'll believe the crying if I see her.
As we opened the door to the living room, we saw the wife exactly what the maid said crying, after we enter the living room, the wife saw us and immediately stopped crying and wiped her tears and greeted us, "Ahem" hi I'm Reinold's wife, please call me Abi." Said by the wife, and Soo we sat down and question her starting with Jem's questions,
"Soo miss Abi, where were you at the time of the murder?." Said by Jem, going for a straight question huh, "Sniffs" I was at a hotel at the time of the murder in Washington where our hometown is, and when it was morning I got a call saying my husband was murdered and dead "Crys"." Said by Abi after she cried, Something about this woman is off, "we're sorry for your loss miss Abi but we're going to find who did this ok." Said by Jem assuring miss Abi, in which miss Abi wiping her tears, "did you know anything about your husband's illegal shippings through Mexico miss Abi, maybe you Know something or someone who may want to hurt your husband?." Said by Jem "no I don't know about the illegal shipping but I was there and Reinold told me it was legal and it ships legal guns for the military he said" Said by miss Abi, after that I went in and ask her an uncomfortable question that may get her stand up, "did you know that your husband was having an affair miss Abi? Probably with somebody at work or my guess? In this house right here." Said by me, finished my question, "What!? An affair? Heh that's nonsense everyday Reinold tells me where his going and were always on video calls and calls, there is not a chance he was having an affair, we loved each other to the core." Said by miss Abi, a little mad "hey what are you doing Jayson??." Said by Jem looking at me confused, "oh I was just telling the truth jem" said by me, "truth that was not the truth that was guesswork plain and simple agent." Said by miss Abi frustrated, "I wouldn't be Soo sure about guess worked,I got that information through the pictures from you two's bedroom, linking me to an... Affair miss Abi, the clues are in the bedroom somewhere "Chuckles" Said by me trying to irritate her, and giving me entrance to there bedroom, because I was looking for something else, yes the affair was real it was there of course, I just have to find it, "Fine I'll prove it to you agents come to my bedroom immediately!" Said by miss Abi irritated and we went to the crime scene bedroom, "hey what are you doing you shouldn't do that Jayson, were going to have problems!" Said by Jem worried about my actions but I couldn't care less, if you want information don't ask politely and straight, the result will give you open false information, and fabrication, it's better to hit people directly or indirectly to show there hand, because people like to correct other people who states wrong about something,
In which I manipulated that, "yeah but we needed information this woman is a liar and we need to push her buttons without her noticing Jem." Said by me as I whispered, "yeah you can do that but don't go further or were gonna to toast." Said by Jem annoyed.
"Alright were here, look whatever you want agents there's nothing here that will support your crazy hypothesis about an affair, because that's ridiculous!." Said by miss Abi , "Why are you soo certain about your husband not having an affair miss Abi? Affair can happen to any relationships out there, even if you state that your relationship with Reinold is perfect there's always loopholes that will enter, and there is no such thing as perfect, unless your trying to hide something." Said by me giving a suspense reaction, "What are you talking about? Hiding something? Why would I hide something from my husband or you agents? Heh, I've got nothing, the police are already searched the house and found nothing except the broken window in which the killer escaped." Said by miss Abi, in which I replied "Are you sure? keeping any important information to the investigation will give you serious consequences, isn't that right jem?." Said by me, and jem replied "yeah any information being with help will cause serious problems." Said by Jem's completing my plan to manipulate miss Abi, "oh you heard it miss Abi, you heard it from my boss and if I find something important to the case, your going to explain it." Said by me worrying miss Abi, "I will now start looking,with my, observation." Said by me.
As I now went looking for what I want I decided to narrow down this whole bedroom, First the room is rectangle, one huge master bedroom and a bathroom, and a big polished wooden table in which the bed is facing towards on, the room has this romantic vibe and led lights and rooms color was Maroon, the blanket was maroon, the floor was red and that Banner close to the broken window is pure red for some reason, all maroon except that specific banner huh, I went to check the inspicuous Banner, and behind the banner was a suspicious looking wall, which looks like a secret room, I asked "Do you know whats in here miss Abi?" In which she replies, "No I don't know, your pointing at a wall exactly?" Said by miss Abi, telling a lie from the look at his pupils rendering, "Liar, you know whats in here tell the truth before I know what's inside." Said by me, giving a unnoticed threat because it was thin to notice, "Okay behind there is Safe to all Reinolds Information about the ships blueprints and secret information about the illegal guns and drugs but, I assure you agents you should not touch them, because it could get messy," Said by miss Abi, looking worried and scared, and jem replied, "miss Abi were going to need any information that may give us a breakthrough this case, and were dealing a Homicide case Soo we need any connected information and don't worry you'll be safe, we promise." Said by Jem, giving a final touch to reassure miss Abi and trust us completely, I gotta give it too jem "Chuckles".
"Welp you heard it from her were going to need it." Said by me, after opening the wall a sturdy looking safe about 4.3 ft tall safe was behind this wall, "ahh do you know the code to this safe miss Abi?" I asked, "No I don't only Reinold knows." Says by miss Abi, she's telling the truth because, the information here are way to dangerous for her to hold and only Reinold knew and know not to give her the code aswell, judging by her focused breathing and eye movements,
"Well now what, should I crack this or hand it over, which will slow down our investigation." Said by me giving jem an option too let me crack rather than wasting our time giving this to forensics, "fine you go solve it.... Wait can you?" Said by Jem, in which I replied, "yeah of course I wouldn't give you this option if I didn't know haha" Said by me, after that she agreed and I went to crack the safe, cracking a safe is quite simple just have to listen to a simple tick sound slowly when rounding up the numbers.
After that I went over to the safe and carefully listens to the tick sound, Soo in we go then... after 4 minutes I finally opened the safe. And after I opened it, all the stuff inside is now gone which I anticipated, because I think the killer killed Reinold for the safe because it contained valuable information outside just shipping and illegal stuff, no it carried more than that, it carries government tools, "What?! It's all gone!" Said by Jem and miss Abi, "well any more insight's Jayson?" Says Jem, "Hmm I have a plan now after this, but we're going to need alias Kimball and Haaland to go over to the shipping company, cause chances are, the killer could be there and might leave as soon as possible, in which we should go now jem." Says by me, "yeah I guess your right, anyway thank you for your time miss Abi, we should go now we'll keep you updated." Says by Jem to miss Abi "yeah I'll guide you to the door as you leave." Says miss Abi,
After that we went to the door and before we leave I looked back at miss Abi and said, "Oh sorry about the affair things I said." Says by me,in which she replies, " oh it's no problem, I was right anyway." Says by miss Abi, "No I didn't say it, that your husband was not having an affair, I still do believe he's having an affair truly yes." Says by me, "Oh I'm sick with your stupid guesswork you know that? It's not professional." Says by miss Abi irritated, "heh no you do believe your husband is having an affair and that individual is her next to the door outside, yes the made, who's blonde 5.6 ft tall and had sex your husband miss Abi, good bye "Laughs." Says by me, "What?! It was you Rachel!! You Son of a Bitch!!" Says miss Abi going to fight Rachel the maid, but jem stopped them and said, "Ok! That's enough... Stop it now! Look what have you done Jayson" says by Jem, I just laughed while there hammering it done hahaha, and the maid said, "I'm sorry Ma'am, I'm Sorry!!" Says the maid crying, after that we finally got back to our car and me and jem had a laugh while inside, of course Rachel the maid was fired immediately she was crying while leaving the mansion, but I'll use here once my plan is almost complete with this case.
"That was a crazy ass stunt you pulled off there Jayson what was that for anyway?" Says Jem questioning mean, and I replied, "Oh nothing just felt like the wife needed some psychological relief after what the hell just happened to her life "Chuckles" ." Says by me, which I lied, "Okay then I'm gonna inform alias and Haaland about what we got and we'll go back to HQ." Said by Lisbon, and I replied, "Well you better tell them once you pushed the buttons they better be prepared because there's gonna be alot of bullets flying and guns "Chuckles"." Said by me, "heh oh my god "Laughs" alright then.
After that jem finished, and were going back Headed to HQ....
BazerBero: Next chapter will be Alias and Haalands POV Soo stick around for some action and planning from Jayson 😎