Week 4: Infancy,Scotland.
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“You know you are quite the smart one.”
“No, Scotland is a smart place. Why are we here in Glasgow?”
“Well K. You have brought the eyes of the criminals on us and it seems Scotland is where we are safe.”
“I still haven’t found the whims and the sarcasm and the nightmares I have in my mind and dreams”
“I could have interrupted you, yet you do want the answers.”
Serene lighted the candles. The power cut had troubled the area for months. Hooligans and thugs roam around the slums and docks. Scotland Yard had an arduous task of solving many cases caused as a result of the area such that they couldn’t solve the cases outside. K looked outside of the small house where they stayed. Serene was called by Scotland Yard to the mysterious car explosion and to investigate whether Marlan was the culprit after all. K, on the other hand, was confused about his mindset dilemma and knew that Marlan was imprisoned by the New York Police Department for a month until his court order. Scotland Yard did call Serene to be certain, as they didn’t truly believe in K’s assumptions. After a week of investigations, they were certain it was Marlan, yet K was thought of as some psychotic DP who did not know his job.
“Can we go back to New York or Milan? I do feel humiliated here, Serene?”
“And there I was assuming you were smart and praising you in the first place.”
“Am I? For assuming, according to your Scottish friends.”
“I wish they were. I would have been far from this John V who himself is a culprit, as I know.”
“Yes, all psychos are the culprits for you, Serene.”
“Well, my next commercial is getting saved by the Scotland yard if you believe me and I am getting a whooping 70,000 pounds for that, which is nearly 80,000 euros. I am on video this time rather than the posters or the board. It is a 2-minute video yet worth being in.”
“It looks like you will be a millionaire in some years then.”
“Well, I am worth 250,000 euros at the time. Maybe I can get Vienna Fashion to show an hourly program which is in a month. I heard only 25 models will be selected and each will get 100,000 euros and the winner will get 200,000. And maybe here too the Glasgow Fashion Week is here, which has a prize of 30,000 pounds for participating and 100,000 for winning.”
“What about me?”
“Well, didn’t Mr. V give you 10,000 just for solving the case? Although he would have given you more if you had asked. You do tend to be a private detective after all and we are here in Scotland.”
“You amuse me, Serene, yet my pager does blink to a Mr. Mahon here in Scotland.”
“Mr.Mahon, you mean the CA of the Glasgow automobile company. Yes, he is a renowned man in Europe.”
“Maybe otherwise this time.”
“What do you mean?”
“My senses do incline me to believe he is one of the key reasons behind these power failures in Glasgow.”
“OK, you are assuming that he has embezzled then?”
“Yes, he is in some kind of embezzlement.”
“And what?”
“We need to meet him and understand him first.”
“And how?”
“Because Scotland Yard will call you.”
“Of course”, Serene shows her sigh yet she is dumbfounded as to why Mahon, will be there.
(An hour later)
“Hello Mrs. Serene”
“Hello”
“We are from Scotland. I am Officer Deaney and he is Flask. We are sorry that your video shoot is delayed for the moment. We have a complaint against you.”
“Complaint?”
“Yes, Mr.Mahon, the CA of Glasgow Automobiles has filed a case against you in court.”
“Case for what?”
“ Embezzlement.”
“Embezzelement?”
“Yes, the CA checked your financial details and, because of being an intern model, you have surely upgraded rapidly quickly and your bank details do suggest you tend to force your contractor to sign your shows and shoots by using brutality as the explosion.”
“My details are fine, Officer. I have been paid as per my reputation and you can see I am famous in Europe.”
“Yes, Miss Frieda, indeed you are. Although without real commercials and films, you do have a lot of money in your banks. Models of your stature do have some 40-50,000 pounds while you have quite a stock of over 200,000.”
K enters as he shouts. “Well, I hope you have a warrant.”
“Well, we don’t, but we have a court order for her to attend the trial.”
“We can suggest otherwise before the trial. Can’t we?”
“What do you mean?”
“ You do know Mr.Deaney. You helped him.”
“Me?”
“Yes, Mr. Fask your Comrade does have a bank account of 100,000 pounds. Doesn’t he?”
“Why yes.”
“ Isn’t that 60,000 more for an officer? He is not even a senior who might even have only 40-50,000.”
“Looks like he is right, Denaey. We, officers, are offered only 800 pounds a month.”
“Yes, take him, Officer. Meanwhile, I do want a meeting with this Mr.Mahon.”
“Fask, I would rather take me in. Mahon is a dangerous man.”
“If he is a dangerous man, then he should be behind bars, Deaney. Maybe your sentence will be prevented if you help us”
“Yes I will do that, yet strange as to how you find out about me, Mr.K”
“It’s my pager.” laughs K.
“ Will I be allowed to make my video and free after Mahon is frisked then?”
“Yes, Miss Serene, of course, as you say.” Fask nods as he leaves with Deaney.
“See, Scotland is a good place after all.”
“No, Serene, wait until the goons and the thugs here hear about Mahon’s trial. They will all come after us. I hope you finish your shoot in a week.”
“ Well, it’s a video and it will certainly take a week. God damn K, I wish sometimes that you would be a DP rather than a detective sometimes.”
“ I will try next time.” Laughs K as he looks at his handbag.
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