Los Angeles Legendary Sleuth

"Knock knock."

The car window slowly lowered, and a handgun came into view first, "LAPD! Put your hands where I can see them."

"Hey, don't shoot, I'm a journalist, I just wanted to do an interview." Pari was startled and quickly explained, but when she saw the man holding the gun, she was surprised,

"Marcus, what are you doing here? Are you with the LAPD?"

"Pari!" Marcus recognized her too, "Why are you here?"

"I'm a journalist, I heard about a carjacking robbery nearby, I'm here to do an interview.

Oh my gosh, you're actually with the LAPD, and you never told me that at the bar."

"You never said you were a journalist either, we're even." Boel got out of the car and said to Pari, "Put your hands on your head, I need to conduct a routine search on you."

"You can't be serious?"

"I'm very serious, I can't just trust you because we know each other or because you're a journalist. Who can guarantee you're not an accomplice of the killer?" Boel seriously searched Pari and didn't find any dangerous items, only then did he relax.

Pari asked, "Are you guys conducting a sting operation? Found anything?"

"Of course, I found a beautiful journalist, that's my biggest catch of the night."

Pari smiled, "Last time I saw you was because of the Dracula Bar murder case, this time it's because of the car sex robbery murder case, which police department do you actually work for?"

Boel hesitated for a moment, then said, "Robbery and Murder Department."

Pari's smile faded, "You're not joking, right?"

"No."

"Do you know Detective Chief Luke Lee?"

"He is now Deputy Team Leader Luke, and also my boss."

Pari's face turned sour, "Wow, you really gave me a big surprise, Detective Marcus.

So last time at the bar was no coincidence, I approached you to get information on vampires, and actually... it was me who got played."

You said you liked me, that was also a lie.

I got played by you."

"Pari, listen to me, I didn't plan to deceive you. I just happened to be involved in the Dracula Bar murder case investigation, and I ran into you.

I also didn't expect you to come to me to chat.

And what I said is true.

You are beautiful, and I like you.

This doesn't conflict with the investigation."

Pari gave a cold laugh, "So you like me by sending me to jail?"

"No, no one wants to send you to jail.

We're just investigating that case, no one is targeting you.

Your informant has a prior record, and there's a conflict between your statement and his, the judge will definitely accept your testimony, so you won't be going to jail." Boel said helplessly,

"It's all a misunderstanding, I didn't deliberately deceive you, it's just that our positions are different."

After a long silence, Pari pulled out a business card and handed it to Marcus, "Call me when you have time."

"What?" Boel was also a bit stunned.

"I forgive you."

Boel "..."

That fast?

"There are no eternal enemies." After saying that, Pari turned around and got back into her car.

Boel watched her back, "Cool."

...

The next morning.

At the Robbery and Murder Department's office.

Luke was looking at surveillance videos on his computer.

The crime scenes of both events were at Kabool Mountain.

The police had pulled up several surveillance feeds around Kabool Mountain and were comparing the vehicle traffic during the times of the crimes.

Vehicles appearing during both time frames were very likely suspect vehicles.

Additionally, there was that Tesla sedan that appeared to be at the crime scene.

Boel sat at a nearby desk, head down, and had not turned a page of the documents for half an hour.

Clearly, his mind was elsewhere.

The door to the team leader's office opened, and Susan came out.

"Guys, I've just received news, last night near Santa Monica Beach there was a carjacking homicide.

The MO is very similar to the previous two cases, and it is very likely the same culprit is responsible.

This case has also been assigned to our first platoon for investigation.

Everyone, get ready, we're headed to the crime scene."

...

A few minutes later, inside a black Ford Explorer.

Boel was driving in the cabin, with Luke sitting in the passenger seat.

Boel said, "No wonder we didn't catch anything last night, the culprit changed the location of the crime."

Luke rested with his eyes closed, "As long as the culprit commits the crime, he will leave more clues, and his chances of being exposed increase."

"You're right, we will definitely catch him." Boel then glanced at Luke, "There's something I need to tell you."

"What is it?"

"Last night, I saw Pari Jones."

Luke opened his eyes, "That female journalist?"

"Yes."

"Where did you see her?"

"Right when Jackson and I were staking out, someone knocked on our car window.

I even got excited for a moment, thinking the criminal took the bait, but after lowering the glass, it turned out to be her.

She said she learned about the car sex robbery case and wanted to do an investigation interview."

Luke chuckled, "That woman sure has good sources."

Boel nodded, "Although some of her methods are a bit extreme, she is indeed a very capable journalist."

"So, what are you trying to tell me?"

Boel smiled, his confidence mysterious, "Remember that time we were investigating at Dracula Bar, and she approached me?

I could feel, she likes me.

This time, I took the initiative to tell her my identity, and she still chose to forgive me.

She's a cool woman, I really like her personality."