The Bodyguard System

There was a moment of silence after the man had spoken. This was the first time that the others were getting the real details of the incidence. They did not know much about who were involved in this matter, but now that they knew, they did not know how to react.

For a person like Harry, they did not expect at all. After all, they understood that Harry and Lucas were two people that always opposed each other.

But despite that, they understood that Harry was a person that was quite cautious. Completely different from Lucas who acted on his own whims, Harry was the person that act with reason, and only after he had investigated things clearly.

From this, they did not believe that it might be Harry who had attacked Lucas. After all, the gangsters that were involved there, according to the information that they had gained before, there seemed to be some kind of link between them and Harry.

But then again, there was Scarlet. They understood that there was a conflict between Scarlet and Lucas. They did not know much about the details as well, considering that only the family had known about it.

Still, they understood that Scarlet was the reason why Lucas got his leg broken. From that, it could be said that the relationship between the two of them was not good as it was before.

At this point, the head of the family, Peter Brown was also silent. He had not expected something like this to happen. Of course, he understood that there was a conflict between his son Lucas, and Scarlet.

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But never had he ever thought that the conflict was going to escalate to this level. Even if he was not told the details, he immediately understood that there was a great possibility that Scarlet was the one that was involved with the death of his son.

He took a deep breath, trying to stabilize his emotions. As the head of the family, he could not show any form of weakness. To Peter, by showing his anger publicly was a form of weakness.

After he was calm enough, he finally spoke up. "I want to clear investigation to be carried out. I want all the evidence that points towards the killer to be found. After that, let me know, and I will personally take action from there." Peter instructed.

"Yes sir." The residence manager responded. And immediately after, the people were dismissed from the living room, leaving behind only Peter and his eldest son.

"Father, what is the need of investigating? We already know that it is Scarlet that killed my younger brother. So, why don't we just take action against them? Is there a need for us to waste so much time doing all these unnecessary things?" Lucas's eldest brother asked.

Even though his younger brother caused a lot of trouble, he was his only brother after all. For that reason, he usually held a soft spot in his heart for Lucas.

And now that his brother had been killed, it was extremely difficult for him to be able to control his anger. Had it not been that he always respected what his father told him, he would have already decided to personally take action.

He understood that the Browns were definitely not capable of taking down the Johnsons. But who said that the Browns could not cause the Johnsons enough damage? In fact, he was already thinking about a plan in his mind.

"You have to be patient. What you are saying is just an assumption that you have made. It might be true that there is a grudge that existed between Scarlet and your late younger brother. But, let us not make those assumptions.

What now? If you decide to go right now to the Johnsons, and ask for an explanation, how would you prove that what you are saying is true, and not just something that you had made up in order to cause trouble for the Johnsons?"

Lucas's eldest brother fell silent upon hearing that. That was right. They had to get enough evidence in order to face a family like the Johnsons. Even though the gap between them was not that huge, it is not something that they could ignore.

Right now, if the Browns family decided to take action against the Johnsons, they were the ones that were going to suffer the most. They might end up causing damage to the Johnsons, but if they wanted to do real damage, they had to be ready to be destroyed. Otherwise, all they could do was scratch the other party.

"And more than that, I'm pretty sure that it is your brother that went to cause trouble. Previously, he was the one that wanted to have someone killed, and that person was close to Scarlet, more than he had anticipated.

Though, I'm pretty sure that he already knew about it. With his infatuation for that young lady, it was impossible for him to allow another person to get closer to her, if it was a person of another gender." Peter stated.

There was a moment of silence again. None of the two spoke up, as they remained silent, simply reminiscing about the memories that Lucas had left for them.

"The Johnson family. I just hope that it was not my son that was at fault. Otherwise, you will definitely pay, even if I have to die for this." Peter suddenly mumbled in a low voice.

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Investigation was carried out in a full swing. Since Peter had given the permission, funds were being spent in order to complete the task.

And finally, when it was 10 at night, the results of the investigation finally came in.

According to the investigation, it was true that Lucas had met with Scarlet. And the two of them had met on bad terms. As for Harry, he was involved in this matter as well, but he was on Lucas's side.

According to Harry, he had only promised to help Lucas to get to Scarlet. As for what happened after that, he was not sure, considering that he was not even present when it happened.

He went ahead and explained everything that had happened before he left the basement area. So, what was left was to look for those that were present when Lucas was having a conflict with Scarlet and her bodyguard.

It was just that after they found those people, it seemed that they really hated Lucas. In fact, the majority of them really wanted to kill Lucas.

Just from this fact, it could be said that according to them, they did not know that Lucas was already dead. From this, they could already be eliminated from being involved in the murder of Lucas, or knowing who the killer was.

But from the explanations of the reason why they wanted to make sure that they killed Lucas personally, Peter finally got what he wanted.

It was clear that that bodyguard that was accompanying Scarlet was not normal. But that was to be expected from the Johnson family. Though, Peter wondered where they had managed to find such a strong bodyguard.

Nonetheless, from the explanation received, it was clear that there was a great possibility that it was this bodyguard that had ended up killing Lucas.

After all, it was this bodyguard that was being targeted before by Lucas, and in the end, Lucas had ended up with a broken leg, which was the action of the bodyguard. And now, with Lucas intending to kill him, it was not that strange that the other party would kill him.

From this, Peter could easily infer that it was not Jaden that was at fault. Instead, it was Lucas who kept on looking for him, and in the end, he ended up being killed himself, for targeting a person that he could not handle.

Even though he understood that Lucas was the one at fault, Peter did not feel comfortable with this matter ending just like that. Even though they had yet to confirm that it was that bodyguard who had killed Lucas, he was 99% sure about it.

"If it was Scarlet who had killed him, I might have managed to swallow it. After all, it was my son that was at fault. But how can I continue living like this, with just a servant killing my son?

Does he think that just because he is working for a big family, he is some kind of big shot? He might be skilled, but that does not give him the permission of killing my son. He will have to pay for this." Peter mumbled in a low voice as he stood on the balcony, looking at the busy city in the distance.

Currently, his fists were tightly clenched, to the extent that veins could be seen popping up on the hands. The two nails that were quite long, had already managed to dig into the flesh of his palm, and blood was already dripping. But, Peter did not care.

"Still, I have to get that information first. I have to be sure about it. Once I am, I will definitely take action against him. I cannot allow him, a person from wherever it was that he came from, to simply continue enjoying his life, when my son has been sent off to hell.

The least thing that I can do for him as a father is to make sure that the person who killed him will follow him." Peter mumbled in a low voice once again.

Just after he had said those words, a drop of tears dropped from his cheek. Peter wiped away the tear, a little stunned that he was actually crying.