It was 2am when Mike called Harvey and told him to meet them at the girls’ apartment. Harvey had given him hell for waking him up at an ungodly hour, but twenty minutes later he was there.
Max and Mike told them how they had sneaked into Channing Mansion and swiped Martin Channing’s laptop. Channing had unknowingly been involved with some greedy rat bastards who were the brains of the Ponzi scheme. By the time he found out, he went to the police. Unfortunately his contact in the precinct was in cahoots with the bastards and they forced him to take the fall threatening to kill his daughter.
Knowing that his daughter’s life was in imminent danger, the older Channing decided to take the hit. He had lost his wife when Caroline was a child and could not stand to lose another person he loved ever again. He recorded their interaction using his laptop as a precaution in case the bastards would turn on him once more.
Caroline was trembling she couldn’t believe what she had just heard and what her father did just to protect her.
“So the question is, who’s Villain X?” Mike asked as Max played a snippet of the recording hopeful that Caroline would recognize the voice.
“Edward Luther,” She said in a low and irate tone.
“Edward Luther of Luther Investments, the second largest investment firm in New York?” Mike asked.
She nodded.
“It wasn’t Luther. It was his assailant Rufus. I’d recognize that course voice anywhere. I’ve overheard him arguing with daddy a dozen times, but he would always tell me that they were just discussing business.” She explained.
“Great! We have our story,” Harvey spoke for the first time.
“But this doesn’t implicate Luther. We need to find this Rufus guy and get him to confess” he continued.
“How exactly do we do that? We can’t go to the police. Luther probably has his goons working the system,” Mike asked Harvey.
“Packel,” Harvey beamed.
“Sometimes the good guys got to do bad things to make the bad guys pay guy” Mike asked.
“The one and only,” Harvey replied.“Max why didn’t you tell me about what you and Mike were up to? I could have helped. How did you even know where to look?” Caroline said.
“Because I know you and I know you love your horse, Chestnut and your daddy loves you. You Channings should seriously think about not hiding important details in plain sight,” it was now Max’s turn to beam at Harvey who had once accused her of being a gold digger.
“Thanks Max!” Caroline said hugging the brunette.
“We’re not done yet ladies. Let’s get your father exonerated and Luther in prison,” Harvey said sternly.
“Mike! I need you to get me Packel stat. I’ll stay here, so we could try to come up with something,” He added.
“Aye Aye! Captain!”
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