When they arrived at the city police station, Ferne remembered that he was still holding onto Noah's information sheet. Joe was waiting at the entrance. Since Ferne was here, Joe hurriedly greeted and led him to the archive room.
The policeman at the registration office recognized Ferne and greeted him. Ferne understood the rules and threw his phone into the small frame on the table. Then, he followed Joe inside.
Several policemen were sitting in the archive room to check the files. The case of Merinda and Branden had something to do with a missing person case many years ago, as well as a second trafficking case.
A group of people kept on taking statements and searching for information. Eye drops were on the table. After looking for a long time, they were tired and dripped a few eye drops into their eyes. Then, they continued to check the information.
Not long after Ferne sat down, Joe took out a file from the database behind him.
It was back in 2003.
Ferne opened it and saw that it was a case ten years ago. It was also a bachelor party hosted by a group of young people. When they were enjoying themselves the most, the police suddenly came. Then, screams came from the second floor and the organizer was found dead on the bed.
When Ferne turned the page, somehow his fingers trembled.
On the next page, he saw a little girl, who was covered in blood with messy hair. Her face was mixed with blood and tears, and she was dirty. When she looked at the camera, her gaze was dumbfounded, as if she was frightened to be silly.
If it wasn't for Ferne observing carefully, he wouldn't have been able to see any trace of Christy from the girl's picture. However, Christy had similar eyes, though her gaze was not as dull as a young girl's.
Below was the transcript.
The victim and suspect, Kaiya, admitted that she was the murderer, because she overdefended herself when assaulted, which resulted in manslaughter.
The medical report showed that Kaiya's private parts were torn...
Ferne looked at the top of the page and found that Kaiya was only twelve years old.
Twelve years old...
Ferne turned to the next page.
A picture of young Noah appeared on the page. His name was Rodney and he was fourteen years old.
Noah's fingers were stained with blood. His body was dirty, his face stained with blood. His forehead was even bruised. When he looked at the camera, his eyes were filled with hostility and resentment.
It was written that:
When the police arrived, Rodney was escaping with Kaiya from the back door, but they were caught. The police were not sure whether he was an accomplice or the murderer. During the interrogation, both Rodney and Kaiya admitted to manslaughter.
Rodney's body was blue and purple. He suffered abuse. During the interrogation, he denied being sexually assaulted and refused to be examined by a doctor. The girl who was rescued during the same period revealed that Rodney had been sexually assaulted by two men.
Ferne suddenly stood up and stared at the words on the file three times.
His chest heaved violently, and his eyes turned red. He clenched his fists and asked Joe, "Is it related to Merinda?"
"Yes, the children were all contacted by Merinda for the organizer. But at that time, she had many subordinates. Some of them were arrested later. Some probably left here for a living in some place. The remaining people were all captured by us." Joe said softly.
Ferne tore the file apart.
Joe took a deep breath and shouted, "Ferne!"
Everyone else in the room turned around to see them. They heard Ferne shout, "What are you looking at! Turn back!"
Joe quickly covered his mouth and said, "Ferne, there are monitors everywhere!"
Ferne rubbed pieces of the files and stuffed them into his mouth. He swallowed them with difficulty and then asked with red eyes, "Where is Merinda?"
"Ferne, don't scare me." Joe didn't dare to take him to see her.
"Take me there." Ferne stood up and walked out first.
The policemen behind him stood up and asked, "What's the matter?"
Joe waved his hand, "It's fine. You guys continue."
When they reached the door, Ferne found that he forgot to take his phone, but he walked straight ahead. Joe fetched him his phone and followed him. The police officer at the registration office stood up and shouted, "Ferne, there was a phone call for you just now..."
Ferne entered the interrogation room without turning back.
Joe didn't imagine that Ferne would have such an intense reaction after reading the file. Suddenly, there was a phone call from Noah.
Joe remembered the phone number.
He repeatedly shouted, "Ferne, Noah called you!"
Ferne had already entered an interrogation room. The roars of different people could be heard.
"You're Merinda, aren't you?!"
"Ferne?!"
"Ferne, what's wrong with you?!"
"Stop! Ferne!"
Joe didn't know what to do. He answered the phone, telling Noah that Ferne was at the police station. "Noah, quickly come and take Ferne away!"
Then, he hung up the phone and rushed in.
In the interrogation room, Merinda was pressed down by Ferne. Before he beat her with a fist, he was stopped by the policeman behind him.
Ferne roared madly, "Get rid of me!"
"Ferne, what are you crazy about?!" The captain came in a hurry and shouted at him, "Come over here! What are you doing? What a joke! Pull him away!"
Ferne didn't seem to hear anything. He directly pushed away from the person who was blocking his way. He picked up a chair and threw it fiercely to Merinda, "Fuck your mother!"
He cursed, tears rolling down his cheeks, "You fucking beast! Bitch!"
The people beside him were shocked by his sudden tears.
The captain was stunned for a second too. "What are you guys still waiting for?! Hurry up and take him down!?"
"Yes!"
The group hurriedly rushed up and suppressed Ferne against the wall.
Ferne struggled hard and a bloody scar appeared on the white wall. He roared with his red eyes, "How dare you!"
He was in terrible pain.
As long as he thought of the record, his heart ached badly.
The teenager's hostility and resentment shown in his eyes were so piercing.
When everyone saw the blood on the wall, they remembered that Ferne had just been discharged from the hospital. It was likely that his wound was bleeding as he struggled. Therefore, no one dared to suppress him.
At this moment, Ferne struggled to push everyone away. He rushed to Merinda and grabbed her by the neck, "I'm going to kill you."
"Ferne!"
"Ferne!"
Merinda shouted as she dodged, "Help me!"
Many people hated Merinda, but as a policeman, they couldn't hurt the suspect. Everyone slowed down as they stopped Ferne. Although the captain did not know what had happened to Ferne and why he hated Merinda so much, he could tell that everyone hated her. Thus he waited a few seconds before saying, "Hurry up and bring him out. He would kill her. I'll see how you guys take responsibility for it!"
Then a group of policemen quickly came to control Ferne.
Merinda, who was pinched red, coughed non-stop after being rescued. She carefully examined Ferne's face and asked, "Who are you? Why did you hit me?"
Ferne had just been pulled aside when he heard this. He kicked Merinda in the face again. In an instant, Merinda's nose was broken. She covered her nose and rolled on the ground in pain. Blood flowed out from between her fingers.
Ferne was put outside. His white shirt was soaked in blood from his stomach.
Seeing Ferne's face bathed in tears, the captain had to keep silent instead of scolding him. He said with a frown, "Bandage the wound first. If you have anything to say, come to my office."
Ferne asked, "Where is Nikhil?"
"What the hell are you doing!? This is the police station!? Ferne! This is not your home! Don't fool with it!"
When Ferne heard the last two words, he suddenly remembered that the organizer asked Noah what his name was at the bachelor party.
Noah told that he was Rodney.
Rodney.
Ferne clenched his fists and shouted, "Where is Nikhil?!"