Chapter 586: Decoding Jared - Part 2

Valerie immediately despatched her trusted team to some of the famous clubs in the city after Jared's slip of the tongue. Though they were yet to find the exact location, this small error of his helped them narrow the search. And considering the man's ruthlessness, she was certain that he would have targeted one of the biggest clubs in the city.

"I wonder how many more locations the man has kept as his targets." She mumbled with a sigh as she stared at the now silent criminal through the computer.

"One." Ian too was staring at the man just like Valerie, and he had not missed the way Jared's expression had changed when he heard her reveal his plan. He had gone into a state of horror and worry at once, unlike the time after he had revealed one of the places on his own by mistake.

This time, there was fear and anxiousness on his face, which sent Ian thinking. Jared was not smiling. But he was not calm either. So, that only concluded that they now had only one target place to locate, and Jared would be under their control again.

"How did you come to this conclusion, Dr. Davis?" Valerie was surprised to hear him answer her, and even more so to think that he had heard her when all she did was mutter to herself. His excellent hearing stunned her and she was in awe at it.

"After reading his expression," Ian replied, taking a glance at her in the meanwhile.

"Do you know to read expressions?" Valerie's expression turned into one of shock, and she gaped at him for a few seconds. She knew people who were quite good at reading expressions, and she herself was one among them.

But this time, she too had missed the subtle reactions Jared had let out since the time Maggie had entered the cell. He was careful not to reveal much, and Valerie was having a hard time decoding his mind and secrets. Ian's words made her doubt her abilities for a moment, and she kept staring at him in wonder. 

"I learned a little of it just out of interest."

'Was this a little?' Valerie's lips twitched at his words. But she did not reveal his lie, choosing to stay silent about it, and Ian too, who knew that she had seen through his lie, did not clarify about it anymore.

Ian recalled the sessions he, Noah, and Joshua had to attend under Theo's stern eyes, who was adamant to teach them psychology. Though it was not in-depth, they at least knew to read their opponents and draw conclusions based on the situation.

"I just hope we find the last target location and end this madness quickly. I am already tired of it." Valerie's voice fell on his ears and Ian gave her a look which even he could not understand. The woman had chosen to trust him again this time without asking more about it. And this trust she had in him touched him greatly.

This was the first time he was feeling this way, and he did not know what to make out of it. Other than his friends and their families which included Aria's too, he did not care for anybody else's trust, not even his patients'. But for the first time, the wall around his heart cracked, making him frustrated and at a loss. He could not discern what was happening to him, and this annoyed him greatly.

Maggie's voice from the computer brought him out of his stupor, forcing him to push back his thoughts at the back of his mind. He looked at the computer screen, focusing more on the people on it rather than on the intriguing woman beside him.

"Hmm, we are now two down. I wonder how many more you have added to your plan." Her voice was steady as she hid all that she had perceived a few moments ago. She had to be careful now for this was the tricky part.

Now that Jared had learned about them knowing of his target locations, he would make sure to keep his last location a secret as much as possible. Only this could save him out of here, and forcing him to disclose it would be even more difficult than climbing Mt. Everest.

Maggie pursed her lips as she waited for Jared to speak up. But he was abnormally silent, and she wondered what he was up to now.

"Jared, we now have another crime added to your long list," Maggie stated and Jared lifted his head at once. "Linda is dead, and we know that you were the one who ordered for it."

As soon as Jared heard her, his countenance changed completely and he stared at her with such shock that it surprised all the people looking at him. His reaction was anything they had expected, and this time, they understood without even him having to voice it out that he was not the one who had sent the orders to kill Linda. 

This only rose more questions in everyone's mind, especially Ian. He could not brush off Linda's words from his mind now. All that she had disclosed about Jared, Charles, and Noah's grandfather came back to him, and he could not stop the ominous feeling from taking over him. 

"Great. This is just great. Do you think I killed Linda?" Jared questioned, his voice raising an octave. But nobody missed the slight tremble in his tone and his fear that was quite evident in his eyes. Something in him had changed completely,y and he looked as though he was now wary of everything.

"I never told that. But from your words, I presume you are acquainted with Linda." Maggie's expression returned to normal immediately. She was now more curious to find out why Jared had shown such a drastic reaction when she mentioned was Linda's death.

Jared remained silent at this as he stared at her. He did not know how to respond now. His mind was a mess, and all his plans to save himself were being ruined one by one. Even two out of three target locations had been secured by his opponents, and he now had only the third target location. It was his only shield and his only way out of here, and Jared relaxed at this thought.

He realized that this was not the time for him to lose his calm. He had to get out of the cell first before he started with his other plans to save his life from someone who was already taking steps to eliminate all the visible traces he and Charles had left behind. 

Jared took a deep breath to calm his anxious nerves as he kept his eyes fixed on Maggie.

'You will never be able to find the third location, Maggie. I will not allow you to even know about it. You have already ruined all my plans before. Not this time. So what if you have secured the two locations? You will not be able to imagine what the third location is, and I will make sure I get out of here today with you.'

Jared stared hard at the girl in front of her as he made his vow in his mind.