The Wolf of Los Angeles.

East Hollywood, Silver Lake neighborhood.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening when Erica returned home.

Hawke prepared dinner for her: "Go wash your hands and eat something first."

Erica handed the bag in her hand to Hawke, went to the bathroom to wash her hands, sat down in the restaurant, cut a piece of still hot steak, and took a bite.

Hawke poured her a soda.

Erica finished her steak and drank half a glass of water, then said in an exaggerated tone, "I feel alive again."

Hawke asked, "Didn't you have dinner?"

"Bulkley Private High School is the best... no, the most expensive private high school in Beverly and Sherman Oaks." Erica put down the cup and said, "The school board is very powerful. They called the five-member committee directly. We must take notes as soon as possible so that Buckley can bail the students out and not let them stay overnight in the police station."

Hawke deliberately said, "A school that is very responsible to its students?"

Erica said: "The tuition is very high and the middle class cannot afford it. As long as they are still students, the school will provide them with shelter. Whether they will be expelled or dealt with in other ways in the future, that will be done after they are released on bail."

She remembered something: "Paris Hilton's videotape was found. We interrogated those people separately. They didn't copy the videotape or spread it around. Instead, they kept it for themselves to enjoy. Notify Paris tomorrow and ask her to go to the detective station to pick it up."

Hawke understood immediately: "The Detective Bureau wants to handle this case quickly?"

Erica ate a tangerine and said, "They are all minors, so it's hard to sentence them to real prison time. In the end, they will just have to pay compensation, apologize, and do community service."

Hawke asked, "Is Rachel, the girl we talked to in the past, the main culprit?"

Erica said: "The boy Nicholas and three other girls pointed out that she was the main culprit. They said that she found Paris's address through Google Maps and gossip newspapers, and also figured out her activity patterns. They found that these stars don't like to lock the door when they go out, so one person stays outside to keep watch while the others go in through the main door to steal things."

Hawke couldn't help but say, "That's outrageous."

Erica said: "What's even more outrageous is that Paris was robbed five times, and it was only because the videotapes were missing that the thief was discovered."

She changed the subject and returned to the previous topic: "But Rachel believes that the main culprit is Nicholas, because she was bewitched by Nicholas to steal. Nicholas told her that she was the most popular girl in the upper class. As long as she was perfect and fashionable enough, she could break into the upper class like Paris, and bring all of them into the core circle."

Hawke was concerned not about Rachel but Carol, and asked, "Are those couple her parents?"

Erica elaborated: "The woman's name is Veronica. She is Korean, Rachel's biological mother, and she owns a medical device company. The man is her fiancé, and it seems they just got engaged not long ago."

Hawke didn't show the information and videos to Erica because she didn't know Carol.

The last time there was a fire at the Venice Beach Club, the FBI's investigation was not in-depth. The Red and Blue sides reached an agreement to put the blame on Guerrero and Bro Derick and helped the two commit suicide.

Hawke won't put his hopes on the LAPD or the FBI.

While Erica was taking a shower, he called Raul and asked, "Did you get anything?"

Lauer said: "They left the detective station and went to a house on Burton Road. Later, the target came out alone and went to the Norlin Cafe near Melrose Square. It seemed that he was going to meet someone, but he went into the second floor of the cafe. The non-public area, we couldn't go up to the second floor, and we didn't find out who he was meeting."

He paused and added, "But we found out where he lives."

Hawke wrote down the address Raul mentioned and said, "Someone will be there to take your place soon."

"Understood." Raul hung up the phone.

Hawke called Campos, and when the call was connected, he said directly: "Important work."

Campos didn’t say any nonsense: “Boss, you order.”

Hawke gave the address. "Put aside other things for now, and send some capable personnel over there, and send a few more vehicles. The owner of this place is Carol Andy, one of the targets we investigated before. This person is very alert, so we need to pay more attention."

Campos said: "Carlos and Garcia are back from vacation, I will send them and Juan."

"Okay." Hawke thought about it and told Veronica's address: "Let Betty and Fiona go there."

He specifically emphasized: "It is better to lose the target than to alert the target."

Campos responded and hung up the phone.

Hawke sat on the couch in his bedroom, thinking the whole thing over.

This time, he ran into Carol Andy unexpectedly, and it turned out that she already had a fiancée, a fat-faced Korean woman with a daughter.

From Hawke's personal point of view, for a white man with Carol's income, marrying a fat-faced Korean woman and raising a daughter for her is not a good deal at all.

Not to mention that the woman is very ordinary looking. Even if she is a Hollywood actress with good looks like Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron, it would be okay to have a child for fun, but getting married... only a fool would do that.

Hawke thought of his loyal younger brother Edward, who was a typical killer of divorced women with children.

But the savior would save these women from their misery without ever considering marriage or even long-term relationships.

Carol, like his friends Bro Derek and Sarah Parker, for love?
Hawke couldn't be sure for the time being, so he could only check.

As for the Ackerman Charitable Foundation, if you want to move against them, you must not only be strong enough, but also take advantage of the social trend. For example, when he got rid of the Venice Beach Club, the Superstar Training School and Ackerman Pictures last time, he took advantage of the California donkey-elephant dispute.

But passive waiting is not Hawke's style.

How can we make the donkey-elephant dispute in California hot again?
Next year is an election year.

Before that, collect as much unfavorable information about the Ackerman family as possible.

The bathroom door opened at this time, and Erica came out in a bathrobe. Seeing Hawke lost in thought, she walked over quietly, hugged his neck from behind, and leaned over to ask for a kiss.

Hawke gave her a passionate kiss.

Erica moved to the side of the sofa and sat directly on Hawke, asking, "What are you thinking about? You seem lost in thought."

Hawke said, "What new position should I use tonight."

"No, not tonight." Erica rarely took the initiative to admit defeat, and quickly said, "I've been arguing with the lawyers and directors of Buckley Middle School today. It's too exhausting. I need to go to sleep."

Hawke picked her up, put her in front of the dressing mirror, and picked up the hair dryer: "I'll help you blow dry your hair."

Erica smiled sweetly: "Okay."

After blowing their hair dry, the two lay on the bed together and chatted about irrelevant things.

As they were talking, Erica fell asleep.

She held Hawke tightly in her arms and found a comfortable position in his arms.

The next morning, Edward drove over to pick up Hawke, and Hawke first went to the company to attend the weekly meeting.

He then called Paris Hilton and told her about the video.

But Paris still came to Twitter.

She said to Hawke: "When I heard you say that the videotape had not been leaked, I felt relieved. When I came here, I called the accountant..."

Hawke has always been very principled when it comes to taking money and doing things. He said directly: "The case was solved by the Detective Bureau. I basically didn't contribute anything. You don't have to pay me. When you are interviewed, say more good things about Erica."

Paris thought for a moment and said, "I won't feel at ease if I don't give you money."

Hawke said: "There will be opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Hearing this, Paris thought of something and said, "My sister, Britney, whom you met at my house yesterday, has been in some trouble recently. Can you help her?"

Hawke had read a lot of gossip about Britney's troubles, and apart from her boyfriend's breakup, it was about her extremely troubled family members.

Family affairs are the most difficult to handle. He said directly: "If you ask me to help you, I can agree, but Britney can't. This requires her to come forward in person. There are many legal and contractual issues involved, and she must sign them in person."

"That fool will die of stupidity sooner or later." Although Paris was also ridiculed by the media as a stupid woman, pretending to be crazy and stupid is also a kind of character setting.

Like Britney, there's something really wrong with her brain.

Paris has been very close to Britney over the past two years and said, "Let me try to persuade her, or else she will really be killed."

Hawke reminded: "You should also be careful to take back the video tapes and destroy them so that they won't be stolen again."

Paris could not listen to other people's words, but she could still listen to some of Hawke's words. She responded, "I'll call a lawyer to go to the police station and burn it when I get it back."

Hawke said no more and walked her out of the reception room.

Paris went straight to the police station, met up with her lawyer, completed the necessary formalities, and brought the video back first.

On Twitter, Hawke finished his work and told Edward: "Notify Campos to meet at the Santa Monica safe house."

Edward made the call and drove to the safe house with Hawke.

When they arrived at the detached house, Campos was already waiting there.

When he saw Hawke, he said, "The manpower has been deployed, and no one has been found yet."

"Just follow me for now, don't worry." Hawke took out the photo he took yesterday and handed it to Campos. "This is Veronica and Rachel, mother and daughter. Go check them out... Focus on Veronica. She owns a medical company. Check the company's situation this year, and focus on its relationship with Ackerman's subsidiaries."

He looked at Edward and Campos: "If you were worth a million, would you propose to Veronica who has the same level of wealth?"

Edward shook his head: "I never thought about getting married."

Campos said: "My family stayed in Mexico."

The two men answered irrelevant questions, and Hawke was too lazy to correct them. He said, "Check it carefully." (End of this chapter)