Living in North America, working from 9 to 5

Chapter 144 Loyal!
Roy parked the Ford SUV on the side of the road and looked back at Jonathan: "You mean, you have been helping him keep an eye on Gordon?"

Jonathan lowered his head and said, "Yes, she found me three years ago and said she wanted to make a deal with me. It was very simple. She just had to observe Gordon's behavior when she was free and then write a report. She would send someone to pick it up every once in a while, and then give me a sum of money every month."

Looking up at Roy, Jonathan continued, "Roy, you know that the salary for people in our profession is pitifully low. Susan earns much more than I do. I don't want to be that kind of man, so I just... Can you understand?"

At this point, Jonathan lowered his head in shame.

Roy and Serena looked at each other.

Selina said, "Yes, I have looked for him and asked him to observe Gordon for me. As for..."

She did not continue, because if she continued, it would involve the organization. Jonathan was an outsider, so naturally she could not let him know anything about the organization.

What Selina meant was that although Gordon was not a member of the organization, he had been serving the organization on the periphery. Using the organization's agents to keep an eye on the insignificant Gordon was obviously a waste of the organization's resources, so they found a police officer from the same police station and gave him some money every month.

Jonathan looked at Roy. "Since last year, she has asked me to report all the major events that happened in the police station, whether it is related to Gordon or not. For this, she increased my salary by 2000 US dollars. Now Gordon has run away, and Susan's matter has been added. I am already unable to cope with it. Fortunately, Miss Irina is here..."

I see. Jonathan's confession today solved another puzzle of Roy's. In the past, whenever there was an administrative leave or something big happened in the bureau, Irina would always know about it at the first time. It turned out that it was all information passed on by Jonathan to Irina.

Although he was also being monitored inadvertently, Roy was relieved that Jonathan took the initiative to speak up. Moreover, from what he said, Irina did not directly tell him that she wanted to monitor him. All the surveillance was done from the side, and Jonathan did not know the truth.

While Jonathan lowered his head again, Roy winked at Selina, meaning to respond to him and agree to terminate the cooperation.

Selina said to Jonathan: "Since Gordon has absconded, our cooperation will end. You don't have to report anything to me in the future."

"Thank you!" Jonathan looked up at Roy and Selina, "I never thought you two could become boyfriend and girlfriend. This world is so magical."

Roy patted Jonathan's shoulder to comfort him, then stepped on the accelerator and drove straight to Jonathan's house.

On the way, Roy was thinking about Oscar.

Arriving at Jonathan's house, Roy sent Selena to take a shower first, and then followed Jonathan into a bedroom.

Close the door.

Jonathan said, "Roy, I..."

Roy immediately blocked Jonathan's mouth: "Have you searched your home carefully? I mean things like bugs."

Jonathan nodded. "During the days when I wasn't working, I searched around the house every day. I've searched the villa more than a dozen times, but I couldn't find anything."

Roy murmured, "I guess that after Susan got into trouble, those people must have taken back the monitoring equipment while you were not at home. I don't believe that those people didn't do something at your house before they did something to Susan."

Jonathan nodded slightly.

Roy looked at Jonathan and said, "Tell me, you are looking for me so urgently, you must have discovered something. What did you find?"

Jonathan took out a hard drive from his arms: "I found this in my daughter's teddy bear's belly when I was tidying up her room."

Taking the hard drive and checking it, Roy looked at Jonathan: "In the teddy bear's stomach? This should be something Susan left behind."

Jonathan said, "There's a computer in Susan's studio. Do you want to see what's inside?"

Roy shook his head and said, "Maybe the computer has been tampered with. Before this, have you used your home computer to check the contents of the hard drive?"

Jonathan shook his head: "No, I called you as soon as I found this hard drive."

"That's good. Just give the hard drive to me. If there is important information stored in it, it will be encrypted. I will find someone to crack it when the time comes."

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news..."

Roy patted Jonathan's shoulder with his right hand, and the two looked at each other: "Whoever killed Susan, no matter how powerful the forces behind him are, will pay the price for it."

Jonathan looked determined and nodded vigorously.

early morning.

Roy, who was sleeping in the guest room, hugged Selina.

Serena rested her head on Roy's arm and asked softly, "Someone has installed a bug in the hotel room. What do you think?"

Roy said quietly, "I'll take care of this tomorrow."

"Well! Then, we..."

Serena was about to make a move when Roy stopped her with his hand: "This is Jonathan's home. His wife passed away not long ago. It's not good for us to be here. Please be patient for now."

"All right……"

10pm the next day.

Roy was sitting alone in the car, thinking about Oscar. He took out his cell phone and entered Oscar's number on the keyboard. Just as he was about to dial, he was interrupted by a call from an unfamiliar number.

Pressing the answer button, Roy put the phone to his ear:

"Hello……"

Oscar's voice came from the receiver:
"Boss, something happened here at the Night Gang, I want to see you."

After a little thought, Roy said, "By the Hudson River, the old place!"

After hanging up the phone, Roy narrowed his eyes slightly, a fierce light flashed in his eyes, he started the car and drove straight to the Hudson River on the Brooklyn side.

Roy parked the car in the shadows.

About five minutes later, Oscar appeared by the river. Roy continued to sit in the car and observe for about ten minutes. After making sure that he was the only one there, he opened the door, got out of the car, and walked straight to the river.

"Oscar!"

Hearing Roy's voice, Oscar turned around sharply.

He quickly ran to Roy, and before Roy could speak, he spoke first: "Boss, I'm sorry about what happened yesterday..."

When Roy heard Oscar mention what happened yesterday, he didn't interrupt him.

"Yesterday, I was arrested by the CIA."

"CIA? CIA?" Roy was stunned.

Oscar nodded vigorously, and at the same time lifted his clothes, revealing his bruised chest, and said aggrievedly: "The CIA asked me to be their informant. When you called me, they were right next to me, so..."

Roy looked into Oscar's eyes and said, "Go on."

Oscar continued, "So they knew the hotel you were going to stay in, and they took me and hid me in the room next to yours in advance."

Roy began to examine Oscar's entire body.

"Boss, don't worry. I don't have any bugs on me. I have agreed to be their informant and report your every move to them. But I haven't forgotten your previous instructions. If someone asks me to be his informant, I will be beaten first before I agree."

Looking at the injuries on Oscar's body, Roy patted Oscar's shoulder with relief.

"Ah!!" Oscar showed a painful expression.

"what happened?"

Roy was a little surprised when he saw Oscar's expression.

"Boss, I'm injured here. They pierced my armpit with a steel needle." Oscar said with a grin.

Roy quickly checked Oscar's armpits.

really……

The puncture marks from the steel needle were obvious and the swelling was severe.

Roy's face was fierce. He took a deep breath and asked, "I deliberately let them know yesterday that I found the bug. How did they arrange you?"

Oscar said anxiously: "Boss, the CIA named Augustus Walker said that if you ask about this, just say you don't know and put the blame on the person who opened the room. They have made that person disappear..."

Hearing this, Roy frowned slightly, thinking, why is the CIA targeting me? He had just joined the organization, and he was immediately targeted by the CIA. Things were getting more and more unexpected.

"Boss, that Isabella..."

Roy immediately asked, "What happened to Isabella?"

"That Isabella is fake."

Roy looked surprised: "What? Isabella is fake? Don't be anxious, just speak slowly."

"I just found out yesterday that Isabella is also from the CIA. She is not my sister."

This information really shocked Roy. He opened his eyes wide and looked at Oscar's face: "Don't be anxious, talk slowly..."

"It's like this. Yesterday afternoon, backstage at ShowGirl, I overheard the fake Isabella talking on the phone with someone else. I heard the content of the call. It was about you. She was reporting your situation to the person on the phone."

After taking a breath, Oscar continued:
"Then, I was discovered by her and arrested by their people. They beat me and wanted me to be their informant. They also took out the video of Isabella to threaten me. That female CIA had plastic surgery to look like Isabella."

Roy asked, "How long?"

After a brief recollection, Oscar said, "It should have been a long time ago. When you met Isabella, she had already been replaced."

"Then can't you see she's not your sister?"

Oscar explained, "My parents separated when I was young, and I followed my father to immigrate to America from Spain. Isabella grew up in Spain with her mother. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. She came to New York last year, not long after you took over the night gang's activity area."

After listening to Oscar's explanation, Roy could understand why Oscar didn't notice the clues earlier. They had been separated since childhood and were even more strangers than neighbors.

At the same time, Roy had all kinds of doubts in his mind.

Why is the CIA targeting me?

Did being a scavenger offend the CIA?
The CIA has no law enforcement powers in the country.

The sudden appearance of the CIA confused Roy. He couldn't figure out the relationship between them. Indistinctly, Roy felt that he was caught in a huge intelligence network. First it was the organization, and now there was the CIA...

(End of this chapter)