1960: My uncle is the FBI Director

Chapter 56: Senator Santos Speaks Eloquently (Please Read On!)

To avoid being kissed by Santos, Theodore quickly showed everyone Paul Miller's confession.

He meticulously corrected every detail in Bernie's account, including the murders of Howard Jr. and Helen Bennett.

He even explained to Bernie how to lure Teddy Santos to the attic—

It was very simple. He secretly told Teddy Santos that the attic had been empty, so Teddy Santos led Theresa in to mess around.

During this time, he stood guard outside the door. As soon as Teresa left, he went in, killed Teddy Santos with a deer-hunting knife he had hidden beforehand, and then hung his socks on the doorknob, pretending that someone was inside doing *that*.

To prevent any accidents, he even locked the door. Then he went downstairs to change the records, and when he came back, he unlocked the door and stood guard at the attic door, keeping away the drunkards who wanted to find a place to have sex, until Howard Jr. came up.

The whole process went extremely smoothly.

Congressman Miller's face turned ashen, and the expressions of Keller and his staff changed drastically.

Congressman Miller kicked his son, who was being helped up, aside and went to Santos. "Santos, I... Waaah~"

Santos didn't want to hear another word from him, and punched Miller, silencing all his unnecessary words.

"You spineless coward!" Santos yelled at Miller, who was covering his nose. "Just wait to be investigated!"

Fearing he would assault Congressman Miller again, the crowd quickly separated the two.

Ignoring his bleeding nose, Congressman Miller jumped up and down, shouting, "Take it! Take it!"

"Go! Go quickly!"

Before Theodore produced his son's confession, he was a frontrunner to become Felton's next mayor, with the Howard family and various oil companies betting on him.

But after today, he will become a rat crossing the street.

Santos will not let him off the hook; his actions will cause him to lose the support of voters and become an object of public condemnation.

At that time, those forces that had previously bet on him will find him, demanding their principal and the interest they hadn't received, and they will drain his entire family dry.

The only way to stop all this from happening is to steal that damned confession and turn an ironclad case into a rumor!

Apart from Congressman Miller's staff and assistants, everyone else hesitated and stood still.

"Go!"

Congressman Miller screamed and stepped in himself.

His assistant was easily subdued by Ricky and Burton, while his staff was pinned to the table by Bernie, and Theodore pulled out handcuffs and put them on him. Congressman Miller himself was knocked down by Santos with a single punch.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Santos kicked him hard in the stomach and groin, muttering slang mixed with Spanish, and cursing particularly filthy language.

Deputy Superintendent Burton handcuffed his assistant, coughed, and announced that the three of them would be detained.

He turned to his lawyers and other staff and assistants, asking them if they wanted to give it a try.

Everyone shook their heads and took their leave.

Even a fool could see that Senator Miller's ship was sinking. They were busy going back to report and quickly cutting ties; they had no time to 'give it a try'.

Representatives Miller and his two companions were left at the West Precinct, while Theodore and Bernie escorted Paul Miller back to the East Precinct with Ricky.

Bernie's feelings toward Deputy Superintendent Burton were extremely complex.

His performance today makes it difficult for Bernie to simply treat him like he did with Carhorn back then.

In addition, the words Paul Miller shouted at Theodore made him think even more.

He secretly observed Theodore the whole way, and the more he looked at him, the more he felt that Theodore resembled Paul Miller.

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The impact of Congressman Miller's storming of the precinct interrogation room was not overlooked because his son was a murderer and he had tried to cover it up, but failed.

His actions were viewed as provocative by the entire Felton Police Department. Chief Widke, who was on leave, abruptly ended his vacation and returned to the station at 11 p.m. that night.

Chief Widek flew into a rage and berated Deputy Superintendent Burton, Winner, and Carhorse mercilessly.

The three men were berated in the bureau chief's office for a full hour.

The Western Precinct filed more than 30 charges against Representative Miller overnight, including endangering public safety, assaulting police officers, and possession of contraband.

The evidence for these charges is complete, and the confessions are comprehensive.

At 2 a.m., these documents were handed over to the prosecutor. At 3 a.m., the judge approved the search warrant and the arrest warrant.

At four o'clock in the morning, Congressman Miller, who was being held in the detention cell, was sent to prison.

As the sun rose, Congressman Miller stood trembling before three elderly Black men with multiple violent crimes against them.

It was too dark, and the prison guards accidentally assigned Representative Miller to the black section of the prison.

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Theodore and Bernie slept in the East Precinct office last night.

The East Precinct has no tradition of working overtime, so their office and living conditions are particularly poor, leaving Theodore and Bernie with backaches from sleeping in them.

When Ricky arrived at the meeting room just in time for work, Theodore and Bernie had almost finished organizing the documents.

Ricky had ample copywriting experience and finished writing the final report in just one day.

After a final check, the case report was submitted, and the case officially came to an end.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Theodore and Bernie don't need to come tomorrow.

As they parted, Ricky asked Theodore if he would come back if he had another case.

Theodore thought about it and felt that the cases in the East District were really troublesome and mentally exhausting to handle.

Bernie quickly replied, "That depends on whose case it is. If Director Cullinan invites us, we can certainly come."

Ricky laughed heartily, hugged each of them, and then parted ways.

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The case proceeded without any unexpected incidents.

The next day, Theodore received a call from Ricky at the West Precinct. The report had been approved and the case was officially transferred to the prosecutor.

Ricky told Theodore that the prosecutor was preparing to indict Helen Bennett as well.

Theodore guessed that the prosecutor must have a close relationship with Senator Santos.

Just as he was thinking about Senator Santos, his interview happened to be playing on TV.

"Yes, I have confirmed my candidacy for the next mayor. My staff is currently assembling my campaign team."

“I ran for office for Teddy. Teddy’s experience made me realize that I could no longer be a bystander; I had to take responsibility.”

"Felton is on the brink of danger. Justice was just a hair's breadth away from being defeated by the powerful."

“I must express my gratitude to Detectives Theodore Dixon and Bernie Sullivan of the West Precinct, and Supervisor Ricky Cullinan of the East Precinct.”

“They are truly good people. Our whole family is very grateful to them.”

"Detective Dixon proved that Felton's justice does not belong to the powerful and wealthy; it belongs to everyone who fights for the truth!"

“If I don’t stand up, there could be many more Teddy kids who don’t have a congressman father and haven’t met a detective like Dixon…”

Representative Santos spoke eloquently on television.

(End of this chapter)