Chapter 877 - What I Can Do, You Might Not Be Able to Do
Chapter 877: What I Can Do, You Might Not Be Able to Do
When Richard was summoned by his wife, Luke quickly checked the bathroom and the kitchen.
There was nothing special in the kitchen.
There were no male items in the bathroom; including a toothbrush, there were only female products and a set of lingerie on a hook.
Luke had just learned a thing or two about these clothes not long ago, and immediately recognized that they were from I.D. Sarrieri’s newest range, which was the same as what Molly had been wearing when she was discovered.
What they had in common was that they were thin, transparent, and patterned. They were more stimulating, which was very suited to their purpose.
The clothes themselves weren’t valuable, but the information they revealed was worth investigating.
That lunatic liked to make his victims wear luxurious lingerie? As Luke pondered, he left the bathroom.
Molly’s family had already come out of the bedroom.
Richard was pulling a suitcase behind him, and his wife, Novena, was carrying a large bag that contained Molly’s belongings, while Molly was only carrying a lady’s handbag.
“There’s still a lot of stuff. We’ll take these down first,” Richard said to Luke.
Luke asked, “Do you need my help?”
Richard hurriedly shook his head. “No, Luke, you’ve already helped us a lot.”
Luke was only being polite.
After all, moving things wasn’t a big deal. He didn’t need to be too enthusiastic.
Excessive enthusiasm would conversely make them uncomfortable.
As they spoke, they walked to the elevator a few meters away.
At that moment, Luke was standing next to the elevator doors, and Jessica was standing next to him with her head lowered.
Molly and her mother, Novena, were standing together, but Novena kept an arm around her daughter and observed her expressions.
Richard wanted to press the button for the elevator.
He was holding the suitcase on one hand and his own briefcase in the other, and his movements were clumsy.
Molly stepped forward and took the briefcase from under his arm. “I’ll hold this for you, Dad.”
Richard smiled at his daughter. His little angel had always been so considerate and sensible. Even after what had happened to her, she still loved him. How good!
A moment later, the elevator doors opened, and the three of them entered. Richard pressed the button for the first floor, and the doors slowly closed.
Jessica, who had been keeping her head down, finally raised her head to see the faces of the family of three.
She suddenly realized that Molly, who was standing at the far end of the elevator, was pulling her hand out of Richard’s briefcase. In her hand was a revolver.
“I have to do it!” Molly looked at Jessica with a smile and pointed her revolver at Richard.
“Molly! No!” Jessica cried out in shock.
At that moment, there was only a gap in the elevator doors.
Pa!
The sound of a gunshot echoed in the building. Jessica’s heart turned cold, and her face fell. It was over! It was all over.
At that moment, she suddenly realized that Luke had at some point stepped forward and was holding the elevator doors open.
What she didn’t see was that he was currently putting the M686 back into its holster with his other hand.
The elevator doors opened the last two centimeters to reveal the shocked couple and Molly, who was still smiling and murmuring, “I have to do this.”
Luke darted into the elevator and pushed the couple out. He grabbed Molly, who was bending down to pick up the revolver.
He moved, and the revolver on the floor was kicked out of the elevator.
At that moment, he pulled Molly out of the elevator.
The elevator doors closed again as it went down to the first floor.
Of the other four people present, Molly was still mumbling “I have to do this” and struggling in Luke’s grip to go and get the revolver that was on the floor.
Two seconds later, Selina swiftly came out of the apartment. After confirming the situation, she asked, “Clear?”
Luke said, “Clear.”
Only then did Selina put her gun back into its holster and walk over.
Luke looked at the couple and Jessica. “I think we should go back in first and talk.”
Without waiting for a reply, he said to Selina, “Find a bag and pick up the gun.”
Jessica’s head was a mess. She looked at him blankly and asked, “How did you do it?”
Molly had pulled out the gun too suddenly, and had only done so when the elevator doors were closing. Nobody knew that there was a revolver in the briefcase.
Even if Jessica were to smash open the elevator doors, she wouldn’t have been quick enough to stop Molly from pulling the trigger.
But Luke had opened fire so quickly, plus his back had been to her, so Jessica hadn’t seen anything at all.
Looking at her, Luke smiled. “Miss Jones, we’re certainly capable of investigating this case. There are times when what I can do, you might not necessarily be able to.”
Jessica’s lips moved. She had nothing to say.
Just now, Luke had stopped Molly from firing the gun.
Looking at the situation in the elevator, she might have killed herself or her parents, or even both.
Luke had probably saved Molly’s entire family.
At that time, Jessica had only cried out in alarm.
She had said before that Luke wouldn’t be able to help, and now found her words a joke.
In fact, Luke had always known that Richard had a gun in his bag, which couldn’t be hidden from Sharp Nose.
However, Richard’s daughter had been hurt, and the lunatic who had hurt his daughter hadn’t been caught yet. Carrying a gun for self-defense wasn’t strange.
Luke didn’t poke his nose into other people’s business.
Just now, Jessica had helped a little.
Her cry of “Molly! Don’t!” had alerted Luke to the situation.
Moving sideways in a flash, he locked onto Molly, who was pointing the gun at Richard in the elevator.
In the blink of an eye, Luke used Quick Draw.
With his current stats, his Quick Draw speed and precision were similar to that of ace shooters in the movies within a one to two-meter range.
Thus, he drew the M68 from under his arm and accurately shot at the gun in Molly’s hand through the 10-cm gap in the elevator doors.
There were times when bullets were indeed more convenient.
At the very least, they could pass through a 10-cm gap smoothly, but Luke couldn’t do the same.
A moment later, everybody returned to the apartment.
Everybody shivered at the sight of Molly, who was still struggling on the couch and saying, “I have to do this,” like a recorder.
At that moment, Selina found something suitable in the apartment to hold Molly down with.