HOW did you get him here, Peter? I hope it is not by force.”
It was Carl who asked the lawyer this. And it was the same concern in his wife’s mind.
Yes, June had used what is called the Electronic Nose as the sensor she trained on the odor that she produced with her formula.
And then the scientist placed a miniature size of the eNose inside a drone modeled to look like a bee.
With this, she was able to scan through Cannon. And then zoomed in on her very target, the man who owned the bicycle.
Then afterward, she had handed the drone footage of Marcuz López to Pendulum Bros. And Peter Pedro had taken on the work from there.
Peter had swept to action with his team members and stalked López all over the school.
Pendulum spent half a day tailing the young chemist. They chose to make things quick, so they captured the man.
No, they didn’t know what they brought on themselves, or they wouldn’t have tried. For their warfare must now go his way.
So now, when Peter didn’t answer, Carl repeated his question.
“How did you get the boy here? Did you kidnap him?”
The man looked up and put up a smile. “It’s in a clean and respectable way.”
“Clean and respectable!” scoffed the engineer.
“Which among these do you mean is respectable here? You make us look like we’re criminals, honestly!
“We’ve been standing here for a bit of time. And I heard all your talk with that young man.
“Well, is it the coercion to talk? Or inducing him to comply by the anesthesia? Or what exactly looks decent and ethical here?
“Wait, are you trying to say that the way you brought him is what’s ethical?”
Pedro said nothing.
“See, I shouldn’t be cross with you, but I actually am! We’re civil beings for all it’s worth! But what kind of stooping is this?!
“If you’re going to say it’s the lawyer’s way, then I beg of you save it! You won’t be humoring me, if that’s what you think!”
Peter folded his arms and just smiled. He was going to say this was Pendulum’s way, but not anymore.
He saw Carl’s disappointment. He watched June’s eyes, too, and could tell she tried so much to hide things. For she wasn’t so pleased with him.
So Mr. Pedro folded his arms and smiled. And then, he dropped a small word.
“He has started talking. He confirmed he owned the bicycle.”
Carl and June were quite startled. They both hadn’t picked that from the conversation. So they heard this and their hearts leapt.
In a moment the couple became more desperate. They’d lost all that they’d got to battle Cannon. And here was a new witness in their grip.
The couple looked at each other just then, and felt awkward. Then they looked away and defended their thoughts.
June blanked her mind like her conscience was not scolding her. And Carl raised his head like his heart wasn’t condemning.
That moment the couple ditched everything that could hold them back and forged forward.
It was June who spoke now.
“Mr. Peter, can you assure us things won’t get any worse?”
Peter let his hands down. He knew he’d got her back.
“Oh, I’ve got everything well planned, ma’am. I’ll just ask the questions and return the guy to his place. So don’t worry at all.”
Carl breathed a sigh. “All right, can you take us in?”
“Just a minute,” whispered Peter. Then he hurried to his car, a big black van parked around the place.
In the meantime the young couple looked to each other for solace. But they felt pretty awkward to face their selves. They felt ashamed of stooping low.
Now they looked elsewhere.
June pitched her gaze on the building’s brick-wall facade. Carl on the other side looked back to see what Peter was bringing with him.
Neither of the couple was really looking to see something. They were looking to unsee them.
So, there behind June and in front of her husband, their lawyer opened his car and brought out two more masks from a bag.
He strode back to the couple and handed them over. He needed them to disguise, too.
Carl and June took the masks and stared at them a bit.
Peter tried to explain.
“He might be quite startled if he happens to know you. You guys are public figures. You’re a power couple in Jamaica, you know!”
Those words didn’t help the couple’s conscience, no. Rather it struck Carl and June that they were lacking.
Yet this was their only chance, they reasoned. So they grew more desperate.
That instant, the woman turned to her man for encouragement. So Carl nodded for them to go in.
June didn’t move but went on gazing. So her husband took the mask and shod his face.
That moment saw Carl looking callous. And June couldn’t stand to see him look like this.
So she shut her mind, masked herself too, and requested: “Will you take us in now?”
Pedro caught the question, and smiled. “Definitely.”
Now he masked his own face, too. And he led the Martinez to Marcuz.
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