BXBX NOVEL Chapter 75: Fay's snap
"This man here is the owner of this…" the policeman raised his eyes and took a look at the shed, "this apartment." The officer sighed. "And he complained that not only did his rent money never arrive, but he was unable to contact you for the last two weeks."
\'Two weeks?\' I raised my eyes a little bit. \'But I\'m living here for only thirteen days?\' I thought, baffled by how poorly this scheme was prepared.
"Oh, the rent?" I asked, echoing the officer\'s words. "You mean, the two hundred thousand bucks that were stolen from my account by my dear aunt posing as me, and sent over to that man in lieu of the monthly rent for this rundown shack?" I asked while putting a big smile on my face to cover the internal turmoil happening in my soul.
\'How the heck do I know this?\' I asked myself, doing my absolute best not to let my inner feelings show on my face. \'I mean, it\'s kind of obvious… but how did I just figure it out? And practically on the spot to boot!\'
I took a deep breath and threw a short glance towards the displays of my systems.
\'Maybe that knowledge and intelligence points were not wasted, after all,\' I ventured a guess.
Maybe this strange ability to think a lot in what turns out to be a second or to easily see through my aunt\'s scheme… was related to how my intelligence was now much higher? Or maybe it was all thanks to my higher wisdom?
Sadly, as interesting as this question was, right now I didn\'t really have the time to think things through.
And as I raised my eyes and refocused on the officer, I found another proof to my guess. Because his face was now only changing to look how baffled he was.
"Excuse me?" the officer ended up asking, clearly failing to absorb all that I\'ve just said.
"I\'m talking about forgery, identity theft, and financial fraud," I explained while shrugging my shoulders. "Two hundred thousand. This amount of money vanished from my college account. And according to the bank, the only transactions that went through said account is the automatic deduction of varying amounts to cover my college apartment\'s rent fee," I revealed what I\'ve managed to learn so far.
It was a high-class scheme for my aunt to somehow mess up with the banking system. But again, my college account wasn\'t with one of the major players of the financial market but with some local, small company.
A company that could easily be influenced by my aunt\'s social circle to cover up something like this.
"What\'s more, according to all the information I\'ve gathered…"
"What the hell are you waiting for?!" my aunt finally exploded, unable to hold back from how everyone ignored her.
Just like I could expect of her. From the few years I spent living under her shoes, I learned that she believed herself and herself alone to be worthy enough to be at the center of attention.
"That\'s right! What the hell are you waiting for?!" the man introduced as the owner of my shack chimed in. "Kick this damn fraudster out of my place!"
"Officers," my aunt suddenly calmed down, putting back her usual, smug-karen smile. "If this continues any longer, I will have to lodge a formal complaint at your station!" she threatened the police with a triumphant smile returning to her ugly mug.
"Honey, what\'s with this awful stench?" Fay suddenly spoke out, ignoring my earlier attempt at hiding her and walking out right towards the doors.
In an instant, everyone shut the fuck up, stunned by her beauty even when she wore nothing but…
\'When did she have the time to change?\' I asked myself staring at Fay dressed in sweatpants and an oversized hoodie. And the very second she reached the open doors, her eyes moved to my aunt\'s face.
Fay squinted her eyes, staring at the woman as if she saw trash suddenly grow aware and stand in her way.
"Disgusting," she muttered, raising her hand as if to slap the woman\'s face…
But no, all she did, was snap her fingers with the same look of disgust still all over her face.
And as if she was some sort of goddess, the awful stench that continued to prickle my nose, vanished without a trace.
\'Hmm?\' I squinted my eyes when I saw both the officer stumble on their feet as if suddenly taken aback by some sort of force.
Worried, I looked over at Fay. But she kept her eyes on my aunt… with the growth of disgust in her eyes being the only difference from her look from before she snapped her fingers.
\'Wait, that stench…\' I thought, watching how the officers gathered themselves up, shaking their heads as if to get rid of whatever clouded their thoughts before. \'Was that aura?!\'
This realization… was big. How could someone in this world produce an aura? And while it felt freaking awesome to have Fay come in and remove it with just a literal snap of her fingers… the question still stood.
How in all hell did my aunt, a mere shadow of a proper human, had a freaking aura?!
"Do you want me to rip them all to shreds?" Fay asked in the most casual of tones, finally removing her eyes from my aunt\'s face and looking at me with an expression… An expression she could wear while asking me which of the two shirts she just tried I liked to see her in more.
Not a single feeling of hesitation, worry, or doubt in her voice.
And it had to be this absolute lack of fear or hesitation that made both the officers suddenly step back and bring their hands to their belts. Fay asked her question in a relatively silent voice… but one that all on the scene could easily hear.
"Nah," I shook my head before taking a step to the side and leaning over Fay\'s ear. "Killing this bitch now would end things way too fast. For what she did to me and my mother\'s stuff…" My face darkened and so did my voice. "She needs to fucking suffer. And I\'m only now starting to make my moves to see that happen."
Pulling back, I took a look at Fay\'s face.
And contrary to all the expectations I could have in regards to her reaction to my words… She looked at me with a stupidly happy smile.
"I\'ve just learned something new about you!" - her face seemed to shout out loud as she melted down in mental satisfaction.
"Officers, I believe you are being used to complete the last step of a fraudulent process," I turned my attention back to the police.
After they heard Fay\'s threat… I had to do a little bit better when showing them my courtesy and politeness.
"Once I leave this place, I will hardly have any right left to challenge all that happened in relation to me renting it," I pointed out while looking at the officer… who stood further away.
\'According to all the stupid series about police I\'ve watched, he\'s bound to be the higher-ranking officer.\'
"What were we even doing here…" the officer that stood closer only shook his head, still unable to come to terms with what was actually going on. As if the spell of confusion had just lifted from his mind, he still struggled to make sense of the current situation.
"You are here to evict this man!" my aunt, sensing that the situation was quickly slipping out of her control, made the last ditch attempt at using her fury and social standing to pressure the police.
But quite honestly, among all those on the scene… she appeared to be the most confused of them all.
As if the thought that her schemes could fail never occurred in her ugly, Karen-cut hair-covered head.
The officer in the back, though, didn\'t seem to take to my aunt\'s reaction kindly. He stepped forward, passing by his lower-ranking companion… only to fully ignore my aunt and stand right in front of me.
"Sir, I\'m sorry, but the eviction itself is legitimate," he announced, to the return of a triumphant look on my aunt\'s face. Yet, those few days of interacting with Fay, Madam, and Leinei while constantly struggling to read their faces gave me a certain insight… An insight that allowed me to keep my calm.
"As for the crimes you\'ve just reported, sir, I will be sure to…" the officer gave my aunt a long look. "I will be sure to go over them myself. But that still leaves the issue of eviction," he added, his face taking a turn for a helpless one…
Only to then shift right back to a happy, slightly amused smile.
"Thankfully, since you appear not to have a place to go if we kick you out of here, it is within my power to withhold the proceedings for up to two weeks," he announced, only to reach out and actually pat me on my shoulder!
\'What is this strange feeling?\' Sensing my soul suddenly filling up with a strange emotion, I had to put all my attention to holding back tears. \'Is this how it feels to be treated as human by strangers?\'
A feeling I\'ve lost my recollection of ever since the death of my mother. A sensation I couldn\'t experience when going to the school my aunt picked for me and surrounded only by the people she controlled or had ties with.
I opened up my mouth, eager to thank the man for even this tiny bit of mental support that meant the world to me…
Only to put my lips back together when I saw a lovely sight over the officer\'s shoulder.
A sight that screamed: "The cavalry is here!"
Before a few seconds could pass, the officers either noticed the changes on my face or heard something, turning around only to witness an entire column of black cars with shaded windows casually stroll into the area.
The black cars blocked both the police cruiser and my aunt\'s car, removing their option to just drive away as they wanted. And once all the cars came to a halt, a familiar person walked out from the one parked in the very middle of the column.
"What the hell is going on here?" Makary, the very first gang officer I\'ve come into contact with, stepped out of his car.
And under his furious glance, even the two officers, people whose job it was to deal with men like Makary, started to shake.