Chapter 125
“Show it to me quickly…” The police officer didn’t allow Laci to refuse and quickly snatched the phone away. Laci’s face turned pale as she closely followed the police officer, pointing at the screen and commanding, “Take that out, it should be a busy system, press it again, quickly, press it again…”
Mertu
The police took the phone and, upon seeing the platform and account, hastily took out a notebook and began a series of online interceptions. The atmosphere suddenly became tense. Terry and Laci anxiously stood by the police, their faces pale and their bodies trembling, Laci continued to direct the police, chattering non–stop. The police had already ignored her. My mother, Belinda, and my father, Owen, didn’t understand technology, but their anxious hearts made them very nervous and worried. On the contrary, Kaleb and I took a few steps back. I weakly leaned against the wall, looking at my pitiful brother, my heart twisted like a knife, my eyes filled with clear tears. I probably knew that the money wouldn’t be recovered, and only hoped that the police could intercept as much as possible.
Under intense pressure, the police operated for nearly half an hour, but in the end, they couldn’t catch up with the speed of the scammer. They only managed to recover two hundred thousand, while helplessly watching the remaining one million nine hundred and fifty thousand being transferred overseas. They sighed deeply. Laci pulled on the police officer’s clothes and angrily shouted, “Why did you stop? Chase after my money quickly! Why aren’t you working anymore? I warn you, if my money is gone, I will complain about you.”
Terry’s legs went weak, and he fell to the ground, clutching his pale face. In an instant, a young man aged a decade, unable to control his grief any longer, he cried out, “What do I do? If I can’t repay the money, I’ll be put on the blacklist of dishonest people. My son’s future will be ruined. I worked so hard to earn this money, and I never spent it frivolously. It was all taken by someone in one go, and now I have so much debt. I’m exhausted! I don’t want to live anymore!”
