Chapter 16: Unintended circumstances

To be honest, Enoch didn't know how to react appropriately to the shocking news. He was furious when he found out that Vera was hiding and he refused to come home. Now get bad news about her. Wow, everything is called a surprise.
"Is it true that you two said Vera was arrested?" Enoch authenticated again. He thinks he heard wrong, or this is a prank that Vera deliberately set up, hires people to pretend to be police, comes here to report fake news, Vera to have an excuse to escape from his hands: "The story this sounds really hard to believe. If it was kidnapping I'd probably get a blackmail call from the killer, or whatever..."
Enoch seemed smart, and his questions were excellent. It was true that he had not received any phone calls related to Vera during the past few days. And it was really a big suspicion when the police ran here to tell him when there had been no sign of Vera's accident before.
The incident sounded completely absurd, so it was natural to doubt it.
"It's true." The police confirmed in a serious tone: "Ms. Vera herself declared so and we went to the scene where she was detained. At the scene, We found some traces of people there, including traces of people there. According to the test results, it was Vera's blood. Based on the traces left at the scene such as cigarette butts, beer cans, we are in the process of identifying the killer through DNA testing and conducting it. hunt down the killer."
"Besides, this is no ordinary kidnap for ransom." Police provide additional information: "In addition, Ms. Vera quickly escaped from custody after being arrested one day."
"What do you mean by kidnapping for ransom?" Enoch exclaimed in surprise.
"They're criminal traffickers." Police said: "Vera is likely to be sold into brothels or sent across the border to work as a prostitute."
"Oh my God," Enoch exclaimed, surprised by the incident. He didn't think things were that serious.
"We are very sorry for what your daughter went through." The police said sympathetically: "Vera's successful escape is a blessing."
Having heard the full presentation and heard no falsehoods about Vera, Enoch went with the flow, trusting the news.
"Oh my god, how poor is my daughter. Why is this happening?" Enoch sang a mournful song for Vera again.
"Please don't be too sad, your daughter is currently being treated at the hospital. The recovery is very good." Police reassured Enoch when they added about Vera's situation:
"The best thing is that she has not been sexually abused. Apart from the injuries, there are no signs of rape."
Oh that's lucky, Enoch is waiting day and night for Vera to turn twenty-three to take her virginity. Hearing that Vera was still a virgin, the stepfather felt a little amused after a series of bad news about Vera.
"You need to keep your spirits up, sir. Vera is in need of support from her loved ones to recover quickly from the shock." The police sincerely advised Enoch. They probably thought Enoch's pensive expression was mourning, mourning for Vera. Oh, Enoch acted too well to fool anyone.
"Yes I know, thanks for letting me know about Vera." The old man bowed his head in gratitude. Then, as if realizing that the story was not over, the police had no intention of leaving anytime soon, and Enoch impatiently asked:
"Do you two have anything else to do?"
"Mr. Enoch."
"Yes."
He replied, praying that nothing bad would happen. Hope the police do not investigate anything about his abuse of Vera. He did not expect Vera to report that he beat her, sexually harassed her. Through the discussion of the two sides, Enoch dared to confirm that Vera had never mentioned his wrongdoing. Because if Vera had denounced, Enoch could not be as unharmed as now. Enoch was pleased with himself, realizing that Vera was afraid of him. Vera would never dare oppose him, for her life would be ruined if she did. He had scared Vera like that all this time. Enoch had long instilled in Vera's mind the thought of serving him for the rest of her life. That's why it was found that Vera didn't mention anything he did to her. Later, Enoch would freely abuse Vera physically and mentally, even turning Vera into a tool to satisfy his beastly desires. With that crazy, sick thought, he felt a burst of excitement.
Enoch just liked to speculate, the reason Vera didn't report him was because she knew she didn't have enough evidence to do so. Not to mention Vera is currently under Enoch's control. Living in that hell house, Vera learned many things on her own, Enoch was very deceitful in the eyes of everyone, typically brainwashing the neighbors around the house. He always plays himself as a helpless father when teaching and taking care of Vera since the day his wife, Vera's mother died. He also slandered Vera as a rebellious child who liked to oppose him even though it was not true. Over the years, although Vera tried to call attention, hoping someone would listen to her, No one believed what Vera said, so no help would come. Because of that concern, Vera feared that this time if she was determined to do it to the end, denouncing her stepfather but ultimately failing, her outcome would be tragic. So before claiming justice for yourself. Vera thinks she should find a safe place and then plan slowly. And taking this opportunity Vera wanted to get rid of Enoch's hand. Unfortunately, Vera did not expect the police to accidentally ruin everything by going to Enoch.
Now Vera is still unaware of the event that is about to happen to her.
Back to the unexpected encounter between the police and Enoch. He is trying to keep his composure to accept what the police will discuss next, the purpose is exploration and investigation.
"If you have anything, just say it. I will sincerely cooperate." Enoch welcomes the invitation.
"We haven't received any reports of Miss Vera's disappearance in the past few days." The police went straight to the point: "So we came here to find out about the situation, do you know what Miss Vera has been doing all these days?"
Enoch listens while the brain works to analyze thoughts. He was confident that he would have stories convincing enough to fool others. After the police stopped talking, Enoch was quick to respond:
"A few days ago." He plotted the perfect lie in his head and immediately said, "She told me she was going out with friends for a few days, so I thought she was fine. Until you two came to tell me."
"Do you know who her friends are?"
"I'm so busy with things that I don't have time to pay attention to her." The excuse is too perfect, it's popular with the active, busy life of today's life: "But I always believed that Vera was an obedient, obedient child."
"Did she not contact you while Vera was away from home?"
"We've always been like this, only when it's important to contact each other, normally we don't." The old man lied again without blinking: "I'm sorry I couldn't be of any help to you. But Vera always comes home on time as she tells me. There's never been anything wrong with an appointment. I think this time. Same thing, but it's unexpected..."
Enoch lowered his voice, pretending to express the pain of a father for his daughter. If anyone knew the real Enoch, they would feel nauseated instead of empathizing with him.
"When did she come back from the trip?" The police calmly asked. They rarely let emotions overwhelm reason while on duty. A person who represents justice needs to be clear, tough and at the same time take a firm stance.
"Two more days." Enoch blatantly fabricated. The police did not believe it, but they also had to believe it because they could not find any questionable points in Enoch's testimony. However, there is one detail that cannot be overlooked, that is, the police have never asked Vera the things they asked Enoch. So what does it say? Are the police suspicious of Enoch and are they setting off a blinding fire to distract Enoch?
"Do you have any more questions?" Enoch, who couldn't guess what the police were thinking, suddenly spoke inquiringly when he saw the policemen silently looking at each other.
"Nothing more, thank you for taking the time to cooperate with us to solve the case." The policeman on the right turned to Enoch to express his gratitude.
"It's nothing. I wish I could do my part in catching the criminals who have caused my daughter so much pain." Enoch said indignantly. His acting is very good, everyone who looks at him believes that he is a father who cares about his daughter.
"I think you should be more concerned about your daughter. This time she was lucky to escape, but other times maybe not." The officer on the left continued: "Please contact us if you have any clues about Vera's relationships."
"Yes. I will learn from it." Enoch said politely, "And sure enough, I'll let you know as soon as I know about Vera's friends."
"Then we'll excuse you." The police decided to close the conversation.
"Yes, thank you for informing the family." Enoch stood up, bowing his head in deep gratitude.
After the police left the house, he showed his emotions most clearly.
At first, when she heard the news, she immediately felt pity for Vera, but inside, she had other thoughts. Turns out that was the reason for Vera's disappearance for several days. When the old stepfather did not find Vera that day, he was very angry. He contacted Vera but she lost her phone when she was taken away. Now when he heard that Vera was in the hospital, he decided to go there and give Vera a lesson soon because they did not contact him after waking up.
At the same time outside, the two policemen had not completely left the house. They were standing some distance away, having a short conversation:
"How do you feel about this?"
"We need to go deeper. I feel something shady here."
"I think so too. Then what should we do?"
"We'll talk to Vera Mark again first. We need to find a consensus on the two sides' statements."
"Yeah, let's go now."
The police had just got into the car to leave, and Lani also left the window. Lani had been standing in the room looking down to observe the two policemen's movements. Lani doesn't want trouble, especially when it comes to the law.
Lani hurried downstairs to find Enoch.
"Father." Lani hurriedly called out to him, "Where's Dad?"
"What's the matter, my dear girl?" Enoch came out from his private room, with a question to the princess he was so pampered.
Lani glanced at Enoch, who was well-dressed, ready to leave the house.
"Are you going out?" Lani asked curiously, in her heart Lani had some doubts about her father's hasty actions.
"That's right, honey." Enoch adjusted his collar and said quickly to Lani, "Do you need anything, daughter?"
"Where are you going?" Lani said frankly, "I saw the police here just now. What are they here for?"
Referring to the policeman Enoch stopped his action and looked back at Lani. He considered it for a moment, then decided not to tell Lani. It's not too late to let the old man solve it in the immediate future.
"It's an okay girl, I have an appointment to go now." Enoch continued to tie his tie, put on his shoes: "You can take care of yourself at home, I'll be back soon."
"Yes." Lani smiled sweetly as she accepted Enoch's loving embrace. Lani decided not to look any further. She has her own way of finding out.
The door closed, and Enoch headed for the car in the garage. When the car drove away, Lani also quickly left the house. She had a hunch about what her father was doing and decided to follow Enoch.