Falling in Love : I love you, Today and Forever

Though Valerie did not show any expression whatsoever on her face, only she knew how terrified and shocked she was from within. As the assistant continued revealing Jared's misdeeds one by one, her heart only shuddered in fear. 'How could anyone be so despicable and horrible to destroy their own country?' She wondered.

Valerie turned back to see and was secretly relieved that she was not the only one who was mortified by the truth. Ryder and Preston too were stunned. They had only assumed Jared to be involved in the organ trafficking mafia. Who knew that he had a long list of crimes? And what's more, each crime was deadlier than the other. It was enough to instill fear in them if one were to hear it, and Valerie's situation was no less.

In her entire career, she had seen a lot of cases, varying from different levels of torture. She had dealt with rapists, serial killers and even terrorists. But this was the first time she was dealing with someone who fell under all the categories of the criminals she had dealt with. Though she did not have the proof with her, from Maggie's words alone, Valerie knew about the long list of girls Jared had been, and she more or less had a hunch what might have happened to them once he was done with them.

Valarie was in disbelief to think that such a monster was walking around them in society. And what petrified her more was that Maggie had spent months in his lair, trying to save herself from him while she collected proofs against him. Valerie could not even imagine what she must have gone through all these months when she faced the monster almost daily. She was in awe at her capabilities and could not help but commend her greatly in her heart.

Valerie was not the only one who thought that way. Ryder and Preston too had similar thoughts. They too could not help but applaud Maggie's bravery. She was more courageous and confident than them, and they were filled with pride to think that Maggie was their teammate, especially Ryder who was head over heels with her.

Nobody interrupted the assistant, allowing him to disclose all the secrets he knew. When he was finally done, he sighed deeply. "It was not I who planned all these crimes. It is that Jared and his bastard of a Godfather. I just followed his orders. He should be the one sent to the execution chair, not I." 

Valerie started chuckling as soon as she heard his words. She shook her head at the man's stupidity. "I am impressed by your foolishness. You have worked for a brilliant criminal all these years, and you still don't know what to speak and what not to speak." Valerie placed her palms on the table and stood up slowly. "Thank you anyway for revealing the truth yourself."

"What do you mean?" The assistant's face lost all its color as soon as he realized what he had done. But he still denied it, unable to accept his stupidity. He was still in denial to think that he had easily fallen for the trap the officer before him had laid out for him.

"You perfectly jumped into the trap we laid out for you, and we did not even have to do anything. Thank you very much for your cooperation." Valerie smiled at him but the smile was filled with ridicule and anger. She turned around to leave the room but stopped short when she recalled something she had forgotten to tell him.

"And for the record, not only Jared, you and all his men who followed his orders will be going to the execution chair. So, brace yourselves and count your days. You never know when it might be your last day on the planet."

"You cannot do this to me, Officer. Help me out of here." The man shouted and tried to move away from his chair. But his hands were cuffed to the desk. So, he could not move much. All his shouts and yells and curses fell on deaf ears. He could only watch the three people leave the room and lock the door after them in horror.

As soon as Valerie left the interrogation room, her legs buckled and she almost fell to the floor. If not for Ryder and Preston holding her in time, she sure would have dropped to the floor. "Oh my God!!! What did I just hear?" She mumbled in shock.

"I know. What the fuck is that man!! He is a monster." Preston was seething in anger, and Ryder was no less furious. He too was livid to think that someone like him was still alive, and they could not kill him, not yet at least. All he wanted to do was unload all bullets in his gun in the man's head. But he deemed this punishment to be far less painful for all the crimes he had committed. He deserved a death so painful that he would beg them to kill him soon to relieve him of his pain.

"What the heck!! It was his Godfather who instigated the war. Who does this? What enmity does he have with our country?" She was still in shock that Jared and his people were directly responsible for the war. And to aid their enemy, they had even sent spies to kill their own men. Anger coursed through Valerie's veins, and she too wanted to chop the man into pieces.

"What do we do now, Valerie? Now that the country is involved, we will have to consult the President and the military. This case has now become a military case too." Preston stated, visibly worried by the turn of events. In just one day, they had found a lot more than they could digest, and they wondered what more was left for them to know.

"I will have to speak with the President. But before that, I need to speak to Maggie. I need to know if she had more pieces of evidence that can aid us to prove Jared's crimes. It will help us deal with him quicker." Valerie pressed her forehead, wondering about the huge headache she would be facing soon. It would surely become chaotic when the nation would find out the dark truth about Jared. 

"I agree. I am still amazed to think that Maggie survived all these months in that hell hole." Ryder was now even more desperate to see the girl who had risked her life just so that she could send the criminal to prison. 

"I'll talk to her and see what she has in mind. There must be a reason why she has not sent all the proofs she has to us and has kept them to herself."