William laughed, but it wasn’t a genuine smile, “My men followed David because we found out his secret, I want to figure out that secret.”
William’s answer was within Callum’s expectations so he immediately asked, “What’s David’s secret?”
“Don’t you know?” William asked.
“How would I know?” Callum was dumbfounded.
“David is your bodyguard, so I thought you should know what he has done?” William asked. There was a touch of irony in his question.
“He’s just my bodyguard, not my family or my personal property. How could I know what he has done?” Callum heard the implication of William’s words and frowned deeply.
“Really? How can you trust your people so much? Is this so called ‘if you use a man, don’t suspect him, if you suspect him, don’t trust him?” William’s lips curled up, but it was not sincere at all. Instead, it was a mocking smile.
“Uncle, you’re really a man who does great things. How can you be so assured about the people around you? I am different from you though, I get suspicious very easily. I must be very clear about the identity of the people around me. Otherwise, I won’t hire them, I always worry that they will betray me one day.”
Callum’s face changed again, William’s words showed no respect for him at all, it was completely different from before. So, how could Callum not feel it? He suppressed his anger and said, “William, David is dead. You should knew this already, right?”
“Yes I know. How can I not know such a big news? Uncle, do you know who killed him?”
William took the initiative to ask this question, and Callum couldn’t help but frowned, “I don’t know, do you have any idea?”
“I am neither a policeman nor a forensic. How do I know who killed him?”
Callum asked when he saw that William denied it, “Then you tell me, does his death have anything to do with you?”
“What do you think?” William asked.
“I don’t know, I just heard that someone was tailing after David. Then, this happened to him. He was burned to death in the warehouse. I was going to call the cops, but someone stopped me and said that the person following David was one of your men. I didn’t call the police because I wanted to ask you what happened.”
“Uh… I really can’t answer your question, we have to ask David for that. After all, when my man just found that there was something wrong with him and began to follow after him, David discovered that he was being followed. After that, he died a few hours later.”
“So David’s death has nothing to do with you?” Callum asked again.
“Of course!”
“Then you have no objection to me if I call the police, right?” Callum asked again.
“Of course not, you can definitely call the cops!”
“William, I’m not joking with you, I’m serious. You really didn’t do anything to David? Does his death really have nothing to do with you? I know your ability, but this is a person’s life. I believe it will be troublesome for you if this matter gets serious.”
“Uncle, are you protecting me? Are you afraid that I will be involved in killing David? Are you afraid that I will be exposed by the police? Thank you for doing this anyway, I am not afraid of anything and I am not afraid of you calling the police. You can even call the police now.”
Seeing William’s indifferent expression, Callum was also confused. Did William really have nothing to do with David’s death?
“William, can you tell me what’s the secret you found that made you decided to track after him?”
“Uncle, you really don’t know anything about David’s secret?” William smiled playfully.
“Of course I don’t know. As I said, I don’t care about David’s private affairs. However, he is a good person, he is honest and loyal. He has been working for me for more than 20 years, I really don’t think he has any secrets.”
“Uncle, I didn’t expect you to be so at ease with David, I thought you knew at least some of his secrets. Since you know nothing about it, what I say would be useless too, isn’t it? After all, he’s already dead.”
“William, we are family, you don’t have to beat around the bush. Can’t you just tell me about David’s secret?”
“No!” William shook his head.
“Why not?” Callum asked confusingly.
“What if you leaked the secret after I told you? How can I investigate it after that?”
“You don’t trust me? I’m your uncle, how can I hurt you?”
“You’re just my uncle, not my parents. Why should I trust you?”
“You’re unreasonable!” Callum’s veins on the forehead could be seen clearly since he got angry. “It must be your excuse, isn’t it? There’s no secret at all. His death must have something to do with you, so you came up with this excuse to brush me off, right?”
William put his hands out and said, “It doesn’t make sense for you to question me like this. I told you, if you think that I’m the murderer, you can call the police now.”
“Because you are my only nephew, so you know I can’t bear to…”
William interrupted him straight away, “I don’t think so, because if something happens to my men and the suspect is you, I’ll immediately call the police to avenge for them. Uncle, you didn’t call the police is not because you’re worried about me, right? So, I guess there might be other reasons for you?”
“Other reasons? What other reasons?” Callum retorted.
“This will have to ask you. If it were me, I would call the police. Nothing could stop me from calling the police to avenge my employee.”
Callum believed that William was trying to say that he failed to distinguish right from wrong. Callum couldn’t help but wonder who is he doing this for?” Then, Callum got furious and said, “Don’t force me!”
“Do you want me to call the police for you?” William asked with a poker face.
Callum was infuriated by his attitude and finally couldn’t stand it anymore. He took his phone out and dialed, “Officer, I suddenly remembered I have something to tell you. My bodyguard found that someone was following him the day before his accident.”
William stared at Callum with a poker face as the latter called the cops. The cop asked for the details of the situation, and Callum told all the information he knew to him.
William sat quietly and listened to the conversation between Callum and the cop. After Callum hung up the phone, he smiled and said, “Now do you still want to have dinner with me? If not, I’ll leave first, my wife is still waiting for me at home.”
This made Callum’s expression stiff, “I…”
He suddenly regretted calling the police. Why did he have to be angry at William? William was his nephew. If William was the mastermind behind David’s murder, what if the police found him?
Callum figured that Valeria was pregnant and their babies need their father.
How could he send his sister’s only child to the prison? Even if it was for his sister, he should not treat William like this.
William caught the regret in Callum’s eyes and stood up slowly. Then, he said in a much calmer tone, “I’ll go first then! Goodbye, uncle.”