Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Day 200 - Sonny Makes a Phone Call

Sonny Makes a Phone Call

Matthew Ryan Fischer
 

At a distance, at night, in low light, Sonny was still certain he had seen those men before. Club B was ingrained in his memory, as was the security footage from the mansion massacre in Bandung, the men man with numbered tattoos on their forearms. The other old man, the man they helped out of the car and into the wheelchair, was a stranger. Sonny had a connection that linked local businessman Gideon Hartan to recently murdered business partners Quer and Amin. And here was one of the men suspected of committing those atrocities. Sonny didn’t believe in coincidences and thought it likely this Sixty-Six hitman worked for Gideon. The other two men must have played a part as well, and once he got them into interrogation the remaining pieces would fall into place.

The problem was Sonny had no authority here, or very little to say the least. The police in Bandung had been generous in their cooperation with Interpol, Aseanapol, but the truth was he couldn’t arrest anyone on his own. He could fill out reports and send them to the local police and his supervisors, but standing here on the street alone, with no local police backup, he was basically a regular citizen. If he pulled a gun and did anything he would likely be prosecuted like anyone else.
Sonny suddenly regretted his dismissal of Declan and Kaylee, and wished he had informed them before he followed this lead on his own. Sonny took out his phone to call for backup, it was the smart thing to do. Still, all he had done was come to ask Gideon a few questions, and theoretically he could still knock on Gideon’s door without crossing them. He didn’t even know if the men with the tattoos were going to see Gideon. It would be a strange coincidence seeing them here if they weren’t, but technically he didn’t have to confront them at all. Of course, the men with the tattoos knew his face, so he was putting himself in danger’s way.
Sonny made his phone calls as he watched the men across the street go inside. Neither Kaylee or Declan answered and Sonny had a decision to make.

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