Theresa and Logan arrived at Mr. Cooper's apartment complex to get his statement.
"Are you sure Mr. Cooper lives in there?" Theresa asked.
"According to the intel, he's definitely inside. After he got fired, his mistress left him. He apparently grew a conscience, thought of his wife and kids, and has been coming home regularly."
Logan leaned against the wall, chewing on a piece of straw, looking like a total slacker.
If Elena hadn't told her to ask Logan for help, Theresa would have thought he was completely unreliable.
"So we just wait here?"
"Yup, we wait."
"Logan, do you actually know what you're doing? If he doesn't come out, are we just going to wait here for a day or two?" Theresa was getting irritated.
Logan didn't look dependable at all.
"Mhm," was all he grunted in response.
"I shouldn't have trusted you!" Theresa said, turning to leave.
But just as she turned, she bumped right into Mr. Cooper coming out of the complex.
Theresa was stunned.
Mr. Cooper saw them and immediately turned to flee.
"Stop! Mr. Cooper, I need to talk to you!" Theresa shouted.
"I have nothing to say to you. I've already been fired because of you, what more do you want?"
Mr. Cooper walked away quickly.
Logan stepped forward and blocked his path.
"You can't leave."
"What? Are you going to force me? Who do you think you are? You wouldn't dare..."
Smack!
Logan struck out, knocking Mr. Cooper unconscious instantly.
"You... why did you knock him out?" Theresa asked, shocked.
Logan looked like a complete thug, and Mr. Cooper was terrified.
"No... let me go... let me go, I really don't know, I really don't..."
"Logan, just cut it. If he's not talking, the tongue is useless anyway!"
The blade was practically in his mouth. Mr. Cooper frantically changed his tune.
"I'll talk... I'll talk... please let me go!"
Theresa gave Logan a look, and he stepped back.
"Speak. How much did Mr. Reynolds skim from the top?"
Mr. Cooper broke out in a cold sweat. "Miss, it's not that I don't want to say, but you're just a low-level employee. You can mess with me, but messing with Mr. Reynolds is useless. You can't touch him. He has a backer!"
"A backer? Tell me then, who is protecting him?"
"His backer is Mr. Andrew Ellington. Do you know who that is? He's from the Ellington family! You can't afford to offend them! The only ones who get hurt are people like us at the bottom. I heard the cafeteria has already made changes, so why can't you just let it go?"
Theresa curled her lips into a smile. "Mr. Andrew Ellington? A backer? If he has connections, do you think I don't?"

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