Chapter 118 New Partner, New Case, New Star
Luke's annual salary from Houston has become 54,000 now.
Selena rose from 47,000 to over 60,000, but the increase in salary was not enough to offset the increase in living expenses.
Of course, if two people work for a few years, they can get an annual salary of more than 80,000 yuan, and then they will be able to get more affordable.
But before that, the two of them might have to rely on the 50,000 USD settlement fee.
Selena was so depressed because she left all the An family expenses to her family.
Luke has no objection to this.
Although Selena looks very independent, she is still very concerned about her family. In terms of money, most Americans are different. She is willing to give her family, which is also her freedom.
Luke didn't find it strange. He was a Chinese in his previous life. It was not uncommon for parents and children to help each other and lose their money.
He told Catherine that she didn't want it.
Robert even took the phone call and told him to get out of here and take the money to take it.
After all, Robert also earns more than 50,000 yuan a year, plus Catherine's salary of more than 30,000 yuan, Luke came out to work again, reducing their expenses of at least a few thousand US dollars a year, and the pressure on the two of them was not great.
Luke said before that he was in college, and Robert saved more than 20,000 US dollars and was preparing to pay him the college tuition. Now of course, this money is left to Claire, a sophomore in his senior year of high school.
So, Robert and Katherine are not short of money now.
After a long rest, the two of them went to the West District Police Station the next day to officially go to work.
Facing the two, the leader of the Crime Team, Dustin Hanmer, was both lukewarm and warm, which made both of them feel relieved.
As long as it's not a disgusting person like Perrick.
This time, the two of them finally did not continue to be partners, but were assigned to work with another old police detective.
This is also reasonable.
After Peric's incident, Luke found that he had a little problem.
That is, although the two partners and he can gain the dominance of the case, it will arouse dissatisfaction from the team leader.
In Houston, except for those three major cases encountered by coincidence, he has not solved many cases in more than a month, and the gains are actually a bit low.
Therefore, he and Selena discussed it.
The two of them each followed an old police detective to speed up their familiarity with the environment here. After a while, he applied to transfer the two of them back together.
At that time, the two of them would be more familiar with the environment here and had their own sources of information. They would no longer be afraid that the new team leader would be like Perrick, and they would be cheated of their lack of experience or connections.
Although this kind of mobilization may not be easy, Luke can find a way.
Selena went to a black police detective named Donald Duck, while Luke was a middle-aged Latino woman named Elsa Torres.
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police station with the largest number of female police officers in the United States, about 20%.
Secondly, more than 30% of the Hispanic police officers here.
Selena's arrival undoubtedly added a little more to these two data, and it is not surprising that Luke assigned a Latino woman to be a partner.
Looking at Luke, Elsa was a little curious: "Let's go, I still have two cases on my hands. Are you okay? Do you need me to have a vacation for you?"
Luke smiled and said, "Oh, Elsa, I actually like working."
Elsa curled her lips: "No one likes to work. At least not many people in the serious crime team like it."
Luke smiled and nodded: "Well, then just pretend I just came and wanted to show the correct work attitude."
Elsa was stunned and then laughed: "Well, that's OK."
After getting into the car, Elsa drove out.
From this point of view, this is a very strong woman and doesn't even want to hand over the steering wheel to Luke.
However, in the Crime Squad, it is difficult for women with a weaker personality to stay.
Luke asked casually: "What case do we want to investigate?"
Elsa: "A troublesome case, do you know Winterste Katie?"
Luke thought for a while and shook his head: "It sounds familiar, I can't remember it."
Elsa glanced at him: "You really don't know?"
Luke: "Very famous? men and women?"
Elsa: "...a female star who has become popular in the past two years is only 21 years old this year. She entered the industry at the age of 16 and starred in the movie "Don't Move" by the great director Pede at the age of 19, and became famous once she got rid of it."
Luke: "Oh, I really don't know. It's just familiar. Maybe I've read her name on the news by accident."
Elsa hehe: "She has a good figure and Kenlu, have you never seen her movies?"
Luke shrugged: "I like watching movies and TV series with big special effects and big scenes, such as Star Wars or Brothers. What you are talking about should be an art film, right? I don't watch it very much."
Elsa said oh, and accepted the answer.
"She has had some minor trouble recently. She died in her family yesterday, but she said she didn't know this person at all. Now, I want to go to her house to ask about the situation again." Elsa said.
Luke: "What about the deceased?"
"Anonymous. No proof of identity, no dentist records, no fingerprint library or DNA library. The young white male, twenty-five to twenty-seven years old, was 1.75 meters tall and weighed more than 220 pounds. Oh, by the way, his body floated naked in Miss Katie's swimming pool, and was discovered by the clean nanny the next morning, and then called the police." Elsa said a lot of information.
Luke listened carefully, and was surprised after listening: "1.75 meters, 220 pounds? Is this a big fat man?"
Elsa nodded: "So, besides the insider, I can't think of the possibility that this man would die there quietly. The security of Miss Katie's house is OK, not a place where a fat man with a 200-pound pound can enter and exit at will."
Luke was also surprised by this.
It is inconvenient for a fat man who is more than 200 pounds to move, let alone running into the home of a female star.
These wealthy people basically have electronic security systems at home, and when they are touched, someone will check it. They are not professionals and it is not so easy to sneak in.
While the two of them were talking, they had already driven to Beverly Hills.
Luke wondered: "Cady lives here, she is very rich? Haven't she only been popular for a few years?"
Elsa shrugged: "She lives here, how to make money and how much money is, that's what irs (International Revenue Service) cares about."
Luke asked casually, and then changed the topic: "Have you found any clues before?"
Elsa shook her head: "This big star is very arrogant. She got a lawyer present yesterday. If she hadn't been involved in a life lawsuit, she would have asked the nanny to let us get out."
Chapter completed!