Fortunately, Steve's wounds hadn't damaged any major blood vessels, and his life was saved after the wounds were cleaned and stitched up.
After sending Jenny and Steve to the ward, Luke simply put down the bag of supplies and gave Jenny some cash before he left with Annie.
It was already midnight when they returned to the motel.
After closing the door, Annie suddenly said, "I want to take another shower."
Luke hummed in response. He wasn't surprised.
Many people who went to the hospital felt uncomfortable when they came back, and didn't dare lie down in bed until they washed their hands and showered.
Annie took off her coat and turned to look at him. "You're not going to shower?"
Stumped for a moment, Luke chuckled. "I'd be happy to."
A moment later, there was the sound of water dripping.
In the middle of the night, Luke took out his phone from his pocket and was stunned when he saw the number on it.
Getting up, he walked to the door and opened it. He picked up the vibrating phone. "Nick?"
A hoarse voice rang out on the other end of the line. "Lucas Barton just set off with a few people. They mentioned your name. You better be careful."
Before Luke could reply, the call had already been hung up.
He frowned.
The call was from the bearded Nick from the county police, but for some reason, he said something about Luca Barton.
Luke narrowed his eyes.
This was the LAPD's territory, and the hospital was where the county police provided police services.
So, Lucas Barton, the second-class deputy law enforcer, was here for … the case on the mountain?
But since Big Nick had specifically called to inform him, it was clear that Barton wasn't very friendly.
As he pondered, Luke returned to his room.
Looking at Annie, who was sleeping soundly, he thought for a moment, then helped her put on the clothes on the bed.
Annie, who was particularly tired after the shock and the long strenuous exercise, only murmured a few words. Luke coaxed her gently, and she let him put on a T-shirt and sweatpants.
Luke then put on his own clothes, packed up his things, and locked the door before he left.
Instead of taking the stairs, he walked straight through the porch, jumped down to the first floor at the end, and drove the pickup out of the garage.
Perhaps the owner of the inn wasn't very professional, or perhaps it was because of the strong wind, heavy rain, and thunder, that he couldn't hear this little movement.
Just like that, Luke drove the pickup and hid among several cars a hundred meters away.
An hour later, two county police cars arrived at the motel.
Without turning on their lights or sirens, the two police cars quickly stopped, and the six county officers rushed out. They exchanged a few words with the owner of the hotel, who was waiting in front of the building, and got the room card. They then quietly and quickly approached Luke's room.
Then, the door was opened, and several county police officers rushed in.
Luke heard what was going on in the house through his earpiece.
"Where is he?"
"He's not here. There's only that girl."
"Where did he go?"
"Who are you?"
"Where's Luke?"
"Ah, I-I don't know."
…
The officers interrogated him, but didn't get any information from him. They then changed the topic and asked about Steve's attack.
Twenty minutes later, Luke started the car and followed the county police car that was already on its way to the mountains.
Annie is all right.
These county police officers were here for Luke.
Since Luke was gone, they didn't dare act so brazenly.
If Luke had been trapped in the room just now, he didn't know what these guys would have done.
After they entered, they didn't identify themselves until they threatened Annie to tell them where Luke was. Only then did they mention that they were county police officers.
Luke wasn't an obedient officer, and he knew very well that the county police didn't follow the rules when they carried out their operations.
Together with Big Nick's warning call, this unusual situation revealed one thing: Luke and Patton were probably here to kill Luke, not to arrest him.
Luke recalled that Old Greyson had called him yesterday and said that someone had found his forensic scientists and wanted to bribe them to destroy a certain piece of evidence.
Unfortunately, that person didn't know that it was Old Greyson who had issued the report. Not only hadn't the forensic scientist accepted the bribe, he had even told Old Greyson about it.
Clearly, the Elsworth family had really sent someone to Las Vegas.
Were rich people nowadays not only ruthless, but also short-tempered? Luke sneered inwardly.
If they couldn't bribe him, they had asked the county police to chase him here and kill him. They were much more vindictive than Luke!
Following the county police's car from afar, Luke was still thinking about what they had asked him.
He was a professional at interrogating suspects and getting the information he wanted.
But something wasn't right with the county police officers' questioning of Annie just now.
They didn't care about the specifics of Steve's stabbing, but asked repeatedly about the location of the incident.
That was very wrong.
The location of the incident wasn't unimportant in a case like this, but it was just a minor detail. This was a remote mountain with no landmarks. It didn't matter where the case happened.
Why did the county police care about the location of the crime?
The county police's car had already entered No. 37 High's campsite, and soon drove up the mountain.
Luke was even more puzzled.
Were these guys really here for him?
It was normal for them to come to No. 37 High's campsite after failing to find Luke at the hotel.
But why would they run up the mountain in the middle of the night? Did they think that Luke would run up the mountain?
How was that possible?
Luke wasn't really a fugitive. Even if he was smarter, it was still possible for him to go straight back to Los Angeles.
But going up the mountain in the middle of the night? And on a stormy day? Were they afraid that he would die too slowly?
Frowning, Luke thought for a moment before he slowly followed them.
Half an hour later, Luke arrived at Eden Lake Campsite, only to find that the county police's car didn't enter the campsite, but kept moving forward.
He continued to follow them.
At that point, he was already certain that Luke and Patton weren't necessarily here for him, or they would've at least checked out the campsite.
After driving another mile, he could vaguely make out two county sheriff's cars parked in the distance.
Thinking for a moment, Luke drove the car into the woods on the side of the road and quickly put on his gear.
Following the faint scents of the county police officers in the air, he followed them.
The county police's movements indicated that they had a specific destination in mind.
After following the officers for dozens of meters, Luke saw a small house in the woods after walking on a path that could only be taken on foot for about four hundred meters.
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