Legendary FBI Detective-Chapter 323: Special Funds for Case Handling
FBI Los Angeles Branch, supervisor's office.
"Good morning, chief."
"Have a seat."
Luo An sat down and asked with a smile, looking at Potante Byrne:
"Chief, did you call me here for any assignment?"
"No assignments, just wanted to chat about some things."
Potante Byrne leaned back tactically, put one leg over the other, and crossed his arms:
"Group Leader Owen's case, your Special Investigation Team did a very good job, the Director praised you a lot."
"It is all thanks to the support from you, chief."
Luo An chuckled, making Potante Byrne also smile with his few words.
After a brief conversation, Potante Byrne finally brought up the main issue and handed a folder on the table to Luo An.
Luo An took the folder, opened it and checked the contents, Potante Byrne slowly explained:
"Luo An, the Director is very satisfied with your Special Investigation Team for managing the case without causing too much casualty or having a major impact."
The contents of the folder were notices about rewarding the four members of the Special Investigation Team, with Luo An's reward being doubled.
Besides that, there was a second piece of paper, Luo An opened it and found that their Special Investigation Team had received a specific "special case fund" of 400,000 US Dollars.
Luo An's eyes flickered, closing the folder, he smiled:
"Thank you, Director, thank you chief, this is our duty."
The document did not specify the exact purpose of this special fund, but from Potante Byrne's words, Luo An quickly understood the true meaning of this money: hush money.
From the beginning, Luo An kept this case from becoming too notorious to protect himself and the three individuals including Mona, besides the Special Investigation and Monitoring Department, not many others knew about it.
Only some top officials in the FBI Los Angeles Branch knew, most lower-level agents only knew the fact of Group Leader Owen's death, unaware of the details.
Other law enforcement agencies outside FBI, like LAPD, NSA Los Angeles Branch, and various sensation-seeking media in Los Angeles, also didn't know the specifics of the case.
The killing of Group Leader Owen was essentially a scandal within the FBI, the high officials of the FBI Los Angeles Branch of course did not want it to become widely known.
The way the Special Investigation Team handled it satisfied them greatly, and the top officials definitely wanted to commend the Special Investigation Team. However, directly commending had to be justifiable, hence this superficially "special case fund", essentially hush money + reward money nature of 400,000 US Dollar funds.
"No need to thank us, this is what you deserve."
Seeing Luo An's look and smile, Potante Byrne understood that Luo An already knew the true meaning of the money, he nodded in satisfaction and slightly smiled, picking up his coffee as he shifted the conversation to other matters.
The two continued to chat for a while before Luo An turned and left.
Checking the time, he didn't rush back to the Special Investigation Team but first took out his mobile phone to make a call to Vireness.
Since coming to Los Angeles, Luo An had been calling Vireness every three to four days to keep up the relationship.
After handling the bank robbery and youth murder cases, Luo An didn't forget to briefly update Vireness on the general situation of the cases, while also checking on Vireness.
Now, though Luo An and Vireness were on opposite ends of the federal territory, they grew closer rather than estranged.
During this period, Luo An also inquired about the current status of the Number Five Investigation Group.
After Luo An took Reesi and Mona away, Augustus, with no one else to use, had to continue picking people from the training department, while Leyde, using the knowledge learned from Luo An, managed to solve a few cases with newbies.
Although their case-solving took slightly longer, and Leyde got hurt a few more times, at least the cases were solved and the suspects were caught. The solve rate of the Number Five Investigation Group didn't drastically plummet after Luo An left.
Therefore, Augustus had started considering promoting Leyde to the deputy leader of the Number Five Investigation Group.
Upon hearing this, Luo An immediately called Leyde, concerned about his wellbeing while congratulating him, and arranged to properly host him and Yvonne in Los Angeles in the future.
However, Leyde plans to only bring Yvonne for the trip, intending to leave their son at home.
Son: "..."
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At 5:30 PM that day, in the Special Investigation Team office area.
After a busy day, Michelle and Reesi returned here and slumped back into their chairs, with Reesi stretching lazily:
"Finally, we've completed our work coordinating with the Monitoring Department!"
Subsequent court sessions, case reports, and evidence sorting were largely handled by the Monitoring Department, leaving the Special Investigation Team with a small portion, which constituted fairly light tasks. freēwēbnovel.com
"Hard work."
Mona brought two coffees for them, as she had been mainly responsible for organizing clues these days, which was less demanding than the tasks assigned to Reesi and Michelle.
"Thank you."
Michelle took the coffee with a word of thanks, while Reesi hugged Mona's arm directly and rocked it, asking:
"Mona, does the three-day holiday Luo An promised us still stand? We've been dead tired these days!"
Mona spread her hands; she didn't know either.
"Of course it counts!"
At this moment, Luo An walked out of the group leader's office, shaking the folder in his hand:
"Today is Tuesday. Starting from tomorrow, from Wednesday to Friday, you'll have three days off! Saturday and Sunday are normal days off!"
"Ooh hoo!"
Hearing this, Reesi immediately jumped up, filled with energy, while Mona clapped with a smile, and Michelle bent her eyes towards Luo An.
"Sit down, sit down."
Grabbing Reesi's shoulder and pressing her back into the chair, Luo An handed the folders to them:
"This is a US Dollar 2000 bonus for each of you, given after solving this case."
Upon hearing this, Michelle's eyes sparkled as she eagerly took the folder:
"Thank you."
Reesi and Mona didn't say anything as they had already started looking at the new fashion lines from Los Angeles.
"There's another thing."
Luo An raised the fourth folder in his hand, successfully drawing Mona and Reesi's attention back.
"This is a special case fund for our Special Investigation Team."
Luo An briefly explained the source and details of this fund and then each of them took US Dollar 80,000, while Luo An kept US Dollar 160,000.
With this money in hand, Mona and Reesi's previous work fatigue vanished in an instant, not only studying new women's clothing but also beginning to explore newly launched cosmetics in the market.
Michelle, receiving this money, was utterly shocked. After working for so long at the Washington Headquarters, she had never saved up so much.
Remembering a colleague who was envious upon hearing she would be transferred under Luo An Greenwood's supervision, Michelle, holding the money, realized in enlightenment:
"No wonder..."
"What's wrong?"
Seeing Michelle's stunned face, Luo An patted her shoulder:
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Michelle shook her head, then sincerely said:
"Thank you very much, Deputy Group Leader Luo An."
"No need to thank me; you contributed a lot in this case, you deserve it."
Luo An laughed and waved his hand, secretly taking snacks from Reesi's and Mona's desks while they were not paying attention and then returned to the group leader's office.
Usually, Luo An did not like to stay in the spacious group leader's office, but recently he had some tasks to complete there.
