The Place of Love chapter 1

Pretty Amy got involved with Police Officer Tom. Amy主动 invited Tom to meet at the Breeze Coffee House. The candlelight was flickering softly, and the romantic music was playing. Amy blushed shyly, while Tom gazed at her leisurely, smiling silently.

Amy summoned up her courage and said, “I… I think I’ve fallen in love with you.” After saying that, she looked up at Tom, with a sincere look on her face.

“Sorry, I can’t accept your feelings,” Tom said, putting away his smile and looking serious.

“You… Can’t you just let my brother off the hook? You’re so stubborn!” Amy glared at Tom resentfully, then suddenly stood up, grabbed her handbag and went to settle the bill. Tom quickly got up and snatched the bill, saying, “Let me do it!” Amy pushed him away forcefully and said angrily, “No need. It was me who invited you!”

Amy insisted on paying the bill and walked out of the Breeze Coffee House. She was both ashamed and angry, feeling extremely embarrassed. In love, she had misjudged once, and was she making the same mistake again this time?

Amy had a younger brother named Jack. Their parents passed away one after another the year before last, leaving the siblings without any support. Amy dropped out of school and opened a beauty salon to earn money to support the family and send her brother to school. Jack was in high school and was crazy about computers. He was a network genius. When the city held a computer game grand prix, he won the championship. Influenced by the trend of studying abroad, Jack was eager to go overseas for further studies, but Amy didn’t have enough money to support him. During the summer vacation, Jack went to a bank for an internship. When he was programming the bank’s network system, he took the opportunity to make some tricks and then fled with $860,000 in public funds. It was for this reason that Police Officer Tom first came to Amy’s house to inquire about the situation.

When Tom first saw Amy, he couldn’t help saying, “I didn’t expect Jack to have such a beautiful sister!” Amy blushed. It was a proud thing for a woman to be appreciated, but seeing the man in a police uniform, she felt a bit nervous. After offering him a seat, Officer Tom told her about Jack’s crime, which made her even more nervous. Officer Tom asked if Jack had any bad habits. Amy said that he didn’t smoke, drink or gamble, and he didn’t have any bad friends. He just wanted to go abroad to study. Officer Tom then asked, “Where is Jack now?” Amy replied, “I don’t know.” “Where might he be?” “I really don’t know.” Officer Tom became serious and said, “Amy, I have to tell you that harboring a criminal is also a crime!” Amy couldn’t stand it anymore and covered her face and cried. Officer Tom softened his tone and said, “I’m in this line of work, and I have to remind you. It’s for your own good… I’m just afraid that it’s a pity for a network talent to go astray. If a beautiful girl is also involved, it would be even more regrettable!” After saying that, Officer Tom looked at her meaningfully and then got up and left.

After Officer Tom left, his image still remained clearly in Amy’s mind: handsome, intelligent, and amiable, so different from the strict policemen she had imagined. With a woman’s keen sixth sense, Amy felt that this man had a crush on her. But so what? She was just a relative of a criminal suspect…

Officer Tom came to Amy’s house for the second time half a month later. When Amy saw Officer Tom, she was both surprised and delighted. She was surprised because she didn’t know if Officer Tom still suspected that she was harboring her brother. She was delighted because she saw Officer Tom again. Somehow, he had already occupied a place in her heart.

After sitting down, Amy said with a straight face, “I really don’t know where Jack is!” Officer Tom smiled and said, “I believe you. I’m here to tell you that we’ve found him.” “Ah!” Amy exclaimed. Officer Tom continued, “Jack has spent $50,000 of the embezzled public funds. I want to tell you that according to the law, actively returning the stolen money is one of the mitigating circumstances. If you can make up for this $50,000, the court may make a lighter punishment decision according to the law. I’m on the same page as you, so I’m here to talk to you.”

Amy’s hostile expression disappeared. She looked at Officer Tom gratefully and regretted her previous attitude. Especially when Officer Tom said, “I’m on the same page as you,” it made her have a subtle feeling. She decided to work with Officer Tom to save her brother.

Amy said truthfully, “I don’t have any money. To be honest, I’ve saved up about $70,000 or $80,000 from running the beauty salon, but… ” “But what?” “I was cheated out of it.” “Who was it? Can you tell me?” Amy hesitated for a long time and then told him the name of that person, who was her first love boyfriend. Officer Tom asked, “Can I get involved?” Amy nodded.

Three days later, that scoundrel came to see Amy. He returned the money to Amy and even added some interest. Before leaving, he said sourly, “I didn’t expect you to have such a powerful backer, a police officer! Awesome, really awesome!” Amy forced a smile and thought to herself that it wasn’t a backer at all. His purpose was just to recover the stolen money.

Amy took $50,000 to the police station. Tom saw her out. On the way, Amy pleaded in a low voice, “Officer Tom, all the money has been returned. Can you… Not sentence my brother? I… ” She couldn’t go on. Tom looked at her with his clear eyes and said seriously, “You’re not trying to get me fired, are you? The crime has already happened. All we can do is to strive for a lighter punishment according to the law.” Amy felt embarrassed. She suddenly thought that Tom must have a very beautiful and virtuous wife, which was why she couldn’t touch his heart.