Chapter 47

He looked through the rearview mirror at Hawk, who ignored his 'equalizer of all living things', didn't hesitate at all, didn't even pretend, and just answered the phone so brightly, and completely broke down.

The next second.

The black guy immediately slammed on the brakes, emergency braking, and then swung his body on the seat, reaching toward the back.

"Motherfucker, I..."

"Thump!"

"Ah!"

"..."

On the other end of the phone, Gwen, who was just about to speak, suddenly blinked as she listened to the screams that seemed to come from Hawk's side.

"Is someone screaming, Hawk?"

"... Um, it was a movie played by a guy passing by, I guess he's watching some violent action movie."

"I guess so, that scream sounds exactly like the scream made when ribs are broken."

"Uh..."

Hawk bent over, one hand covering the mouth of the black guy who was close to the console, while looking at the rib position where he had just hit the black guy: "Can you distinguish the position of the person's injury from the scream?"

A laugh came from Gwen on the other end of the phone.

"Of course, my dad is a police chief, let me tell you a secret, new police officers aren't necessarily as professional as me."

"... I can see that."

Hawk was speechless.

What else could he say, only that a straight-A student is a straight-A student, learning everything faster than others, and better than others.

Just then.

Gwen's laughter this time became clear and refreshing.

"I'm teasing you, how is that possible."

"... Alright, I took it seriously."

"Right, why was your phone turned off? I called you many times and couldn't get through."

"What's the matter?"

Hawk maintained his bent posture, one hand covering the black guy's mouth to prevent him from screaming, and the other hand holding the phone to talk to Gwen.

"Come downstairs."

"What?"

"Dr. Connors knows you were fired, and also knows you were a scapegoat, felt bad, and prepared a gift for you, but your phone couldn't get through, so I just came over. Are you not at home?"

Gwen, who had already driven her yellow Corolla to the downstairs of Hawk's new apartment, pressed an envelope on the passenger seat with her hand while poking her head out of the window to look at Hawk's new apartment building.

Hawk, hearing that Gwen had already arrived downstairs at his apartment, fell silent for a second or two, then reacted.

"Right, I'm not at home, why don't you take it back first, and give it to me when school starts?"

"I've already gotten out of the car."

Gwen, who closed the car door, said while walking toward Hawk's new apartment building: "You're in the apartment on the top floor near the street, right? Your window isn't closed, I'll go in from the fire escape and put it in your house directly."

Hawk was stunned.

Gwen knowing where his house is isn't strange, after all, when he wrote the information for the job, Gwen was also there, maybe she saw it.

But...

"How did you know?"

"I saw the shorts you hung at the window."

"Uh..."

"You've worn those pants for three years, and if I remember correctly, those pants weren't shorts before, it seems you changed them into shorts in the tenth grade."

"Alright, that's it, I'll put it in your house directly, I'm also in a hurry to go back."

"..."