Luke asked, "What do you think about Little Gary Sane's mother preventing me from returning to Los Angeles?"

Anthony recalled for a moment, "The person who reported the case is Little Gary Sane's father, and it's been him who has been in contact with the FBI.

I met Little Gary Sane's mother, she's a white woman with red hair, and when we met she was crying, with a look of obvious panic and worry.

At the time, her attitude didn't seem problematic."

Luke said, "There were two people who were very angry. One because of traffic congestion and running late for work; the other because his wife was cheating on him. Though both were angry and had similar attitudes, the reasons for their anger were very different.

Little Gary Sane's mother's fear and worry might not be because her son was kidnapped, but possibly because of the FBI."

Anthony nodded, "You're right.

If it's someone with a criminal record or gang background, we can directly arrest them, and we have ways to make them talk.

But this woman is different. She could find many reasons, like saying she heard from her husband about wanting to invite you back to Los Angeles to investigate the case, but believes you're too young and worries you lack the ability to solve the case, which could affect the investigation. So she hired people to prevent you from returning to Los Angeles.

As long as she sticks to her story and we can't provide new evidence, her lawyer can quickly bail her out.

At that time, we'll be the ones at a disadvantage."

Luke thought for a moment, "Then let's analyze her purpose or motive from the opposite direction, why would she do this?

The first possibility is that she kidnapped her own son, or she's one of the participants in the kidnapping case.

The second possibility is that the kidnapper, knowing Little Gary Sane's father reported to the police and couldn't get money from him, contacted Little Gary Sane's mother instead.

And Little Gary Sane's mother didn't agree with her husband's reporting to the police and wanted to pay the ransom privately to get her son back.

The third possibility is that it's all Little Gary Sane's self-orchestrated act. After his father reported to the police, Little Gary Sane became scared, and honestly told his mother, asking her to deliver messages and cover for him."

Anthony thought for a moment, "The possibility of her kidnapping her own son is low.

I lean more towards the latter two possibilities.

Either she was secretly trading with the kidnapper to save her son, keeping it from her husband and the FBI.

Or Little Gary Sane staged this kidnapping himself."

Luke continued, "No matter the situation, she definitely needs to contact the other party. If we can track down their contact details, perhaps we can find the location where the hostage is hidden."

Anthony said, "I'll go apply for the investigation procedures."

"I'm going home to sleep now." Luke waved and drove off.

...

Early next morning, five o'clock.

In the Luke family bedroom.

"Buzz..." A phone rang by the bedside.

Yawning, Luke pressed the answer button, "Hello."

"Luke, we've investigated Little Gary Sane's mother's communication records. She has three mobile numbers, and since March 11th, one of the spare numbers has been in contact with a prepaid mobile.

We've located the position of this prepaid mobile, it's at an automobile motel.

This time interval is likely when the kidnapper is asleep, so it's the perfect time for an arrest."

Luke "..."

You're right.

I'm also sleeping.

You @#￥%…

Luke washed his head, refreshed himself a bit, and drove to the automobile motel near Highway One.

The area around the motel is fairly desolate, which is also why the mobile can be accurately located.

Thinking that the FBI worked hard overnight investigating the case, and Luke being half an FBI person himself, he bought some coffee while passing McDonald's.

Arriving at the meeting location, Luke distributed coffee to everyone, garnering a wave of goodwill.

If it was an ordinary person looking to share the credit, everyone would certainly be displeased.

But since it's Luke, the legendary detective of Los Angeles, the agents had no objections, as Luke's ability and past experiences spoke for themselves.

Anthony took a big sip of coffee, "Thank you, just what I needed."

"Are you sure the kidnapper is in this automobile motel?"

"I just had someone ask at the motel front desk. They saw Little Gary Sane's friend Mohan Wald staying in room 207, and Mohan Wald checked in himself. According to the front desk staff, Mohan Wald arrived with a companion, but the companion was wearing a mask and hat, so she couldn't see the face clearly. But the body features were similar to Little Gary Sane."

Luke asked, "So they're not kidnapped, it's self-orchestrated?"

Anthony pinched his forehead, "I feel it's not that simple. There were three people who went missing on the yacht at the time, apart from Little Gary Sane and his friend Mohan Wald, Mohan Wald's girlfriend also went missing. But the motel clerk didn't see her."

Luke followed up, "Are you worried the one truly kidnapped might be Mohan Wald's girlfriend."

Anthony said, "There's indeed that possibility, but I can't think of their motive for doing this right now."

Luke speculated, "Could it be possible that they staged this kidnapping? But because the kidnapping was exposed to the media, the three couldn't get the ransom from Little Gary Sane's dad.

Therefore, Mohan Wald's girlfriend didn't want to continue, so she left.