Husband With Benefits
Chapter 315: You Can Try

Chapter 315: You Can Try

Leaving the officer behind, Erasmi casually took a seat in the middle of the cafe and leaned back nonchalantly as he waited for his muffins. It seems his idea to find a place to stay here and observe things under the radar had just been shot to smithereens.

Shrugging his shoulders, he thought to himself so be it," So be it. If I can’t carry my plans quietly, then I’ll carry them out with a resounding bang."

Gently, he placed the letters and pictures into the folder that they had originally been in and placed fidgeted with his phone, while waiting. Meanwhile, the other patrons huddled in small groups, whispering about the upcoming confrontation and making bets about who would win.

Just as Big mama placed a plate of an interesting-looking apple crumble muffin, the agitated officer stormed inside. With a sigh, Erssmi placed his phone on the table, and proceeded to ignore the man and dug into his muffin.

His face flushed with anger, Officer Hopkins glared at the man who had humiliated him and dared to oppose his authority. Banging his hand on the chair, he shouted loudly," Listen here, outsider. I suggest you leave before you find yourself in real trouble. You have no idea what you are dealing with! Right now, only your car has been broken and you cans till leave. If your bones are broken..."

Erasmi calmly bit into the muffin and cocked his head. "I don’t take kindly to threats, officer Hopkins. My car has been vandalized by those men who are now standing behind you and instead of investigating, you are threatening me. What would you like to say about that?"

Officer Hopkins chuckled dismissively. "This is my town. And those are my people. You are the one who is seeking trouble. Don’t try to act smart!"

"What do you mean he is seeking trouble? He was only trying to protect me from that woman as a kind-hearted person. But those people tried to create trouble for him instead and then you are..."

"You be quiet or I will..."

Before the officer could utter any more threats, Erasmi chuckled warningly," I’d think twice before saying more...Officer Hopkins."

"Do you think you are some big shot? What will you do? I’m going to arrest you now and throw you in a cell to rot for a few days! That will put some sense in you!"

Erasmi sighed and stood up casually, and walked to the man, leaning down to whisper slowly," I don’t think you can, officer. You’re going to have your hands full."

As he said this, loud sirens echoed outside and soon, a few junior officers stepped in, nabbing the goons who had been standing behind Officer Hopkins and the commissioner followed.

Officer Hopkins hesitated as he saw this scene. Could this man have the power to call the commissioner? No. It must be a coincidence or maybe Mrs. Mayor had sent him here as a backup...

Having reassured himself, Officer Hopking straightened and quickly greeted the commissioner. The man looked around the cafe and the people who were still watching raptly and sighed," What is the situation here, Officer Hopkins?"

Hopkins smirked at that and shrugged his shoulders, "Just a minor incident, sir. Nothing to worry about. This strange man here is trying to create trouble and I was just having a word with him."

"Vandalism is not a minor incident officer." Erasmi cut in.

Officer Hopkins sent him a resentful glare and threatened," Don’t try to cut in. If you had not instigated those gentlemen, they would not have..."

"That’s enough, Officer Hopkins. I have seen the car outside. This was not something done out of a moment of anger but these men had come here intending to create trouble. Take them away. And you! You are under investigation as well. It would be best if you surrendered your badge and gun while the investigation is underway.

As the onlookers watched in fascination, they could not help but look at this stranger in awe. He’d been here less than two hours and created a buzz. Big mama elbowed the young teenage boy and questioned," Do you have any idea what is going on?"

The young boy helplessly shook his head," I have no idea, big mama."

Once the protesting goons and the officer had been escorted away, the commissioner quickly walked over to the man," Mr. Erasmi. "I apologize for the inconvenience caused. Rest assured, we’ll conduct a proper investigation. If you could leave a forwarding address, I’ll make sure that an investigation report is sent to you."

"Thank you, commissioner. I’ll be staying here for the time being. If you could guide me with some place to rent out for a few days."

"You must have come so far out to rest. I see. I see. You’re in the right place. And this is Big Mama’s cafe. She can definitely help you. Miss Martha. Please help Mr Frost here. He is a guest of our little village. Mr. Erasmi, I hope you can overlook this and delete the video... It will give a bad name to the town." The commissioner requested...

Erasmi agreed with a nod and answered," I’ll delete this and add pictures of the car outside while letting everyone know that you intervened quickly. Thank you again, commissioner."

As everyone dispersed, Big Mama quickly approached Erasmi," You’ve done wonders, young man. I never would have believed that something like this would happen if not for that old coot commissioner walking in here. There are not many hotels in this town, but there is a small room available for rent, right above this cafe. I’ll give it to you for free since you’ve been such a great help. You can check if it suits you."

Erasmi wanted to protest but now that the matters had been resolved, he could see the crowd turning towards him, curious to know more about how things had transpired. And he needed to avoid that so he nodded and quickly asked the lady to show him the place. He needed to escape.

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