215: Interrogation
Ryder didn't open his mouth, and he didn't reply.
"Answer me," Ray let out again.
"Yes, I know him," Ryder answered as he told the truth.
"How do you know him?" Ray further inquired as he smiled. He believed that he was getting close to the truth since Ryder had already accepted knowing Pasher.
" The building you saw me coming out of is something that I own, as I already told you. It belonged to someone called Stanner Stan before. I did a search on the net and found the son of Stanner Stan," Ryder replied.
Ray looked towards the screen of the machine and nodded his head.
"Alright. Did you meet Pasher Stan today?" Ray asked again.
Ryder was trying to find his way through without lying by trying to tell the vague truth, but there was no way around it anymore. He knew that even if he escaped one question, he wasn't able to escape by being vague for a long time. He needed to fool the lie detector test to be successful.
He knew that the test used the irregular heartbeat to detect the lies, so first, he needed to keep his heartbeat calm.
"I didn't meet Pasher today," Ryder replied after a while.
Ray looked at the screen and nodded his head.
"Alright. You didn't meet him today, so you might not be the one that kidnapped him, but that doesn't exonerate you," Ray let out as he shook his head.
"Did you see anyone else inside your building?" Ray asked again.
"I didn't see anyone," Ryder replied as he smiled. He was someone happy to know that it was working.
"Were you the masked man that saved me in Washington?" Ray asked Ryder.
"No, I was not the one you're talking about," Ryder replied with a confident look on his face.
"Do you know anything about the Bio-terrorists that were involved in the encounter in Washington?" Ray inquired.
"No," Ryder responded again as he tried to keep his heartbeat steady.
"Have you killed the girl that you kidnapped yesterday?" Ray let out as he asked about Riya.
"No, I don't even know what girl you're talking about," Ryder replied.
"Do you know about the plan of the BioTerror?" Ray asked.
"No," Ryder answered.
Ray again looked at the screen and nodded his head.
"Do you know where we can find more members of BioTerror?" Ray inquired.
"No," Ryder answered again.
Ray continued asking the questions and Ryder kept replying while keeping his heart steady.
"Alright. I have only two more questions," Ray muttered.
" Will you ever help the enemies of the country and the innocent people?" Rey asked Ryder.
"Never," Ryder replied.
"Last question. Will you help us against Bioterror? We can give you anything you want if you help us. Will you reconsider cooperating with us, or will you do it alone?" Ray asked again.
"I don't know what you're talking about," Ryder answered.
Ray looked at the screen of the machine one last time. He closed the briefcase as he sighed.
"I guess we really were wrong. I apologize for bringing you here, and I would like to thank you for your cooperation. You can leave now. Our man is standing outside. He'll escort you back to your car," Ray said as he looked at Ryder apologetically.
"I told you you were wrong. At Least you know when to accept the wrong," Ryder let out in annoyance as he stood up and left the room.