Athaw Hla Aung - Beyond the Darkness

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The incident in the onion field happened on a Saturday night.

Saturday nights in the Hollywood movie capital are always a time of car thieves.

So, on Saturday nights, police officers focus more on the wide stretch of Sunset Boulevard, where car thieves are most likely to be active.

There are also a lot of people around there. Thieves, pickpockets, gangsters, prostitutes, ex-prisoners, sailors, marines, and a hundred other people. When it gets really late at night, the big clubs close. At that time, only small bars and restaurants remain, which is the time when the bad guys are most likely to be around.

Just as they are popular with bad guys, they are also popular with seasoned police officers. This is where they compete with the bad guys in terms of intelligence.

Ian Campbell is an experienced police officer. He has also encountered false reports many times, such as "bad guys gathering somewhere."

They also encounter unexpected dangers at any time. However, there is hardly a person in their police force who does not love danger.

Karl Hettinger is a police officer who has just arrived to work on a car theft squad.

Therefore, Ian, who is already experienced, explained to him in advance what would happen and what he would encounter.

“You served in the Marines, right?” Ian asked Carl on their first night of joint duty.

They both drove cars without license plates and were on duty without uniforms.

“Marine communications,” Carl replied, nodding.

"Yes, I'm in the transport and communications unit too."

From that night on, the two of them became close friends. They asked each other about each other.

"You dropped out of college right before you graduated, didn't you?"

I'm the same way, what languages ​​did you major in?"

On the third night of working together, Ian asked again.

"Let's say the agricultural beer festival, it's not according to the plan, it's just a random focus, hee hee"

Carl laughed in response. Ian joined him in the laughter.

“I took biology and pre-med courses, but now we both have different careers based on the subjects we studied.”

As we drove, both of them remained silent, each with their own thoughts.

Ian Campbell's father was a doctor. He died when Ian was young.

Therefore, his mother, Chrissy, had to struggle hard to raise her only son, a man of his own.

Ian was unable to finish his education and joined the army and served in the Korean War. After he was discharged, he joined the police force. His mother, Chrissy, did not object to his joining the police force at all.

However, when Ian was about to get married, his mother suddenly disagreed.

"It's true that I'm different from you, Mom. Just because I'm different doesn't mean I'm not educated. I'm not college educated, Mom. I dropped out of high school, but I'm taking a correspondence course to get a diploma. I'm very shy. I never say anything. I'm honest. I'm not saying anything to you, Mom."

But Adah is just a girl like any other. She is so thin. You can almost feel her bones sticking out from under her clothes. When she wears high heels, she becomes six feet and one inch taller, which makes it even worse.

Adah is not a beautiful girl, but she is a lovely girl.

When she first met Ian, Adair was still scared of him. Ian inherited his mother's traits, so he was very disciplined. She also worried about whether their family's personality would match Ian's.

In fact, Adah herself is very different in appearance and personality from her family.

Another thing was that Ian's mother would accuse him of not continuing to attend medical school.

"Ian not continuing to attend medical school has nothing to do with me. Ian himself is determined to attend medical school," he says, and it's tiring to come up with solutions every time he meets with his friends.

Finally, the two of them got married.

About a week after the wedding, Ian's mother, Chrissy, started asking questions to Ada.

"So, how do you feel about your married life?"

“Oh, Ian, apart from reading the letters, it’s very relaxing.”

After Ian and the two got married, they rented a separate apartment in Hollywood and lived separately.