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Chapter 243

A bodyguard said, “Sorry, no filming allowed right now. Hand over the film.”

A reporter retorted, “On what grounds? Which department are you from? We're filming legally. Where are your

IDs?”

The reporters’ protests died out suddenly after seeing their ID cards. Their faces froze, and they didn’t dare to

move.

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A few minutes later, all the footage was deleted, and their phones and cameras were given back. The reporters

couldn't help but ask curiously. “Why are they protecting Mrs. Richardson?”

The man in black didn’t react. His eyes scanned the area, listening intently to every sound. His gaze stayed on

the garden.

The reporters sensed something was wrong and looked again. Then they saw Quinlyn, wondering. What is her

story? Even the Perry family’s bodyguards follow her orders. With one look, she got the victim’s family cleared

out!

Quinlyn took Cher’s hand and led her back inside. “You want them to make the first move and face the law,

Quinlyn said. seeing through Cher’s plan right away.

Cher didn’t deny it. “Since they want to stir things up, | don’t mind making it worse. The more chaos, the more

likely the killer will slip up.”

Quinlyn shook her head. “There are other ways to force him out.” Cher didn’t need to put herself in danger.

Cher forced a smile. “I know Zane's situation. If this drags on, the truth won't matter. Public opinion alone could

ruin him.” They'd finally found a quiet, stable place to live.

Cher changed the topic. “I didn’t expect you to have so much pull. Even the government is watching you.” There

were familiar faces outside. She knew that Quinlyn stepped up to protect her.

Investigations took time, and Bennett was moving fast. “We haven't gotten the family’s okay to do an autopsy.

We can't tell the killer's height from the wounds. Nearby cameras were damaged, even the wires cut. We think it

happened around the murder time.”

“Cap, we found an eyewitness who saw the victim with a man in the rain,” a policeman reported.

The new witness was a garbage collector. He'd been hiding from the rain in a nearby restroom.

When he saw Zane, he trembled in fear.

“Sir, have you seen him?” Bennett asked. The witness nodded right away.

The witness replied, “When | saw him waving next door, he was wearing this black outfit. Then he took that man

inside. Later, | heard someone died here, so | was scared to cforward.”

Joss cut in. “I remember now. It was thundering and lightning. | thought my husband was home, but | heard a

voice outside, like he was talking to someone. That beast tricked him into going inside.”

Joss finished her statement, crying. As soon as she cout, she heard the witness's words and becmore

certain that Zane was the murderer.

Cher’s lips moved, but she said nothing.

Quinlyn walked out, cto the witness, looked into his cloudy eyes, and asked, “Did you really see his face? It

was dark, no street lights in the rain.”

“Well, I'm pretty sure the clothes are the same, and the height seems right, but he had his back to me. They all

look alike to me,” the witness said, sounding less sure now.

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Hearing that, Bennett sent someone to check if they could see the place clearly from the restroom.

Joss still wanted to argue, but Quinlyn turned to her, her eyes calm. “Ma'am, do you want to find a random killer

or catch the real one?”

Joss was taken aback, a bit confused by the question. She wondered, “Zane has a criminal record, isn’t he the

killer?

She ignored the truth-only evidence was 100% certain.

When the officer cback, he said it was too far to see clearly.

Bennett frowned and said, “One thing's certain. The killer opened the door and invited the victim in before killing

him. If the victim didn’t know the killer, he wouldn't have gone inside.”

That made sense, considering Zane and Bobby had been neighbors for ages.

Quinlyn wasn’t convinced. That day when they met, the parents were clearly scared of Zane-they didn’t even

dare look at him. Plus, he kept to himself and never talked to the neighbors. It was likely he got mistaken for

someone else on that rainy day.

Bennett said, “Well, it's late. Let's wait until dawn tomorrow when there are fewer people around before taking

him back to the station. You all go get ssleep.”

It was already 11 p.m. All the clues pointed to Zane and Bennett decided to hold him for now.

Only then did Joss agree to leave and tell her family what happened.

Through the glass window, Quinlyn saw Bobby's son’s eyes red from crying as he slowly followed his family. Zane

just stood there, expressionless, not even looking at him.

Later that night, Quinlyn went back to her room and turned on her computer.

Halfway through her work, Cher cover to Quinlyn. She saw the computer was on and figured Quinlyn was

busy. But when she walked up, she noticed the familiar surveillance footage. “You think the killer knew Zane?”

The footage was from the street in front of Zane’s company. Quinlyn nodded. “Whoever messed with the

surveillance first must've known the place inside out. They probably watched for a while, waiting for the perfect

moment to strike.”

Cher smiled, “All your theories hinge on Zane not being the killer. You sure about that?”

“Um,” Quinlyn said, sounding more sure now. “There's a fifth person. It's not Zane. The eyes of a fresh killer

wouldn't look like that. They'd be colder, more frantic, maybe even excited. In short, they wouldn't look so

calm.”

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It was an old metal box. Quinlyn opened it and found letters inside. They were from different people, all

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