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210. The Crime of Passion
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Until she met him 211. Schemes
The series of response rang in the car once again. William cleared his throat before responding once again.“I won’t drag this issues any longer than necessary. A lot of time is already wasted. I hope you are all aware of Ken Li’s disappearance from jail days ago.” He inquired.“Yes I heard it a few hours ago,” Philip stated.“I’m aware”, Carlos simply answered.“I have knowledge of it”, Jake answered.“I heard it at the airport when Jake and I were leaving the airport. I heard he’s on the list of the most wanted criminal and almost all the forces are at the look out for him.” Richard voiced out cautiously.“Good! It’s nice you all have ideas about his disappearance. But what you don’t know is that he was found dead by the police some minutes ago and by all indications, he has been dead for some time now. He was killed gruesomely and the police saying it is a crime of passion. But there’s more; all this is frame someone for his murder.” He paused and waited for their reaction. Alice an
Until she met him 212. The Main Suspect
The eerie atmosphere around them was felt by everyone, including those that are not physically present in the car with them.“Grandpa? What do we do now? Where do we start from?”, Alexander spoke in a hoarse voice. It took the explanation William gave to make him aware of the urgency of the matter at hand. He reached over to take the shaking Alice hands in his.“Good! Good question! First? First, we look for their informant and it has to be one of the workers in the mansion because the person knew you had a fight with her and she was going to act irrationally. So the person sent her the message of the address knowing fully well that she wasn’t emotionally and mentally stable at that time. In that state, she was bound to make that mistake.” William pointed out knowingly. The rest could only keep quiet and listen over the phone. They all knew how well calculated and well thought William was, to have him in your team guarantees a win for that team.“How? How do we do that? A lot of people
Until she met him 213. Ruby
After inspector John Carter explanation, the room was oddly quiet and just like, it may seems as if a needle falling down on the floor could be heard from miles away due to the silence that followed his explanation.“What do you mean by Alice is your main suspect? You derived this how? From an office card you found at the crime scene? That’s your only evidence? What a joke?! You are here claiming someone to be your main suspect base on an office card you found on the crime scene, what if it was planted there? Do you have any other evidence against her? I will fucking sue the police department if that statement continues without more evidence and it gets to the hearing of the media.” Alexander cried out angrily.“The case just started, calm down. The reason why she’s labeled as the main suspect and person of interest in this particular case is because of what transpired between them some time back in the past. I mean he was in jail for crimes he committed against her and your family.” J
Until she met him 214. The Slip
Lilly said all that to Inspector John Carter but in reality, she had seen that particular perfume case and bottle numerous times over since they started living together with Alexander and Alice. Alice got obsessed and hooked on that perfume after Alexander gifted it to her years ago. According to Alice, there was a pleasant transition of aroma from fruity-sweet to a mild spice when you get a sniff of the perfume. Its top notes whiffs off Bergamot, orange and Ginger accords, as it transits to a Woody floral heart note of Patchouli and Rose. The scent is notable to accentuate and leave an oriental fragrance formed by its base notes, Amber and Vanilla.And the initials on that perfume as stated by Inspector John Carter as was simply Alice Jet Johnson as per her gazetted name. The ruby crystal diamonds used as the decorations on the initials in the bottle was Alice birth stone.Keeping all this in mind, Lilly stood on her two legs and stared blankly at the three of them that was obviously
Until she met him 215. The Traffic
They all stood frozen on the ground and watch the man make his exist shamefully. When Inspector John Carter disappearance from their sight and closed the door, the awkward and uncomfortable silence followed his departure. No one amongst Alexander, Alice and William turned to look at the angry looking Lilly because they knew the kind of expression she will be spotting on her face if they make the mistake of looking her in the face.“Hmmm I will be going to my room now. I know when and where am not wanted and I can swear with my life that you three have something very important to discuss. Excuse me!”, Lilly uttered through her gritted teeth an angry expression. She walked past them and made her way up the stairs.They all stared at each other in panic, too dumbfounded to say a word or react.“No stop grandma!”, Alice stopped her before she took any step further. She was the first to recover from their initial shock and stopped Lilly before they make things worse with her. “Why?! Why?!
Until she met him 216. The Wire
The adults look at each other in confusion before turning to the wall clock for confirmation. Indeed, the kids speak the truth and they were now more than two hours late from the time they usually get home.William cleared his throat dramatically, “what happened? What caused the said traffic?”, he asked curiously.“Oh! An accident occurred at the intersection. I heard a police inspector was the one involved in the said accident. I overheard some of the police officers talk about him and about his corrupt he was.” Junior stated with a careless shrug of his shoulders. The adults felt their heart drop and they panicked internally.“In-inspector? Inspector you said? Did-did-did you happen to overhear his name?”, Lilly questioned him with a frightening look. She was scared of the answer he will give to her question.“Are you okay Grandma? You look scared!”, Aurora muttered, Lilly just smiled awkwardly and turned to Junior for his response. They got their answer alright but it didn’t come fr
Until she met him 217. The Li Amongst The Johnsons
The rest of the week became an anxious and nervous week for mostly the adults in the Johnsons mansion. They were always fidgeting and looking over their shoulders for what they don’t even know. It didn’t help matters that a mysterious anonymous number keeps sending them parts of the recordings that was allegedly supposed to be in the possession of the late John Carter.Days went by very fast and soon the death of inspector John Carter became a thing of the past. The police and other forces were going wild with the investigations and was duly updating the public as they worked. So far, it was known that John Carter was corrupt as the other police officers stated earlier, an unexplainable huge sum of money was found in his account after his death. The money was wired into his personal account by a anonymous person which was traced back into Ken Li’s money laundering account. Suspicions were raised because that account was emptied by the federal government when he was arrested years ago f
Until she met him 218. Closure and Revenge
Lilly looked around in confusion, she wasn’t getting the understanding of what was stated. “I-I-I still don’t understand!”, Lilly exclaimed in denial. She can accept that the Amira that worked for them was a traitor that betrayed them but to believe she’s a Li? That was something else she wasn’t ready to believe anytime soon.“Darling? What he is trying to say is that, the Amira we use to know, that quiet and sweet girl that betrayed us and left the house days ago is a Li and was sent to be amongst us for only God knows what. She’s the Li planted amongst us the Johnsons!” William stated through his gritted teeth. He was fuming and he was fuming hard. The conspiracy was deeper and well planned than he had thought. He looked around him in anguish and was met with dumbfounded expression from the others. Silence was never supposed to be loud but this particular silence that followed the explanation William gave was deafening. “This is outrageous! This isn’t funny anymore! What if she was
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