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“Who else could it be? Your fingerprints are on the weapon,” Yvonne said, her eyes red.
Danika smiled. She leaned forward and looked at Yvonne with interest. “Someone is framing me on purpose. Aren’t you curious to know who it is? What if it’s an enemy of the Dickmans?”
Yvonne frowned. She couldn’t understand why Danika could be so calm. The evidence clearly pointed to her. Where had her boldness come from?
“You’re quiet. Do I have enough reason to suspect that you, Miss Yvonne, have a reason to kill, too?” Danika smiled, but it didn’t reach her eyes.
“Nonsense!” Yvonne roared, but panic seared through her heart. “Steven is my brother. How could I kill him? Don’t fuck things up just because you want to!”
“I’ve heard your dad is sexist and never took you seriously. He would rather entrust the company to Steven instead of you. Yet, you dare say that you don’t hate him. Now that Steven’s dead, your dad will have no choice but to entrust the company to you. Isn’t that right? You’re the one who benefits from this.”
If Yvonne’s plot succeeded, she would be killing two birds with one stone-Steven and Danika, that is. It was a good calculation.
Danika’s words were heard not just by Yvonne but also by George Dickman and Joe Chapman. They both wore grim expressions because what Danika was saying made sense.
Yvonne was panicking. She suspected that Danika knew everything. Why else would she say stuff like that? But she didn’t lose her mind just yet. As long as Danika didn’t have definitive proof, it was all just speculation.
She scoffed and said, “Do you think you can run from your crimes just because of all this nonsense you’re saying?”
“No one can escape the law. That includes the both of us, Yvonne.” A smirk hung on Danika’s lips as if she were the prosecutor.
Yvonne was flustered. She didn’t want to keep the conversation going with Danika, fearing that she would say more damning things. She got up angrily and snorted coldly. “There’s no use in denying your wrongs. I’ll be waiting for your judgment.”
“Well, then, you’d better enjoy life while you can. After all, you might even receive your punishment before
I receive mine.” Danika smiled. Her face made Yvonne gnash her teeth in hatred.
Yvonne left the interrogation room, and Danika glared at her coldly. Once she was gone, Danika suddenly looked up at the surveillance camera. The people on the other side were watching intently, and when she turned to look at them, they were startled.
“Does…does she know that we’re watching?” Mr. Chapman murmured. He thought Danika was remarkable.
The moment Yvonne stepped out of the interrogation room, she could feel her father’s gaze, and her heart beat faster. Danika’s words must have raised his suspicions.
“You’re not seriously considering her words, are you, dad? She’s picking at our relationship on purpose,” Yvonne said. No matter what her father believed, she had to say something.
George was silent. He fixed his weary eyes on Yvonne as if deep in thought.
Yvonne continued, “Dad, only the two of us are left. We must team up to expand the Dickmans!”
A moment later, George seemed to be convinced by her words. He said in a low voice, “The culprit had better not be you. If I learn that this was your doing…I would rather give it away than pass it on to you!” Then, he turned to leave. Yvonne heaved a sigh of relief.
She watched her father leave and smirked. Steven was already dead. Who could prove that she was the one who did it? Once she inherited the company, she would repay him for his “love and affection.”
Steven’s death generated a lot of buzz on the internet. They pressed the police to find the murderer as soon as possible, which stressed the police. Joe Chapman called Eustace numerous times to obtain evidence that would clear Danika’s name. Otherwise, the police would most likely have to transfer Danika to an asylum.
Eustace kept himself busy. He contacted Zack and Gilbert and told them everything he knew so that they could discover more evidence.
Unfortunately, Yvonne had planned everything out. After Danika left the hospital and followed those men to a place with no cameras installed, nothing else could be found. They couldn’t even find out how she had gotten to the hotel.
Of course, their hopes were all placed on Zack.
The cameras in the hotel were destroyed after the incident. If they could restore the footage, they would find out what had happened.
“How much longer?” Gilbert looked at Zack, who was furiously typing on his keyboard. His face was full of worry.
“Not sure,” Zack said as he typed. “You know that my skills are nowhere near Danika’s. It would be much faster if she were the one doing this.”
Zack lamented his shoddy skills. If he had known that a day like this would come, he would have paid more attention in class.
“Just try to be fast.” Gilbert knew that Zack was anxious, so he said little else.
Eustace wasn’t idle, either. He stood at the hospital’s entrance, where Danika had stood that day.
-He didn’t look for clues at the hotel since the police had already gone through that place multiple times to no avail. However, the police hadn’t considered the location where Danika initially disappeared seriously. After all, it wasn’t the crime scene, and they didn’t know if there were any merit to Danika’s words.
Regardless, Eustace believed in Danika, so he chose to look for clues there. He tried to retrace her footsteps, believing there would be signs of it somewhere as long as something had happened.
The hospital led out to a few alleys. There were no cameras beyond this point. No one knew which alley those people had taken Danika to. Eustace didn’t know, either. Hence, he chose the dumbest method to find out. He walked through every single one.
Maybe the Heavens were watching and decided to help him. When he walked to the third alley, he discovered marks left behind from the fight. He could determine at once that this was where Danika had been knocked unconscious.
But it didn’t matter, even if he knew. He had no evidence.
As for surveillance cameras…
He looked around the area. Of course, there wouldn’t be cameras in a place like this.
As he was about to feel dejected, his peripherals swept over a nearby building. It was right next to the alley. Most important of all, a camera was installed on the balcony. And it was pointing right toward the alley.
With no time to think, Eustace strode toward the building.
Danika was brought out of the police station by Joe Chapman at night. He said, “Although there is evidence to prove that you were knocked unconscious, it isn’t enough to prove that you’re not Steven’s killer. It’s best if you don’t leave Parrington for a while and be on standby for the police.”
“Alright.” Danika nodded obediently.
Mr. Chapman had a gentle look on his face. How could such a nice woman be a murderer?
“Let’s go.” He saw a car that stopped nearby and gestured for her to go over.
Danika didn’t hesitate. The police station wasn’t a nice place to be. She would not miss it.
The person who had stopped for her by the road was Eustace.
Danika looked at him with mixed feelings. She had heard from Mr. Chapman that Eustace was the one who found the evidence. On top of that, he found it himself. She didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
She thought that her brothers would be the ones to save her. She didn’t think that Eustace would get it done first.
“Thank you,” she said as she walked over to him. She had to thank him.
The corners of his lips curled upward, enjoying the moment. “It’s my pleasure. It’s what I should be doing.”
“It’s not. You don’t owe me.”
Eustace’s instincts told him that if they continued this conversation, they would part on bad terms. So he changed the topic. “Just get in. I’ll bring you out for a nice meal.”