“Ms. Melanie, solitary confinement doesn’t allow anyone else to accompany...” the police officer cut her off with her frown.“I’m talking about something else,” Melanie said calmly.Her insistence surprised those who were watching. Even the police officers themselves were surprised. No one could have thought that the first person that could regain their composure was the young woman in front of them, especially when she was accused of being Charles’s killer with all the evidence pointing at her.How could she be so calm? How could she even think of exchanging terms with the police officers?“This is a murder and a scheme. While I’m the primary suspect, I request to be a witness to the investigation,” Melanie said.“You don’t have that right,” the officer refused.But Melanie still refused to give up. “From what I know, your country also has no right to allow all those people in the VIP seats to be there when you’re gathering evidence, right? You still allowed them to do so either
“What do you mean?”The captain asked Melanie.“From your expression, I supposed that I’m mostly accurate in this matter?”Melanie said with determination, “Then, please explain to me if, in theory, my fingerprints were really left behind by the murderer, does that mean that the tool he used is made of silicon?”The captain picked up that taser and sniffed it with his nose. Other than the smell of burnt metal caused by the electricity surge, there was no other scent...“Replicating one’s fingerprints does require the use of silicon, but because silicon has a strong smell, a professional would have removed the scent. There won’t be any scent left behind.”The captain suspiciously explained to them. “I’ve given it a sniff, and there’s no smell. Try smelling it yourself.”The other officers passed the gun around and sniffed, and they all agreed that there was no silicon scent.“Just because you can’t smell it, doesn’t mean I can’t,” Melanie said.“We can all be a witness to that.
Joseph sat in the garden’s greenhouse. The angle he was sitting at allowed him to see Melanie inside the room. Only after a long while did he say...“Cyrus really likes his little disciple.”“That’s right. He’s been sitting by the door. He never left.” The butler agreed.At this time, a sharply dressed subordinate quickly walked over. He said something to the butler and gave him a document. The butler read it and his expression changed slightly.Before he could say anything, Joseph asked without turning his head, “The test results are out?”“Yes... Master Joseph.”“She’s not...?” Under Joseph’s eyelids, his eyes trembled.“No...”The butler walked over and put the results in Joseph’s hand. “Miss Melanie Jones is not the young master’s descendant... But someone has been tracking us all the way, wanting to sabotage the test results during the festivities. However, our people managed to avoid them without alerting them. The result is real... Master Joseph... Please don’t be sad...
The entire area was in an uproar.The police didn’t find any trace of silicon!But Melanie had been so sure that almost everyone was deceived by her! Was she trying to buy time? Or maybe she had another partner in crime? Or did she have some other goal?“That’s impossible! I didn’t get it wrong!”Melanie was riled up. She couldn’t believe that this was how things were going to end.She was very confident with her sense of smell. Unless her body was injured, her sense of smell had never failed her.“Stop arguing, Miss Melanie! From now on, you have the right to remain silent. Everything you say can and will be used against you at court!”The high-ranking officer continued, “According to our analysis, there’s no silicon on the taser gun at all. And the grip of the taser is also not made of silicon. If you maintain your argument, the court will believe that you are trying to avoid taking responsibility for your crime!”“If the material isn’t made of silicon, then there’s no mistak
The man had a bony face with very prominent cheeks. He had handsome features and his lips curved downward. His hair, brows, and sideburns were neatly trimmed, and even his collars were properly ironed.Melanie instinctively felt that he was probably the cleanest man she had ever seen in the past twenty-odd years.He was one of the Yorks’ heirs?Before coming to Medonia, she had read up on the Yorks. Because the Yorks had a hereditary heart condition, the family had always had few members.The patriarch, Joseph York, had one son and one daughter, but they both passed away when they were still young. They had left behind two young grandchildren for Joseph. One was said to be very violent, and the other quite hardhearted. She wondered which of these two he was...The high-ranking officer read the bloody report and called the police station’s laboratory, asking them to do the same test on the same sample.“Bring me the person that brought us the report with no silicon traces!” The hi
“I know that this isn’t Harbor City nor your territory, but I’ll accompany her.” Jeffrey consoled him with a whisper when he saw Cyrus getting agitated.“Accompany her?”Cyrus gave a cold smile. “Do you think you’re the aegis of Melanie or something?”There were some murmurs from the people around them who were watching, as well as Leo’s coughing every now and then.Melanie gave Jeffrey a look. When she saw the certainty in his eyes, she knew that he had made arrangements. She calmed down a little and walked over to hold Cyrus’s hand and said...“It’s alright, Master. Let’s go home... There’s no use throwing temper tantrums, right?”“What temper tantrums?! You’re the one that’s being forced to stay here, not me!”Cyrus pretended to be frustrated and pushed her hand away before he got back into his car with his crutch.When the convoy finally reached the banquet hall on the island, they saw Joseph waiting for them with a group of people behind him. When he saw Melanie get out of
“Leo’s the one that protected the key evidence with his men, which proved my theory right. Otherwise, the test result for the silicon would have been changed. I believe that I owe him thanks for that,” Melanie explained.“Oh?”Joseph turned around and gave Leo a glance. “You’re being attentive for once!”He paused a little before turning around and said, “But it’s all useless. The culprit surrendered himself while you were on your way to the station. Even without the test results, Melanie is innocent!”“You’re right. Cough.”Leo nodded gently, pushing the wheelchair from behind.Joseph turned around and looked at Melanie before saying, “There’s no need to thank him. You youths have your own rules, so you can talk about it on your own. For now, let us eat.”“Sure.”Melanie nodded while Leo gave her a faint smile.She suddenly realized that the atmosphere was a little awkward. She turned around and saw Jeffrey frowning very deeply.She wanted to slow down and wait for him, sens
The ending of a banquet was the start of another with a different reason.Melanie was getting tired of it, and for some reason Cyrus and Jeffrey weren’t with her.Joseph told his men to take her to a room for some rest and prepared several sets of outfit for her to change into, but she wasn’t that happy and simply went downstairs after fixing her makeup.The York’s old butler bent over while he was pushing Joseph’s wheelchair and said, “Sir, everything’s ready. Later, Miss Melanie will personally thank Leo. Leo will then take her to the next building. The atmosphere will be just nice.”Joseph’s lips formed a wry smile as he ordered, “Keep an eye on Jeffrey.”“He’s not here. Something seemed to have happened and he left the island to deal with it,” the butler said.Joseph nodded. “Then keep an eye on that dock and don’t let him return!”“Understood!”Melanie went downstairs and chatted for a while, and looked around. She then asked one of the servants, “Where’s your young master