“Shadow?”“Yeap.” Cecile rested her chin on her palm. “I’m sure you know what shadow means, right, Mrs. Goldmann? It means she can only live under the light of other people. She will forever be that person's accessory. Everyone knows about Sue, but no one knows that Sue has a sister named Maxine.”Maxine and Sue were twins. However, her mother preferred Sue over Maxine from childhood. This was because Sue had been the most outstanding child in her mother's eyes.Sue had good grades since she was a kid, but her sister, Maxine, was totally opposite of her. Their mother had kept comparing Maxine to her sister. Whenever their relatives or other guests visited them, their mother would only let Sue come out to receive the guests, and she would lock Maxine up in the room.After all, in her mother’s opinion, Maxine was an extra. She was a disgrace to their family. After graduating high school, Maxine had not been accepted into the Turner Institute of Art. Instead, Sue had been accepted i
Maisie asked, “Where was it abandoned?”The police officer put the photo on the table and replied, “It’s somewhere in the middle of the wilderness. There is nothing left but the metal frame of the car. There was no one in the car, so we do suspect that the accident was an intentional murder. After hitting the victim, the culprit burned the car down to erase the evidence.”Maisie pressed her lips thin. “What about the recording in the car?”“Someone took it away,” the police officer replied.Maisie fell silent. Without a doubt, it was an intentional murder. Otherwise, they would not need to go through all the effort of destroying the evidence. “This has nothing to do with Mr. Donovan and his men, right?”“We’ve interrogated them several times. They admitted that they had beaten and threatened the victim before, but they didn’t kill her.”After Maisie left the office, she stood in the corridor and frowned deeply. ‘If it's intentional murder, then Maxine indeed is the greatest sus
Tanner looked at the crumpled photo and set his jaw tightly.…At night, Maisie was doing the financial report in her notebook on the bed. When Nolan came out of the bathroom, he put the towel he used to wipe his hair aside and walked up to her. The bed sank, and a warm body approached her from behind. Before she could do anything, she was enveloped by the fragrance of the body shampoo.“Are you still working, Zee?” he asked.She turned over and placed her palm on his chest. “Of course, I’m busy. I have to bring work home.”Nolan kissed the center of her eyebrows before moving on to her lips. She groaned and reached out to hug him. “Nolan.”“I’m here,” he replied as he deepened the kiss.Maisie opened her lips with difficulty and said, “I don't feel comfortable if we can't find out the relationship between Cecile and Maxine. It seems to me that Maxine is coming for me.”He stopped and glanced at her face. Maisie’s eyelashes trembled, and she continued, “Linda’s death might be
‘She was clearly the party involved, but she was able to make herself sound like an outsider calmly, making it impossible for others to doubt her.’Maisie took a glance at the rearview mirror and frowned slightly.‘Isn’t the car behind the one parked outside the police station?’The other party suddenly accelerated, overtook her car, and was now driving right in front of her car.At that moment, Maisie’s front wheels broke abruptly, and the front of the car got out of control. When it was about to hit, Maisie had to turn the steering wheel quickly, and the body of the car skidded into a sign by the roadside.The sudden impact left a high-pitch hum echoing within her head, and her vision turned blurry as she stared at the vehicle that stopped right next to her car for a few minutes and then drove away.Meanwhile, at Blackgold…Nolan and Quincy came out of the conference room. After Quincy answered a phone call, he caught up to Nolan immediately. “Mr. Goldmann, Mrs. Goldmann has r
Nolan’s eyes became stern and cold. He hung up the call and turned to look at her. “Be good and wait for me here.”He then got up and went out.Maisie leaned her back against the head of the bed, and she fell into a daze when the door closed.‘Tanner wouldn't make a move on me for no reason. This matter is getting stranger and stranger. What‘s the reason behind all this?…Nolan and Quincy brought some men to Hannigans Inc. directly.Their stance and grandeur seemed to have petrified the staff members at the front desk. They then called Tanner’s assistant immediately after returning to their senses.The assistant was a little confused when he received the news. He was about to report the incident to Tanner, but the moment the metal doors of the elevator opened, Nolan had already walked out of it.He glanced at the assistant expressionlessly. “Is Mr. Hannigan in?”The assistant nodded. “Yes...”He slowly undid the buttons on his sleeves and followed Quincy straight to the entr
‘Even if she’s investigated Mrs. Goldmann before this, it’s impossible for her to know everything down to the very details as if she’s very close to Mrs. Goldmann. Besides, if Maxine wants to avenge Sue Reynolds, the person that she should hate should be Rowena because Rowena was the one who killed Sue. So, why would she make Mrs. Goldmann her primary target instead?’Nolan stopped in front of the elevator, fastened his buttons while listening to Quincy’s mumbling, and turned to look at him. “This isn’t an act of revenge.”The elevator’s doors opened at this moment. Quincy followed Nolan in and pressed the floor button. He could not help but wonder. “What is it if it’s not for revenge? She’s doing so just for fun?”Nolan laughed. “If what you want is revenge, will you end the other party directly?”Quincy paused for a bit. “That’s for sure. However, what I do must be permitted by law.”“That’s it.” Nolan’s expression looked meaningful and profound. “If all she wanted were to take
Maisie was stunned. “He didn’t like her?”Alfred sighed. “Lorraine came from the maternal side of the family and is considered a distant relative. Although it was already in the post-reform era, the Wolfsbanes were a huge and wealthy family at that time and retained some feudal ideology.“Mr. Summers was a boy, so he had better education, but Lorraine’s story was different. She didn’t have the opportunity to attend school at that time, so her education level was different from that of Mr. Summers, and it was difficult to get along with someone whose ideas and concepts were so distinct from hers.“What’s more, Lorraine was Mr. Summers’s cousin, so in other words, he was forced to marry his own cousin. Even though they weren’t closely related, still, not many people could accept it back then.”Maisie was a little surprised to hear that. Marriages between close relatives were basically an ancient tradition. It was very common before the late 19th century, especially amongst large and
Titus had chosen to believe in Rowena over and over again back then only because he wanted to give Rowena the opportunity to change for the better. In fact, it was not that Titus did not doubt Rowena, it was just that his prejudice against Maisie and his stubbornness made him turn a blind eye to the facts.No one would deny that Titus had always been kind and benevolent to Rowena, but what he did not know was that his kindness was also the force that drove Rowena toward the sins that she committed.Maisie leaned on his shoulder. “If she had a complete and happy family, perhaps...”‘Perhaps she wouldn’t have grown into someone that extreme.’“So, you’re a strong woman.” Nolan interrupted her with a smile and held her cheek in his hand. “At least you’ve grown into a kind and considerate woman.”She laughed. “At least my mother loved me very much.”Although her father and mother had not gotten together because of love, her mother’s love for her was sincere and genuine.She thought