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Chapter 242

Chapter 242 I Was Always at Your Beck and Call

The words that followed, I didn’t say, I just nervously clenched my hands.

Seeing my panic, Walter squeezed my hand and said, “Don’t worry just yet. The coroner only said it’s a

possibility. They haven’t done the autopsy yet. Let’s wait for the results and then we’ll figure out what to

do.”

I suppressed my unease, waiting for him to finish his call with Captain Lucas.

Perhaps hearing my voice, Captain Lucas began, “The autopsy results are not out yet, nothing can be

determined. Without solid evidence, the police won’t take any other actions.” He said this to me, as if

to

reassure me.

I pursed my lips, without uttering a word.

Walter asked over the phone, “What’s the deal with the skeletons around Henry?”

“It should be the people who died at Henry’s hands before, judging by the timeline, it should be those

who had offended him during his reign. The identities of these deceased have not yet been revealed,”

Captain Lucas began, pausing before adding, “However, the police station might need to call Daniel

in.”

Walter didn’t respond, he simply said, “This is your police department’s business.”

After speaking, he hung up the phone.

Looking at Walter, I was puzzled, “The body has already been found, why do the police still need to

interrogate Daniel? Both he and Sebastian were involved in this because of me.”

Walter looked at me, his dark eyes slightly sinking, “He helped you hide the body, and accidentally hid it

in Henry’s lair, and even accidentally involved other murders. Do you really think there are so many

coincidences in this world?”

I frowned, “The Heart Island is remote, and that place had been abandoned for a long time. It’s the best

place to hide a body. Isn’t it normal that Daniel would choose there?”

He raised an eyebrow, “You think so because you are familiar with the geography of River City, but

Daniel is from Freyhedge, he has only been in River City for just over a month. How do you think he

knew such a good place to hide a body in such a short time?”

I was stunned, unable to articulate a reasonable explanation for a

moment.

So, the topic was stopped here.

Although Henry’s body was found, the problems we had to face were even more troublesome.

Naturally, I couldn’t get out of the police’s sight, and I went to the police station with Walter again.

Fortunately, Captain Lucas vouched for me on the grounds that I was very cooperative with the police

investigation. I didn’t have to stay at the police station to wait for the investigation results, but could

come over anytime when summoned. This allowed me not to have to continue staying at the police

station.

When Walter and I were preparing to leave, we ran into Daniel who was coming.

we nuched in by someone, a good-looking man in a wheelchair,

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Upon seeing me and Walter, Daniel’s eyes slightly narrowed. Then, hist dark pupils shifted towards me,

and he asked in a calm voice, “Has the matter been resolved?”

I shook my head slightly, looking at him and said, “I’m sorry for dragging you into this.” He came here,

simply because he was summoned for questioning.

He smiled lightly, seemingly unconcerned, and said, “No problem, we’re not strangers to each other. It’s

my honor to be able to help you.”

I was stunned, shocked by his sudden words. He didn’t seem like the type to make such ambiguous

remarks, and in the few times I had. interacted with him before, he had never said anything like this.

I distinctly felt the temperature in the air drop sharply, something was off. I glanced sideways at Walter,

his face unchanged, but his dark eyes were fixed on Daniel, who was smiling. I wasn’t sure if it was my

imagination, but I always felt that there was a warning in Walter’s gaze at that moment.

And Daniel, clearly not caring, just glanced at him, and looked at me with a dismissive smile, saying,

“Feel free to call on me anytime in the future, I’ll be there whenever you need.”

At that moment, I had no idea what to say. I watched him pull a smile uglier than crying, and in the end,

I could only utter two words, “Thank you.”

Daniel gave a faint smile, using an excuse, he had his people push him into the police station.

From beginning to end, it seemed like he had never spoken a word to Walter, not even a single

greeting.

Daniel entered, Walter’s complexion was not very good, to be precise, it was extremely bad.

I inexplicably felt a sense of guilt as if I had been caught cheating. For a moment, I didn’t know what to

say to Walter, so I simply kept silent and continued to walk away.

Parking lot.

When I arrived, I was brought by the police, without driving a car. By then, it was already dark and

diflicult to hail a taxi.

Just as I was agonizing over whether to find a way to hail a cab back, Walter’s deep, restrained voice

came, “What are you thinking?”

“Huh?” I was taken aback, staring at him in surprise. His warm yet. angry black eyes made me feel a bit

guilty. I shook my head, “No!”

He didn’t ask much, just said one sentence, “Get in the car, grandma is still waiting for us at home.”