Facade of Love

Chapter 34 The Body Is Missing

“She left,” Idris said, his dark eyes still fixed on me. This man was much taller than me, and talking to him with my head tilted back made my neck hurt, so I simply avoided any further conversation.

I tore open the hydrogen peroxide and cotton balls to treat his wound, which was indeed deep. I could see the many layers under his skin split open. I could not help but gasp inwardly–that seemingly tiny life was really very sharp. If it had been a ⠀man attacking, I feared that Idris‘ hand would have been forever ruined.

He hissed in pain, perhaps because I had been too rough.

old coldly. “Bear with

I paused for a moment, looked up at him with a dark face, and the pain. I’m not Moore. I can’t give you any sweet, soft words ”

He just smiled silently at me.

I did not want to talk to him any more than necessary. I quickly treated his wound and cleaned up the trash, then listened in to the police officers nearby.

I could not help but look over when I heard voices from their direction, only to see a mutilated puppy lying in the opened trunk. It had probably been there for days and was somewhat decomposed.

checking the scene and frowned at me. “Ms. Scott,

also baffled and glanced at Benett’s wife. She seemed to be in a daze, looking at the dead dog in the trunk and muttering to herself, “He deserved to die, he deserved to

out what was happening. I repeated to the police what the woman had told me earlier in the cafe, saying helplessly, “I don’t

the scene, the police officer said to another officer, “Take her statement, and try to get in touch with the

and then questioned Benett’s wife. After the police interviewed her, I learned that this woman’s name was Sophia Sanchez and she was in her forties. If not for learning her age, I would

the same story she told me in the cafe, but when the police

to contact him, I called the front desk at Scott Corporation and asloed them to look for Benett

business trip to Tully City five days ago and had not returned. I got his contact

b*dy found and the supposed victim unreachable, the pollee could not confirm anything, Sophia kept muttering, “I killed him, stabbed him

police took her home. There was indeed a pool of blood in the living room. At first, the police thought it was human blood, but after testing, they discovered it was the blood

the supposed victim could not be reached and the police could not confirm the situation

and I was not in a hurry to leave. Idris, on the other hand, was receiving one phone call after another.

not help but sneer. “You seem busy, Mr.

at his phone but at me,

also curious about what’s going on here. I want to know whether Benett