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

in a daze, looking at the dead dog in the trunk and muttering to herself, “He deserved to

told me earlier in the cafe, saying helplessly, “I don’t get it either. She didn’t seem to be lying at the time, which is why I asked you to come

“Take her statement, and try to get in touch with the person she claims was killed to verify the

nodded 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

murder and the hidden b*dy in the car, she told the police the same story she told me in the cafe, but when

called the front desk at Scott Corporation and

Benett had gone on a business trip to Tully City five days ago and

kept muttering, “I killed him, stabbed him over and over again. There was so much blood…

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 of the

could not be reached and the police could not confirm the situation for the time being, they stayed at Sophia’s house, looking for the

to leave. Idris, on the other hand, was receiving one phone call after another.

looked at him and could not help but

phone but at me, asking, “When do

frowned. “I have no plans to leave. I’m also curious about what’s going on