Chapter 429 He Will Be Fine

After a brief pause, Sophia suddenly realized something.

A scam call!

Yes, it's a scam call!

Just last night, Alexander texted her when he returned to his hotel. There was no way he could have ended up in the Mapleton River. That was in the opposite direction!

Sophia began to calm down as she grabbed her phone and checked their WhatsApp conversation.

But the truth was, the last message with Alexander was her wishing him goodnight the previous night.

Alexander hadn't replied to her message.

Unlike now, he would always at least send an “Mhm” response. But there was nothing after her goodnight message.

Sophia felt a sudden weakness as she stared at the empty chat screen.

It took her some time to fully regain her composure.

She didn't know what had happened, and panicking now would be pointless.

Sophia closed her eyes and forced herself to calm down.

Once she calmed down, she got out of bed, washed up, and changed her clothes.

As dawn broke outside, Perrin was exercising in the garden.

Lukas, who rarely woke up early, had just returned from a morning run.

Upon seeing Sophia, Perrin asked dotingly, “Why didn't you sleep in?”

Sophia shook her head with a smile. “Granddad, I have to go out for a while. I won't be able to join you for fishing today. Something happened to Alexander.”

Lukas, who was standing nearby, furrowed his brows. “What happened?”

“I just received a call from the deputy chief of Avenport's criminal investigation

initially been displeased, stopped his

not sure

face and tenderly patted her head. “Don't be afraid.

“Give me

refuse. Although she appeared calm, her mind was in turmoil. If she had to drive to the police station alone, she didn't know

he's a tough guy. He's

“Okay,” Sophia responded.

an empathetic expression, he guided

trio sitting at the dining table. At that instant, Kylie knew that Perrin and Sophia were planning to go fishing but had yet to

teasing remark, but she noticed Sophia sitting there,

“Something happened to Alexander.”

changed slightly, but she didn't ask

consuming half a bowl of oatmeal, Sophia still didn't eat anything. Realizing that she really had

the station, a man spotted Lukas and approached with a smile. “Oh, Lukas, our

is my sister, Sophia. We're here to see Lieutenant Heughan from the criminal investigation

but before he could express his surprise, Abel Heughan appeared behind

nodded. “Lieutenant Heughan, let's get straight to the point.

the events. “We received a report last night that a sedan had careened off control and plunged into Mapleton River. After getting the report, we immediately dispatched a search team that scoured three kilometers along the river, but the car owner was nowhere to be found. At around six in the morning, the car was recovered, and our officers found a jacket belonging to Mr. Alexander Xenos inside. His wallet and phone were in the jacket, and when we removed the SIM card from the phone, we discovered that you were the only contact in it. That's why we called

an accidental car incident. Why is a criminal investigation team handling a

perceptive person. That's precisely what I wanted to discuss. We suspect that this is a premeditated murder case because, upon inspecting the vehicle, we found that the brake system had been

the word “murder,” Sophia's hand tightened at her

yet to find Mr. Xenos' body,”

knew it was reasonable for Abel to assume the worst. With Alexander's car brakes failing and his vehicle careening off the bridge into the

into an accident so easily. He learned diving and was a city swimming champion in the freestyle category

few seconds, avoiding the sensitive topic.

pausing momentarily. “But first, I need to

“Suit yourself.”

a colleague to prepare Sophia's written statement when

phone and called Felix

situation, she needed Felix to help manage Odyssey so that the company would remain intact when Alexander

Sophia called Yvonne, asking the latter to bring people

made a call to

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