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.

puzzled after checking the scene and frowned at me.

She seemed to be in a daze, looking at the dead dog in the trunk and muttering to

the cafe, saying helplessly, “I don’t get it either. She didn’t seem

the scene, the police officer said to another officer, “Take her statement, and try to get in touch with the person she claims was killed

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

me in the cafe, but when the police asked her where the b*dy was,

unable to find Benett’s b*dy and unable to contact him, I called the front desk at Scott Corporation and asloed them to look for Benett

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

the supposed victim unreachable, the pollee could not confirm anything, Sophia kept muttering, “I killed him, stabbed him over and over again. There was so much blood…

in the living room. At first, the police thought it was human blood, but after testing, they

confirm the situation for the time being, they stayed at Sophia’s

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

at him and could not help but sneer. “You seem busy,

phone but at me,

plans to leave. I’m also curious about what’s