Chapter 104

These days, way too many people were watching Quinlyn. As soon as the send not the resig

stepped, Military Base picked her up. The detective team’s car followed close behind, but it was will mee

After Quinlyn finished sharing every detail of her trip to Brynton and stepped out, she and her squatting tear dur entrance of the base, surrounded by a pile of cigarette butts. “Mr. Youngbodde ralled on deadend over to jum

“You’re finally back Bennett jumped up, waving away the snake. He looked wrious as he added, “There’s degre opinion on.”

The detective team usually handled their own cases, and unless it was something big, they rarely involved her Quinlys understood this, so she agreed and got in the car with him.

They headed straight to the police station. As they walked in, Quinlyn noticed a familiar face.

“You guys owe me a wife. You’re the reason she’s missing, so you need to take responsibility, the man shouted. He was completely drunk, lying on the ground and refusing to move,

Bennett shot him a glance and scoffed, “You’ve beaten your wife and turned her into a psychotic mess, and your child han run away. You regret it now? It’s too late for that.”

The man was Janet’s husband, and Quinlyn felt no sympathy for him. After she got out of the car, she headed directly into the second office building.

“A task force has been set up, and I’m the team leader, Bennett said, leading Quinlyn to the third floor. He opened the glass doors to reveal a brand new office with about eight people inside, many of whom she didn’t

“Bennett, you finally made it back. What took you so long to bring a witness?” a young man, Donny Grove, complained, lounging back with his feet up, his accent clearly from Brynton

He looked Quinlyn up and down. “So, this is the kid from that village near the borderlands? Faking it as a rich girl and still pulling it off–quite impressive,” he remarked, his tone filled with sarcasm.

“Shut up. Quinlyn is here to help with the investigation, and she’s also the psychological profiler I borrowed from the military,” Bennett snapped, giving Donny a disapproving look.

Donny shrugged, muttering, “Whoa, she even got military connections”

indifferent. Quinlyn could feel

all top detectives from different regions, brought in to crack this case. They’re not bad folks, just a little too full of themselves

believed that she would teach them about humility. Quinlyn simply nodded, not taking it to heart. As she walked closer to the desk, the first thing she noticed was a covered in

board, her gaze focused on

a whiteboard

“Donny, ease up. You’re scaring her she said. Donny took a step back and finally realized it

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Chapter 104

asking. “Are you her

office fell

back any longer. He shook off the female colleague and tightly grasped Quinlyn’s shoulder pleading “Did she mention

hurt Quinlyn in his emotional state, Bennett stepped forward to pull

of nostalgia in her eyes. “I haven’t spoken

stood there, dumbfounded. They kept glancing back and forth between the photo and

seen your sister, she can definitely help us find some

aside and directed Quinlyn to the table, pushing a pile of files over to her. “Over

thought they were either killed or smuggled abroad, but recently, we found a victim by accident in a village. She was six months pregnant and had given birth to

a cigarette. As he turned his head, he caught the subtle looks on his colleagues‘ faces. Right away, he got

his head with a smile and said, “Don’t worry. What you’ve seen might be

had come together temporarily, looked doubtful. They thought it wasn’t reliable to have a ten–year- old

outstanding performance over the past few months had been hard to ignore; he

documents. They expected it to take a while, but she read quickly and finished in under ten minutes.

woman in the photo looked young and full of life. smiling brightly. She was wearing a crisp white shirt, like she’d just graduated from college. Her name was Nancy Grove- what a pretty

her staring at the picture for too long, Donny spoke up from the side, “Uh, that’s my sister. His voice trembled, and he wanted to ask something.

and said, “I’ve

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