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Chapter 169

Bennett was stunned. When they first got there, the place was already a mess.

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It all started when Brent realized his wife was missing. He went home to look for her but couldn’t find her. When he came back, the clinic was closed.

He broke in and saw that the place was empty. He started shouting, which drew a crowd from the farmers‘ market.

The well–meaning vendors trampled all over the place, mixing their footprints with the dirty water on the floor. Any useful tracks were lost.

The tables and walls were covered in fingerprints, mostly from the vendors. They spent days investigating, and the forensics team was exhausted from trying to make sense of it all.

But Quinlyn managed to find the culprit’s tracks among the mess and traced them to the alley, even pointing out that the suspect had left on a motorcycle, carrying something heavy.

“Now that we have a trail, I’ll send someone to check the nearby surveillance right away,” Bennett said, breathing a sigh of relief as he took out his phone to make arrangements.

Quinlyn looked at the busy streets and suddenly turned to Joseph, grabbing his hand. “I want that candy I saw at the farmers‘ market earlier.”

Joseph frowned, thinking that candy from a small shop wasn’t fresh and that they should go to a big supermarket instead. But then he felt a gentle tickle in his palm.

He paused, glanced around, and nodded. “Alright, I’ll go with you.”

Since there was nothing left for them to do, they left without drawing any attention.

Bennett teased Quinlyn, “You eat so much candy. You’d better watch out for cavities.”

Quinlyn nodded obediently. “I promise I’ll brush my teeth every day.”

Bennett just laughed.

They returned to the farmers‘ market and were greeted warmly by a vendor. “Oh, aren’t you the cute kid from earlier? What brings you back? Do you want to buy some veggies? They’re all fresh.”

here for candy,” Quinlyn said firmly, shaking her head at the vendor’s attempt to sell

always craving snacks. Go ahead.”

Joseph’s hand, skipped over to the small shop and started picking through the candy

in your pocket too,” the shop owner, Wallace

don’t have anything in

called out to Joseph, “Hey! Come here. Your sister stole some candy. Make her

moment, looking down at Quinlyn. They exchanged glances, and he frowned, “My sister doesn’t steal. You’re

leave, Wallace grabbed his arm. “Don’t you

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shook him off, but he was too forceful and knocked some items off the

I’m a pushover?” Wallace’s fist

closed his eyes, bracing for the punch. But it never came. Instead, he heard Wallace’s

into a shelf, with several racks collapsing on top of him. Quinlyn. stood

heard. He looked at Quinlyn again and again. “No way.

didn’t steal,” Quinlyn said calmly, shaking

Ignoring the neighbors‘ pleas,

out of hand, sighed, “Let’s just head back to the

into the police car, Quinlyn slowly took out a piece of candy from

pointed at her. “See? She

mirror and winced. “Hey, Quinlyn. Even though we’re friends, I can’t play favorites. You

his badge and couldn’t let this slide. He thought, ‘When did Quinlyn pick up this bad habit? I’ll have to talk to her family about this. She has the potential to be a great detective. I can’t let her go

in thought about Quinlyn’s future, he suddenly

for a moment. But Wallace’s face turned pale, and he lunged

seat.

to slam him to the side. When he reached

at Wallace, who was now like a dead fish, and held up the handcuffs he had taken out. “Guess these aren’t

He wasn’t that heartless.

second police car and saw Wallace’s miserable state, he couldn’t help but laugh. He walked over to