Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 1124

Florence was practically in tears, pointing a shaky finger at Ludwik. "Ludwik probably killed my mother. When we got here, he was inside, dealing with the bloodstains with Whitney. They were probably trying to cover it up!"

The mention of blood made the officer's eyebrows knit together as he cast a suspicious glance at Ludwik. "Ludwik, is it? When we arrived, we did see you and this young lady acting suspiciously, holding blood-stained clothes."

He continued, "Plus, this woman reported that her mother was kidnapped by you from her office late at night. We're starting to suspect you might be involved in Ms. Tennyson's disappearance. Of course, we'll investigate thoroughly. But for now, I'm taking you both to the station for questioning."

"They're lying! Ms. Parisa is my mother!" Whitney shouted, clearly frustrated as she pointed accusingly at Florence and Bryce. "Officer, you're being misled. It's these two who are scheming for my mom's estate. One's posing as a daughter, the other plotting murder."

She continued, "They kidnapped my mom on Maplewood Drive, brought her here, and killed her mercilessly. The priority now is to find my mother!"

"You're the one who's lying! Whitney, I can't believe you're still playing dumb at this point." Florence cried, pulling out a document from her pocket and handing it to the officer. "This is a DNA test proving I'm Parisa's daughter. Whitney, you keep claiming you're her daughter, but do you have any evidence?"

added, "You're just trying to steal my mother's estate by teaming up with Ludwik. He's been

Florence's claim. "That's right, officer. I can testify that Ludwik sent people to attack Ms. Tennyson that night. I even saved

it was stamped with a hospital's

chance to reunite with her mother and lacked strong evidence. Feeling faint, she leaned against Ludwik for

He shot a sinister look at the smug Bryce. No wonder there was no resistance coming up the mountain; these two had killed Parisa and were now trying to frame him. They had

cold laugh, Ludwik's eyes seemed to pierce through Bryce.

you from?" he demanded of

officer replied,

did you

here called in about 40 minutes

How did you rule out that she's not staging this whole thing? She was probably at the foot of the mountain, right? Did she lead you up

realizing Ludwik had a