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Lewis stepped forward, intending to go in first.

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But Keira didn’t wait for him to speak. She quietly pushed open the door.

She didn’t trust her uncle very much, afraid that he would threaten or coerce her into some trap, so she

was very vigilant.

The room was dark, and the light was not turned on.

Keira slowly entered, and as soon as she walked in, she saw a dark figure rushing toward her. “Niece, if you don’t give me money today, you won’t leave!”

That threatening tone…

Keira squinted, sneered, and swiftly raised her foot to give the figure a heavy kick.

“Thud!”

The figure fell to the ground.

Hearing the noise, Lewis hurriedly pushed the door and entered. He couldn’t see what was happening and asked anxiously, “Is everything okay?”

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“It’s fine.”

As these words fell, Tom, who was following behind, took out a powerful flashlight and directed it toward Keira, illuminating half of the room.

As Keira was alert for any movement from Finley, she glanced at Lewis and noticed that he was staring hard at something behind her, his pupils slightly dilated,

chin tense.

Keira frowned and turned her head involuntarily.

Lewis instinctively took a step forward, trying to block her line of sight.

But Keira shook her head slightly, avoiding his protection, and looked.

The next moment, she stood rooted to the spot in

shock!

Finley lay there face up, his eyes wide open, his body twitching slightly. His chest was pierced through by an

old steel bar!

His clothes were soaked with blood, creating a horrifying sight.

Keira’s heart sank a little. She hurriedly went forward

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to check.

voice came from outside the door. “Dad, I am here.”

twenties, who bore

was Finley’s son,

to Isla and Keira, currently studying at

once asked Keira for tuition fees when Connor got admitted into

gave him, it would just end

person. He hardly socialized and even had a strained relationship

a classmate. I have nothing else. If you

Connor froze in shock, dropping

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twenty thousand scattered out of the bag…

he trembled as he

father’s nose…

retreated and squatted on the floor. Then, looking

the floor for his phone, trembling as he dialed 911. “Hello, I want to report a

power switch for the abandoned building. When they switched it on, the entire building lit

being

me a message asking me to get five million for him, or else he’ll be killed. But I’m only a student. Where can

thinking it

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time

I arrived, my father was already dead! That’s when

giving his statement. “Mr. Horton and I had

accompany her because the building was pitch dark. Miss Olsen entered the room first, then we heard a scuffle inside. Worried that Miss Olsen might be at a disadvantage, we went in… I opened my flashlight and saw him lying on the

or dead

looked

police stated sternly, “Bear in

a crime.”

Tom remained silent.

was Lewis who spoke up. “Before entering the room, Miss Olsen knocked

inside, telling

police asked, “Was it the victim’s voice?”

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honestly, “I don’t know.”

Keira. “Miss Olsen, whose

here?”

eyes fixated on Finley’s body in deep thought. “When I entered, I heard him threatening me and launching at me. I instinctively kicked him away, and then

Connor immediately clenched his fists. “So, you didn’t do it

“I don’t

“What don’t

dark in the room. Miss Olsen merely kicked the pers away. It’s unclear how

the sound of a weapon penetrating a body, or a knife going through?

scream?”

who had been reviewing every detail prior to

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police’s arrival, immediately shook her

asked. “No.”

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