94 Last Words

The moment Keira asked the question, she felt she had been too abrupt.

Nobody wanted to talk about their childhood, especially not things like that.

Moreover, that boy wasn’t from Oceanion back then, otherwise, he would have been brought back by the police.

What were the chances of such coincidences in the

world?

Keira cracked a smile and was just about to brush it off when the door to her room opened again. Holly walked in, and Keira and Lewis quickly dropped the subject.

Holly still looked a bit uncomfortable, but she approached Keira’s bed, still looking rather

nonchalant.

She had a cup of honey water in hand which she handed to Keira, then averted her gaze and awkwardly said, “I misunderstand you. I apologize. I hope you

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won’t file a complaint against Captain Lincoln and the others. Everything was due to my poor judgment.”

Keira sighed, looked at Lewis, and after seeing him nod, she said, “Don’t worry. Mr. Horton and I won’t press any charges.”

Holly seemed taken aback, “Why?”

After being wronged like that, no ordinary person would let them off the hook.

The police station would definitely punish her and Captain Lincoln and might even compensate them for their emotional distress.

Keira just smiled faintly but didn’t answer.

If it were someone else, she wouldn’t have put up with

But Holly… She fooled Holly back in junior high school.

Holly seemed to understand something and held her lips tightly. “Don’t worry. I’ll help you catch the murderer and clear your name as soon as possible.”

After saying this, however, she noticed that Keira and Lewis’s expressions remained unchanged. There was no sign of surprise on their faces, which surprised her.

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“You know who the murderer is?”

raised her eyebrows and looked at

suspicions and had just

Lewis also know?

him nod, “I’ve already sent someone to follow

Connor Hill.”

had a sudden realization. “So, Connor Hill is

murderer?”

didn’t respond to this but asked Lewis instead,

a case, had a unique charm to it. “There were only four people on the scene that day. The victim was killed right then and there. Apart from you, me, and Tom, Connor was the only one left. I’ve

scene, and there were no relevant recordings in Finley Hill’s phone.

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trace of

When he saw the victim lying on the ground, he

didn’t notice anything off

common for a phone to drop to the ground after money had been spilled all over.

was only after using the process of elimination to determine that it was Connor that these details slowly

only person who could convince Finley to record the sound in advance was someone he trusted. With Finley’s character,

Connor, his son.

words, then left his own phone at the scene of

Lewis and

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alleged

way Finley fell toward Keira when she entered the room wasn’t because he was lunging at

anyone’s natural reaction would be to push the other person

hearing and the cautious character of Lewis and Tom, all of them would have thought that Keira had accidentally killed Finley. The situation was nearly unsolvable.

explanation and then said solemnly, “Then I’ll arrange for his arrest immediately. If he recorded it on

shook her

unusual for Holly, and she was a little anxious. “Why not? I need to clear your name as

it just now, netizens

wouldn’t believe her.

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“I think Miss Olsen probably

looked at Keira uncertainly.

said, “Holly, I need you to do me a favor. Delay it for a few more days. Finley said before he died that he would tell me a secret about Isla Olsen. Coincidentally, the moment I went to meet him, Connor killed him. I don’t believe

nothing to do with Isla.”

“So, you’re using Connor to draw

Isla Olsen out?”

a bitter smile, “Keira, I

was because Isla asked me to plead for you. Looking back she must have been using me… But even now, I still can’t accuse her. She’s such a cunning person, and even if

intent to kill most likely existed long before. Isla was at best just a temptress in the whole matter. I

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