The Bound Between Us

Chapter 468

At Julie's frantic cry, a crowd quickly gathered. She put on a convincing act of panic, dialing 911 and calling for an ambulance, really selling it.

When Granny Anita's chauffeur arrived, he found her lying on the ground, motionless.

Herman used Granny Anita's phone GPS to track her to the mall. But he was too late. Granny Anita had already drawn her last breath.

Julie was kneeling beside her, sobbing, "Granny, Granny."

Herman seemed to have anticipated this tragic end. When he saw Granny Anita's lifeless body, he was only momentarily taken aback. He knew this had to be connected to Anastasia. The thing he feared most had happened.

Herman squatted down in anguish, wiping his face with his hand before clenching it into a fist and pounding the wall.

Feiman, upon seeing Granny Anita's body, rushed over to hold her, weeping uncontrollably, "Mom, Mom, who did this?"

Julie sobbed, "It seems like Anastasia. When I came to find Granny, I saw Anastasia running out of the restroom with a flustered expression. There was blood on her hands. When I entered, Granny was lying in a pool of blood, breathless." Feiman asked the chauffeur, "Did you also see Anastasia do it?"

appointment with Ms. Brown. When Ms. Brown arrived, I told her that the old lady had gone to the

of the restroom in a panic.

from start to finish. His complex emotions were hidden beneath

the restroom doorway and various places around the mall through surveillance footage. It was enough to prove that Anastasia had been following Granny Anita, waiting for

the high-profile nature of the victim, the police worked swiftly. They examined the murder weapon and performed an

the police could arrest Anastasia, she had already turned

fingerprints. Granny Anita had died by that very fruit knife.

listening to the police narrate the case details and autopsy results, "Mr. Salstrom, according to the autopsy report, Granny Anita died from a ruptured heart. The wound matches the murder weapon, this fruit knife, which carries your wife's fingerprints. The perpetrator, it seems, held a deep grudge against the victim. Granny Anita has two wounds, suggesting she was stabbed twice. The second stab was the fatal blow.

shocked. Anastasia, as the daughter-in-law of the Salstrom family, had murdered Granny Anita. They wondered what kind

connect the two incidents,

would naturally breed resentment. Herman believed that even if Anastasia had stabbed Granny Anita again, he wouldn't have doubted that

of contemplation, Herman said, "I

the police didn't make things

is being interrogated in the next room. It should be over soon. Then, Mr. Salstrom, you can