The Bound Between Us

Chapter 492

Anastasia was baffled. She replayed that fateful day over and over in her mind-the day she killed Granny Anita in the restroom of that cozy diner.

She had seen Granny Anita collapse, and there was no one else around at the time.

Jason shook his head, "I'm not entirely clear on your case. I just skimmed the details, but the murder weapon only had your prints. So, who could've delivered the second stab? When you left the scene, was Granny Anita already dead?"

"I don't know. After she fell, I didn't check; I was too scared," Anastasia admitted, shaking her head. She had wounded Granny Anita, that much was undeniable, and she had felt the force behind her own thrust.

Jason thought about the second person who had entered the scene and asked, "You know Julie?"

"Yes." Anastasia shuddered at the mention of Julie's name, a hint of realization dawning on her, "Are you suggesting Julie killed Granny Anita?"

"Without evidence, I don't jump to conclusions," Jason said, "Right now, there's no proof that Julie is the murderer, but she's definitely a person of interest. She's the one who called the cops, and she was the first to find Granny Anita, assuming the second stab did indeed come from someone else."

Anastasia insisted, "I only stabbed her once, I remember it clearly."

Jason quirked an eyebrow, "That suggests you weren't completely out of control then."

words, Anastasia's heart skipped a beat. Herman had managed to bail her out by presenting a statement of forgiveness alongside a psychiatric evaluation, not to mention the clout of

sound at the time, it could turn the whole

a moment, Anastasia couldn't tell

saying something wrong and falling into Jason's

her cautiousness, Jason chuckled, "Getting defensive now, aren't you? After all these years, you still lack a guard against people. Relax, our conversation won't reach a third party. It's just idle chit-chat between friends. Herman didn't have it easy getting you out. If

Granny Anita's killer. Still, without evidence to nail the real

as a detective, Jason wouldn't

been played, Anastasia felt a surge of anger and asked,

forgetting whether the police had asked her how many times she had stabbed her, and how she had

"Then Julie is

prints of hers on the weapon, and she has no

to kill Granny Anita, and with the case closed and her own admission, there was no evidence. Mere

the existing evidence

Granny Anita's burial-a time for her to rest in peace. Any action on Anastasia's part now would likely earn the eternal ire of the Salstroms, who might see it as a deliberate

said, "I'll look into this case

that for

duty as a detective to find