The Queen They Buried

Chapter 151

At the police station, Samson sat there, clutching a water cup, his face a picture of pure innocence. “Officer, you’re asking me? I really wouldn’t know. I was just driving by when I noticed that guy following a young girl.

“Our boss, bless his kind heart, thought he had bad intentions and told me to check it out. By the time I got there, the guy was already lying on the road, beaten half to death. My boss? It’s Bowen.”

The officers exchanged glances and said, “Mr. Turner?”

Samson said, “Why did I even call the cops? I honestly didn’t realize at the time-only later did I find out this troublemaker was actually Mr. Turner’s brother-in-law, you know?”

“So you’re saying your presence at the scene was just a coincidence?” the officer asked skeptically.

There was barely any surveillance on that street-just a clip of Jacob leaving the bar, clearly tailing a girl, though her face wasn’t caught on camera. Now that Jacob is in a coma, you’re the only one we can question.

Samson feigned innocence. “I was just trying to be a Good Samaritan, but it backfired. You’re not suggesting I was the one who beat him up, are you?”

“That’s not what we meant,” the police said.

The officer’s lips twitched. Anyone with eyes could see that Jacob had been beaten to a pulp, but in all of Rithol City, very few had the power to pull that off.

‘And, wouldn’t you know it, the one sitting right in front of them was exactly that,’ they wondered.

to protect Mr. Turner. How could I just leave

mean Mr. Turner wanted him dealt with? Does that sound plausible to

no choice but

into Gareth, who was just arriving. They exchanged a brief glance-they were no

Bowen’s man? What’s he

subsided. A sense of dread crept in. “This is bad,’ he thought.

up again. ‘So what if it’s Bowen? That doesn’t

straight past him without so much as

duty room, only a handful of

Timberlake, you’re here. Please have a seat and relax. We just wanted to get your

who laid hands on him.” Gareth snapped. He wasn’t about to sit around sipping coffee-he wanted

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know that the surveillance footage is missing. At the moment, we only have one eyewitness, and beyond that, there’s not much else we

them, refusing to back down. “You’d better think this through. Chief Rourke

stuck

threats, the officers exchanged knowing glances, their eyes gleaming with thinly