Under the heiress facade

Chapter 640

"It's very likely someone was hiding in the cabinet of the crime scene. But the police deleted the witness

information when the case was finalized." Xavier stared at Hera. "Do you remember? We were playing hide-and- seek on the night of the incident."

Hera tried to recall. She often played hide-and-seek as a child. But she couldn't remember anything from the night of the incident! She only vaguely recalled that she came down with a high fever when Lucius was arrested.

That fever lasted for a week, and she lost most of her memory during it.

"It was you, me, and Uncle Lucius," Xavier recounted the night. "It was your turn to hide with Uncle Lucius, and I was the seeker. But halfway through, Marriott called me back.

"The place was occupied by my dad and the others when I returned. They told me to play somewhere else. I thought you both had already left, so I left too."

He pointed at the clip in the photo.

you. You were hiding here at the time. The shifted table legs and the marks by the cabinet door seem to be the result of a

for the door. Upon zooming in,

where you were and what you were doing at

flashed through her mind. The bloodstained knife,

familiar. They were the same ones that had surfaced in her mind during an outing with Bernard when he was helping her adjust to the dark. She had tried to get used to the darkness but couldn't fully accept it. Afterward, she

memory, but the pain in her head became unbearable. Apart from those few images, nothing else came to mind.

Xavier asked with concern when he saw her clutching her head in

out of it and

had expected. He had always believed that Hera would know who the murderer

can't remember what happened back then," Hera

your time. Maybe we should stop and try another

his concern. They couldn't stay here too

a copy of the photos. I promise

Xavier hesitated.