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 struggle." He zoomed in on the

Upon zooming in, there were tiny visible marks as if a child had dug their

what you were doing

images flashed through her mind. The bloodstained knife, the face of the deceased, a young

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

head became unbearable. Apart from those few images, nothing else came to mind. Could she have lost her

asked with concern when he saw

and shook her head. "I

looking disappointed. This wasn't what he had expected. He had always believed that Hera would

remember what happened

Take your time. Maybe we should

couldn't stay here

copy of the photos. I

Xavier hesitated.