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.

here at the time. The shifted table legs and the marks by the cabinet

of wood, with a slot for the door. Upon zooming in, there were tiny visible marks as

and what you were doing

flashed through her mind. The bloodstained knife, the face of the deceased, a young boy holding the knife, and a

when he was helping her adjust to the dark.

deeper into her memory, but the pain in her head became unbearable. Apart from those few images, nothing else came to mind. Could she have lost her memory

concern when he

it and shook her head.

what he had expected. He had always believed

happened back then," Hera

seeing her distress. "Don't worry. Take your time. Maybe we

and understood his concern. They couldn't stay here too long

copy of

Xavier hesitated.

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