Your Guise Is Slipping, Miss Pearl

Chapter 127

No matter how many times she called, she couldn’t get through to Renee.

Renee’s home wasn’t too far away, so Pearl got there in around ten minutes. She rushed out of the car and

knocked on the door, but there was no response.

She suddenly remembered the spare key Renee had given her and quickly used it to unlock the door. She was shocked by the messiness inside, with blood stains covering the floor.

Pearl cautiously entered the house and saw someone lying behind the couch, their hair and clothes disheveled. There was a deep cut across their throat, and it appeared they had suffered humiliation.

Pearl checked for signs of breathing, but there were none. Her tears started falling.

The person she had sought to protect had met a tragic end.

hatred for Hugo deepened. She immediately called him, her voice breaking. “Hugo

“What?”

did you kill Renee?”

“I didn’t.”

would have

shook his head. “I

have a conscience, but it’s not that great?” Pearl chuckled bitterly, her grip on the phone tightening. “Thank

overthink it. She was never related to you in the first

his bullshit, Pearl hung up.

tragedy, he assisted with Renee’s funeral arrangements and, upon discovering that she was recovering well, discharged her from the hospital. He didn’t want her to be reminded of the painful memories associated with the place.

and Jennifer, but the perpetrator had covered their tracks well. The hospital claimed it was a medication error by a nurse, resulting in the hospital paying

the killer wouldn’t be easy, so she instructed Wayne to continue the investigation

returned

build good relationships with her colleagues, and it seemed they had forgotten her past misdeeds, growing closer to her once again. However, this was typical human behavior.