A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 834 Suspicious

Marcel inspected for a few times again but he did not discover anything.

Marcel said gently, “No!”

Rae Baxter asked him, “Don’t you discover anything?”

Marcel thought for a while with a slight surprise. “The house in the CD isn’t here!”

“Is it not him or he has some other houses! Also, who was the woman just now?”

“Let’s check tomorrow!” Marley said. “Look for the certificate of property ownership!”

“Alright!” Rae went to the bookshelf to look for some information since there were many books.

She came near to the bookshelf and withdrew the books one by one from the shelf. She opened the books but there was nothing suspicious in them.

“Captain Hopkins, I also think that Braeden Walls is strange. The three girls seem to be extremely afraid of him. Also, Shayla Anthony and Alondra Webb are marked. What does it mean?”

“This place is not suitable for talking. Take a quick look, we can talk about it after leaving!”

“Yes!” Rae flipped through a few books which seemed to have the biggest potential to carry something but in vain.

After staying in Braeden’s house for more than an hour, Marcel left together with Rae. They did not get what they wanted.

While going back, Marcel said, “It is absolutely clueless. What do you think?”

Rae thought and said, “Either he is truly innocent or he is really problematic. The instruments in the film need to be kept but it isn’t an easy job. If he is an innocent person, he will not have those things. Of course, he can also hide those things purposely! Also, there’s nothing in Melody Knox’s dormitory. Why would the CD appear there? I remember that I was extremely cautious when searching the materials but why would the CD appear suddenly?”

After being scolded by Marcel, she was shocked because she did not expect to meet Marcel. So, she did not think of the entire flow of the incident. The girls in their dormitory also provided fake information thus she was not confident.

When she recalled back, she noticed that she also tidied her bed when packing things. But, why would the CD appear between the layers?

“Someone had done something to the CD!” Marcel directly gave the answer.

“Ah?” Rae was astonished.

So, actually Marcel knew about it!

Rae never thought that Marcel would realize it. Who put the CD there intentionally?

“We can investigate it tomorrow!” Apparently, Marcel did not want to talk more about it.

At that moment, Marcel’s phone vibrated.

He looked at his phone and suddenly said with a deep voice, “Record down my phone number!”

He said a phone number and Rae was unable to catch up. He said again rapidly and Rae immediately took out her phone to record. Also, she saved his phone number.

At that moment, Marcel said another phone number and told her, “This is my private phone number!”

Rae immediately saved it into her phone and she thought that he would give her his private number unexpectedly. Did Marcel change?

After doing that, he picked up the phone.

“Yes, speak!”

The duration of the phone call was short. Marcel only said a few words, “Alright, I will reach the office after half an hour!”

After hanging up the phone, Marcel said to Rae, “Let’s go back and stop searching. We will go to the housing bureau for confirmation tomorrow!”

“Yes!”

They went back to the office rapidly and Easton Holder had been waiting at the door, “Captain Hopkins, every Melody’s appearance in the film have been marked. Seemingly, she liked to walk at the side door of Affiliated High School of SC Normal University. She will go out from there every noon and be back in the afternoon. I have checked the area near the school. After leaving from the side door, it is SF Street and the first presidential area is the living area of Affiliated High School of SC Normal University. I have sent someone to get the videotape of the surveillance camera. Currently, it is being analyzed and it is expected that the result will be released before work tomorrow.”

“On the day of the incident, what was Melody doing?”

“She did not appear in the surveillance camera for the entire day. We also went to the school and found out that Melody was absent for five days.” Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

“When was the last time that she appeared in the video?”

“On the 17th day, she appeared in the second cafeteria of SC Normal University at half past five in the afternoon. During that time, she vomited, and perhaps it was due to pregnancy!”

“Then, what about Philippa? Do you compare Philippa’s whereabouts?”

“I also mark out Philippa’s locations and I suspect that she is missing on the same day as Melody. I don’t know whether both of these are related or not!”

At that moment, Rae went out to call someone and returned after a few minutes. She reported, “Captain Hopkins, there are a total of 213 livestock farms in City B regardless of sizes. There are also a total of 65 male donkeys that are recorded. It still needs some time to investigate!”

“Alright!” Marcel turned his head to look at Rae, “Definitely, it takes time. It is not that easy to get all the DNA from those 65 donkeys. Also, we don’t know the number of donkeys that aren’t recorded!”

Who would treat a donkey for a sex partner?

This was too perverted!

Marcel also called someone, “Gustavo Wagner, what’s the situation at your side?”

Gustavo replied in the call, “It still needs three hours and I will immediately report to you when the result is out, Captain Hopkins!”

“Good!” Marcel quickly hung up the phone.

“Captain Hopkins, how about Braeden and Alondra?”

“Continue detaining them! No one is allowed to talk to them! After 24 hours, continue detaining them for another reason!”

Easton was shocked, “Continue detaining?”

“Yes, but without interrogation!” Marcel said.

“Alright, please be assured that it will be dealt with properly!” It was not a tough job to simply look for a reason to continue their custody but he was curious about Marcel’s plan in his mind.

“Easton, you send someone to check whether Piper Salinas has sisters or not, including cousins!” Marcel said again.

“Oh! Alright!” Easton nodded again.

“Go home and get some sleep now!” After saying that, Marcel walked towards the outside.

“Off work?” Easton was unable to react.

“Do you want to become a machine?” Marcel took the car key and turned back his head to look at him.

“Don’t you say we would work overtime?”

“Still need to work tomorrow!” Marcel said again.

“Oh! Alright!” Easton was thinking that he still needed to arrange tasks even though Marcel said off work. He would go back to rest after finishing his work.

When Rae heard that, she arranged her stuff and prepared to leave.

After working overtime, the time was already twelve the midnight. Rae planned to call a taxi but a voice said to her, “Let’s go. I'll give you a ride!”

She stood rooted to the ground and turned her head to look at Marcel who was standing beside her. He was holding a car key in his hand.

“I can call a taxi, Captain Hopkins!” Rae did not want to stay too close to Marcel.

Also, at night, she had an intimate interaction with him in Braeden's house. When she thought of that, her face was blushing. Her reaction was slow and until now, she realized how embarrassed she was at the moment.

At that moment, Marcel was standing in front of her. On the firm face, his facial features were standard with moderate-length hair. His nose was tall, and his mouth looked gentle. He appeared alluring.

It might seem not suitable to describe a man in such a way but Marcel was perfectly fitted with those adjectives.

“Rae, if you are embarrassed by the incident that happened during our investigation at night, you don’t need to feel it that way. It is just a small matter only and if you are suspicious, doesn’t it make you more embarrassed?” Marcel said it steadily and he made Rae speechless.

Marcel looked at her meaningfully and seemed to raise the corner of his lips. Also, he seemed to be smiling and portrayed some bad feelings.

When Rae lowered her head, she heard that Marcel was ordering her, “I'm going to drive the car here and you wait here!”

Until Marcel drove his car to the spot, she was still unable to react. So, she could just follow his order to get in the car.

In the car, Marcel was driving slowly.

“Where do you stay?”

Rae wanted to say, ‘Didn’t you assist me last night?’

But when she was about to speak, she gave up because perhaps he did not remember her last night.

Also, she was followed by someone yesterday and she still did not know the person as well as the motive yet.

Perhaps Raphael was right. She should move.

So, she told her address to Marcel honestly.

Marcel did not say anything and just focused on his driving.

Marcel’s car was a Passat which was a normal and low-profile car.

Rae sat on the front passenger’s seat and Marcel was just beside her. He was holding the steering wheel with his slender fingers.

When she reached the alley, she got off the car and held an umbrella. Marcel was sitting in the car and looking at her with his ambiguous eyesight. Rae said gently, “Captain Hopkins, thank you for giving me a ride to my home!”

Marcel only waved his hand and reversed his car. Then, he took out a cigarette to light it up. The light in the car was dark and Rae was looking at his face under the cigarette’s light through the car window.

Apparently, he appeared to be disappointed and exhausted. He also expressed some loneliness.

Rae sighed on her heart because probably he had repressed for the entire trip. Unexpectedly, Marcel was also a gentleman for not smoking in front of her.

After reaching home and taking a shower, she laid in her thin blanket. When she closed her eyes, she thought of Marcel’s handsome but exhausted face.

She turned her body to get her phone. After thinking for a while, she typed a word slowly then deleted it. After that, she continued typing and followed by deleting them. Finally, she typed a few words, “Be

careful, good night!”

After sending, she waited for a while but there was not any reply.

She was discouraged and had an indescribable feeling.

After a while, she even felt regretful. She looked at the time which was almost one o'clock and pursed her lips to urge her to fall asleep.

Today, she had intimate interaction for about forty minutes with Marcel. When she thought of this, she was so excited that she could not sleep. She tried hard to suppress the excitement in her heart so she could fall asleep quickly.

But, she was still unable to fall asleep.

When Marcel just drove his car back to his apartment, his phone which was in his pocket vibrated with a notification. It was a message.

It had been a long time for him to receive messages and normally, those rare messages were either from insurance companies. But, when he switched on his phone to look at it, he was surprised.

The few words on the screen made him smile and he seemed to recall something. So, he suddenly appeared to be strict and his eyes were extremely indifferent.

On the next day, Rae was having dark circles around her eyes when she went to work. She was afraid to be seen by others so she put on thin makeup with some foundation intentionally. But, she never expected that she would be misunderstood by others.

When Gustavo saw her, he whistled at her with a sense of sarcasm. “Rae, who do you want to show your makeup to? Is it to our boss?”

Rae was speechless suddenly and looked at Gustavo. Eventually, she shook her head while laughing and ignored his teasing.

Gustavo followed her at her back and said with a smiley face, “You make a guess on yesterday's lab report.”

Rae stopped her step and said, “Gustavo, how old are you? Aren’t you childish?”

“Yes?” Gustavo raised his eyebrow and asked, “Am I childish?”

“If you want to say, just say it out loud. If not, I will also know the result later!”

“You guess that hair of yesterday belongs to whom!”

“Braeden!” Was it necessary to make a guess? Marcel only met Braeden and brought him back. Who believed that they did not have any relationship! At least they were suspicious!