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Chapter 212
Matthew revealed a cold and mocking look at the mention of Nics. He ran his fingers through his
hair, covering his face with his forearm in the process. It was as if he did not want Athena to see his
devilish expression.
Instead of answering Athena’s question directly, he asked, “Miss Donovan, in your opinion, what
would make my mom leave me at that time and run to the roof alone?”
Athena put herself in Maggie’s shoes. After a moment of contemtion, she said, “I think the most
likely possibility is that Maggie found out that Nics was having a rendezvous with another woman
on the roof at that time. That woman might be someone Maggie cared deeply about, such as her
enemy, her friend or her trusted aide. The news caught her by surprise, so she had to confirm it with
her own eyes.
“Your spection is reasonable” Matthew chuckled sinisterly and said. “Lucy and I thought so too.
We spent a lot of time investigating Nics’s whereabouts at the time of the incident. Lacy even fell
out with Nics by asking him directly what he was doing at that time. Nics refused to tell us at
first, but he finally confessed. He was indeed having a tryst with another woman, but not on the roof.
They were in the bathroom
Matthew continued, “After checking through the surveince camera footage, we noticed a petite
mait entering the bathroom on the second floor before the lights went out in the hall Nics entered
the bathroom after the lights went out. That petite man was, indeed, a woman dressed up as a
man.”
Athena was speechless.
She was appalled by Nics’s shamelessness.
She thought, ‘No wonder Matthew only addresses Nics by his name.
Athena asked, “Other than the passage to the roof, is there any other way someone could have
used to bypass the surveince cameras and sneakily get to the root?
“Yes.” Matthew exined. “The main building of the Graham family residence is divided into three
floors. The first floor is 13 feet tall while the second and third floors are 11.5 feet tall. An agile person
can easily climb to the top of the building from the balconies on the second and third floors.
“There are indeed some blind spots that the surveince cameras can’t capture on the second and
third floors. In addition, if someone had taken advantage of thete night or rain to climb up from the
balconies to the roof in advance, the surveince cameras wouldn’t have been able to capture
them.
Tve investigated everyone who had a motive to murder Maggie. They were all in the hall at the time
of the murder Of course, I can’t rule out the possibility that someone I don’t know might have a
motive to murder Maggie.”
Athena asked some more questions in detail
Basically, Matthew had thought of everything she could think of, and he had investigated all the
clues carefully,
Athena did not press further. She lowered her head and drank her coffee silently. Her mind was
working at high speed,bing through the clues and identifying allmonalities and anomalies.
Matthew didn’t say anything either. He just drank silently.
After more than 10 minutes, Matthew saw Athena finish her cup of coffee and put it on the table. He
then asked, “Miss Donovan, have youe to a conclusion?”
Athena stared at him and said, “In my opinion, there’s a high chance that a few perpetrators joined
hands to murder Maggie
Matthew was not surprised by her answer. He said. “Go ahead and tell me your spection”
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Athena exined. “From the clues you told me, it’s very likely that the lovers of Nics worked
together to n this. That night, they sneaked into your birthday party together with the goal of
approaching Maggie. One after another, they unted their rtionship with Nics to her,
provoked her again and again, and induced her to drink non-stop.
“Despite being sad and angry, thest thing Maggie wanted was to get into a conflict with them
during your birthday party. Therefore, she endured the suffering. After the lights went out in the hall,
someone deliberately created chaos to dy turning on the lights.
“During this process, Nics left the hall. Maggie might have received the news in advance and
thought that he went to the roof to meet another woman. So, she also left the hall and went to check
out the roof.
“I
n’t know exactly what’s on the roof, but she was hired to the edge of the building. Right then, she
suffered a huge shock fell off the roof.
Athena concluded, “If it’s a group crime, there must be a mastermind behind it.”
While Athena was narrating. Matthew had his eyes closed. He slowly turned the ss in his hand
while listening to her quietly.
He opened his eyes when Athena finished speaking. His eyes glistened. Hemented, “I think so
too”
He continued, “I met up with Nics’s lovers one by one and forced the truth out of them. They all
said they’d received an anonymous text telling them to goad Maggie and get her to drink more so
she could make a fool of herself at the party.
“One of the women received a text telling her to whisper to Maggie that Nics would be heading to
use roof after lights out in the lobby. He would be meeting Maggie’s best friend, who was a married
woman, on the roof.
“All the women imed that they never intended to kill Maggie. They did not expect things to go out
of hand. I’ve tried many ways, but I still can’t find the mastermind”
Athena knew how hard it must have been for Matthew to pinpoint the mastermind.
The mastermind must have used a temporary phone number to text the women to prevent people
from tracking their messages. It would be insanely hard to track who had bought a temporary phone
number from more than a decade ago.
The text messages were practically a dead-end clue.
Matthew said, “Up until now, I still can’t determine who the mastermind is. He chuckled softly. His
smile was sinister. He asked, “Miss Donovan, what would you do if you were me?”
Ordinary people might find this hypothetical question challenging.
However, geniuses like Athena had no problem answering this question.
Athena calmly said, “If I were you, I would treat all the suspects as murderers since I can’t pinpoint
the mastermind.”
She raised her hand and made a throat-slitting gesture. Her gaze did not waver at all as she
continued, “Id kill them all off
Matthew looked at her with crazy eyes. He eximed joyfully, “Miss Donovan, your answer makes
me very happy.”
He held Athena’s hand and raised it to his lips. He lowered his head and kissed it gently. Then, he
ced her hand on his Lace and closed his eyes, as if seeking her warmth andfort
He muttered, “That’s what I’ve been doing for years. I won’t let anyone who is suspicious escape
me.”
Athena felt her heart skip a beat.
Matthew was indeed a little crazy; he was even borderline lunatic. However, Athena was neither
scared of him nor hated him.
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Athena knew how genimses-behaved.
After all, she was one as well
After silently enjoying his touch for a moment, Athena asked. “How did you take revenge on them?”
Matthew opened his eyes and grinned. He said, “One day, you will find out.”
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