Chapter 1887


    At the same time.


    Ian was also questioning Alma, "Mrs. Gibson, could you please tell me where you were before the


    incident? Who were you with, and what you were doing? When did you return home? And who was


    the first to discover Cathy''s body?"


    As expected, the answer given to Ian was the same as what Aldred gave to Jefferson. Their family


    went for a trip two days before, and when they returned that day, they found that Cathy had died at


    home.


    Alma answered in a fluent manner, so much so that there was not a trace of emotion in her words. It


    made one feel as if she was reciting a book, and one could not help but wonder if those words were


    the products of their discussions and that they had rehearsed it many times.


    After getting their confession, Jefferson returned from the hospital. Ian told Jefferson about his


    doubts.


    After listening to him, Jefferson didn''t show any reaction. He nodded slightly and said, "I got it."


    Then, he went to the forensic department to look for Adrienne.


    He stood outside of the office because the door was ajar. He poked his head inside to have a


    nce and saw that Adrienne was burying herself in work.


    He knew that she hadn''t walked out of the pain of losing Hodge. But when there was a new case, it


    felt like she hadpletely changed into another person. She was very decisive, brave, and strong.


    So strong that it made Jefferson feel sorry for her.


    It was clear that Adrienne was working so hard because she wanted to solve her parent''s murder.


    As long as her parents'' murder case hadn''t been solved, she wouldn''t rest for a day.


    "Captain Hefner, are you looking for Dr. Carter?" Lte, who was holding a folder, suddenly spoke


    from behind, "Dr. Carter has just finished the autopsy, and she''s in the office now. Why didn''t you go


    in?"


    Without saying a word, Jefferson looked at Lte coldly. Lte was so scared that she retreated


    as she thought to herself, "I- I didn''t do anything wrong, did I? Why is Captain Hefner looking at me


    like this?"


    Then, Lte realized that Jefferson wasn''t staring at her but at the folder in her hand. Lte


    seemed to have seen through Jefferson''s mind at that instant. She hurriedly added, "This is the


    information Dr. Carter had asked for. It seems quite urgent but I have something else to attend to at


    the moment. Can you please give it to her for me?"


    In a hurry, she stuffed the document into Jefferson''s hands and fled.


    Jefferson grabbed hold of the folder and knocked on the door seriously. When he heard Adrienne''s


    reply, he pushed the door and greeted," Dr. Carter, this is the information you''ve asked for. Lte is


    busy, so I brought them to you instead."


    "Please put it here, then," Adrienne responded without even lifting her head to look at Jefferson.


    Jefferson felt that he waspletely ignored, so he was slightly annoyed. He walked back and forth


    in the front of Adrienne''s desk but still wasn''t able to attract her attention. Hence, he sat on


    Adrienne''s desk and asked, "Can I have a look at this?"


    This time, Adrienne did not even bother to answer him.


    Jefferson flipped open the folder and looked at its content. When he saw the word ''Zelson'' on the


    first page, he became even more annoyed. He thought, "What the hell is this?"


    "It''s Mr. Zelson''s manuscript." Adrienne finally looked up at Jefferson and answered in an indifferent


    tone. "He handed it to me when he left the Paramount Criminal Police Team. It has everything about


    the strange cases that he had encountered in his years of being a pathologist. I found that the case


    today is quite simr to one of the cases he was in charge of many years ago, so I wanted to have a


    look at it."


    Before Jefferson could say a word, Adrienne handed a document to him. She reported, "During the


    autopsy, we found three needle punctures on the deceased''s head, and we found stains of light


    yellow-colored liquid around the needle punctures. I have sent the liquid to theb for inspection.


    Well be able to find out the cause of death once the result is out."


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    Since Adrienne, the workaholic, was the one who handled the autopsy, Jefferson was not worried


    about the progress at all. However, his mind was full of Zelson, the eyesore. He asked, "What does


    this have to do with Zelson''s manuscripts?"


    "When I remembered that he had encountered a simr case before. So I wanted topare that


    case to the current case to see if they have anything simr to each other." Adrienne looked at


    Jefferson and found that he was frowning. Was he jealous?


    Jealous?


    Adrienne was shocked by the word that had just shed across her mind. In the past, she had


    never understood why Jefferson disliked Zelson so much. Was it because of her?


    If so, Jefferson really was narrow- minded. Mr. Zelson was her mentor, and he was not interested in


    her to begin with. How could Jefferson get jealous because of that?


    What an unfathomable thing.


    However, that unfathomable feeling caused Adrienne''s heart to beat rapidly. She quickly covered


    her chest and tried to calm herself down. How could she be thinking about such a thing during


    work?


    She immediately changed the subject, "Were you able to get any useful information?"


    "Everyone''s statements were exactly the same. Even the words they used were the same." Even


    though Jefferson looked dissatisfied, he still replied to her.


    Adrienne asked, "So you think that they are not telling the truth?"


    Jefferson questioned, "Do you think so too?"


    Adrienne shook her head andmented, "Let''s wait a little longer. We''ll know when the test


    results are out."


    Jefferson replied, "Did you find anything in Zelson''s manuscript?"


    Adrienne exined, "Yes, there was this case that I''vee across. Few years ago, there was a


    middle-aged man who died in his lover''s house. Many people thought that it was a sudden death.


    Butter on, Mr. Zelson found that someone had injected him with excessive sedatives. This type of


    drug could calm a person''s mood, but when overdosed, it would decrease the vitality of the nervous


    system tremendously, causing the person to die. After Mr. Zelson hade to this conclusion, an


    officer went to interrogate the deceased''s lover again. When the lover found out that she was


    exposed, she confessed everything in a panic. It turned out that the deceased went to meet her to


    break up with her. Since his wife had found out that he had a lover and wanted to divorce him, he


    had no choice but to break up with her. However, he told his lover that he had no feelings for his


    wife before they got together, that he wanted to divorce his wife. The deceased''s lover then realized


    that she was deceived and decided to kill him. After having intercourse with the deceased one night,


    the deceased fell asleep as he was exhausted. The lover took the opportunity to inject the sedatives


    into the deceased''s body, creating an illusion that the deceased had died a sudden death due to


    lechery. But in the end, the truth prevailed, and justice was found for the victim."


    Jefferson didn''t ask about the case. Instead, he looked at Adrienne and asked, "Do you think that a


    man who deceives a woman should be killed?"


    Adrienne scolded, "Jefferson, as the captain of the Paramount Criminal Police Team, you shouldn''t


    have asked such a question."


    "Alright, I''ll ask you then. If you were that woman, would you do that?" Jefferson questioned.


    "No!" Adrienne shook her head decisively. "To waste the rest of your life for a man who deceived


    you from the beginning is such a foolish thing to do!"