Chapter 25 - Case Closed (2/2)

”She was meeting with Dr. Lily Lin. Dr. Lin was meant to help her with her furniture shopping, but she couldn't make it. I think you misunderstood,” the detective sighed.

Alex looked down at Sara's photo and his hands began to tremble; he suddenly felt a rush of guilt. If the detective was telling truth, then what had he done?

...

The senior detective reported to the police chief afterwards and told him how the killings took place and explained the motive. But, after he told him about Sara, the police chief sighed, ”So her cover wasn't actually blown...She was honestly a victim...”

”What do you mean?” the detective asked.

”Well, now that the case is closed, I can finally reveal the truth. Sara was one of our own...”

The detective looked at the photo of the young woman and gave her a salute.

”I assume Halia was her replacement?” the smart detective guessed.”I saw how anxious you were earlier.”

The police chief nodded.

”You know, Alex Li told me something really odd...” the detective suddenly added. ”He said Jackson Wu saved Halia.”

”Isn't he the suspected boss of a huge crime syndicate? Why did he save her? And what was he doing in the abandoned warehouse?”

The police chief did not answer. He simply stared down at his desk in deep thought.

...

Meanwhile, Halia sat in silence as Dr. Ren drove her home. She was happy that the killer was caught, but she was heartbroken that so many woman died.

At that moment, she turned to Dr. Ren and asked, ”Eric, do you need to be anywhere after you drop me home?”

The man shook his head, ”No, I was planning to go home and get some rest.”

It was already 1am in the morning and it had been a long day, so he was quite tired.

”Do you mind dropping by the cemetery for a bit. I want to pay my respects to Sara and tell her that her killer has been caught,” Halia said.

Eric smiled comfortingly, ”Sure.”

It didn't take long before Eric's car pulled up at the cemetery. It was dark, but there was a bit of lighting from street lamps that dotted the place.

Halia got out of the car and started walking down the path towards Sara's grave and Eric followed behind. But, as they got closer, they noticed that Sara already had a visitor: it was a man! Halia immediately pulled Dr. Ren behind a tree. Why was someone visiting so late at night? Halia peered out from behind the tree and spotted the man's face.