Female Novel
Chapter 1378 She’s Missing
“I might as well not go back, Dad. I won’t see him.”
“No, the officers from the local police station are waiting for you at home!”
“What?” Emmeline was stumped. “The police? Why are they waiting for me?”
“They said something about conducting an investigation. Anyway, come back as soon as possible.”Maxwell hung up the phone.
“What’s up? Something about the officers from the local police station?” Abel asked, simultaneously.turning the car around and increasing the speed.
“That’s what my dad said. It’s strange, though. Why would the police be looking for me?”
“You haven’t done anything wrong, have you?” Abel teased her, noticing her nervous expression.
“I have, Emmeline replied.
“What?” Abel was startled. “What did you do?”
“I cursed you in my heart a hundred times!”
“Oh, so the officers are here to seek justice for me,” Abel said solemnly.
Emmeline burst into laughter.
When they returned home, two young police officers were sitting on the couch.
“Are you Emmeline?”
“Yes,”
“We’re from the Altney Police Substation. Here are our credentials.” They both showed their policebadges.
“Is there something I can help with?”
“Please have a seat. We need to ask you a few questions, and you should answer truthfully.”
“All right.”
“You are Emmeline Louise, a third-grade language teacher at Altney Elementary School, correct?”
“Yes, why are you asking this?”
“You just need to answer yes or no.”
Emmeline grew annoyed and glanced at Abel.
“Emma, this is the standard procedure for taking statements. Stay calm and answer their questions.”Abel stood behind her, placing his hands on her shoulders, comforting her.
“Yes,” Emmeline reiterated, feeling reassured by Abel’s warm hand on her shoulder.
“Do you know Ysabel Hemmings?”
“Our homeroom teacher, Ysabel?”
“Yes.”
“I know her.”
“When was the last time you saw her?”
“Um… about three or four days before the vacation, I need to check. I’m not exactly sure.”
“Carefully calculate the time and pinpoint the exact day.”novelbin
Emmeline thought for a moment. “June 24th.”
“Before the last time you saw her, did anything happen? Any specific incidents?”
“Before that, she had a fight with the wife of the administration head, and the wife ended up hitting her.Later, she worked for two more days and then took a long leave. I haven’t seen her since. Whathappened to her?”
“Besides the situation you just mentioned, do you know of any other circumstances or personalinformation about Ysabel Hemmings?”
Emmeline had a sudden realization. “She was a victim of domestic violence!”
“Please elaborate.”
“She had injuries on her body. She said her husband had beaten her. Also, she mentioned that shewanted. a divorce, and she wanted to be with…” Emmeline hesitated,
“You can go ahead and say it. We will be conducting interviews with relevant and irrelevant personnelfrom your school, and the content of your conversation will be kept confidential.”
“She wanted to marry Mr. Joseph Sayer.” Emmeline continued, “But what happened to Ysabel?”
“She’s missing.”
“She’s missing? Are you sure she has gone missing and not on a trip or… cloped?”
The officer ignored her question and pressed on, “When you last saw her, did she exhibit any unusual.behavior?”
Emmeline thought hard. “That afternoon, after the students had left, I saw her coming down from theacademic building through my office window. She seemed to have been crying. She didn’t come to theoffice and walked straight toward the school gate. There happened to be a school-construction vehicleentering the playground, blocking my view, and I never saw her again.”
“Alright, are the statements you made today accurate?”
“Yes, they are.”
Is there anything else you’d like to add?”
Emmeline thought for a moment and shook her head. “No.”
She had only been at the elementary school for a few months, and although she shared an office with
Ysabel, they didn’t communicate much. She couldn’t help but wonder why Ysabel had disappeared.
Emmeline quickly speculated, Did Ysabel’s husband discover her affair and kill her? Or could Josephhave eliminated her to protect himself?
Emmeline shuddered at her own frightening thoughts.