Female Novel
Chapter 285
Chapter 285
Hearing Seraphina’s words, Herman’s gaze went blank for a moment.novelbin
Actually, while going through these surveillance videos again and again, he had already thought aboutthis possibility.
Yet, even though this idea had crossed his mind, hearing it from someone else made it feel completelydifferent.
Especially when it was as firmly stated as Seraphina did.
No matter how long he had thought about it or how many conjectures he had made, he found it hard toaccept at this moment.
“All we have are theories,” Herman said in a low voice. “We don’t have any proof”
Seraphina looked at him and said, “They’re theories, but they’re reasonable theories. You thought of ityourself, why can’t you accept it?”
“It’s not that I can’t accept it,” Herman said. “But investigations need evidence, we can’t just accusesomeone based on a guess!”
“You need evidence, I don’t.” After saying this, Seraphina turned to leave
Leandro, who had been silent all this while, reached out to stop her. Seraphina looked back at him.Leandro gave her a look and said softly, “Calm down.”
Seraphina wanted to shake him off.
Now that the crime syndicate responsible for harming Sandra Smith was fully exposed to her, howcould she stay calm?
But this thought only lasted a moment. Looking into Leandro’s eyes, Seraphina paused a bit and thenslowly calmed down.
“Alright,” she said, “I’ll calm down.”
Leandro didn’t let go of her hand, holding it all the while, occasionally squeezing it as if to remind her ofhis presence.
Seraphina did feel it and her mind gradually settled down.
She looked at Herman again and said slowly, “Since he’s a suspect and you don’t have any evidence,you should be looking for evidence instead of denying the possibility.”
After hearing this, Herman lit up a cigarette and walked over to a nearby balcony.
Seraphina watched as Herman left. Suddenly, she thought of something and nudged Leandro.
Leandro looked back at her. Seraphina made a gesture at him and then looked back at Herman,signaling him to go over.
Herman might not want to listen to her, but he should be willing to listen to Leandro, right?
Getting Seraphina’s hint, Leandro let go of her hand and walked towards the balcony.
The night was dim and neon lights one after another lit up. From the balcony, the city lights wereflickering, beautiful and peaceful.
But who knew how much evil was hidden behind this beauty?
Hearing Leandro’s footsteps, Herman didn’t move from the balcony. After a while, he said, “I knoweverything she said is right, but I just…don’t want to face this truth.”
“It’s not you don’t want to face the truth,” Leandro said. “You just don’t want to face this person.”
“My mentor…” Herman paused for a moment, then said, “He’s a great cop… When I first joined theforce, he took us rookies under his wing, handling cases all day and drinking with us at night. He nevershowed any arrogance as a leader and generously shared all his detective skills with us… Everything Ican do today… including my drinking abilities, were all trained by him… How can I believe he’d becapable of such a crime?”
After hearing this, Leandro was silent for a moment, then said, “You put too much emphasis onemotions, but the most unpredictable thing in this world is the human heart. Maybe when you’veexperienced enough, you’ll gradually understand that besides yourself, no one can be fully trusted”
Hearing this, Herman looked at him and slowly repeated, “Besides myself, no one can be fully trusted?Isn’t such a life too sad?”
“There’s nothing sad about it, Leandro said lightly. Just get used to it.”
“Is that how you are? Herman got his meaning, “Can’t you find anyone in this world who you fully trust?What about me? Can’t you trust me?”
Leandro looked him in the eye, then slowly started to smile, “It’s not that you can’t be trusted, it’s justthat I have my reservations and can’t fully open myself up to you.”
Hearing this, Herman suddenly looked back at the living room.
There, Seraphina was sitting on the couch, talking on the phone with someone.
Herman might have been a bit disappointed and angry, and he couldn’t help but ask, “What about her?”
Leandro followed Herman’s gaze, his eyes landed on Seraphina, he paused for a moment, then said,“She’s an exception.”
The only exception.
Herman was still recovering from the previous shock when he received another one. Just as he wasabout to retort, Seraphina suddenly got up and walked briskly towards them.
Leandro and Herman both turned to look at her.
Seraphina’s expression was serious as she held up her phone to Herman, “You wanted evidence,right? I found some for you.”
Herman’s eyes changed a bit.
Seraphina quickly pulled up a video she had just received on her phone.
The person in the video was Keeley, and the location was an outdoor coffee shop.
In the video, Keeley sat quietly for a while, then suddenly pulled out a phone.
“Here, this is after he saw the news about Maddox on the big screen in the square,” Seraphinaexplained. “Who do you guys think he’d call after watching that news?”
Neither Leandro nor Herman said anything, they just continued to watch the video.
In the video, Keeley tossed one phone on the table, then pulled out another phone before he started tomake the call.
Seraphina continued, “When we were investigating him before, we only found one phone number, butnow, he clearly has another phone number that he uses to contact people in his gang.”
“That’s hard to investigate,” Herman said. “He could use anyone’s phone and use it himself.”
“Yeah,” Seraphina said, “But now that you know his call time, why don’t you go check if there’s amatching call record on your mentor’s mobile or landline at the same time?”
At this, Herman paused again.
Leandro glanced at him, slowly saying, “If you think he’s innocent, go find out the truth, prove hisinnocence. If you find him suspicious, don’t consider his status, remember who you are.”
At this, Herman’s face shifted slightly. Then, bypassing Seraphina, he walked straight into the room.After some rummaging, he finally found his mobile and started dialing.