The famous detective in the comic world

Chapter 281 Revenge
"You mean... Maggie and Miriam are taking revenge?" Judging from Tom's expression, he seemed to be unacceptable to this statement: "For... the people Bess has harmed... how could Bess harm who?"

"Of course it's possible." Ho Nan said to him seriously: "You probably don't know Beth as well as you think, don't you?"

Tom gritted his teeth and fell silent.

Reminded by He Nan, he painfully called Lorenzo - He Nan told him what to say, just do it.

After connecting the phone, Tom pressed the speakerphone, and quickly questioned Lorenzo, what did Maggie and Miriam tell you and Bess when the power went out for the first time, and did something scary appear, but did not know? Dare to let him know.

It can be clearly heard that Lorenzo's voice suddenly became a little uneasy.

He said at the beginning that it was nothing special, and he has already told you everything he knows.

...However, after Tom roared "I know what they told you, tell me if you are a friend", Lorenzo was silent for a moment, and finally admitted with a heavy tone that he had concealed something.

He said that when the power went out for the first time, Maggie and Miriam saw a familiar figure flash by in the distance on the first floor.

They seemed horrified and said it must be Jenna.

Lorenzo didn't know who this Jenna was, but Bess' face turned ugly all of a sudden, and he murmured something like "Why is she still alive?" Either a ghost, or someone who should be dead is still alive; sneaking in now is definitely up to no good.

Lorenzo was going to discuss this with Tom right away, but the three girls stopped him, telling him that Tom would be in trouble if he found out, that it would ruin Tom's life, and that you would lose this friend later on.And made him swear to God not to tell.He had no choice but to follow suit.

As a result, this kind of thing happened later—originally Lorenzo actually wanted to protect Jenna, who was clearly in a bad mood, but Tom wanted to ask him for a drink. I can only pretend that I don't know anything.Unexpectedly, this kind of thing happened later.

After Beth's death, Lorenzo thought about confessing to him, but Tom was in a bad mood after his wife's death and took the initiative to alienate them. On the one hand, Lorenzo was afraid that he would be blamed by Tom if he said it. Maggie and Miriam also talked to him, saying that they must not leak Jenna's matter, otherwise he might be the one who will be attacked by the evil spirit next.Therefore, we can only keep the secret like this.

Because of fear and doubt, Lorenzo wanted to know who Jenna was and why Bess was killed by her, so he asked Maggie and Miriam.They were reluctant at first, but later revealed everything to Lorenzo in order to let Lorenzo understand the consequences of not keeping the secret and to fear Jenna.

Jenna, who used to be Beth's college friend.

Jenna, Bess, Maggie and Miriam were close friends at the time and went to Miriam's house for a party on Christmas Eve.

On the way home, Jenna and Bess were walking together and were robbed.Beth left Jenna and escaped by herself, and Jenna was shot dead by the robbers.

They believe that Jenna is equivalent to being killed by her, which is why Jenna resents Bess.On another Christmas many years later, she finally turned into a wraith to take revenge.

Lorenzo cried and said that he shouldn't have kept it from him, but now that he told Tom the secret, Jenna might take revenge now.

Hearing what he said, He Nan couldn't help comforting him, saying that he was a detective.There's nothing wrong with it, it's all Maggie and Miriam's fault, they're the murderers, you can rest easy.

After hearing this, Lorenzo seemed to be stunned for a long time, and then hurriedly asked what was going on.

"It's a long story. Tom might explain it to you when he has a chance." After He Nan finished speaking, he glanced at Tom.

Afterwards, Tom gritted his teeth, wiped his tears and thanked him, and hung up the phone.

"Fuck...these two bitches!" Tom sobbed and said, "The murderer is obviously a robber... Bess is just scared, so protect yourself! Jenna is just unlucky, how can Bess be counted?" Damn it! How can she fight against gunmen?!"

"...In short, the truth is out." He Nan sighed helplessly: "The only thing that is strange to me is...all this happened in college? If Maggie and Miriam want to take revenge on Bess, why After waiting for so long... don't they know the truth?"

"Well, it must be so. Maybe Bess accidentally revealed it...for example, when he was drunk and remembered it, he couldn't help but say it, or he told what he was heard in the grave or in front of the priest...or maybe it was something that was kept in his heart It was hard to let go, so I took the initiative to confess to my friends." Shirley said softly.

She has been expressionless since just now.

But that was just calm, not indifference.

There is still a trace of helplessness and sympathy in the eyes, but there is no sadness.

"What are you going to do next?" He Nan waited for Tom to gradually recover from the sad crying, revealing a face full of hatred, and then asked.

"...I will handle it myself, so you don't need to worry about it! I won't ask them for an 'explanation', this matter will never end!" Tom wiped his tears, opened the bag, took out four stacks of hundred-dollar bills, and handed them To He Nan: "Please accept it... This is the final payment."

"Okay." He Nan took the money, and hurriedly took the receipt confirmation letter that Shirley had silently signed, and also signed his own name: "The final payment for this case is 5000 yuan, so I'm looking for you now." -"

"——Don't look for it, the five thousand is a tip... just give it to Beth." Tom slumped on Beth's dead chair like a deflated ball, pinching his temple, and whispered: "I'm sorry , I won’t send the two of you off... Please go back to the city on your own.”

"...Well, goodbye." Ho Nan was silent for a moment, then turned and walked towards the exit: "...Good luck to you, Mr. Tom Kennan."

Shirley followed him out without saying a word.

But on the way, he turned his head back and looked in Tom's direction.

He just sat there quietly, with his head down, unable to see his expression.

"Looks like I'm going to drive the night train back to New York..." He Nan walked out of the villa, came to his car, looked back at the wooden house, and said with emotion: "...Actually, this house is quite beautiful."

"...Well, yes." Shirley smiled wryly: "Maybe we also have the opportunity to build a holiday cottage in the countryside in the future?"

(End of this chapter)