Chapter 35
Terrell is no dummy, he quickly picked up on the whole story. He eyed Seraphina, his voice chilling, “So that’s the way it is! I really underestimated you, I thought it was all about Leandro_*
Seraphina responded without hesitation, Leandro that was just a fluke”
“And what’s your excuse for putting me through all this?” Terrell asked angrily.
Seraphina looked at him, surprised. “Terrell, I just thought I might’ve dragged you into this, but if you’re going to put all the blame on me, I’m not having it.” Terrell glared at Seraphina for a moment, then turned and walked out to the balcony, lighting up a cigarette.
Seraphina returned to the dining table, checked on Valerio’s meal, then joined Terrell on the balcony after eating something herself.
Terrell’s cigarette was almost burnt out, his stress clearly showing.
Hearing Seraphina’s footsteps, he didn’t turn around, but after a while he asked, “What’s your interest in Balch?”
Seraphina leaned against the balcony door, her voice measured. What other cases involve you and Balch?”
and tired expression passed over Terrell’s face. He was all too familiar with the case Seraphinà mentioned – the murder of Balch’s wife, Janetta.
to do with you?” he
hired,” Seraphina replied.
“By whom?”
Wilbur, the man who was convicted
two years ago. Wilbur died in prison not long after,
that’s why I agreed to help his girlfriend reopen the investigation.”
that woman, how do you investigate? Do you
was relaxed, but her eyes were determined, “Wilbur claimed he was innocent until his last breath, and his girlfriend Diana has been fighting for a dead man for six years, despite her serious illness,
“Serious illness?”
stomach cancer.”
again, “So you came to me, hoping to get
of your interview with Mrs. Lawson, published or not, plus all the information on
were disdainful, “You’re so clever, you should know that stuff isn’t with me anymore.”
the data’s gone, the memory’s
Terrell sneered, “Can memory
slowly, “I’m not a judge, evidence isn’t important
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