The old wall clock in the living room on the first floor had just struck eight o’clock in the morning, and there was only one Aunt Zhou left in the house.
After Farren Austin moved out of the Austin family’s old house, the maids of the Austin family were cut by half because the old man felt that the house was too noisy with too many people, and only one cook and one housecleaning maid remained among the live-in nannies except for Aunt Zhou.
Erlina Lee fell on the stairs and stared straight down the stairs. The old man Austin was lying on his back, his arms and legs twitching intermittently, his lips wriggling as if he was trying to call for help, but in the end he couldn’t make a sound.
The late winter chill raged in the courtyard of the Austin family’s old house, the bitter wind blew the balsam fir trees to the east and west, the housekeeper Zhou had just left, and the courtyard was empty.
The sound of the engine stopped outside the courtyard, the sedan compartment, Bick scanned the fuel gauge, sideways look to the passenger said.
“You go in first, the car is out of gas, I’ll get a refill first.”
“Okay.”
Amelia Bright got out of the car, less than four months pregnant, it does not seem to change the figure, but wears a lot more bloated than in previous winters, the white down jacket almost wrapped her into a white dumpling.
Because it is winter, the old mansion’s yard also does not need to be corrected, the gardener also went home on early leave, the whole yard looks distinctly fragmented and depressed.
“Aunt Zhou …”
Amelia Bright saw that the door was open and called out Aunt Zhou’s name as she entered the house, but no one answered.
She changed her slippers in the foyer, put the nutrition she brought on the floor and paced inside.
“Aunt Zhou …”
The house was empty, the windows and doors on all sides were open, and the cold wind passed through the hall, almost colder than outside.
Amelia Bright frowned. How come the windows and doors are not closed on such a cold day?
The first time I saw a hand trembling out from behind the sofa, I saw it.
Amelia Bright’s face changed and she immediately walked over at a brisk pace.
“Grandpa.”
She exclaimed, hardly believing what she saw.
On the back of the couch, Master Austin was lying on the floor, a fruit knife sticking straight out of his gray suit, a pool of blood underneath him, still bleeding at the moment.
After seeing her, the old man stared straight, as if with all the strength of the body towards her arms.
She ran over to him and sat on her knees beside him, helpless.
“Grandpa, don’t be afraid, I’ll call for an ambulance, I’ll call.”
She took her cell phone out of her pocket, but was grabbed by the old man.
“Tell Yun … Farren … has … an undercover … To, to harm him, is …”
“You don’t say anything, I’ll call an ambulance.”
Amelia Bright’s face was pale, panic even emergency calls were wrong several times.
“Hello? Here is the Golden Water Court villa area … fast, fast … you guys hurry.”
Hang up the phone, the phone was casually thrown aside, she looked at the knife in the chest of the old man, the brain quickly flashed through the memory of the way to stop the bleeding, despite the memory of skilled, but in reality, she is the first time to face this kind of thing, a time of panic.
The old man’s breathing is getting weaker and weaker, the ambulance is late, she gritted her teeth, hardened her hand, followed the memory to find the heart artery point, pressed to stop the bleeding.
It was probably the wrong place to press, the blood gushed out and sprayed her face, panic, her heart was so frightened that it stopped beating.
“Grandpa, you hold on, the ambulance will be here soon.”
The old man’s voice was getting weaker and weaker.
“Tell Farren to … be careful, be careful …”
“Be careful of who?”
“Beware of … Calla Moon …”
The moment she heard this, name, Amelia Bright’s face turned pale, “She did this to you?”
The old man’s eyes clouded, the breath of life gradually drained from his face, his chaotic eyes could no longer respond to any of her questions, only using the last of his meaningful strength to repeat the name over and over again.
“Calla Moon.”
She had heard correctly, it was Calla Moon.
“Ah!”
A scream suddenly came from the doorway, accompanied by the sound of a bag dropping rang out, stinging Amelia Bright’s ears with a buzz.
Suddenly she turned around to see Aunt Zhou looking at her with a horrified look on her face, two bags with vegetables falling beside her, several potatoes rolling out of the plastic bags with a grunt, all the way to her feet.
“Great young grandmother, you … you … killed someone.”
After returning to her senses, Aunt Zhou ran out of the house in a state of panic, screaming ‘Murdered someone’.
Amelia Bright was left sitting alone on her knees, the blood on her white duvet was shocking, after making sure that the old man had no heartbeat, she numbly let go of her already stiff and numb hands, her mind was in a mess.
Farren Austin’s grandfather was dead, right in front of her.
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“Name.”
“Amelia Bright.”
In the police station’s separate interrogation room, after Amelia Bright gave her ID number, the police officer in charge of interrogating her found all her information in the database, probably because he saw her previous record of killing someone in jail four years ago, the middle-aged police officer’s brow locked deeply, and his tone was not polite.
“Tell me, what exactly is going on, why did you kill again?”
“I didn’t kill anyone.”
“The evidence is all there, and your fingerprints are still on the murder weapon, what else do you want to say?”
Amelia Bright’s eyes were frosty, and she stared coldly at the police officer, questioning.
“If you say that Aunt Zhou is a witness, I have enough reasons to doubt your professionalism, because I called the ambulance, the first witness at the scene is me, and I am a medical student, the first reaction to see the scene is to stop the bleeding, what is wrong with my fingerprints on the knife? What’s wrong with my fingerprints on the knife? You’ve decided I’m a murderer based on that?”
“The mouth is quite powerful, waiting for the autopsy results and further investigation out, you have no way to talk tough, you I have seen a lot of people like you, it is best to confess to be lenient.”
“I’ve seen a lot of people like you, taking the salary of an iron rice bowl in the system, not intending to do the case properly, and when the case is over, my lawyer will sue you for defamation.”
“What?”
The policeman’s face changed and he slapped the table and said.
“Who are you threatening? Do you really think I’m here to fool around with you without any investigation? You’ve been having a hard time with the Austin family for a while now, haven’t you? The investigation shows that the deceased visited your place once yesterday at noon.”
“So what? What does that have to do with today’s homicide?”
“Yesterday you had a conflict with the deceased, plus the ostracism of the Austin family during this period of time made you hold a grudge, so you started to kill.”
Hearing this groundless speculation, Amelia Bright had lost the last trace of patience, coldly glanced at the drunken policeman and stopped talking.
“Duk Duk Duk,” came a knock at the door.
“Come in.”
“Officer Zhao, the Austin family has come to pick up Amelia Bright.”
“Pick up what? She’s a suspect.”
The man who came was a small young policeman who smiled and said awkwardly.
“Officer Zhao, Hounslow military district Austin officer’s adjutant personally came to bail.”