A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 978 Family

"Stop talking nonsense. I don't believe it at all! Are you kidding? Of course I know what kind of person you are, so it’s impossible that you would kill somebody. Even if you’ve killed someone, I'll clean up the mess for you.” Rae said in a serious tone. Then she turned her face to Ophelia who kept her head down. She saw that Ophelia was puzzled.

After Ophelia puzzled for several seconds, only then she looked up and looked at Rae.

Although the lights in the square were dim, Rae could see the expression on Ophelia’s face at a glance. Ophelia was staring at her. Ophelia looked shocked, she seemed like she could not believe what Rae said.

Rae was also afraid that Ophelia didn't believe what she said. She repeated it again in a very firm tone, "Ophelia, I know what kind of person you are, so I believe you! You won’t murder anyone! If you encounter a problem that is difficult to solve, you can tell me. If you really don't want to say it or if you have an unspeakable reason that you couldn’t say anything, remember that I'm here and I can listen to you at any time. Even if you just want to lean with me, I can be by your side!”

This time, Ophelia’s body shook. Her eyes suddenly turned red and she choked a little. Ophelia put her hand around Rae's neck and cried, “I knew...I knew you would believe me. You are my true friend. I was wrong. Because of Reuben, I distant myself a little from you, but I was wrong. Now I know I'm wrong. You believed me so much, but I was so petty. I really shouldn’t be like that!”

Rae nodded and repeated her words, “Even if everyone in this world does not believe you, I will still believe you. We are friends, we are soulmates, we are the closest in the world. As long as you need me, I'll be here!”

In Rae's heart, she had really regarded Ophelia as her own family. Perhaps it was because she had too few family members, or because she was deeply dependent on family and friendship. She really cherished this friendship after she experienced five years of loneliness.

Ophelia hugged Rae and cried for a long time. Then she said, “I may have encountered huge trouble. It's related to human life. You may have heard about it. It's about the murder of the siblings, Stanley and Karina!"

Seeing Ophelia took the initiative to talk about this, Rae nodded and replied bluntly, "Yes, I know. We talked about this at our meeting. Stanley met you before he died, Karina also met you before she died. You met them separately the day before they died!”

"Would you believe me if I said I was innocent?" Ophelia looked at Rae, her eyes looked frustrated and depressed, “I don't even believe that I am innocent myself. How can others believe me?"

"But I believe you!" Rae hurriedly said with a firm look, "As I said just now, you must have something that you couldn’t confess? Or it must be that you have an unspeakable reason? I’m sure you were framed, I know. You've always been a smart person. I'm not worried about any reason that can make you kill people because you won't do that at all. But what I'm worried about now is, have you been threatened or framed? No! It’s not possible that you were threatened. You should have been framed. Do you know anyone hiding behind the scenes and who would harm you? Who is that person?”

Ophelia let go of Rae and sat down in her seat. She picked up a can of beer and took a big sip, but she was not drunk.

Then she began to say slowly, "I was indeed framed, but I don't know who is behind the scenes! This is the scariest part!”

"What do you mean?" Rae was a little surprised, "You don't know who framed you, then how do you know that you were framed?"

"When I met them, they both came to see me at a different time. The day before Karina died, I gave her a glass of beer. I didn’t tell the police that Karina had called me once using the phone at workpalce. Karina told me she had something she wanted to tell me!”

Rae frowned, "What did she say to you?"

"She said she knew something I did wrong, she wanted to blackmail me. I didn't actually want to meet her, but after she said that, I went to see her! I gave her beer. It was really an accident. I never thought there might be a problem with the beer!”

Rae suddenly realized that Ophelia might have fallen into the trap. The person planning all these must be a very cunning person. He hid in the dark, killed somebody and made other people suspect Ophelia. He did it all seamlessly.

Marcel hadn't solved the case until today. Marcel was such a smart person. If the case was not difficult, how could the case still haven't been solved yet?

"What about Stanley?"

"Stanley called me and asked me for her sister's money. He said that his sister had left twenty thousand dollar cash with me before she died and she had left behind a diary. He wanted me to give him twenty thousand dollar in cash, then he would give me her diary. Otherwise, he would report to the police and accuse me of being a criminal who kills and loots money!”

Rae was even more stunned, “So you went to see him?”

"What would I do if I didn't go? I'm afraid. I'm afraid that he would really hand over the diary that had my name mentioned in it. Because I really did give Karina a glass of beer, and the police invited me over for an interrogation because of this!” Ophelia was also very frustrated, "If I knew I wouldn't go!"

"This was a trap!" After hearing from Ophelia’s side, Rae felt that this was the case, “You fell into an evil trap, someone wants to kill somebody and make you the suspect! Looks like Karina had probably offended some important person!”This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Rae thought, ‘It must be some important person, or a business noble, so who will it be?’

Ophelia and Rae were having a talk here. Suddenly, Rae looked around subconsciously and said, "This is not the right place to talk about this. Let's go to my house and we will talk when we reach my house!"

"Go to your house?" Ophelia was still confused!

"Yes!"

Soon, Rae dragged Ophelia into the driver's car arranged by Leonard. They went back to the Baxter residence together.

As soon as they entered the house, Rae let Lacey go to bed first. She brought Ophelia to her room.

Ophelia looked at Rae’s room, she looked around and sighed, “This is huge, the Baxter family is really rich!”

Rae didn't reply to her. She asked Ophelia to sit down. She went downstairs to the kitchen to get a drink. It was a high quality tea. She didn't like alcohol. She only drank a sip. When she went upstairs, she suddenly remembered that she didn't buy an after pill! Rae thought to herself, ‘Marcel did the insult to her inside the lift, but it should be all right, will it? Only did it once. It should be all right!’

Rae came upstairs with a cup of tea and handed it to Ophelia, "Drink a cup of tea first, to dissipate the effects of the alcohol!"

Ophelia took the cup and sighed.

Rae closed the door and said, "Have you thought about who would be the one planned this to frame you?"

Ophelia shook her head, “I don't know!”

"Were Karina and Stefan having that kind of relationship?" Rae continued to ask, “Do you know that?”

"Indeed they were!" Ophelia nodded, “I'm sure of it. I've seen our boss Mr. James touching Karina's backside with my own eyes!”

Rae was a little surprised. Karina was pregnant with Heath's child while having a secret relationship with Stefan.

The relationship between them was truly shocking. It was really a headache!

"Do you suspect anyone?"

Ophelia raked her hair, she pulled her hair in great pain, and then she said, "This time perhaps I will really be doomed. Maybe the police will find me soon, and arrest me at the police station. Last time when they arrested me, Reuben's lawyer came to save me. Now, Karina’s case may involve me again. I was lucky last time because Reuben saved me. But this time I may not be so lucky.”

If Reuben saved Ophelia last time, then it shouldn’t be Reuben who did this this time. He didn't have to take so much trouble to get Ophelia out and then let her be arrested again, which obviously didn't accord with logic.

Rae looked at Ophelia who seemed to be hurting. She knew that Ophelia didn't answer her question just now. Maybe she already had a suspect who would frame her but she just didn’t want to say it. So, Rae comforted Ophelia again, “If you think you can’t tell me the suspect, you can choose not to say it! But, Ophelia, I am a police, you have to try to believe me. I can save you.”

Ophelia looked up at Rae. Then she lowered her head again. It was not that she didn't believe in Rae. She just didn’t believe that that person would let Rae go. He was a cruel person. If Rae was involved in this matter, Ophelia was not sure if Rae and she would have already been lying in the cold morgue just

like Stanley and Karina. Now the siblings are waiting for a forensic examiner to examine their body, to determine the cause of death. Frankly, they didn't know how they died. This was the reason why Ophelia was really terrified of the man behind the scenes. So even when she already suspected someone, she still shook her head, “I think you and your team can't solve Stanley's case! If you guys did, it may also involve me as a suspect in this case! "

"Why do you think we can't solve the case?" Rae didn't like Ophelia to think like that, “Everything depends on how we investigate the case. No matter how complicated a case is, as long as we work hard, we will find clues and eventually find out the truth!”

Ophelia continued to shake her head.

Rae was convinced that there must be someone Ophelia was suspecting, “Do you not believe in me or do you not believe in the police?”

"It’s not like that!" Ophelia shook her head, “It’s that that person behind the scenes is very hard to fight with!”

"Who is that person?"

Ophelia still wouldn't speak.

"How was the relationship between Karina and Heath?" Rae changed her way of asking.

Ophelia widened her eyes suddenly and stared at Rae.

"Is it Heath?" Rae asked again, “Is Heath the one you are suspecting?”

Ophelia suddenly became stiff and her expression was a little strange.

Rae caught Ophelia acting abnormally right away. Her intuition told her that Ophelia had really hidden something from her. And maybe it was not her intention to hide it. She probably had her own unspeakable difficulties and reasons. But because she tried to hide something, Rae suddenly felt that Heath may be the suspect.

Heath, the man seemed to be a young man with a cheerful smile. He had shown his aggressiveness and boldness in front of her. Now that Rae thought of it, she couldn’t help but to frown. Especially when she knew that Karina was pregnant with his child.

This fact was already odd by itself.

Rae suddenly remembered the extra twenty thousand dollar cash in Stanley's bank account, which was connected with the twenty thousand dollar cash mentioned by Ophelia just now.

Rae subconsciously looked at Ophelia. The cash should not be given by Ophelia. The coincidence was really suspicious, the amount was twenty thousand dollar cash too.

Rae knew that Ophelia intended to hide something, so she didn't ask about Heath. She just asked, "Ophelia, did you give that twenty thousand dollar cash to Stanley?"

Ophelia shook her head immediately. "From where can I get twenty thousand dollar cash? It’s twenty thousand dollar in cash. I do have some cash in my bank, but it’s less than twenty thousand dollar. No matter how high my salary is, all these years, where have I spent my money? The food I eat and the clothing I wear have basically used up all the money. Plus, I don't save money either. Besides, I'm so young, I certainly won't save money and I spend all my money, so I don't have twenty thousand dollar cash in my bank account and I wouldn't give Stanley twenty thousand dollar in cash!”