"Of course you won't do it yourself." Colonel Mel's smile contained a sly smile: "How could a noble gentleman like you let such a thing get your hands dirty."
While saying this, he took out a piece of paper from his prison uniform and handed it to Sheriff Chandler beside him.
"Mr. Sheriff, please take a look at this letter. It was given to me by my lawyer last night. It was left on purpose by Ederson before he died. My new lawyer accepted these things. Although there is such a guess, I have never believed it, but after reading this letter, I have to believe it." There was a hint of coldness on Mel's face, which seemed to be completely different from the gentle gentleman before. do not.
Evan bit his lower lip lightly, and his face still looked like he didn't care, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried. He always knew that Mel was a smart person. Since he dared to pull himself this time Entering this matter, you must be fully prepared. Evan's mind was completely affected by the thin letter at this time.
Sheriff Chandler took the letter from Mel, and he couldn't help but glance at Evan with a serious look in his eyes.
Evan clenched his fists, but tried his best to show a calm look on his face, but when he was the most nervous, a warm palm covered the back of his hand, Evan's heart tightened, and he moved towards the back. When he saw it, he suddenly bumped into Duke Wilson's gentle eyes. The trust and support in those eyes made Evan feel a little guilty. He lowered his eyes in a panic and didn't dare to look at him again. s eyes.
At this time, Sheriff Chandler had already opened the letter, it was just a very simple piece of paper, but at this time it affected the minds of everyone in the room.
Sheriff Chandler frowned at the first glance, and by the end, his brows were knitted together.
He gave Evan a meaningful look.
The meaning contained in that glance made Evan's heart suspend all of a sudden.
Sheriff Chandler slowly stood up from the chair, he walked to Evan, looked straight into Evan's eyes, and said solemnly: "Pastor Bruce, can you explain this?" He Unfold the letter in front of Evan.
Evan couldn't wait to look at the contents of the letter, but when he saw the first line of words, his expression changed.
Adelson admits that he killed Eliza himself.
Evan hurriedly looked at the text again, and his face became more and more ugly.
When he was reading the last word, Evan finally raised his head. He stared at Mel behind Sheriff Chandler, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart.
Although Ederson admitted that he killed Eliza, he was coerced by Evan to do it. His child needed a lot of money for treatment. After this incident, he offered to provide him with the money, and his condition was to let him kill Eliza and put the blame on Mel.
So absurd yet so convincing, Evan just stood there, feeling a little dizzy.
"Sheriff Chandler." Evan gritted his teeth, looked straight at Sheriff Chandler's slightly weird gaze, and said in a low voice, "You wouldn't believe such nonsense, would you?"
"Personally, of course I don't believe it. I have 100% trust in your character." Sheriff Chandler answered succinctly: "But..." He hesitated a little: "But anyway I am a Sheriff, I would like to ask you to clarify the issues described in this letter."
In fact, Evan also understands Sheriff Chandler's entanglement. This kind of thing is not easy to deal with no matter who it is.
"I understand your difficulty, but with regard to this letter, I can say with certainty that every word it says is a lie, and I have not been involved in any murder-related incident, nor have I directed Ai Mr. Desen did anything, and I didn't use Mr. Edson's son to coerce him, God testify, I didn't even know he had a son!" Evan finally looked a little excited at this time, and the murder charge , I believe that no one will be normal.
Sheriff Chandler also saw Evan so excited for the first time, and hurriedly stepped forward and waved his hand to appease: "Please don't be so excited, this is just a letter, maybe someone forged it to frame you, not necessarily real."
When it came to this, Mel couldn't help but let out a cold voice: "Sheriff Chandler, your attitude towards the suspect is really different, since you suspect that there is something wrong with this letter, you can go to Ai The hospital where Desen's son lives will check to see if there is such a thing, and I don't want anyone to be wronged in this matter."
Hearing such a determined voice from Mel, Evan couldn't help but grit his teeth. I was afraid that Mel had already prepared everything, and even if Sheriff Chandler went to investigate, he would not be able to find anything.
"Oh, you're right." Sheriff Chandler's eyes suddenly lit up: "Perhaps this is the only way to clear your suspicions." He looked at Evan a little excitedly.
Evan smiled reluctantly, not holding any hope for the results of this investigation.
"Wait a minute." Duke Wilson suddenly spoke at this time, and he walked behind Evan, supporting Evan as if he were the strongest backing.
He glanced at Mel coldly, without the slightest emotion in his eyes. He might not have realized that Mel was such a bold person.
"Since someone used this to frame Evan, then I'm afraid I've already made preparations. Even if you go to investigate, what can you find out." He pursed his lips angrily, such a small thing , even letting people steal the sky under his nose, how can this not make him angry.
Colonel Mel just smiled softly: "Why does the Duke think so much, this matter has to be explained anyway, as for the result of the investigation, we have to check it before we can find out, just sit here and say , I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the public."
Duke Wilson's eyes became more and more gloomy, his hands were clenched tightly, his joints were almost white, he stared at Mel, he had already had countless evil thoughts about this person, but this time, this The scene does not allow him to put his thoughts into practice.
Duke Wilson suppressed the anger in his heart, he turned his head, glanced at Sheriff Chandler with a blank face, and said word by word: "Then please investigate Mr. Sheriff, and Edson's Letter, and also ask Mr. Sheriff to check the handwriting carefully, so as not to be taken advantage of."
Although Duke Wilson could see at a glance that the letter was indeed Ederson's handwriting, and although the letter still had Ederson's seal and signature on it, Duke Wilson did not believe that Ederson would do such a stupid thing. matter.
Duke Wilson took Evan's hand mercilessly and left. He ignored the attempts to keep Sheriff Chandler and walked out. It was a joke, Evan was humiliated in front of so many people. If he was brought into the police station by Sheriff Chandler, he would never forgive himself in his life.
Evan was pulled by Duke Wilson, and he almost stumbled out. When he reached the door, Duke Wilson slowed down, and Evan was relieved.
"Don't be angry." Although Evan was also very upset, he still warmly comforted Duke Wilson, who was obviously in a violent mood.
"How can I not be angry!" Duke Wilson turned to look at Evan, with a faint trace of blood in his eyes: "He... He dared to treat you like this, I will never let him go!"
This was the first time I saw such a bloodthirsty Duke Evan, he couldn't help being stunned, then frowned, and finally whispered: "You... don't do this, Colonel Mel is just telling what he knows. Just say it, I haven't done this, you... don't worry too much. "
Looking at Evan's simple thoughts, Duke Wilson didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow, he couldn't help softening his expression and said warmly: "I know you haven't done it, I believe you, don't worry, I won't let you Something happened."
Evan couldn't help but be puzzled by the sudden change in Duke Wilson's expression, but he finally smiled: "I know, I believe you."
Duke Wilson took Evan away, but this time Duke Wilson didn't say anything to let Evan go back to church, and took him directly to Cornwall Manor. He was afraid that Chandler would take Evan directly regardless of his return. Returning to the police station, such a situation was definitely the last thing he wanted to see.
Evan did not refute either, and honestly followed Duke Wilson back to Cornwall Manor. Although he wanted to pretend to be a white lotus, he had no intention of going to prison.
Edward was the happiest at the end of this decision. When he saw Evan coming, he was so happy that he dragged Evan to his room, but this time Duke Wilson did not tolerate Edward's willfulness and scolded him directly. , and then directly dragged Evan towards the study upstairs.
Evan looked at the backs of Evan and Duke Wilson with some grievance. He was a little unhappy in his heart, but there was no reluctance in his eyes. He knew very well that only when Evan was completely with Duke Wilson could he be forever. With Evan, as long as he thinks of this, Edward can hardly contain his excitement.
He imagined such a scene for a moment, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he waved at the footman behind him, and went straight back to his room.
**
For the next two days, Evan's life was very peaceful. Although there were still worries brought about by the letter, perhaps because of Duke Wilson, Evan did not feel the slightest sense of oppression and unease.
On the contrary, Duke Wilson has been very busy these days. Evan watched countless people come and go in and out of his study. Duke Wilson was almost too busy to talk to him, but Evan But he obtained the greatest peace of mind from his increasingly calm look every day.
It's just that these days finally came to an end on the third day.
That day, Evan and Duke Wilson were drinking afternoon tea in the garden. Little Edward was lying on Evan's knees, listening to Evan telling him the stories in the Bible with burning eyes. These are things that have been repeated countless times, but this Little Edward at that time was still very interested, as if it were the most attractive thing in the world.
And it was such a warm scene that was suddenly broken by people.
Butler Chris walked in with a slightly nervous look. He walked over to Duke Wilson, bent down and said in a low voice, "Lord Duke, Sheriff Chandler is here."
The look in Duke Wilson's eyes flashed slightly, and he nodded. He turned to look at Evan. Duke Wilson at this time seemed to be completely different from the furious Duke Wilson three days ago. He nodded lightly to Evan. , whispered: "Let's go back."
Of course Evan heard what Butler Chris said just now, so his mood at this time was not very good. He nodded stiffly, hugged Edward who was lying on his lap, and followed Duke Wilson's footsteps. , walk towards the castle.