The room fell into a strange silence. No one spoke or made any movement. They seemed to be shocked by Duke Wilson's words, and they couldn't find anything to say.
Colonel Mel's face was very ugly. He looked at Duke Wilson with a pale face. His eyes were full of bleak and panic. He clenched his fists tightly, as if he was ready to escape from this place at any time.
Sheriff Chandler was the first to regain his senses, breaking the silence.
"Pub... Lord Duke, I think, I need to chat with these witnesses and obtain testimony." His tone was weak and weak, as if he was a little guilty.
Duke Wilson nodded: "You will get all the help you want, but now Pastor Bruce..." He stopped talking and looked at Sheriff Chandler meaningfully.
Sheriff Chandler kept sweating on his forehead, and he twitched the corners of his mouth stiffly, revealing an extremely ugly smile: "Mr. Pastor's behavior has been clarified, of course, there is no need to go to the police station, please. Don't worry, we'll keep Colonel Mel well, and in three days you'll hear about the indictment."
This case has been backlogged for a long time, and their director wanted to close the case for a long time, but he kept pressing it down. Now it seems that after a large circle of investigations, in the end, it has returned to where it started.
Duke Wilson nodded with satisfaction, with a sneer at the corners of his mouth, looking at Colonel Mel, who had been keeping his head down in silence, he couldn't help sneering: "What's the matter? Colonel Mel? Weren't you very active before? Why? Don't say a word now? Don't you want to admit that you killed Eliza now?"
Duke Wilson's words made Colonel Mel's body tremble slightly. He raised his head and looked at Duke Wilson in a trance.
"Lord Duke, this time you won."
His words were very calm, as if what he was about to face was not a death sentence, but a warm home.
"I killed Eliza. She was a lovely girl. Unfortunately, she was so stupid that she wanted to marry me in a whim. This really embarrassed me, so I killed her."
The current Colonel Mel doesn't seem to be the same person as the former Colonel Mel who was very affectionate. It's a little scary to be calm.
But after hearing this, Evan frowned slightly, but he didn't say much in the end.
"It's just... just for this reason!" Sheriff Chandler's face flushed with anger at Colonel Mel's indifference. Seeing his appearance, he even wanted to slap him directly.
"You're a villain! Asshole!" Sheriff Chandler scolded through gritted teeth.
But Colonel Mel did not even frown, and his expression remained calm.
"Mr. Sheriff, you are right at all, that's who I am." He looked at Sheriff Chandler calmly, without any guilt or shame in his expression.
Sheriff Chandler was stunned.
He had never seen such a shameless person without even the slightest sense of shame.
"Mr. Duke, thank you very much for your help." Sheriff Chandler seemed to have given up reasoning with Colonel Mel, and stood up angrily to say goodbye to Duke Wilson: "I am bothering you today, and I am very sorry for Pastor Bruce. Sorry, I'll leave first."
After speaking, he pulled Colonel Mel's handcuffs and left without looking back.
Looking at Sheriff Chandler and Colonel Mel, whose back was slightly staggered, Evan's expression was unpredictable, and he was very clear in his heart that this was not the end of this matter.
But obviously Duke Wilson didn't think so. At this time, he completely let go of the boulder in his heart and let out a long sigh of relief. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one in the living room, he came forward and hugged Evan's waist in his ear. Side whispered: "It's a bunch of annoying people, aren't you scared?"
Evan was dumbfounded for a while: "Am I such a weak person in your heart?" Seeing Duke Wilson's slightly anxious look, he couldn't help but smile: "Thank you for this time, if not You, I'm afraid I'm going to be a prisoner."
Duke Wilson shook his head, his expression still a little embarrassed: "This time it's all because I implicated you. If it wasn't for me, you wouldn't be involved in this matter, and you wouldn't be framed by Mel."
Hearing him say this, Evan couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart. I'm afraid that he has already fallen into this matter. Looking at Mel's preparations today, I'm afraid that he has already laid out a trap for himself, but he Not sure why Mel would do this, but now...
Looking at Duke Wilson's gentle eyes, Evan suddenly felt that he understood Mel's thoughts.
"Charles." Evan lowered his head and whispered in Duke Wilson's ear: "I need to go to the monastery."
"To the monastery?" Duke Wilson looked at Evan in surprise: "Where are you going? Isn't this case over?"
Evan lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "I still have doubts in my heart, and I need to get an answer."
Duke Wilson frowned and looked at Evan, a little puzzled in his heart, but he nodded in the end: "Since you're worried, go and have a look, I'll go with you."
His words were very firm, and Evan knew that he could not refuse, so he could only smile and agreed.
Evan did not delay much in this matter, and almost immediately they rode Duke Wilson's carriage towards the abbey.
The monastery is not too close to Dranlier, so even if Evan and Duke Wilson hurry up, they just came to the monastery before dark.
The mothers in the monastery had a bad attitude towards Evan. They belonged to different churches, and there were great differences.
But even so, Mammy answered and responded to Evan's question, Evan also got a satisfactory answer, and invited the Mammy to return to Delan Lier together.
Duke Wilson's face has become very ugly since Evan began to question this mama, and it is even more difficult to have a good face along the way. Evan only smiled when he saw it, not to mention Duke Wilson, even if it was himself. , In the face of this matter, the heart is not very calm.
This night, Evan basically did not sleep, and for the first time since he came to this place, he had insomnia.
Before that, he had never thought much about this world, but this case made him start to think about his place in this world. As an outsider, a person who knew the plot, he had hardly put any People take it seriously, but this case has shown him the ability of the natives and made him understand that not everything can be done according to his ideas.
When he woke up the next morning, Duke Wilson couldn't help but stare at Evan's dark circles.
"Aren't you resting?" Duke Wilson asked worriedly.
Evan just smiled: "Fortunately, as long as this matter is over."
Speaking of this, a distorted expression flashed on Duke Wilson's face again, and Evan couldn't help laughing when he saw it. Perhaps this time, it was also the biggest fall for Duke Wilson.
Last night, Duke Wilson had already contacted Sheriff Chandler. They will meet in Colonel Mel's castle today. All people and everything will end today.
When they came to Colonel Mel's manor, everyone had already arrived, and Sheriff Chandler came forward with an anxious look: "My lord, what happened?"
Duke Wilson waved his hand with a dark face, and said nothing. Sheriff Chandler's heart sank, thinking that something big had happened.
Evan smiled reassuringly at Sheriff Chandler, and then his eyes were completely focused on Colonel Mel, who was sitting in the corner.
He seemed to be out of his previous emotional state. At this time, Colonel Mel was like a silent statue, and his whole person was not alive at all.
When Evan and Duke Wilson came in, he barely lifted his eyelids, still sitting there, just clenching his fists, which revealed his mood at this time.
After everyone came, Sheriff Chandler was about to ask a question, but Evan took the lead: "Since Colonel Mel is here, why don't Mrs. Mel come down too, I think Mel about this matter. The lady is also very concerned."
"No need!" Colonel Mel raised his head sharply and said in a firm tone, "She is pregnant, so she doesn't need to come down. I will admit what I did, and you should stop torturing Katrina."
Evan looked at Colonel Mel with a half-smile, with a hint of irony in his eyes.
"Mr. Colonel, I think at this time, there should be no room for you to refuse. Your spirit of sacrifice is good, but your intention to conceal is also a crime!"
Evan's powerful words surprised Sheriff Chandler who didn't know the truth, but Duke Wilson's face, who knew the inside story, became even more ugly.
"Aren't you confused? I didn't hide anything, I did all of this!" Colonel Mel finally showed a trace of panic on his face at this time.
But Evan was not at all soft-hearted.
"You don't have to deny it anymore. I have already investigated this matter. Although your spirit of sacrifice is admirable, you must understand that all your means are now ineffective." When Evan said this , there was a cold light flashing in his eyes, and Duke Wilson was sitting opposite him, looking at Evan like this, his expression was in a trance.
Evan frowned slightly, and the light in his eyes moved slightly, but in the end, he still did not change, and still looked at Colonel Mel coldly.
Colonel Mel's expression changed a lot at this time. He looked at Evan in surprise and didn't know whether what Evan said was true or not. He turned to look at the butler standing at the door, but he didn't wait for him to speak. But a female voice with a crying voice came from upstairs.
"Charlie!" She ran downstairs in a white dressing gown, as if the pregnancy had no effect on her. This was Mrs. Mel.
Colonel Mel looked at her like this, stood up anxiously, went up to hug her, Mrs. Mel buried her head in Colonel Mel's arms and sobbed loudly: "Oh, Charlie, you Why! This is horrible!"
It seemed that she already knew about Colonel Mel's confession. At this moment, she was crying like a child, holding on to Colonel Mel's cuff and looking at him sadly.
Colonel Mel's eyes were also dyed with deep sorrow, and he looked at Mrs. Mel, as if he was looking at a dream.
Evan stood by and watched, but there was always a sneer at the corner of his mouth. He could almost detect Duke Wilson's scorching eyes, but at this time, he had no intention of taking back his ugly side. .
"Mrs. Mel." Evan said slowly, "Or should I put it another way, Mother Eliza?"
Evan's words were earth-shattering, and the room suddenly fell into a strange silence.