Falling For My Ex's Uncle - Chapter 113: Chapter 113

After breakfast, Bonnie led my mother to the supermarket downstairs and bought some vegetables.
I sat quietly at the table and nibbled on the half-eaten muffin in my hand.
My phone screen on the table lit up. When I saw it was a message from Angela, my hands paused.
[A friend of Austin's died. Did you know that? I saw a video in the group. It is about what happened last night.]
There were many groups in Angela's WhatsApp. Most of them were rich second-generation heirs.
The reason why there were so many groups was because the circle of rich second-generation heirs was also divided into different levels.
However, it was divided according to their assets.
'The video from last night?' My heart skipped a beat.
I choked on the muffin and immediately blushed. Maliyah saw my expression was not right and quickly took a bottle of mineral water from the fridge. She unscrewed the cap and handed it to me.
After taking a big gulp, my breathing finally became much smoother.
"Laurel, are you alright?" Maliyah quickly asked.
I waved my hand. My heartbeat still hadn't recovered.
This morning was full of surprises.
I slept late last night. Was it trying to give me a heart attack?
I thought, 'If there is a video, wouldn't Marvin be captured?
'Oh no, if Angela found out I was fooling around with Marvin last night, she would cut ties with me for three days.
'No, it should be a week because I saved Marvin. I risked my life to save the person she hated the most.'
I stared unblinkingly at my phone screen, waiting for a message from Angela.
After two minutes, I still didn't see her reply. My heart skipped a beat. She wouldn't ignore me, right?
Just as I was hesitating if I should call her and tell her everything honestly, I saw a message from Angela.
[The video is gone. There's no information on the Internet at all. How strange.]
I was stunned when I read Angela's message. Did the police block the information? Or did someone else do it?
It shouldn't have been done by the police because the murderer in this case was caught on the spot. There was no possibility of leaking information about the case.
If there was violent content in the video, it was possible it would be taken off the shelves and blocked. However, all the text messages on the Internet couldn't be deleted.
It seemed someone was controlling everything behind the scenes.
He did not want the matter to become a topic of conversation for others.
Austin could not ban all information, so it was certain that Austin was not the one who dealt with those people behind the scenes.
'Why was he killed?' I thought.
Yesterday, Marvin only said one of the men was there to seek revenge, and the other one used a knife because he drank too much and had a conflict.
It seemed that one of them had accidentally injured someone while drunk, giving the other a chance to take revenge.
However, wasn't it too much of a coincidence that the two of them appeared at the same time?
From Vivian's death to Calum and then to Jake.
It was as if someone was controlling everything behind the scenes.
After a while, Angela sent a voice message.
I converted speech into text because Maliyah was around.
[Jake raped a waitress in a hotel last month. Then, he threw 1,500 dollars to her and left. Later, the waitress called the police.]
[However, Jake said the waitress was voluntary and had even found witnesses. During this period, someone said the waitress had also received many gifts from Jake. Later, rumors spread everywhere that the waitress was greedy for vanity and wanted Jake to marry her, so she lied.]
[The waitress was fired from the hotel and committed suicide after suffering from depression. The person who killed Jake was the waitress's brother.]
I felt a chill run down my spine after reading the message from Angela.
If Maliyah also chose to call the police, she might end up like the waitress.
As expected, it was not the first time they had done such a thing.
However, I had a nagging feeling that something was wrong.
'Is it really just a coincidence?' thought I.
I sent another message to Angela after pondering for a moment.
[Do you have Jake's picture?]
Because I wasn't sure Maliyah would remember Jake's name. After all, Jake was only a small shareholder and rarely stepped foot in the advertising company.
Angela sent me a photo soon.
Although the man in the photo was not particularly handsome, he was not ugly either.
I thought for a while before looking up at Maliyah and handing the phone to her.
"Do you know this man?" I asked.
Maliyah took the phone. Her face instantly turned pale when she saw the man in the photo. Her gaze darkened, and her voice trembled slightly. "It's him."
I was stunned before taking back the phone. I said expressionlessly, "He died yesterday."
Maliyah suddenly stood up from the table. The chair behind her slammed onto the ground with a bang.
She was stunned for a long time before she slowly asked, "How... how did he die?"
"Calum is also in jail."
Maliyah was a little stunned. Her pale face seemed to have regained some color, but her eyes stared straight at me. The panic in her eyes gradually returned to normal.
"Laurel, did you do it?" asked Maliyah.
I shook my head. "Not me."
Upon hearing my answer, Maliyah heaved a long sigh of relief. Her tense body also relaxed a lot.
"As long as it's not you," said Maliyah.
"I'm not ready to fight yet," said I, looking at Maliyah quietly. "Who's the third person?"
After confirming two men, the third man would be doomed.
However, who could deal with those people perfectly without batting an eyelid?
"Maliyah, did you tell anyone else about you besides me?"
Maliyah was stunned. She shook her head and said firmly, "No."
Indeed, Maliyah did not even tell Bonnie. Naturally, she could not tell others.
"Laurel, I didn't see the third man clearly. When I woke up, that man went to the bathroom." Maliyah frowned and thought for a moment. "Well, I saw a tattoo on his arm."
"Do you remember where you went, then?" I asked, frowning.
Maliyah shook her head, a pained expression on her face.
I walked forward and picked up the chair that had fallen. I gently patted her shoulder and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid. No one will hurt you again. Evil people will have their retribution. Perhaps the heavens have accepted them."
"Really?" Maliyah's eyes were filled with tears.
I stroked her head gently and said, "Forget the unhappy stuff. We'll never mention it again, okay?"
Maliyah nodded heavily. There was a faint smile in her clear eyes, but there were still tears shining.
Could she forget the harm she had suffered easily?
Of course not. It was impossible.
Forgetting required more than just time. It also required the degree of healing of the wound.
However, I didn't expect Maliyah would think I had avenged her when she heard the people who hurt her were punished accordingly.
I suddenly thought of the message I saw on Alex's phone yesterday and immediately felt dizzy.