The woman looked like about fifty years old, or maybe it was because life was not as good as it should
be that she appeared to be this old, with short floppy hair, not very tall, very thin, and her eyes were
listless. Her eyes fluctuated only when she saw the two men came in.
Boyce was whispering to Matthew about the situation, “I’ve seen this woman’s prison profile. She killed
her husband. It was marked as intentional homicide and she was sentenced to life imprisonment.”
The woman looked at them warily, “Who are you? What do you want?”
She was especially wary of Boyce because he had already come once in the morning and had
interrogated all the prisoners who lived in the same cell as Maria.
It seemed that he was investigating the cause of Maria’s death.
Boyce did not waste time with her, “You killed Maria.”
The woman seemed a bit shocked, “What are you talking about? Do you have any evidence?”
Boyce laughed, “I showed you my ID when I did interrogation this morning, you know what my identity
is, right?”
The woman did not say anything, as if she was acquiescing.
Boyce continued, “Of course, evidence is needed to accuse a murderer, you don’t have to ask, I will
convince you. In the file that you killed your husband, there are your fingerprints and DNA. I found your
DNA in Maria’s fingernails. You have scratches on the back of your neck which are obviously caused
by nails. When you were questioned in the morning, you said that you scratched yourself because you
felt itchy. How itchy it was until you can scratch your skin and it’s bleeding?
You lied at that time to cover up the fact that you had a confrontation with Maria. I know that you didn’t
kill her on purpose, someone must have instructed you, right?”
The woman stared at Boyce for a long time. Then, she knelt down suddenly.
Boyce took a step back, “What are you doing? You shall know very well that begging me is useless,
unless you say the truth. Why did you kill her? Of course, if you don’t want to say, I can still find out the
truth. There were just a few people that you had close contact with. If I eliminate them one by one, I’ll
find out the reason sooner or later.”
He combined hard tactics with soft.
The woman lowered her head, “I knew things would expose sooner or later. At that time, I was haunted.
Officer Yates asked me to do it. He said, as long as I did it, he would commute my sentence so I could
get out. You know, my husband died -- I still have a daughter who is in her first year of university this
year, she is my only concern. I wish I can go out and look after her for two years...”
After saying that, she sobbed uncontrollably.
Matthew stood outside the circle of light. He could not see her expression.
Boyce was surprised that she admitted it so quickly.
She was a poor person too.
The woman wiped off her tears, “When I came in the jail, my daughter just started her first year of high
school. She was a teenager at that time. My husband liked to gamble, not only did the family have no
money left for her, but there was a lot of debts. All these years she has been supporting herself on her
own. Sometimes, she will come to see me and give me some money, afraid that I do not live well.”
The more the woman spoke, the sadder she became and felt sorry for her daughter.
“I really want to go out and take care of my daughter so that ... I know that I was wrong and shouldn’t
have made such a mistake.”
Boyce was able to guess the woman’s mind. She probably could not let go of her only daughter
outside.
“It’s not easy for a girl with no dependence and any background to survive in this city. She has to pay
more effort more than others to survive. If you are willing to say the truth out, I can guarantee you that I
can find her a job when she graduates so that she can support herself. I mean what I say. We can have
an agreement in black and white too.”
The woman looked at Boyce. His words had touched her. She did not want her daughter to go back to
her hometown. All the family members knew that she killed her husband and they would gesticulate at
her, saying that her mother was a murderer.
Boyce had had evidence so it was useless for her to deny the truth. She thought that Boyce was not a
bad guy and she had no choice.
“I believe you, there is no need to have any agreement. I just hope that if she encounters any
difficulties in the future, you can help her. Don’t let her take the wrong path.” How could she not know
how difficult it was for a girl to survive in this society.
One might have done the wrong thing if she was not careful.
Of course, she believed in her daughter, but who could say about what would happen in the future.
In case something difficult happened and she did not even have a family member, who could she rely
on?
Boyce was very straightforward, “I am not a local either, I am grateful that you trust me and I appreciate
your confession. If she encounters difficulties in the future or needs money for something, I will
definitely help.”
“Thank you, thank you.” The woman bent over on the ground and was about to kowtow to him.
Boyce pulled her, “I wish that you won’t tell anyone about our meeting. Just behave as usual. Can you
do that?”
They could not alert the enemy now.
The woman nodded.
Boyce turned his head to look at Matthew, “Looks like it’s that one.”
This one with the surname “Yates” was Eddie’s man.
Matthew did not say anything. He turned around to go outside. Boyce gave an explanation to the
people outside, “Take the people back. Be careful, don’t let others see it.”
When he was about to leave, the woman stood at the door and looked at him, “My daughter is at HQ
University, in her first year of university. Her name is Jasmine.”
She came over and took out a few hundred dollars wrapped in a handkerchief from her pocket. All
these were given to her by her daughter when she came to visit her. In fact, she did not need to spend
so much money so she saved it.”
She knew it was not easy for her daughter to live outside.
“Please give it to my daughter.” She handed it to Boyce.
She did not know if she could see her daughter again.
She knew very well that the man who instructed her and the two men just now were not simple. She
knew that she was in huge trouble.
The woman’s eyes had a hint of prayer, “Please don’t tell her what I had done.”
Boyce picked it up and said, “Okay, I won’ tell her and the money will be forwarded to her.”
“Thanks.”
Boyce nodded and tapped the man who had arranged his meeting with this woman, “Have a drink
together sometime in the future.”
“Well, hurry up and go, so that no one sees it.” The man urged.
Boyce walked out while Matthew had already gotten into the car. He pulled the door open and got into
the passenger seat, “What are you going to do now?”
From the evidence in his hand, Eddie was making use of Landon to break up Matthew and Dolores.
He let out a cold breath, “Haunted, aren’t you?”
As he spoke, he looked towards Matthew and laughed, “Being good looking is not always a good thing,
look, how much trouble have you caused, knowing very well that you have a wife, yet he wants to make
you marry his daughter, tsk!”
Matthew ignored him and drove the car out.
“But on a serious note, what are you going to do?” Boyce asked seriously.
This matter was not trivial.
Although Eddie did not hold as much power as Jeffrey, his status was still there.
The positions of Jeffrey and Eddie were like the war that happened in the old days where Eddie was a
political commissar and Jeffrey was a general.
Although Eddie did not hold as much power as Jeffrey, his status was still there.
The positions of Jeffrey and Eddie were like the war that happened in the old days where Eddie was a
political commissar and Jeffrey was a general.
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