My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 1342

While Christine was left baffled by that family, Tawny’s father received a call from a prestigious elderly from the Bishop Family. He had prestige because he held a public office position in their county. Despite it being a small role, to them, he was equivalent to a high-ranking official to whom they had to bow down.

Without warning, the small-time public officer started to shout over the phone. “What on earth did you guys do in Bayside City? The county magistrate came to ask me personally today. He said you’ve offended a high-ranking official. You’re all done for!”

After that, several more phone calls came. Content protected by Nôv/el(D)rama.Org.

“Your son’s admittance into the top class was nullified. There’s not enough space. We’ve reached the maximum quota.”

“Mr. Bishop, can you find some time to move out of the public housing? The authorities found a house under your name. You don’t qualify to live in public housing anymore!”

“I’m sorry to inform you, Mr. Evans, but your son’s performance at work is very poor, so the company has fired him.”

It was at that moment that the Bishops and the Evans felt afraid. The series of events was enough to make them see their world crumble before their eyes. One after the other, they were urging Christine to call Maddie and have her remedy the situation.

Upon returning to The Imperial, Cooper was still in a sullen mood. “That’s enough, Dad. Don’t brood over this. Those people don’t know much about the world. They don’t understand how it works!” Sophia appeased.

Once she was done with Cooper, she was busy trying to placate Linus. She was worried that they might act rashly. At this crucial point when Jordan was watching over them like a hawk, they could not afford a slip-up.

If it were up to Cooper, he would have made mincemeat out of the Bishops by now.

When Michael came to know about the situation, he quickly rushed home from his filming site. The matter was settled; Joel was going to bring some gifts over to apologize to Cooper the next day.

Cooper also suppressed his anger for the sake of Michael and Joel. Since it was not a big issue, he did not want to complicate things further.

Both Joel and Maddie also called to apologize; Cooper accepted it and the problem was resolved. After all, Joel was the head of the Fletcher Family now.

Even though Cooper lost his temper over petty things sometimes, most of the time, he was quite magnanimous.

Thus, the matter was simply going to blow over.

When Sophia arrived at work the next day, however, she saw everyone huddled together to watch the news.

“Oh my god! That’s so cruel!”

“I can’t watch anymore!”

“How can something so gruesome happen in Bayside City?”

Taking out her phone, Sophia saw that a headline was being circulated in the news media. A 21-year- old foreign man with the last name Bishop was found dead at a guest house. His body was

dismembered into twenty to thirty pieces that it was impossible to piece him back together. According to investigations, Bishop was the cousin of the popular young lady, Christine Bishop!

Christine’s cousin!

A shadow flashed before Sophia’s eyes. This person called Bishop can’t be the same person I kicked in the face yesterday, can it?

Unfortunately, all the pictures on the internet were covered with a mosaic so the person was not identifiable.

She hurriedly gave Maddie a call and found out that the deceased person was indeed Clive!

When Sophia arrived at the scene soon after, she saw police officers surrounding the whole guest house with police cordons put up everywhere. The crowd of bystanders that had gathered and reporters who were trying to conduct interviews were all held off.

The forensics team was already in the guest house inspecting the scene.

Meanwhile, members of the Evans and Bishop Family had been taken away by the police. They were so terrified that they did not say a word.

Last night, Joel’s people had brought them to the guest house. Because Joel was the one who arranged everything, there were no shortcomings. Everyone got a room to themselves in that extravagant place.

When bad news came to them one after the other, it was like the end of the world for them. They had all gathered in one room to discuss a countermeasure while Clive stayed in his own room to rest.

Early this morning, Christine had called for a car to take them to the airport, but Clive was the only one who did not show up. When they went to knock on his room door, they found that the door was locked.

They tried calling his phone but only heard the continuous ringing inside his room. Eventually, a worker went to open the door and revealed the most horrifying sight that they would ever see in their lives.

Christine was sobbing uncontrollably while a pale-faced Maddie tried to console her. Joel also arrived at the scene and had a deep frown on his face when he went inside to look.

He was the one who had sent Clive there, but now Clive was dead. He had to get to the bottom of it!

Additionally, this incident created a huge fear in Bayside City. He had to find out what happened before the situation got out of hand.

Meanwhile, Stanley rushed over to the site with the feeling that this case had something to do with him. When he saw Joel, he inquired, “What happened? Did you find the culprit?”

With his brows knitted together, Joel answered, “There’s not much to go on. The culprit did this in a very professional and flawless way. The incisions were made very neatly, and each cut was fatal. It didn’t take long for him to finish the task. There are no footprints or useful evidence at the scene. Surveillance footage isn’t much help either.”

“The culprit is extremely violent. His sole reason for the killing was to vent his anger. He’s also a repeated offender who knows how to avoid forensic detection. I wouldn’t eliminate the possibility of this being the work of a professional killer.”

Suddenly, a thought seemed to have crossed their minds, making them fall into a deep silence.

While they remained silent, Maddie looked around warily then stealthily tugged on Joel’s sleeve. “Joel, didn’t you say that one of our relatives worked in this field? Maybe you can ask him for help. He might be able to catch something.”

When Joel heard what Maddie said, he looked even more troubled.

Sophia froze momentarily, then came to know who the murderer was right away.

Clive might have deserved to die, but killing him was going overboard. Nonetheless, to that particular person, killing a person was nothing out of the ordinary.

It’s Quinton!

The moment she realized that it was Quinton’s doing, she felt extremely torn for she knew that he had done it for her.

In a fit of anger, she pulled out her phone to call him when she saw Joel return from answering a call with an even more distraught look on his face than when they realized Quinton was the culprit.

“What’s wrong, Joel?”

He turned to Sophia. “Something happened to Mr. Mitchell and Linus.”

At the entrance of The Imperial, a large crowd of police officers had surrounded the area. A number of police cars were parked along the way while the rest of the neighborhood was infiltrated by reporters and bystanders.

Both Cooper and Linus, the father-and-son pair, had deadpan expressions as they were being escorted out of the neighborhood by the police. Their hands were put together in front of them and covered with some clothing, but everyone knew that they had been handcuffed.

Today, someone reported that the father and son duo were suspected of murder. They claimed that the two had killed the man at the guesthouse and that they had strong motives for carrying out such an act.

Suddenly, the news that Cooper was Fass Michel quickly spread. In a country that was free of guns, the people naturally developed a fear toward an arms dealer like Fass.

Furthermore, the day before the incident, Cooper had a conflict with the deceased. There was the possibility that he had done the killing himself or hired someone to do it.

For a long time, this incident just happened to be a convenient explanation.