The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 1808 Where Did They Go

A confident smile spread on Leila's face as she felt that she had intimidated Sheryl.

Leila looked down at Sheryl, who was sitting with her head hung to her chest. Suddenly, to her utter

surprise, Sheryl stood up.

Sheryl pushed Leila out of her way and approached the handrail. Sheryl stared blankly at the sea. Her

face was pale, as white as a sheet of paper. She seemed completely oblivious to her surroundings.

She climbed on the handrail, ready to plunge into the sea.

"Oh my gosh! Someone help! She is going to jump into the sea!"

"Help, help, someone is trying to commit suicide!"

"Sheryl…"

People started to gather around Sheryl. Some of them were calling the police. Some of them rushed to

hold her back from jumping. Some of them were taking pictures and videos. Anne had marked Sheryl's

movement and rushed towards her. However, she was too late. By the time Anne could reach and grab

her arm, Sheryl had already jumped into the sea. Anne's hand clutched at the air.

Anne could see Sheryl jump off the handrail. She was too scared to watch Sheryl fall into the water,

and she covered her eyes immediately.

But to her surprise, she could not hear the splashing sound of the water. Then gradually, words of relief

expressed by people around her came to her ears. She opened her eyes slowly and saw that the police

had caught Sheryl. They rescued her in time!

Anne heaved a great sigh of relief, her hand on her chest. She slowly walked to Sheryl.

"Let go of me. I want to be with Charles. Let go of me…" The police held Sheryl's hands tightly, but

Sheryl was struggling hard to free herself. Tears kept rolling down from her cheeks incessantly.

The police felt sorry for Sheryl. They tried their best to console her, but they were interrupted.

"It's me. It's entirely my fault. Charles died because of me…" Sheryl muttered pointing a finger at

herself.

She grew uncontrollable with every passing moment. She was devastated at having watched Charles

drown right in front of her eyes. She was inconsolable.

The police felt very sorry for Sheryl. They had asked people nearby about what had actually happened

to cause Charles to fall overboard. Everybody present confirmed that they had seen Sheryl and

Charles fighting. But none of them had seen Sheryl pushing Charles into the sea. Therefore, it wasn't

sure that Sheryl was the one who was responsible for Charles' death.

"Miss, please, calm down. We don't know anything yet. We will investigate it," the police said to Sheryl.

But Sheryl was not in a state to listen to them. She continued to weep incessantly. She immersed

herself in her sorrow and kept thinking about Charles falling into the sea. She kept blaming herself for

the unfortunate accident. She shouldn't have acted on impulse.

She cried and cried until she lost all her strength. She leaned against the handrail, and gradually her

weeping died down.

The police relaxed a little when Sheryl finally stopped crying. The people surrounding Sheryl didn't go

away either. The police realized that they wouldn't get anything useful for the time being. Therefore,

they decided to go back to the police station first.

"Let's go to the police station," the police officer said to his colleagues and for gestured them to take

Sheryl from the boat.

"Come with us to the police station," the police said to Leila, thinking that she was the witness and

might know what happened exactly.

"Sure, I can prove to you that Sheryl is the one who pushed Charles into the sea," Leila said to the

police confidently.

"We'll ask you later," the officer said to Leila before they headed from the boat.

Soon, they reached the police station. Sheryl remained silent throughout, while Leila kept telling the

police how badly Sheryl had been treating Charles.

"Although there is no evidence to prove the murder, I am 100 percent sure that it was Sheryl who

caused this. Please, bring her to justice!" Leila looked at the police determinedly.

"We don't need you to tell us what to do. We do everything based on evidence. This one-sided story

doesn't work for us," the officer said and shot a stern look at Leila. Her nonstop blabbering was getting

on his nerves.

Leila realized that the police were getting annoyed by her words. Hence, she lowered her head and

kept murmuring to herself.

"Okay, stop it now," the officer snapped at Leila, annoyed.

Finally, Leila fell completely silent. Though she had become quiet on the surface, her mind was at work

trying to contrive ways she could use to take Sheryl down while they were here in Malaysia.

In the Malaysian airport

When Nick arrived at the airport, he kept trying Sheryl's number, but he got no response.

Out of frustration, Nick went to the address that Isla had given him.

Soon, Nick reached the Twilight.

There weren't many people on board. It seemed that the banquet was over. Nick came across a

Chinese man and approached him, "Excuse me, sir. Is the banquet over?"

"Yes, it is over. Why are you so late?" The man looked at Nick in confusion, thinking that Nick had

come to attend the banquet.

Nick smiled in an embarrassed manner and continued, "I had some work to do. Did something

happen?"

"How do you know about that?" the man asked, looking surprised as if he did not expect that Nick

would ask him such a question.

Seeing the man's reaction, Nick's heart missed a beat. He grabbed the man's hands more tightly and

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The man looked around. After he made sure that no one was around, he lowered his voice and replied,

"A woman pushed a man into the sea…"

"What? Can you tell me the woman's name?" Nick interrupted the man, looking into his eyes anxiously.

"Shirley or Sheryl? I can't quite remember."

"Where did they go?" Nick raised his voice and insisted the man answer him.

"The police station! Where else would they go?"

Nick rushed out without wasting a single moment after hearing that and immediately headed straight to

the police station.

He was worried about Sheryl. He kept praying that nothing had happened to her. Why would Sheryl

push anybody into the sea?

And who was the man who fell into the sea?

Nick's confusion grew more intense, with several conflicting thoughts that came to his mind. He kept

his fingers crossed and prayed for Sheryl on his way to the police station.

Soon, Nick arrived at the police station.

By that time, Sheryl had been taken to the interrogation room. Leila was made to sit alone in another

room, which made her grow impatient and restless.

She pounded at the glass in front of her and complained, raising her voice, "What are you doing? Why

did you lock me in here? I thought you were going to take my statement!"

No matter how many times Leila yelled, no one came to her. Her voice just hit the glass barrier and

came back to her. Finally, she gave up.

Sheryl, on the other hand, remained silent all the time. No matter how hard the police tried, she

wouldn't answer his question. She just lowered her head and kept weeping. It seemed as if the words

uttered by the police were falling on deaf ears.

"Excuse me, sir. I'm from China. Is Sheryl here?" Nick politely asked the police in the lobby.

The police officer lifted his head and looked at Nick. He had a gloomy expression on his face as he

pointed his fingers at the interrogation room.

Before Nick could ask another question, the man had lowered his head and went back to his work. Nick

stood there for a moment and then realized that he could not get any further information from this

police officer.

Hence, he took long and brisk strides in the direction the police officer had indicated, hoping to find

Sheryl there.