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Three garbage cans stood side by side like an unshakable mountain of trash, overflowing with waste and emitting a terrible stench.
Marcel Jefferson was searching through the garbage with a pitiful sound.
With so much trash to sift through, Purple Summers and Aria Jackson found a shady spot to sit and rest.
Purple curled her legs and put the crossbody bag over her lap, revealing a little crow with a bald head.
âCarrying it around every day must be such a hassle.â Aria found the ugly little crow amusing and poked its head.
The crow seemed groggy as if it had just woken up and didnât react much.
âI donât have a choice. I have to feed it every hour, otherwise, it will become restless,â Purple explained.
âEvery hour?!â Aria exclaimed, âThatâs exhausting. A cat would be much less trouble.â
Purple smiled, âIt will only be like this for a month. Once it can fly, I wonât need to take care of it.â
In a month, the baby crow would leave the nest and be independent. With that thought, Purple felt more patient towards the little bird in her arms. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
She didnât mind the bird sticking to her, as eventually, it would grow and fly away.
Birds belong to the sky.
Purple didnât want to confine it in a cage.
Upon hearing this, Aria disagreed, âWhy let it go after youâve raised it? Itâs much more fun to keep it with you.â
She poked the little crowâs head again, laughing, âLook at how cute it is, all ugly and adorable.â
âThatâs enough, donât break it,â Purple moved to protect the crow, preventing Aria from poking any further.
Suddenly, a shout came from the garbage heap.
The two looked over.
âI found it! I found it!â Marcel held up a small cardboard box, his face filled with excitement.
Aria was surprised, âThat was fast?â
âIt might have been thrown away recently, so it was near the top of the pile, making it easier to find,â Purple said, praising Marcel, âGood job, Marcel.â
Marcel walked over with the box, amazed, âHow did you know Chloe Bennett bought something online?!â
âI just thought that if it was premeditated, she would have bought some accessories to complete the act. After all, itâs not easy to deceive the doctors at the hospital,â Purple reasoned.
Marcelâs expression changed, âYouâre saying Chloe bought⦠that thing from the internet?â
Purple neither confirmed nor denied. She opened the slightly deformed cardboard box and saw the contents, her mouth curling up into a wry smile.
âEither weâre really lucky, or this young lady, Chloe, isnât very vigilant.â
She passed the box to Aria, âTake it and compare it with Henry Jamesonâs DNA.â
Aria took the box, peeking inside before quickly closing it.
Her face showed a disgusted expression, and as she prepared to place the box in a sterile bag, Marcel grabbed the box from her hand!
âHey, you little brat!â Aria yelled.
Curious, Marcel stared at the contents of the box, his tongue wagging, âMy god, itâs so big, can she handle that? Itâs even electric and washable, thatâs really going all out. Why not just use her fingers? Thatâd be zero cost and risk-free.â
âTo create the appearance of injuries from a sexual assault, she might have deliberately bought a larger size,â Purple said, analyzing the situation, âand using her fingers wouldnât be enough to affect the doctorâs sample resultsâ¦â
Purple furrowed her brows as if sheâd thought of something.
âMarcel, can you repeat what you said earlier?â
Marcel looked confused, âZero cost and risk-free?â
âNo, the sentence before.â
ââ¦Really going all out?â
Purple was silent for a moment before suddenly ripping off the tracking number on the box and asking Marcel, âCan you find the buyerâs account information using this tracking number?â