Chapter 455: Chapter 455



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“I’m very sleepy,” she emphasized in a heavy tone.

Matthew kept silent.

He hugged her tightly, his muscular chest pressed against her back. “I won’t do anything to you. Let’s go to sleep.”

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After six in the morning, the sun slowly rose in the east.

“Hmm…”

Dolores turned around, reaching out. She failed to touch a warm body. Slowly, she opened her eyes. Since she had just woken up, she had not yet adjusted to the sunlight and raised her hand to block it. There was no one beside him. His temperature also faded. He should have left a long time ago.

She frowned. Matthew was back so late and out so early today. He wondered if he had rested well.

She sat up, picked up her phone and wanted to call him. When she found his caller ID, he didn’t dial. She thought he must be very busy. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have left so early. If she called him now, it might not be a good time.

Putting down the cell phone, she pulled up the comforter, got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash up. As she was squeezing out the toothpaste, she heard the cell phone ring above the bed. As she brushed her teeth, she reached over to pick it up and saw a call from Boyce. She pulled out the toothbrush and went over to answer the phone. From the other end of the line, she heard Boyce’s voice: “Good morning, Dolores. Have you seen the news?”

“What news?”

“Hurry up and watch the news today.”

Dolores felt quite confused. She began to look up the morning news from City B on her phone. The headline at the top was about a murder in a bar. The police were announcing the result of their investigation: an inmate escaped from jail and was shot by the police. The video clip released was edited by someone for an evil purpose, which was not true.

The B-town police had published the entire investigation procedure on the microblogging platform. They also warned netizens about the public opinions of this case and told them not to believe or spread rumors, to contribute to social security.

This news spread everywhere on the Internet in the morning. Dolores looked down, wondering if it was because of this matter that Matthew was coming back so late and leaving so early.

“Dolores, have you seen him?” asked Boyce again.

Dolores put the cell phone to her ear again and answered, “Yes.”

“The good show has just started. The handler behind it won’t get away either.”

“You mean Jeffery Harris?”

“No, it was Eddie Chambers.”

“Eddie Chambers?” Dolores was surprised, wondering if this matter had been raised by Jeffery.

“In fact, Eddie had used some tricks behind this affair. He took advantage of the fact that Jeffery didn’t like you and planned the whole thing. Sampson Herbert and Maria Herbert were his chess pieces. He used them to get the Herbert Family to take revenge on you. Behind the scenes, he wanted to achieve his goals like two dogs fight over a bone and a third one runs away with it. He has thought that no one would notice his plans, but he didn’t know that we already have all the evidence of his crime…” After meeting with Jeffery that night, Matthew went to meet with Landon.

If it weren’t for the fact that Jeffery had resigned first and actively withdrawn the case, he would be involved in this matter as well.

At that point, Matthew asked Boyce to meet with Landon to see if Landon had worked with Eddie to kill Sampson.

However, it turned out that he had not. It was just an agreement between Eddie and Sampson. Sampson knew he was definitely going to die, so he sent a letter to the Herberts before going to the bar. Eddie went to him and told him that, if he was willing to die, Sampson could help the Herbert Family and rescue Maria. So, Sampson agreed.

Sampson was very willing to sacrifice himself to exchange Maria’s freedom and benefits for his family.

However, the letter was received by Landon when Boyce went to meet him.

Boyce also told him about Maria’s death and showed him the evidence.

It was not until that moment that Landon realized that he had been used by Eddie. After learning the truth, Landon was not willing to let go of Eddie at all.

He was also keeping an eye on Eddie. Every time they met and talked, Landon would videotape it. He was afraid Eddie would blame him, so he could use the videos to threaten Eddie.

However, it had become the evidence to prove the role Eddie was playing in this whole affair.

In addition, Maria’s death also led all the clues to Eddie. Therefore, the police would definitely arrest him for further investigation.

The top brass of the army was busy with crime suppression recently. At this critical moment, Eddie had committed a crime. It would not have a good ending.

Dolores was quite shocked by this. “Why would he have done it?”

She wondered if she had done something wrong to offend Eddie.

Why would he go out of his way to set him up?

“I don’t know much about the details. I suppose he must have his own purposes. Otherwise he wouldn’t be as mad as a March hare. I’m calling to inform you not to worry about the Sampson Herbert case. It is over.”

“What about him?” asked Dolores, wondering why it was Boyce calling her.

“His father came to the firm. They’re in his office now. I don’t think he has time to call you, so I called you.”

“I see. Thank you very much, Boyce. If there’s nothing else, I have to go now.” Dolores was still holding the toothbrush. Boyce said yes.

After hanging up the phone, she left it on the nightstand and went back into the bathroom to wash up. She felt uncomfortable since she had not showered the night before. After showering, she put on clean clothes. Probably because of the shower, she felt quite energized.

She went downstairs. Coral had already prepared breakfast. Victoria was helping Simona wash her face. Samuel had sat down at the dining room table.

Seeing her, Samuel greeted her, “Good morning, Mom.”

Dolores pulled the chair closer and sat down. She said, “Good morning, Samuel.”

“Mommy, please say good morning to me.” Simona finished washing her face and hands and trotted over. Dolores reminded her helplessly to slow down. She said in an affectionate tone, “Good morning, Simona.”

The little girl was delighted. She climbed into the saddle and sat down. Coral poured fresh milk for them. “Hurry up and eat your breakfast.”

As the two children began to eat, Victoria came over. She sat down next to Simona, picked up a glass of milk and took a sip. Looking at Dolores, she said, “Later, I’m going out shopping. Do you need anything? I can bring them to you.”

“Please let mommy go with us!” Simona again mentioned letting Dolores go out with her.

Victoria frowned. “Have you forgotten what I told you yesterday? There’s a little baby in Mama’s belly. She can’t get too tired…”

“Oh, okay.” Simona was a little disappointed. She really wanted to go out with her mother.

It looked like it wasn’t going to work out “Oh… silly girl. why are you so stubborn?” Last night Simona had known that Dolores couldn’t go out because of the little baby she was carrying, but she brought it up again.

“I guess I can go out with you.” Dolores was in a very good mood. The dark clouds over her head had vanished and she felt as lovely as the sunny day outside.

“Are you sure?” Victoria was still worried.

“I’m feeling pretty good now. I’ll go to the hospital for a checkup tomorrow,” Dolores said with a smile.

Victoria didn’t want to turn her down. “That’s fine then. Simona is longing to go out with you. Coral will be joining us too, so we can take care of the children.”

Dolores nodded. Simona was the most excited. “Let’s go to the amusement park. I want to play bumper cars.”

“Okay. Simona, you can play whatever you want.” Victoria rubbed her granddaughter’s head.

After breakfast, Cora cleaned up the dishes. Since it was starting to get hot, Victoria put the children in their T-shirts and hats with sunscreen.

“We’ll go shopping later. The kids need summer clothes. It’s almost the turn of the season.”

Dolores was sitting on the couch, propping up her chin. She said, “Sure.”

Victoria looked at her. “You too. When your belly grows, the current outfits won’t fit.”

“Mom, I want you to buy them for me.” Dolores played nice with her.

“Of course I will.” Victoria laughed too.

After Coral got ready, they set off. The four bodyguards also followed them. They drove three cars in all.

Victoria, the children and Dolores were seated in the seven-seater minivan. The children played in the back seat. Dolores was sitting next to Victoria. She turned and glanced at the two children. After a hesitation, she said, “Matthew may have found something. He seems pretty depressed lately.”

Although Matthew had been hiding his excitement, Dolores could sense that something was bothering him.

“Mom …”

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