Chapter 175 - Serial Murder

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As the weekend comes, Edith and Hazel followed Neil to the airport early morning.

When they arrived, Assistant Shawn was already waiting for them. The assistant handed over the flight tickets to Neil and exchanged a few words before he followed them into the departure hall. 

Edith looked at the little girl who was holding on her hands tightly and brought her over to sit down and waited for their flight. 

"Are you excited?"

"Un." Hazel nodded enthusiastically. "This is the first time that we're going on a trip together. Of course, I'm excited." The little girl smiled happily when Edith patted her hair. "Auntie Edith, have you ever been to Capital City before?

"Me?" Edith pondered over the question and nodded. "I have been to Capital City once. But I don't remember much about that trip."

"Why not?"

"I was still young when I visited the city," Edith said. "I think, I was around your age. That was almost twenty years ago. I'm sure that the city has changed a lot."

Edith could not remember that trip much, but she could recall that she was visiting Capital City with her mother.

Back then, there was an event and her mother had accepted a job as an interpreter. She had followed her mother into the hall and watched as her mother interpreted the speaker's words. 

At that time, Edith thought that her mother was the most amazing woman. To understand a foreign language and able to interpret them within seconds was not an easy task.

Edith had learned French for years, but she did not think she would be able to do something like her mother had done. 

"It's fine if you don't remember them," Hazel spoke. "This time, I will help you to make new memories."

A warmth filled her heart as Edith heard the little girl's words. She laughed and kissed the little girl on the cheek. "Un. I will make a lot of memories with you. Let's have a lot of fun together."

As they continued to wait, Edith wrapped her arms around Hazel as the little girl leaned on her body and read a book. Seeing that her boyfriend was still discussing work matters with Assistant Shawn, Edith looked up at the television and watched the news.

At this time, the newscaster was reporting news of a homicide that happened last week. Due to the horrifying way that the victim was found, this news has been discussed for days, and the case only grew heated.

The victim worked at a famous nightclub in L City and has been reported as missing for weeks before her body was found around the garbage disposal area. There were signs that she was violated and tortured before she died.

Though the news did not give much information on how the woman was tortured, Edith had heard a few things from Aaron and knew that the details can be very... disturbing.

The woman's parents were grieving over their only daughter's death and were upset that the police could not give them the answer they wanted. Therefore, they invited a few reporters to express their grieve, and soon, netizens had helped to make this case big. 

It was then that some netizens found out that this was not the first time a woman had faced the same fate.

A few months ago, another woman was found dead in the same manner, but because that woman was an orphan, no one paid much attention to her death.

But now that the case was heatedly discussed among the public, the police were now getting anxious. They had to face the public's anger as well as the pressure from their superiors.

Serial murder was always something that the public would be worried about.

Some of the netizens commented that the reason the police were slow with the investigation was that this murder might be related to someone very high profile. Because of those comments, the public was now enraged, and the police had to ask the public not to make an assumption in case they might cause them to disturb them from finding out the truth.

Edith immediately thought of her grandfather and Aaron. Although the newscaster did not mention anything about the same case that happened in Z Town years ago, Edith knew that this was the same case that they were investigating. 

As a woman, Edith was angry that this culprit has been violating women for years and was still able to walk around freely. She can only hope that this culprit would be caught before he causes more harm to other women.

"Why do you look so upset? What were you thinking about?"

Hearing the voice, Edith turned to her right and saw that Neil had slipped into the empty seat beside her. "Nothing. I was just watching the news and hearing what happened to that woman made me angry."

Edith felt his arms snaked around her shoulders and she cooperated by leaning her head on his shoulders.

The passerby who saw this scene could not help but did a double-take. 

The man was wearing sunglasses, but it could not hide his good look. The pretty woman beside him was leaning on the man's shoulder as he hugged her tight, and the small girl was hugged into the woman's arms. It was a perfect picture of a family of three.

"Have you heard anything about this case?" Edith asked.

"I've heard a few things about it," Neil admitted. "Why are you suddenly curious about this case?"

"Aaron was working on the investigation."

Neil's face turned a shade darker at the mention of his potential love rival.

"According to my grandfather, around twenty years ago, there were similar cases," Edith whispered. "Back then, he and his team were investigating the murders, but they were not able to catch the culprit. They think that the serial murders in L City this time were very similar to the one in Z Town."

"Is that why your grandfather came over to L City the other day?"

"Hmm." Edith nodded. "Grandpa came with the others to help the investigation. They think that the cases in L City and Z Town were done by the same person or group."

Neil turned his head to look at the television and saw that the newscaster was reporting news that General Attorney Leng was planning to leave his position to enter politics.

His arm that was hugging Edith tightened. He was aware of the news from the first day it was reported on the news. He had some insider news and knew how those women were murdered. Neil grew anxious at the thought that something similar might happen to the people he cared about.

"You need to be careful as well," Neil said. "Don't go out alone. If you have someplace you needed to go, ask Driver Tang to take you there when I am unavailable. Although I know that you can look after yourself well, I don't wish for you to encounter something like that."

Seeing the concerned look on her boyfriend's face, Edith smiled and pecked at his throat. "Un.. I know."

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