Chapter 465 - I Didn't Do That

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The first one to confess was not Branden but Nikhil.

Ferne threatened to kill Nikhil's youngest daughter if Nikhil didn't tell him where Stony might be. Nikhil loved his youngest daughter the most, so he confessed as soon as he heard her daughter's crying. But he didn't say anything about Branden. After all, the police didn't find anything wrong with Branden at that time. They couldn't beat Nikhil who was lying on the hospital bed. Only when they found the female corpses in Branden's villa did Nikhil confess.

"He seems to be looking for a girl. That girl was probably his first love, but she died a long time ago, and then he started looking for girls who looked like her..."

"I really don't know how many there are. I never sleep with those girls. I swear, I've never slept with them before. Given I have a young daughter, I won't do that."

"I can't remember. Anyway, it was a long time ago. I didn't know that girl's name. I asked a man to find those who looked like her and send them to Branden's villa. I didn't care about anything else. Afterward, Branden began to have direct contact with that man, so I quit."

"I'm not lying. You can ask him yourself. It's none of my business."

Branden, who was sitting in the interrogation room, was also annoyed, "Why didn't you ask Nikhil but me? Why didn't you ask him?"

The police of City C interrogated him in a different way this time. They didn't mention the corpses. Freely sitting in the interrogation room, Branden decided what to say and wanted to pin everything onto the driver. However, Nikhil betrayed him.

When Randy personally took Nikhil's testimony and sat in front of Branden, the parents of the female corpse had come to the police station and claimed that the corpse was their daughter, who had been missing for many days.

And then, the missing girls' cases were solved with the help of the photos found in Branden's villa that had been sealed up. However, without seeing solid evidence, Branden didn't say anything. He put on his coat and asked to see his lawyer.

Unexpectedly, the lawyer did not come, but he saw his daughter.

Irene held his diary in her hand. At first, he was glad that the police didn't found it, but Irene brought it to the police station and handed it over to the police.

Branden couldn't remain calm anymore. He rushed to retrieve his diary but was stopped by two policemen behind him. They pressed his face against the table.

When Irene came out of the villa, she thought for a while and brought the diary here. She just wanted to find out who Winnie was and who the girls in the pictures her father kept in the box were.

But after seeing the female corpse in the villa, she was scared, 'Were those girls dead as well?'

After she returned, she was interrogated by the police for a night. The next day, she went back to sleep until it was midnight. She was so confused that she forgot to eat. She did nothing but sit on the bed in a daze.

After crying, her mother went to the company to deal with the affairs. Since Branden was brought to the police station, everyone in Zayne was in a panic. Therefore, her mother had to go to reassure the employees and find a lawyer to bail Branden out.

But now, it was a murder case. When it came to such cases, no lawyer would dare to take it regardless of the pay. Zayne's lawyers and counselors all claimed they were sick at home long before they heard the news. Even so, they were interrogated by the police.

"Dad, I'm sorry." Irene left after she finished her words in the interrogation room.

Branden stared fixedly at the diary in the police's hands until they opened a page, took out a photo of Winnie, and placed it on the table. Then, he got deflated and closed his eyes.

There was not too much information about Winnie and many girls were called this name. Thus, only when Noah searched the documents more than 30 years ago did he find out who Winnie was and that she was from another state.

But this girl died a long time ago and illness was the cause of her death.

Noah immediately sent Winnie's photo to the police. Then, the police of City C contacted the local police station, asking them for help to get Winnie's information, and they got it today.

"It's said that this girl committed suicide after being raped. You did it, right?"

Hearing this, Branden was burning with rage, "Bullshit!" He sank his head upon the table and didn't care about his identity as a successful man, panting in anger, "I didn't! I never did! Let go of me! I didn't!"

"Branden Potter, you'd better be quiet! This is the police station and not your home! If you don't behave yourself, you will get punished!" Randy knocked on the table with his baton and signaled for these two policemen to put Branden on the chair.

Randy then looked at the note-taker beside him. The note-taker was clever, so he did not record what Randy had just said.

Branden sat on the chair, with his hands manacled and his shoulders pressed on, for the fear that he would suddenly get mad.

"Nikhil has confessed." Randy looked at Branden coldly, "If you confess your crimes, we won't hurt you."

Branden sneered, "Hurt? I've suffered a lot! Whatever you want to do to me, I won't say anything."

"Are you sure?" Randy spread the documents in his hand and said, "Do you know Winnie?"

Branden's eyelids twitched, but he didn't say anything.

"Something happened to Winnie when she was sixteen years old. After that, she dropped out and hung herself in her room one night."

Just as Branden heard this, he clenched his fists tightly.

Seeing this, Randy asked, "You liked her very much, right? But she didn't like you. She was rich, educated, and from a wealthy family. You weren't worthy of her, so when she went home from school, you stopped her in an alley with a few gangsters..."

"Bullshit! I didn't do that!" Branden struggled, with his muscles and veins bulging on his neck.

It was a summer more than thirty years ago.

Branden was beaten out by his drunken father. He madly ran away from home and arrived at the entrance of a public primary school. Everyone in the school was wearing school uniforms. The boys were wearing white shirts and black trousers, while the girls were wearing white shirts and black skirts.

He studied in a private school where everyone was ragged. The village students were sunburned and ugly, and some of them often share one book. They would get satisfied with clothes without holes, let alone school uniforms. Therefore, when he saw such a majestic school and these beautiful female students, his eyes widened.

Thinking of himself and his drunken father who always beat him and his mother, Branden felt deeply humiliated, tears trickling down on his cheeks. He could not imagine when he would be able to enter such a school.

He lowered his head, only to see his hands blackened from picking up coal.

Then, he saw a handkerchief in a white hand. Looking up, he saw a very beautiful girl.

"Don't cry. Why not go home?" The girl handed him the handkerchief. After thinking for a moment, she took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket and handed it to him.

He had never seen chocolate before, so he stared blankly at the chocolate in his hand.

The girl realized this, so she took the chocolate, peeled off the tin foil, and handed it over, saying, "It's edible and very sweet. Try it."

Hearing this, he opened his mouth and took a bite.

It was sweet.

To be exact, it was extremely sweet.

He grinned stupidly and flashed his teeth that were stained as black as chocolate. Seeing this, the girl in front of him was amused, covering her mouth and laughing.

It was the first time Branden realized the gap between people. He saw chocolate and got to know it was sweet for the first time while inside the gate, those well-dressed students treated chocolate as a snack. After eating it, they would not suck their fingers.