Inside the villa.
After learning the news of her husband's death from Luo An, Mary Anne had an incredulous expression on her face, covering her mouth and sitting on the sofa with red eyes.
After a few minutes, Mary Anne calmed down and said with choked sobs:
"Brent and I have been married for 10 years and I thought we would have stayed together forever, but..."
Reaching out and handing Mary Anne a piece of toilet paper, Mona, who was sitting on the sofa, asked in a low voice:
"What happened between you two?"
“Brent only sees work.”
After hearing Mona's question, Mary Anne seemed to turn on some switch and said one after another:
“Before getting married, although he was busy, he still came home after all.
But after getting married, he was always on business trips and always busy with work. Even when he came home, he always stayed in the study..."
"..."
Hearing this, Mona looked up at Luo An.
Luo An blinked, wondering what Mona meant.
"I just can't take it anymore,"
At this end, Mary Anne continued to narrate:
"I am alone most of the time after getting married. What's the point of this kind of marriage? I am too lonely..."
Luo An tilted his chin and nodded.
If there is a blockage down there, it will naturally need to be cleared, and that's what plumbers do.
Having said this, Mary Anne noticed something was wrong in the eyes of Mona next to her. She was stunned for a moment and then waved her hands hurriedly and said:
"But I still love Brent, and I would never do anything to hurt him."
Mona heard this and said expressionlessly:
"But your divorce records don't seem to show that."
"That's just because of the money."
Mary Anne sighed:
"You know, it always gets complicated when it comes to money."
At this moment, Luo An received a text message from Ryder.
The autopsy report from the trace examination department has come out. The time of death of Brent Hughes was around 11:30 last night. The cause of death was a gunshot wound to the head, and the bullet was a 9 mm bullet.
Pressing the button to reply with a receipt and thank you, Luo An put away the phone, turned his eyes to Mary Anne, and asked in a deep voice:
"Excuse me, where were you at about 11:30 last night?"
"What's the meaning?"
Hearing Luo An's words, Mary Anne was stunned for a moment, then her face instantly turned red and she shouted loudly:
"I told you! I won't hurt Brent!"
"This is just a routine inquiry."
Regarding Mary Anne's hysteria, Luo An pretended not to see it and still said expressionlessly:
“Between a couple, if one party dies, the other party will be under serious suspicion anyway.
I am asking you now mainly to eliminate your suspicions. Please calm down and answer my questions properly. "
"snort!"
After hearing Luo An's words, Mary Anne snorted coldly.
After picking up the water on the table and taking a sip, Mary Anne replied coldly:
"I was in Manhattan all night last night attending an art show.
There is surveillance there. If you doubt me, you can go there and investigate. "
"OK."
Luo An recorded the address of the art exhibition hall in a small notebook with an expressionless face, and continued to ask:
"Where's Millard Thompson? Was he with you last night?"
"No."
When Roan mentioned Millard's name, Mary Anne's eyes flickered, and then she shook her head, saying that Millard never liked these things.
But then she explained eagerly:
"There's no way Millard did this.
Although the relationship between them is not good, Millard is a good person and he will not do such a thing as murder! "
Luo An, who had been observing Mary Anne's expression, raised his eyebrows, and then pretended that he had not seen anything, and did not comment on Mary Anne's words.
After making a few random strokes on the notebook, he asked again:
"Do you know where Millard was last night?"
"He went drinking with friends last night."
Seeing that Luo An pointed the finger at Millard Thompson again, Mary Anne immediately took out her cell phone in anger:
“I’ll call Millard back now!
You can ask him, he is definitely not the murderer of Brent! "
"..."
Seeing the other party's actions, Mona's mouth twitched slightly, and Luo An also twitched his eyebrows.
Mary Anne did this either because she really believed that Millard was not the murderer, or...
Mona looked up at Luo An, who also gave her a look.
Both of them calmly prepared their pistols.
Ten minutes later, a brand new red car drove to the gate of the villa.
Seeing the car through the window of the villa, Mary Anne smiled:
"Millard is back."
"OK."
Luo An and Mona nodded, but before they could say anything, the owner of the red car saw the black SUV parked outside the villa. The car that was about to stop suddenly accelerated and rushed into the distance.
"Fu-k!"
Seeing this scene, Mona immediately cursed. Just as she was about to rush out of the villa and run to the SUV, Luo An suddenly reached out and grabbed her.
"?"
Mona's face was full of doubts, Luo An leaned into her ear and whispered quickly:
"Watch Mary Anne."
After saying that, Luo An quickly ran into the SUV, kicked the accelerator and chased after him.
Looking at the SUV that disappeared from her eyes in the blink of an eye, Mona was silent for a second with the corner of her mouth raised, and then turned around and returned to the villa.
——
In a villa area in southern New York, a shadow of a red car speeds along the road.
Several car owners who happened to pass by and were startled were about to curse, when a black lightning bolt that was faster than the car just rushed out from them.
The dark SUV was speeding on the road. Luo An sat in the driver's seat with a calm face, controlling the steering wheel with both hands, ignoring the frightened and angry drivers behind him.
He had just notified the NYPD patrol officers patrolling nearby, and those patrol officers said they would arrive soon.
After all, it is a wealthy area, and a large number of NYPD will arrive at the slightest disturbance.
Millard-Thompson, who was driving a new car, looked at the light and shadow passing quickly outside the window, and his heart was beating unsatisfactorily.
This was the first time he drove so fast.
Fortunately, this was a villa area and there wasn't much traffic, otherwise he felt like he might have crashed a long time ago.
Millard-Thompson's mouth went dry when he saw the black SUV that was hanging behind him at first, but now getting closer and closer to him.
Immediately afterwards, the distance between the black SUV and the red car began to maintain an equilibrium.
When Millard Thompson saw this, he thought it was the speed of the SUV that had reached its peak, and he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
But Millard-Thompson carefully checked the rearview mirror and discovered that Luo An, who was driving the SUV, not only had a calm face, but when he saw that he was looking at him, Luo An even waved to Millard with a smile on his face. Smile!
Seeing this scene, Millard Thompson's pupils trembled and his hair stood on end.
Before he could say anything to greet others, a police car with a piercing siren suddenly appeared in the distance.
After confirming that the target was the red car in front of them, the two policemen who ran out of the police car immediately laid portable car-blocking spikes on the ground.
"Shit!"
Seeing the nails on the ground, Millard immediately cursed, hurriedly reduced the speed of the car, twisted the steering wheel, and prepared to drive the car into the opposite lane.
At this moment, Luo An, who was driving an SUV, calmly took out his Glock 18 with his left hand, aimed at the car, and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang bang bang——
(End of chapter)
