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Chapter 240 Handled by Charlie
Thinking of this, I looked at Idris and asked, “Can you help me get my phone back?” My
phone had been taken away before the interrogation.
Seeing this, he looked at me, his mouth slightly upturned, as if he had guessed what I
wanted to do. Then, he nodded. “Sure.”
Seeing his inexplicably good mood, I was a bit puzzled. However, my mind was still on
finding out how to contact Inch, so I did not think much about it.
Idris quickly returned my phone. Upon taking the phone over, I immediately called Inch.
After a
few rings, the call was answered, and Inch’s voice came through, “Ms. Scott.”
Without wasting time on pleasantries, I got straight to the point over the phone, “Inch,
where is Noah’s body?”
My words seemed to catch him off guard for a moment. After a pause, Inch asked, “What’s
going on? Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
Without beating around the bush, I said to him, “Moore reported me for murder and hiding
a body. I’ve been detained by the police, and they are currently looking for Noah’s body.”
There was a pause on the other end of the line. Inch finally said, “You’ve been detained?
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtAre you okay?”
Seeing that he was not getting to the point, I grew anxious and said, “I’m fine. Where did
you put Noah’s body?”
He seemed hesitant for a moment before replying, “The body… I don’t know. It was Mr.
Yates who arranged for someone to handle it.”
“Charlie handled it?” I exclaimed, furrowing my brows in disbelief. “Didn’t you say earlier
that you handled it? How…?”
Inch sounded somewhat helpless on the other end as he explained, “I was supposed to
handle it originally, but Mr. Yates said he’d arrange for someone to handle it, and that it
would be done more efficiently and cleanly than if I did it. So, I handed it over to him.
Afterward, he was afraid you would feel indebted to him, so he didn’t let me tell you.”
I fell silent.
Looking at Idris in front of me, it was as if my brain had momentarily stalled.
Seeing me looking at him, Idris reached out and held my hand. The warmth of his palm.
relaxed my tense nerves slightly. He did not speak but gestured with his eyes for me to
continue.
Speaking into the phone, I said, “Are you with Mr. Yates? Can you ask him where he placed
the body?”
There was a pause on the other end of the phone, and then Inch said after a few seconds,
” Here’s the thing: you should call Mr. Yates yourself. He just assigned me to handle
something here in Silvana, so I won’t be able to go back for a while. But he is in the
country. Give him a call and ask him.”
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I furrowed my brow. Inch went to Silvana?
Taking a deep breath and resigning myself to disappointment, I could only say, “Alright.”
After hanging up the phone, Idris looked at me and said, “No wonder the police couldn’t
find. him.”
I was puzzled. “Did Officer Jackson go to look for Inch?”
He nodded. “When you were taken to the police station, he arranged for someone to look
for him.”
I pursed my lips, feeling a bit confused.
Looking at me, he seemed strangely calm and said, “Since it’s Charlie who hid the body,
call him.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmI nodded and dialed Charlie’s number.
Holding the phone, my palms were sweaty. I was nervous because Charlie was different
from Inch, and I did not know him very well. Moreover, I had only met him three or four
times. Even if the call went through, I did not know how to approach him about this.
I was still hesitating when the phone was answered. A man’s cool, deep voice came
through,” Ms. Scott, hello.”
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I was momentarily stunned before finding my voice. I cleared my throat and said over the
phone, “Mr. Yates, hello. Are you available right now? I have something to discuss with
you.” The voice on the other end remained cool. “Yes, go ahead.”
Through the phone, I could not read Charlie’s expression, so I took a deep breath and said,
” Mr. Yates, was it you who handled Noah’s body?”
There was a silence on the other end for a few seconds, and then he responded with a
single word, “Yes.”
Hearing his answer, I sighed in relief and said, “Can you tell me where you hid his body? I
have some trouble on my end; the police have come looking for me, and Noah’s death has
been exposed.”
I was getting anxious and did not know what to say, almost babbling.
Charlie seemed very calm on the other end of the phone. He did not answer my question
but instead asked something unrelated, “Are you with your husband right now?”
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