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Chapter 344 Mark Is Definitely Not the Culprit
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Mark showed up at the police station.

Sergeant Ribeiro greeted him with respect. “Is this chair comfortable enough for you, Mr. Ferro?”

Mark found the kindness a bit strange. “Yes, it is, thank you very much, Sergeant. But what’s all this about?”

“I just want to make you comfortable so you can tell me everything without stress.” Ribeiro sat down across the desk.

“I don’t understand.” Mark scratched his forehead.

“Something tells me that the solution to this whole mystery will come from you, the man who is so often accused of being the culprit.” Ribeiro leaned back in his chair with an interested smile.

“Can you explain why you think that, Sergeant?” Mark smiled slightly.

“I think I’ve been watching too many movies on my days off.” Ribeiro chuckled. “In the films I watch, when the hero is cornered with false accusations of a crime, he gives it his all to solve the mystery and clear his name. Isn’t that what you’re doing, Mr. Ferro?”

“You saw me hiding in my house last week,” Ma
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