Chapter 114
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Chapter 114

“Looks like the rumors are true after all”

“Rumors?”

“Yes sir. It's been on the internet for a while now- some people think Emilio's capable of killing his father.”

“That's just jobless blogs for you Nathaniel. You shouldn't be a party to such, as an investigative officer. We work with reason and evidence. For all we know so far, he could have been framed”

“Yes sir”, the young junior investigator said, in a rather less excited tone.

The district head took the bag from him and handed it to the other policeman to seal it and add it to the rest of the evidence.

“Something isn't right”

The district head thought. He knew there would be a chance of Emilio getting framed but he didn't want to come to the conclusion that he had the wrong suspect in mind. Maria had too much on her plate for her to not be onto this one too. It made too much sense to say she was behind the attacks on Emilio and for poisoning Vincenzo. All he needed was more information and in this case- more eviden
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