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The Dewitt had already determined that the children were involved, but Lynch and Dunn didn't jump to conclusions. Instead, they invited the two of them onto the carriage.

Then, as if in a replay, two street vendors suddenly started arguing. One of the vendors bumped into Lynch, Lynch became angry. Dunn immediately went over to mediate.

The Dewitt mother and son, who were left beside the carriage, ran away without looking back, just like Klein had done before. They then ran to the street corner and got into an ordinary carriage.

I need to go to the port!

Mrs. Dewitt said, panting.

The coachman didn't speak, but instead revealed his handsome face.

"No, madam, you shouldn't go to the port, you should go to the police station!"

Mrs. Dewitt's eyes widened, and she immediately tried to pull her son down from the carriage, but another voice rang out beside them.

"Madam, I don't want to use my revolver here."

It's Dunn.

He stood behind Dewitt and her son, holding a revolver.

Dewitt and her son opened their mouths, then deflated, clearly understanding that they couldn't escape today.

"Tell me! If you say it now, it can still be considered a confession. But once you go to the police station, the evidence will be irrefutable."

Lynch laughed.

Mrs. Dewitt glared at him for a moment, then finally sighed and began to explain the specifics.

"Dewitt was framed and owed a lot of money, which he couldn't repay. Those people were chasing him for the money and even tried to arrest him at his Lawyer. So he planned to fake his death. As long as we insisted that he was murdered, we could temporarily deceive the creditors."

"Because of the police coming and going here, they won't dare to cause us any trouble, and we just need to leave under the cover of night, and no one will know where we went."

Mrs. Dewitt said bitterly.

Lynch frowned. Mrs. Dewitt said that Mr. Dewitt had faked his death, but when they went to check, he was completely dead; it wasn't a fake death at all.

"Your plan went wrong?"

He asked.

Mrs. Dewitt nodded.

"Yes, our plan went wrong from the start because we didn't know how to fool the police."

So Dewitt planned to jump into the river and fake his drowning, so the police wouldn't find his body and might suspect me. At least then the child could leave with Dewitt, while I stayed here to distract the police.

This plan has clearly run into problems again.

Lynch knew it almost without even thinking.

really.

Mrs. Dewitt said bitterly, "We had everything planned out, but then Dewitt suddenly took on a case to prosecute Ambassador Baclond."

Dewitt told me he was confident in suing him for the murder of a noblewoman. He said the money from the noblewoman's family would be enough to pay off his debts and allow our family to return to our previous life.

We were all intrigued. Dewitt went to prepare the evidence, but before he could finish, the man arrived and subdued Bob.

He said if Dewitt dared to take the case, they would kill Bob. Dewitt was very kind to both me and Bob. When he saw what happened to us, Dewitt said he wouldn't take the case anymore, but he wanted some money. He said that as long as he got the money back, he would take us away.

The man agreed, saying that Dewitt could get the money by pretending to smother himself, and that he wouldn't actually let Dewitt die, as long as we did as he instructed.

Bob and I don't know why, but we suddenly grabbed Dewitt's hands, helping him commit suicide. I don't know why it happened; we clearly didn't want to do it, but—

"Dewitt is dead," the man told us with a sinister grin. "We're all murderers. We have to make the police think it's a suicide and not let Ambassador Baclond be suspected, otherwise we'll all be arrested."

Mrs. Dewitt choked back a sob, patted her son who had finally started to sob beside her, and continued, "Sometimes I want to do what he says, but sometimes I hate him so much that I worry that if we do what he says, he will kill me and the children afterward."

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid my child will suffer. So I've been hesitant, unsure whether to tell the police. After all, Ambassador Baclond is a powerful figure with connections, and even if ordinary officers knew it was him, they wouldn't dare to say it.

Then I saw you, and with just one glance, I knew you were different from ordinary police officers, so I pretended to let slip that Ambassador Baclond's case was out of the blue.

I didn't know if you could do it, I just wanted to take a gamble. Who knew that all the evidence Dewitt brought back regarding Ambassador Baclond had disappeared? There were only police officers there that day, and only they took the evidence.

When I saw that you hadn't found the problem either, I knew I was in trouble. And now that you've suddenly come and told me you have evidence, I thought that person had hired someone to frame me and my child, which is why I was preparing to run away.

But now that I think about it, wasn't it all a lie? You already suspected me, you felt I was hiding something, and that's why you only came to ask me this at night.

So I'm telling you everything honestly, but can you resolve this? Or will you take me and the children back to the police station so we can stand trial?"

Mrs. Dewitt glanced at Lynch, then at Dunn, and with a wry smile, spread her hands, leaving everything to them.

"Ambassador Baclond? That's indeed a problem. You've offended him, and you could die at any moment. We'll try to find a way, but it'll be difficult. So I'm thinking, why don't you go into hiding for a while and earn some money to pay off your debts? I know those creditors will definitely come after you for your money."

Lynch exchanged a glance with Dunn and said...

Mrs. Dewitt gave a wry smile.

"Who would hire someone who's hiding from danger? Besides, I'm not very capable; I can only keep accounts. I used to be an accountant, but I haven't done it in a long time—"

Lynch laughed.

He extended his hand to Mrs. Dewitt.

"I know that, I've seen your information, but that's enough. The captain and I have decided to invite you to work for our security company. The captain will discuss your salary with you, and you can eat and stay there."

Yes, that includes your child, but he can't go to school for a while. You can send him back to school after Ambassador Baclond's matter is resolved, but he'll have to sign a confidentiality agreement.

We wouldn't have believed it if he were such a big kid, but the fact that he's kept so many things from us and hasn't told us anything yet makes us admire his ability to keep secrets.

Mrs. Dewitt looked at Lynch in disbelief.

How could she get a job after doing something like that?

Don't you think my child and I killed someone?

She couldn't help but ask.

Dunn laughed this time. He put down the revolver and said, "We can't tell you more until you join us, but we can be sure that you've all been misled. The fact that you used Mr. Dewitt's hand to smother him to death was likely manipulated. We don't have any ill intentions towards you."

You should consider joining us. We're short-handed and can't protect you all the time. We're worried that one slip-up could kill you.