Todos los capítulos de The Rescued Heiress’ Charade: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 10

In a temporary workspace in the county police station, I sat before my computer, my fingers tapping the keyboard.A freshly printed application for recusal lay on my desk.It happened at the county police station in my past life as well.David categorically asserted that the girl was a fool who knew nothing.She trashed the police station, smashing everything in her way and even scratching three policewomen. The only time she would calm down was when I drew near to her.The police chief gave special approval for me to be fully in charge of her psychological counseling and daily care.That marked the beginning of hell for me.I bought her clothes, fed her food, and patiently taught her to open her mouth to speak in an enclosed interrogation room.All the blind spots that surveillance cameras failed to capture when we were alone in the room ended up being evidence against me of chronic abuse toward her.The door was pushed open. Captain Jones walked in with a report in hand and

Two o’clock in the morning, in the reception area of the county police station. I sat at a desk, flipping through the latest DNA match report.The results showed that the girl’s DNA was a close match with Rosalind Callisto, the daughter of the richest family in the city.In my past life, this report only came out half a month later. During these two weeks, Rosalind was like a sponge, taking in and learning every single rule of modern society I taught her while quietly setting up a trap for me.In this lifetime, I leveraged the authority of the provincial department to expedite the results of the DNA test.The Callistos were scheduled to rush here latest by tomorrow afternoon. That left Rosalind with not much time to play tricks.Knock, knock.A very soft knock on the door sounded.I didn’t move.The knocks on the door became increasingly urgent, accompanied by a girl’s soft, suppressed sobs.“Lawson…pain…scared…”It was Rosalind.She managed to escape the multiple levels o

Pin-drop silence enveloped the corridor.Timothy grabbed the lab test report, his fingers trembling.“What…what does this mean?”I looked at Rosalind shrinking silently into her blanket.“It means, the great Ms. Callisto has been enjoying meals much better than ours over the past few months.”I turned to look at Captain Jones.“Captain Jones, I suspect this isn’t just a simple case of abduction and trafficking. Perpetrator David Lynch is suspected of giving false testimony, while victim Rosalind Callisto is suspected of withholding major case details. I appeal to impose exit restrictions and mandatory detention measures on Rosalind Callisto. No one is allowed to bring her out of Green County.”Rosalind snapped her head up, the piteous look in her eyes all but gone. She bit her lip hard, a look of wild hatred flashing past her eyes.The look on Timothy’s face changed. Finally, he took a deep breath and regained his composure as a business magnate.“Mr. Lawson, a lab test report

Ten minutes later, the official Green County account posted a two-minute-long unedited HD video.The video was footage I captured with the police body cam last night at the entrance of the reception area.A single line of text accompanied the video.[Under Investigation.]The moment this video was posted, there was a complete change in public opinion online. The netizens who were insulting me at the start didn't see it coming.“What? The girl tore her own clothes? What kind of nasty trap was that?”“Where are all those people whose hearts broke for her? Why not come out for a spin now?”“I knew it! That young man looked so upright, so how could he be capable of something like that? Well done! This recording is a real lifesaver.”The tide changed faster than I had expected. The marketing accounts that had accepted the money immediately began taking down their posts. Stock prices of companies under the Callistos’ name crashed overnight in overseas markets.I sat in my office,

“You said you left no evidence behind?”I tapped on the official red seal on the report.“Ten years ago, you lured your younger brother to the back of the mountain and strangled him to death with a nylon rope.“You stuffed his body in a tin box and buried it. You then took some money and paid an old bachelor in the village, David Lynch, to act as a human trafficker and abduct you.“To make it look real, you let him chain you up in the cellar with metal chains.“You thought that as long as you stayed in the cellar for ten years, when the prosecution period came to an end and when everyone had given up on searching for the truth, you’d be able to return home to the Callistos in all glory and honor as the victim of an abduction case. You would then be the sole heir of the family assets.”I looked at Rosalind’s face, which was getting paler by the minute.“Your plan was perfect. You even considered the fact that after ten years of oxidation, the body in the tin box would decompose s