On the way back, when Yara Reagan sighed for the fifteenth time, even Evelyn Clayton couldn’t hold it in any longer and sighed, "What are you sighing about all the time?"
Yara leaned against the passenger seat, turned her head to look at her, and mumbled, "I’m sighing for you."
Evelyn laughed, "What do I have to sigh about?"
"An old lover turning two-faced, I’d be worried sick if it were me." Yara rolled her eyes, "How can you be so calm?"
Evelyn shook her head with a smile, "What we see with our eyes may not be true. I’m not defending James Grant for anything... hypothetically, if he goes out shopping with his fiancée, is there a problem with that?"
Yara felt stifled to death, just about to retort to Evelyn, when suddenly the in-car control panel connected to Evelyn’s phone rang.
Evelyn glanced at it, it was an unfamiliar number.
She was slightly surprised.
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She put on her Bluetooth headset and pressed connect.
A deep, hoarse male voice came from the other side, sounding somewhat familiar.
The man spoke politely and steadily, "Is this Miss Clayton, Evelyn Clayton?"
"Yes, it’s me." As this voice turned around in Evelyn’s mind, she suddenly recalled something and picked up her phone to take a look.
The control panel didn’t show it just now, so Evelyn didn’t see it. Only now did she realize the call was from Y Province!
"Hello, Miss Clayton, I am Phillip Owens from the Y Province police department, also the lead officer on the case following your abduction in Y Province. Do you remember me?"
Evelyn quickly parked the car in the nearest temporary parking space, turned on the hazard lights, took off the Bluetooth and put it on speaker.
Facing Yara’s suspicious gaze, Evelyn hurriedly said, "I remember you, Officer Owens!"
"Yes, that’s right, Miss Clayton. Previously, after you left Y Province, you entrusted our department to search for the family of the suspect driver Lars Alden involved in the abduction case. Do you remember that?"
Yara’s eyes changed suddenly, becoming focused.
"Of course, do you have any leads?" Evelyn almost couldn’t contain her impatience.
Officer Owens was much calmer in contrast, "We found them. However, I need to confirm some matters with you before I can inform you about Lars Alden’s family."
Evelyn eagerly replied, "Please, go ahead."
"May I ask, is Walter Clayton your father?"
Evelyn had never expected to hear her father’s name from a police officer she barely knew.
Her mind went blank for a moment, and she experienced ringing in her ears for a long while before finding her voice again, "...Yes, what’s the matter?"
Phillip Owens was silent for a few seconds on the other side, Evelyn could tell his voice had deepened, "May I boldly ask if Mr. Clayton has already—"
"Passed away." Evelyn’s voice was hoarse, "He passed away. It was a car accident, my father’s death was an unsolved case, ruled as a traffic accident by the local police many years ago, but... I don’t believe it. So, Officer Owens, you’re with the Y Province police, why are you—"
Evelyn paused for a long time without continuing, her voice was hoarse to the point of raspiness, making it hard to hear.
And Phillip Owens’ silence ended as he slowly spoke, word by word, "It’s , during our search for Lars Alden’s family, we noticed that his father, Morgan Alden, is serving a life sentence, currently imprisoned in Pinehill Prison in your province, and Morgan Alden has an alias."