Chapter 291: Chapter 291

Eason squinted at me and said, “You’re quite brave, aren’t you? Anyone else would’ve had a physical reaction upon seeing the corpse being consumed like this. You’re even pregnant still, don’t you feel nauseous?”

I nervously swallowed my saliva before smiling and said, “I dared not even look that way.”

Eason snorted and said meaningfully, “You’re not clear from it either, Stephany.”

I took in a sharp breath and asked, “What do you mean by that?”

“I will personally catch him,” Eason replied. He was beating around the bush, but at the same time he sounded like he was swearing an oath. He would personally catch the murderer. He was adamant in thinking that the murder was Steven.

“You think that Steven is the mastermind behind the serial murder case, and he was avenging Stephanie Carlson. That was why the victims were somehow connected to Stephanie Carlson or Steven. They were either bullies of Stephanie Carlson, or bullies of Steven and Simeon, right?” I asked, looking at Eason.

He did not reply, but his silence was already an acquiescence.

“So why would Stephanie Carlson also die in the hands of the murderer then? Who was the one who killed her? Was it Steven? Why?” I asked, thinking that Eason’s logic didn’t make sense.

“Because he is a lunatic in an unrequited love! Because Stephanie Carlson no longer loved him!”

Eason replied with gritted teeth.

“He once said that nothing in this world was eternal, even the universe is constantly changing. No one can stay as another person’s forever love, unless–there’s a different way to preserve youth, time, and the people you love.”

Eason thought that Steven had killed Stephanie and preserved her body out of the need to retain her love.

“If we follow your logic, then Stephanie Carson whose body was preserved, should’ve forever stayed trapped inside the glass display cabinet underground. She could’ve stayed forever as his Stephanie, Instead of being purposely found by the police and let her corpse be made public,” I retorted.

Eason was clearly agitated by my retort. He frowned, clearly annoyed as he replied, “You’re just trying to argue with me.”

“It requires logic and evidence to make an inference. A perfect murder case doesn’t exist, neither does a perfect victim, am I not right?” I said before stepping back and turning to leave.

Eason remained silent for the longest time before saying. The mastermind of the murder case is either Steven or Simeon. Steven would remain as the primary suspect unless Simeon isn’t dead!”

I halted my footsteps. Why could it only be the two of them?

“I knew better than anyone else how terrifying the both of them are. Fortunately, one of them is dead. If they are both alive, the police would’ve never found the corpses if they were to kill.”

I nodded. What Eason was saying was, nobody else other than Steven and Simeon could’ve executed such a perfect murder plan, not with their intelligence level.

“Since the victim has changed now, that means the sequence of the welfare home serial number no longer works. Yasmin is now under Michael’s protection round the clock. It will be hard for the murderer to attempt killing her. That’s why he had changed the playing field to start all over again.”

I stopped walking and turned back to look at Eason. I said, “According to the murderer’s modus operandi, the second victim should already be under his control by the time he disposes of the corpse. You’re running out of time.”

The time left for him to figure out the time and venue to rescue the second victim before they die is running out now.

If Steven was here, there would still be a possibility for them to locate the crime scene before the second victim dies. But Steven is no locked up in the asylum.

“Go get Steven,” Zion said. Clearly, he had rushed over as soon as he was off work as he was still in his traffic police uniform.

“You should focus on directing the traffic, Officer Landon. Just because you couldn’t find them and needed assistance doesn’t mean that I do,” Eason said with a cold chuckle. He was full of confidence.

Zion lost his temper and said, “That’s a matter of life and death! We can’t possibly afford any mistakes, not even a single second!”

His eyes were reddening.

“I don’t need you to teach me to do my job, Zion,” Eason spoke coldly.

Zion’s breath quickened as he rushed forward to grab Eason and said, “I know that you’re capable, Eason. We don’t have much time. We only have less than 24 hours from the discovery of the corpse until the next victim’s death. We’re running out of time!”

“Do not obstruct official duties, Officer Landon, Eason said, ignoring Zion. He let Phil hold Zion off.

Phil hurriedly stopped Zion as he said, “Calm down, Zion! Eason surely has his ways! He’s the expert after all-

“We wouldn’t have found Yasmin so quickly if it wasn’t for Steven back then! If only- Stephanie wouldn’t have died if only I had arrived earlier!” Zion screamed as he lost control of his emotions.

I knew that “Stephanie Carlson’s death was a huge blow to Zion. He couldn’t forget about her death.

The scene of her being trapped in the glass cabinet had triggered him as well.