Unfortunately, while Zyonâs men were halfway through conducting a search in the mountain at the back of the Fairchild residence, the cops arrived.They instantly locked down the area. Zyonâs men had no choice but to retreat since they could not confront the cops.Nonetheless, Zyonâs men did not return empty-handed. They found a few emerald beads and handed them to Zyon.Zyon let out a mirthless laugh while rotating the beads repeatedly in his palm.He turned to Yulissa and said, âGood thing you knew the lunatic had a bracelet. They nearly fooled me with these emerald beads.ââThis must be Louisâ
work. He must have placed these beads because he knew we would destroy the evidence.â Yulissa sounded worried, âIâm afraid heâll foil our plan.âZyon snorted. âOnce I take over Xavierâs position, Iâll kick Louis out of Fairchild Corporation. Letâs see how he can compete with me once heâs out of the picture!
But we wonât be able to find out if the bracelet has Kylieâs fingerprints anymore. I have to talk to Hamish and get him to convince Kylie to take the blame.ââWould he agree, though?â Yulissa asked.Zyon responded with a smirk. âHamish had sold off his wife in his younger days, and he had also sold off his daughter at midlife. Heâll do anything to safeguard his interest. By the way, letâs not meet up too frequently. Meet me when this issue has subsided.ââGot it.â Yulissa clenched her fists. What makes him think I want to be there? I swear Iâll kill him when the time is right!As he was about to leave, the housekeeper came in with a parcel. âYou have a package, Mr. Fairchild. The deliveryman from Intra-
City Express Service said the sender requested you to open the parcel immediately.ââWho on earth has the audacity to be so demanding?â The request aroused Zyonâs curiosity, even though he was about to leave the house.He pointed at the table. âPut it there. Open it up.âThe housekeeper immediately unwrapped the parcel.The parcel was a cardboard box, nothing extraordinary, and it was stuffed with foam peanuts.After going through the package for a while, the housekeeper found a plastic bag that was as large as a childâs palm.âMr. Fairchild, this is the only thing found in the box.â The housekeeper then passed the plastic bag to Zyon.After taking over the item and glancing at it, Zyon froze for a moment. He immediately asked, âWhereâs the deliveryman?ââHe leftâ¦â the housekeeper answered sheepishly. Zyonâs agitated reaction made her feel she had done something wrong.âWhat are you waiting for? Go and get him right now!âHe wanted to get the deliveryman because the plastic bag contained one of the beads of the bracelet he had been hunting for.The bead, stained with soil, was carved with the letter âW.â It must be the bracelet Winnie lost when she was shoved down the mountain. But who? Who delivered this bracelet to me?While all sorts of questions raced through Zyonâs mind when the housekeeper left, the landline phone on his coffee table started ringing.The landline phone in his house was nothing more than a decoration as people rarely called the number.
Yet, at that moment, the phone rang unexpectedly.Zyon could not help but feel eerie.After a short hesitation, he picked up the call. âWho are you? Are you the one who sent me the parcel?ââThatâs right, Mr. Fairchild. Youâre a smart man.â An indifferent voice emerged from the other end of the phone.
Clearly, the personâs voice was altered through a voice changer. Zyon knitted his brows. âWho on earth are you? Tell me your name!âThe person responded with a mirthless laugh. âYou donât have to worry about my identity. The important thing is, Iâve delivered something useful to you. You have a great future ahead, but youâre involved in too many homicides. You wouldnât want to risk putting your future at stake all because of a stupid woman, right?ââWho are you? How do you know all these?â Zyon exclaimed.âListen carefully, Zyon Fairchild. Think of a way to place the bead near where Kylie is. Once the cops notice she has the bead, theyâll identify her as the main suspect of the murder. When that happens, youâll be able to clear your name.ââWho the heck are you?â Zyon could not help but shudder.Not only did that mysterious person know Zyonâs every move, but he also seemed to know what was on the latterâs mind.Feeling insecure, Zyon vowed to find out the personâs identity.Yet, the caller hung up on him after making those remarks.Zyon put down the phone and ordered his men to investigate the number, but they soon found out it was a fake online number. Even the deliveryman had vanished off the face of the earth.Meanwhile, at the condominium at Aqua Moana, Winnie deleted the fake online number after ending the call with Zyon.She believed Zyon and Yulissa would frame Kylie as the scapegoat.Winnie did not do this to help Zyon and Yulissa devise an escape plan. She was merely cooperating with Narcotics Enforcement Department to set up a bigger trap.On the other hand, Kylie was not all innocent either because she had attempted murder and employed someone to carjack a vehicle. Hence, she deserved to be caught by the cops.Soon, the cops found traces of evidence that proved Winnie was shoved down the mountain at the back of the Fairchild residence.Thanks to the evidence, the footage of Winnie roaming around the Fairchild residence and leaving the residence in a car was disregarded.Nonetheless, the cops spotted a woman who bore an uncanny resemblance to Winne in the video. That prompted them to carry out investigations on the suspicious figure.From the footage, the cops noticed the woman was wearing a pair of limited-edition shoes. Anyone who purchased the limited edition would need to have their names registered, so the cops reached out to the store and found out that the buyer was Kylie.The truth was finally revealed.On the night of the incident, Kylie murdered Winnie and pushed her down the mountain. She then put on an oversized coat and a cap to pretend to be Winnie and later faked her disappearance.Moreover, the cops had also found a bead from Winnieâs bracelet in Kylieâs closet. There was no way she could deny all the evidence.Kylie knew the cops were coming after her and would press charges against her, and she would eventually be put behind bars.The first thought that crossed her mind was to escape from Avenport and leave Chanaea. There was nothing the authorities could do with her once she fled the country.Yet, her biological father, Hamish, stopped her from leaving because he had struck a deal with Zyon and agreed to make her daughter a scapegoat. âKylie, listen to me. Turn yourself in and explain everything to the cops. Since Winnie is not dead, youâll only be charged with attempted murder.
Besides, youâll also get to plead for a lower sentence, and Iâm sure the judge will reduce your jail time.ââThe lawyer I spoke to said youâll at most serve two to three years in jail. If youâre well-behaved, I might be able to pull some strings and get you out in a year,â he explained further.