Chapter 446: Chapter 446



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The woman looked to be about fifty years old, or maybe it was because life wasn’t as good as it should be, that she appeared this old, with short flowing hair, not very tall, very thin, and her eyes were languid. Her eyes fluctuated only when she saw the two men enter.

Boyce whispered to Matthew about the situation, “I’ve seen this woman’s profile in jail. She killed her husband. It was marked as intentional homicide and she was sentenced to life in prison.”

The woman looked at them suspiciously, “Who are you people, what do you want?”

She was especially suspicious of Boyce because he had already come once in the morning and interrogated all the prisoners who lived in the same cell as Maria.

It seemed he was investigating the cause of Maria’s death.

Boyce wasted no time with her: “You killed Maria.”

The woman looked a little surprised, “What are you talking about, do you have any proof?”

Boyce laughed, “I showed you my ID when I did the interrogation this morning, you know what my identity is, don’t you?”

The woman said nothing, as if she was consenting.

Boyce continued, “Of course, you need proof to accuse a murderer, you don’t have to ask, I’ll convince you. In the file where you killed your husband, there are your fingerprints and DNA. I found your DNA on Maria’s fingernails. You have scratches on the back of your neck that are evidently caused by fingernails. When you were questioned in the morning, you said you scratched because it itched.

How did it itch until you scratched your skin and it bled?

You lied at the time to cover up the fact that you had a confrontation with Maria. I know you didn’t kill her on purpose, someone must have instructed you didn’t they?” The woman stared at Boyce for a long time. Then she suddenly dropped to her knees.

Boyce took a step back, “What are you doing? You’ll know very well that begging me is useless, unless you tell the truth. Why did you kill her? Of course, if you don’t want to say, I can still find out the truth. There were a few people you had close contact with. If I eliminate them one by one, I’ll find out the reason sooner or later.”

He combined the hard tactic with the soft one.

The woman lowered her head, “I knew things would come out sooner or later. At the time, I was being coerced. Officer Yates asked me to do it. He said if I did it, he would commute my sentence so I could get out. You know, my husband died… I still have a daughter who is a freshman in college this year, she’s my only concern. I wish I could get out and take care of her for two years…”

After saying that, she sobbed uncontrollably.

Matthew stood outside the circle of light. He couldn’t see her expression.

Boyce was surprised that she admitted it so quickly.

She was a poor person, too.

The woman wiped away tears, “When I went into prison, my daughter had just started her freshman year of high school. She was a teenager at the time. My husband liked to gamble, not only did the family have no money for her, but there was a lot of debt. All these years she has supported herself. Sometimes, she comes to see me and gives me some money, fearing that she doesn’t live well.”

The more the woman talked, the sadder she became and felt sorry for her daughter.

“I really want to go out and take care of my daughter so that she … know that I was wrong and that I shouldn’t have made such a mistake.”

Boyce could understand the woman’s thoughts. She probably didn’t want to leave her only daughter.

“It’s not easy for a girl with no dependency and no background to survive in this town. She has to work harder than others to survive. If you are willing to tell the truth, I can guarantee that I will find her a job when she graduates so she can support herself. I mean what I say. We can have a black and white agreement too.”

The woman looked at Boyce. His words had moved her. She didn’t want her daughter to go back to her hometown. Everyone in the family knew she had killed her husband and they were gesturing to her that her mother was a murderer.

Boyce had had proof, so it was useless for her to deny the truth. She thought Boyce was not a bad guy and she had no choice.

“I believe you, there’s no need to have any agreement. I just hope that, if she runs into any difficulties in the future, you can help her. Don’t let her take the wrong path.” How could I not know how difficult it was for a girl to survive in this society.

One could have done the wrong thing if she wasn’t careful.

Of course, she believed in her daughter, but who could know what would happen in the future.

In case something difficult happened and she didn’t even have a family member, who could she trust?

Boyce was very direct: “I’m not from here either, I thank you for trusting me and I thank you for your confession. If you have difficulties in the future or need money for anything, I’m sure I’ll help you.”

“Thank you, thank you.” The woman crouched on the floor and was about to bow to him.

Boyce tugged at her, “I wish you would not tell anyone about our meeting. Behave as usual, can you do that?”

They could not alert the enemy now.

The woman nodded.

Boyce turned his head to look at Matthew, “Looks like that’s the one.” This one with the last name “Yates” was Eddie’s man.

Matthew said nothing. He turned to go outside. Boyce gave an explanation to the people outside, “Take the people back. Be careful, don’t let others see him.”

As he was about to leave, the woman stood in the doorway and looked at him, “My daughter is at HQ University, in her first year of college. Her name is Jasmine.”

He reached over and pulled out of his pocket a few hundred dollars wrapped in a handkerchief. It had been given to her by her daughter when she came to visit. In fact, she didn’t need to spend that much money, so she saved it.” She knew it wasn’t easy for her daughter to live away.

“Please give it to my daughter.” She handed it to Boyce.

She didn’t know if she would ever be able to see her daughter again.

She knew very well that the man who instructed her and the two men now were not simple. She knew she was in big trouble.

The woman’s eyes had a tinge of prayer in them, “Please don’t tell her what I’ve done.”

Boyce picked her up and said, “Okay, I won’t tell him and the money will be given to him.”

“Thank you.”

Boyce nodded and tapped the man who had arranged his meeting with this woman, “Let’s have a drink together sometime in the future.”

“Well, hurry up and leave, so no one sees.” The man urged him.

Boyce got out while Matthew had already climbed into the car. He opened the door and climbed into the passenger seat, “What are you going to do now?”

From the evidence in his hand, Eddie was using Landon to separate Matthew and Dolores.

He let out a cold sigh, “Aren’t you being charming?”

As he spoke, he looked towards Matthew and laughed, “Being handsome isn’t always a good thing, look, how much trouble have you caused, knowing full well you have a wife, yet she wants to make you marry her daughter, tsk!” Matthew ignored him and drove the car towards the exit.

“But seriously speaking, what are you going to do?” asked Boyce earnestly.

This matter was not trivial.

Although Eddie didn’t have as much power as Jeffrey, his status was still there.

Jeffrey and Eddie’s positions were like the war of the old days, where Eddie was a political commissar and Jeffrey was a general .

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