Chapter 898

Joyce was startled by his sudden reprimand.

She shuddered and the tea in her hand was nearly spilled out. She

hurriedly held the teacup steady and put it back on top of the coffee

table.

Honestly, she felt blessed to be reprimanded by Karl like this. A warm

current spread in her heart. This was what having a friend should feel

like.

"Sorry, I..."

She was usually very articulate, but in front of Karl, she often felt

unable to speak.

"I understand all these things you said. After I came to the Capital, I

have been keeping an eye on the military. When Otis took over Ricky's

case, I also knew about it and I had secretly had an investigation. Otis

must have found out everything, but he did not report it. Instead, he

closed the case hastily and put all the blame on Ricky."

He continued, "Since you want to know, I'll tell you everything that I

know. First of all, it is certain Charlotte did not know that Ricky wanted

to kill you, because the entire thing happened quite suddenly, and he

did not have time to discuss with Charlotte. Ricky would not have

known in advance that their video would be exposed during the party.

After Ricky knew that we bought the gun for his fingerprints, he began

to hunt us down frantically. After all, that could be the actual evidence of

Ricky killing Thomas. Once we found anything, Ricky would be

completely done."

“Later, the military claimed that Ricky's killing of Thomas was a

personal vendetta. The offshore organizations Ricky had contacted, the

dark web and the assassins, were all removed one by one by the

military, but none of this affected Charlotte.”

“I know in my heart that I definitely could not bring down Charlotte. So I

could only back up the evidence at that time and wait for a better

opportunity. Recently, through special channels, I learned that there

have been some new drugs developed by the military. None of them

can be found in the market.”

"New drugs?" Joyce froze, "You mean, like biochemical weapons or

something?"

“Not exactly. In any case, they are drugs that are not normally used, but

have a special use in the military. So, I was just thinking about the

bizarre death of Mr. Walsh. How could the murderer postpone his death

by about five hours. How exactly did it happen? Is it related to these

unknown drugs?" Karl held his chin in one hand and gently rubbed it.

“I was once in Otis’ car and heard him calling someone else. He

seemed to have mentioned that he was speeding up the development

of some drugs and he mentioned something about drug trials. He said

something like the drugs had been used before and why they could not

try the drug now.” She said and got more serious, "Could it be, Otis

needs someone to try the new drugs?"

This was terrible. If Otis's purpose was to find someone to test the

drugs and send her a "gift", he was then simply a devil.

Karl waved his hand, "These are all guesses. Without absolute

empirical evidence, it's impossible to bring them down. We must

understand that the difficulty now is far greater than before. Otis with

Charlotte is like a tiger with wings. Otis has deep roots in the military

and cannot be underestimated.”

"Hmm." Joyce nodded gently. She knew it wasn't easy, and it might be

even more difficult than before.

"So, you don't mess around, okay? Before you do anything, make sure

you talk to me! Ask for my permission!" Karl suddenly reached out and

gripped her arm tightly.

His crystal eyes looked straight into her clear eyes, and after the

reprimand, his voice was almost pleading, "Promise me."

Joyce was shocked by his earnest gaze, and her heart was moved.

She subconsciously responded to him, nodding, “I know."

Between her nose, a sourness rushed up, and her eyes were steeply

heated. She took a hard sniff and tilted her head up so as not to let the

tears fall down.

Knowing that the road ahead was full of dangers, this time, she still got

him involved this time.

She owed him, and how could she pay him back later?

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down, she asked, "Okay,

enough about me. What about you? How have you been and how is

Juanita? Is she okay?"

When she spoke of Juanita, Karl's eyes dimmed.

It's been almost four years since he had sex with Juanita and was

caught red-handed by his mother. Both families kept pushing for

marriage, and they said he was a man and had to take responsibility for

what he did, so he finally agreed to get married.

Only, Juanita was dead set against it. For four years, she kept avoiding

it and refused to get married.

In fact, he knew that Juanita did it because she understood him.

They still could not find Joyce, and she had sacrificed her own life for

his. So how could he get married with such a burden in his mind? He

would never feel relieved as long as they could not find Joyce. Even if

he agreed to marry her, it was just him being responsible.

So Juanita had refused to get married with him, because she really

understood him.

He was grateful, over the years, for her understanding.

He said, "Juanita’s fine. Actually, her real name is Julia Sanchez. She's

the daughter of Governor Sanchez... Oh, no, it's Senator Sanchez now.

She's the daughter of Senator Sanchez. She went to Khebury just to

run away from her marriage."

Joyce was stunned, and then she smiled, "What on earth did I get

around me at that time? The ordinary detective is actually the son of a

high official in the legal world. The simple and lovely assistant is

actually the daughter of a member of parliament. Oh, that's interesting.

No wonder Juanita had got such a nice character, it's not surprising that

she comes from such a well-educated family.”

"She also came to the Capital and is now the chief secretary of the

municipal government,” Karl said.

"Wow, that's great, and I am happy for you guys. What happened

between the two of you? Four years and still not married?" Joyce asked

curiously. She had been "dead" for almost four years, and there was no

progress between them?

She glanced at Karl's plain finger, and there was no wedding ring.

"Ahem." Karl looked around. He looked at the time and handed the

phone back to Joyce, “It's getting late, and just now Luther called you. I

answered it, and you heard it. By the way, does he know about your

identity..."

Joyce immediately replied, "He doesn't know, and please don't let him

know. Between him and me, we have a security system project to work

on, and that's all.”

"Hmm. Got it."

Karl nodded his head and said nothing more.

She must have had her reasons for not wanting Luther to know, and he

would naturally respect her.

Joyce smiled awkwardly, “I have to go back now, and we'll talk more

about it sometime.” Anderson was at home, and Luther was at Blue

Ocean, and it was not appropriate for her to be out for so long.

She had a bit of a headache, and when she got back later, she didn't

know how to explain to Luther.

Karl already had her phone number, so he dialed her number and said,

“This is my number. save it and call me if you need anything."

"Good." She nodded gently.

"Come on, I'll walk you out to the door." Karl got up and walked her out

of the office.