Chapter 10: Betrayal

Kelly gulped down the oysters as an appetizer and looked contented, not caring about the image of a lady. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info Immediately afterward, her target shifted to mackerel tossed with sour cream.

And Eric just stared at the food on the plate, thinking about something in a distracted way.

Kelly pinched the oily fork in her hand and shook it in front of him: "Hey, although I know you're getting a headache from all kinds of problems right now, but even if you want to break your head here, it won't help, you can't do anything when you're hungry." ”

Eric was still staring at the salmon roll in front of him, and his mouth seemed to unconsciously respond, "Maybe you're right." ”

Kelly sighed: "I said ......"

Before she could finish speaking, Eric stood up as if he had a spring installed, startling her.

"I'm sorry, I have something to do...... Go out a little bit and be back in a moment. ”

After dropping these words, without waiting for Kelly to respond, he quickly left the restaurant.

Although the rain had stopped, the air outside was still cold, and the night wind almost pierced his bones, stimulating his brain to stay awake. He walked along the road he had walked during the day towards the villa where Augustine lived, and his heart was indescribably irritated.

He had a hunch that Augustine might tell him most of the things he wanted to know, many of which he might not be ready to accept. He was cranky along the way, and before he knew it, he was back in front of the old villa.

At this moment, night has completely fallen, and there is hardly any light source next to the villa, which is already in the remote suburbs. The huge duplex is like a monster with teeth and claws, and it looks extremely terrifying surrounded by countless waist-high weeds.

Eric came to the door, knocked lightly, and was surprised to find that the door was not closed.

Thinking of the terrible fear on Augustine's face when he came to the door, and the sound of the chain being locked as the door finally closed heavily, he instinctively had a premonition that something might have happened.

Gently pushing the door open, there was a faint reflection on the floor of the hallway at the door, which was the light from the chandelier in the living room. Eric crept into the house, and found the scruffy Mr. Augustus Nicotine - or rather, his body - in the living room.

Matt Augustine was still wearing the ridiculous pajamas, his face distorted and deformed by suffocation, as if he were hanging from a large sandbag under a chandelier. The dim light cast the shadow of the corpse on the pink wall, changing shape as the corpse rotated, which was especially terrifying.

Why did Augustine hang himself? Could it be that Eric's arrival has prompted something that has caused him to be so frightened that he has to flee with death? Or was someone who killed him and disguised himself as suicide?

In any case, the mystery that was supposed to be solved was covered up again underwater with the death of this man. At the thought of this, Eric felt a pang of distraction. He had the feeling that he was being watched at any time, as if he were a train following someone's arranged trajectory, and the clue was cut off just a moment before he could get into contact with the truth. Maybe it's not a coincidence, maybe his whereabouts are really being watched all the time...... Wait a minute.

He noticed something, a crucial detail that he hadn't been able to notice when he first came in.

Could it be ......

The wind outside the window was getting louder and louder, and the branches of the trees were beating against the old window as if they were about to break in.

From the time Eric left to the time he returned to the restaurant, it was only about thirty minutes. When he returned to the table, Kelly had finished eating, fiddling with her phone boredly.

"Where have you been? So slow? "I thought you were just throwing me back to Manhattan without saying a word," she grumbled, "I thought you were going to throw me back to Manhattan without saying a word...... What happened to you? ”

She noticed that Eric's expression was strange, even hostile, like a cold steel knife.

"Matt Augustine is dead." He said coldly.

"Ahh How could it be ......"

"It's game over." Eric said coldly, "You killed you, right?" ”

Kelly was stunned: "Are you ...... What to say? ”

"When you said you wanted to find a hotel to rest in the afternoon, you weren't in the room at all, right? You're just trying to find a chance out of my sight to kill him, that's all. When we found Augustine in the morning, I thought he was terrified because he was afraid to see me, to be involved in trouble, or to remember something, but it wasn't like that at all. In fact, he didn't recognize me at all at that time, so when I later reported my name, he looked at me with surprise in his eyes. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Actually, he was scared...... It's you, right? He recognizes you at a glance, and he knows who you are. ”

Kelly gave up her disguise and burst out laughing.

"yes, yes, that idiot knows it's useless to run away. Rather, if he tried to escape, he would be dead. Kelly said in a relaxed tone, like a 180-degree turn from a pure schoolgirl to a conspirator, "But this old idiot thought I didn't notice that whisper in your ear, but unfortunately my hearing is exceptional." The old man could have lived a few more years, and some of the things he knew might be useful to us later. The only condition we had for him to stay alive was not to reveal his secret to anyone, and the old idiot couldn't help but want to talk to you, so he had to kill him...... But there's one more thing I don't understand, how did you notice it was mine? ”

"Perfume smells." Eric said coldly, "I'm sorry, but my nose is also very smart. The old man's house obviously hadn't been a guest for many years, and it was obvious that there shouldn't be a woman's perfume smell at the scene. ”

"Ha, it's really clever, Charlotte~"

Eric clenched his fists, his teeth clenched, "What the hell are you ...... Who is it? ”

"As you know, Kelly Samir." "It's genuine," she said. Until last year, mine was really an ordinary high school girl, your classmate. But it's thanks to you, because I'm the only one who is close to you, that's why they brought me into the gang and turned me into what I am today, and put me by your side to keep an eye on you at all times. ”

"'Like this today'?" Eric keenly captured one word.

"yes...... That's it! ”

As soon as the words fell, the beautiful face suddenly distorted. The back of her dress was torn violently, and the sharp tentacles burst out like blades, like a venomous scorpion.