Beckett called back the duo who were still busy outside, and they were still doing an in-depth investigation into the background of groom Gretel Murphy.

Although the Murphy family is not a particularly well-known wealthy family in New York, it is also a big family that dates back two or three hundred years, and Gretel's grandfather and grandmother even set up a valuable family trust fund for him.

According to Kevin and Esposito, they have yet to meet a billionaire heir to a fortune as low-key as Gretel.

"Billions of dollars?" Cassel opened his mouth in surprise, as the so-called someone was born in Rome, and someone was born a cow and horse, although he is now considered to be worth a lot, but there is obviously still a big gap from this number, and he doesn't even know if he has a chance to touch this threshold in this life.

"Yes, that's the key, but it all starts from the beginning, remember what Esposito mentioned when he asked the guests? Someone mentioned that Sophie almost didn't make it to the wedding. Jack stood in front of the evidence board and talked.

Esposito nodded to indicate that he was still impressed, and Beckett added, "I also asked Kayla to confirm, because Sophie is far away in Los Angeles, so their relationship has not been very close in recent years."

She was invited to be a bridesmaid purely because she and Glitter had met because of Sophie, although this seems ironic now. ”

"Then we noticed a strange thing, the wedding rehearsal was on Saturday, and if you count all the other preparations, usually you can check into the hotel on Friday, but Sophie was already checking in early on Thursday morning.

So early this morning we called Kayla's mean mother and talked to her about it. With that, Jack raised his hand and motioned for his girlfriend to continue.

Hannah shuddered, as if she remembered the fear of being dominated not long ago by a mean aunt who kept chattering about her daughter always looking at the wrong people.

"I don't want to go into detail about that conversation, but one thing we learned from the bride's mother was that Sophie seemed to be in a bad financial situation, and even called her after last year's engagement banquet to ask if she could help pay for the flight.

And she also mentioned that when she checked into the hotel on Friday, she saw Sophie shopping in the store attached to the hotel, and in her exact words, the girl seemed to become an upstart overnight. ”

"So." Hannah pulled out a credit card statement and pasted it on the evidence board, "Based on my experience as a bridesmaid, I have a rough estimate of how much Sophie will cost this wedding trip."

Shoes, skirts, hotel accommodation, and airfare, all of which would have been $3,000 in total, but she had less than $20 left in her bank account, and her credit card balance had been completely overdrawn in the previous months. ”

Cassel frowned and leaned over the credit card bill to take a closer look, "How did she do that?" I didn't find any related expenses above, and how much did she pay for 'FM2' from drug dealers? $200? Where did she get all this cash? ”

"Not to mention the cost of buying medicine, as someone who has been a bridesmaid six times, I am more curious about how she can afford a bridesmaid dress." Beckett regretted it as soon as he said this, because the eyes of everyone present were focused on her at once.

"Six times as a bridesmaid, huh? You don't just have a photo from that time, do you? All of a sudden, Kassel's focus shifted to a strange direction.

Jack coughed lightly and motioned for everyone not to go off-topic, although he was also curious, after all, he still knew about petty superstitions such as not being able to marry if there were too many bridesmaids.

"So I'm going to follow the direction of the money." As he spoke, he pulled out a small USB drive, "This is the surveillance footage of the store I just came from the Beaumont Hotel, and then I found the person who paid for it all, Teddy Murphy." ”

"So, Teddy Murphy is actually Sophie's 'sweet daddy'?" What kind of damn shared lover plot is this? Cassel only felt a little confused, "When he found Sophie crawling into his nephew's bed in the middle of the night and killing her in a fit of rage?" ”

Jack realized that he was still underestimating the wild imagination of this thing, and said with a smile, "I prefer that he is behind it, and Sophie was obviously instructed by him to enter Gretel's room in the middle of the night in order to disrupt the wedding that followed." ”

"Is that his motive?" Kassel's mind didn't turn for a moment, "What's in it for Teddy Murphy to spoil the wedding?" That's not even the same generation as Gretel, the property that Gretel inherited."

As he spoke, he suddenly reacted, "You mentioned the trust fund left to him by Gretel's grandparents earlier, are there any prerequisites for this fund to take effect?" For example, Gretel got married or had children? ”

Jack and Hannah looked at each other and smiled and snapped their fingers, "Bingo, the billions of family assets that Gretel can inherit are only theoretical, but a large part of them, uh, let me see." ”

He pulled out the last piece of information, "Theoretically, as long as Gretel gets married, uh, doesn't need to have children, he can inherit half of this fund, a total of 40 million dollars, but now this money is less than 15 million dollars." ”

Everyone suddenly understood that Cassel, as a member of the rich people, understood in seconds, "So Teddy Murphy, as a member of this family and a lawyer, is actually the executor of this family trust fund, and he has been stealing money from it all these years?" ”

Jack spread his hands and said that in less than a morning, he and Hannah had done their best, and it was up to them to check the rest, but he still had a reminder.

"Don't forget the strange abrasions on Sophie's back, and I bet that one of the ornaments on his clothes would be conclusive direct evidence."

"I'm going to apply for a search warrant, and you two go and get Uncle Teddy back to the police station first." After Beckett gave the order to the living treasure duo, he took the documents and hurriedly left the office with Cassel.

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"Everything's done?" In the evening, when Jack and Hannah arrive at Precinct 12 again, they see Beckett, sitting alone at his desk.

The female detective looked a little distracted, and her face didn't have much joy from successfully solving the case, "Yes, everything is as you expected, and Teddy Murphy can't make up the money at all."

He takes advantage of Sophie's financial embarrassment and his lingering affection for Gretel to get her to sabotage their wedding by seducing the groom and recording it on the eve of the wedding.

However, when Gretel refuses her, Sophie flees back to her room and bumps into Teddy who is waiting there. ”

Hannah asked with interest, "What happened next?" The two got into an argument and Sophie threatened to expose what he had done? ”

"Or maybe in addition to killing the mouth, Teddy thought of a way to sabotage the wedding of the two and kill the bridesmaids?" Jack continued.

Beckett sighed, but his eyes kept glancing at the conference room on the left, "We don't know this for the time being, Teddy chose to remain silent, but whether he pleads guilty or not, the evidence is conclusive now."

We found a platinum tie clip in his room's file bag, which, as you might expect, was the source of the abrasions on Sophie's back, the most direct evidence, and the remaining epithelial cells on it were enough to convict him.

In addition, we found Sophie's mobile phone, which contained a recording of Gretel's stern refusal of Sophie's pleas, and Cassel called Kayla, who was playing it to her in the conference room. ”

After saying that, she couldn't help but look at the conference room on the left again, and asked with a flickering gaze and a little hesitation, "Jack, can you use the one you demonstrated before?"

"Wait." Hannah covered Jack's mouth and rolled around with big eyes, "You're going to promise to show me all your bridesmaid photos." ”

"Deal!" Beckett gritted his teeth and glared at his best friend.

Jack sighed and shook his head speechlessly, "Take me one." ”

"Hurry up and read your lips!" If a laser could be shot out of his eye, Jack would have been a sieve by now, because even Hannah couldn't wait to see what the two were talking about in the conference room.

"Cassel is saying that Teddy's plan might work out, if it weren't for him underestimating someone, uh, I'm talking about Gretel, and I'm not bad either, but, Kayla, he's a good man, a man of integrity, and he loves you dearly.

Kayla said, I know, and I do love him, but that doesn't mean I won't think of you from time to time.

Phew, scumbag! Ah, I said that. ”

Faced with the angry gazes of the two women, Jack could only raise his hand to signal that he would not interrupt again, and continued to peek through the huge floor-to-ceiling glass in the conference room to peek into the conversation between the old lovers inside.

"It's still Kayla who said that there are so many cities in the world, so many weddings every day, and so many murders, but you just walked into my wedding and helped me.

Kassel said, I'm glad I met. Wow, Kayla kissed him on the cheek after saying thank you, attention, she's leaving! ”

"Shut up, we can see this too." Seeing the glass door of the conference room opened, Beckett and Hannah quickly resumed their sitting posture and acted as if nothing had happened.

There was a clatter of cheerful footsteps, and Kayla smiled as she walked to Beckett's desk, looking at her without blinking.

Beckett, who was so nervous that she even took the information in her hand backwards, looked up slightly confused, not knowing what she wanted to do.

"He's yours." Kayla smiled and left the detective's office with a light step.

(End of chapter)