The Rebirth Of SOPHIA GREEN - Chapter 213

David gave him a look, “Really? Cooper asked me to protect his grandson Victor. I secretly investigated and protected him for half a year and everything was fine. But I just entrusted you with it, he suffered attacks twice. What’s wrong with you?”

Then, he turned to Sophia, “Thanks to Sophia, Victor was all right. Otherwise, I’d be embarrassed.”

Benjamin argued, “Things changed. Before, George used simple and straight methods to hurt Victor. It was so simple that I can easily see it. But then… the methods he applied were more and more cunning. You might not tell it even if you were there. Maybe there’s someone who taught him.”

“These are all your excuses. You shouldn’t be a detective if you can’t see anything through. What’s more, I haven’t talked to you about Nicole. Yes, I didn’t want to take her case at first, but I agreed when she asked one of my friends to pester me. Since you took the case, how could you be so irresponsible and see her die. I’m really sorry for her,” David said.

Benjamin bowed his head, “I don’t want that. She wouldn’t tell me the truth that misled my investigation. I’m very guilty. I don’t want her to die.”

He thought for a moment and said, “Well, I did find out something. Nicole met Eddie a few days before she died. Although the police said that the killer was her ex-boyfriend, I think it has something to do with Eddie. Dad, you can go to the police and help with the investigation. She’s our client, and we can’t let her die so wrongfully.”

Sophia had not heard Benjamin talk about this before. She remembered that Eddie had threatened Benjamin several times in Lands City. Was that something to do with this?

What did Eddie have to do with Nicole’s death?

***

When they left Benjamin’s, Sophia got a call from Elma, who simply explained Coopers’ condition.

The old man announced the will in the morning. Forty percent of the property was given to Victor, twenty percent to the Grey couple, twenty percent to the George couple, and the left twenty percent to other relatives.

In other words, the Grey family got sixty percent of the property.

“However, the old man secretly told my brother-in-law something.” Elma said, “He said that his elder son was the black sheep of the family. He hoped my brother-in-law could give his brother some money, about two hundred dollars, every month when he wasted all his property so that he would not starve to death.”

Sophia frowned, “Did Grey agree? George has been trying to kill his son. And he almost made it.”

Elma sighed, “He agreed. The old man was on his last breath. The doctor said these are his last days. My brother-in-law didn’t want him to die with regret. After all, both of them are his sons. He didn’t want to see George suffer.”

Sophia felt that the reason why the old man gave most of his property to Grey was not just because he had a son. More importantly, George would ruin the family. No matter how much money he got, he would spend every penny. Instead of that, the old man would rather leave the property to Grey.

The Coopers were rich. Twenty percent was a lot of money. But a person like George wasn’t satisfied with that and took risks to get more money. He acted so meticulously that they couldn’t catch him. But if he did more bad things, he would be punished sooner or later.

***

A few days later, they got news from the police that the killer had confessed to the crime. He insisted that he was a psychopath who liked to kill, and he happened to see Bridget and her son and felt that they were easy to deal with and chose to kill them.

The police didn’t believe that. The tools were prepared in advance. Obviously, he had come prepared but not on the spur of the moment.

Sophia knew that George had something to do with it. Since there was no way to find the evidence, he would not be charged.

***

One day Sophia got a call from Louie.

Christmas was only half a month away, and the traffic was very heavy. But Louie was auditioning for an advertising agency in another town, and he wanted Sophia to go with him.

“I’m nervous. After all, this is my first audition,” Louie said. “I’ll feel better if you’re there. Please!”

Sophia would like to say that it would be more convenient for Kevin to go with him. After all, they were boys and could share a room in the hotel, and it would save half of the money. However, she then remembered that Kevin must be studying at home at this moment. With his score, he needed to study harder if he wanted to get into Glinton. He shouldn’t spend his time on other things at this time. But she was not busy and had nothing to do then.

So she nodded, “All right. I’ll go with you.”

Louie would audit in Haven, and he had booked tickets for Sophia in advance. Haven was not far from Lands City, and it was about two hours away by plane.

If they left in the morning, they would arrive there before ten o’clock. The audition would start at ten and the interviewers would audit one by one. It would be finished in the afternoon; they could take a flight home and didn’t need to stay there. For Sophia, it would not take long.

Early in the morning, Louie took a bus to Sophia’s house. Kate had just prepared breakfast, and he just ate with them.

“Did you have breakfast?” Kate asked, “Eat with us.”

Louie was quite familiar with Kate and just sat down, “No. My parents aren’t at home. I’m alone at home. I don’t want to cook because if I cook too much food, I can’t finish it. And I think it’s too much trouble to cook for myself. So, I always order takeout.”

Sophia had heard from him that his parents were away on business. He had a sister who died unexpectedly many years ago.. So most of the time, he was alone at home.