The Rebirth Of SOPHIA GREEN - Chapter 254

Sophia was about to leave when Professor Thompson left. Then she noticed another person coming through the side door with flowers in his arms.

She knew the man, too.

It was from Eddie.

Eddie was surprised to meet Sophia here. “What are you doing here?”

“I come to worship Professor Green. Don’t you hate her? Why are you here to see her?” Sophia said.

She remembered asking Eddie if he would hate Sophia for exposing his father’s wrongdoing and bringing him to justice.

Eddie was adamant at the time that he hated Sophia.

Without answering, Eddie walked slowly to Sophia’s grave and put the flowers down.

“I did hate her before, but…” he said slowly, “Now I think about it, I was too impulsive. After more things, I’m more grateful to her.”

“Grateful?” Sophia was puzzled.

Eddie nodded slightly and turned to her. “If she hadn’t sent him to prison, I might have… killed him myself!”

Sophia was shocked.

So, he said he hated Sophia, not because Sophia sent his father to prison, but because his father went to prison, leaving him no chance to kill him himself?

Eddie’s voice was full of hate. “He is a bastard. He had been torturing my mother because she couldn’t have children. Later, my mother adopted my sister and me, which made no change. He used to beat and scold us. Then I thought, how good it would be if he died one day.”

The cemetery was quiet except for the rustle of leaves as the wind passed.

It was creepy.

“I had been expecting a chance. Finally, there was a great one. The scum killed someone for personal gain. I thought I could kill him and then create a false image of him committing suicide for fear of punishment. But just as I was about to do it, he was uncovered and sent to prison by the professor. Do you know how much I hated this meddling professor then?” Eddie continued.

It took Sophia a while to get the story. She was silent for a moment and asked, “So… Why don’t you hate her now?”

Eddie bowed his head and looked at his hands. “I have my mother and sister. I don’t want to face them with my bloody hands. And… I recently found out the whereabouts of my biological mother and sister, but I… I don’t know how to face them.”

Sophia was silent and then asked, “Why are you telling me this? We’re not that familiar, are we?”

Eddie looked her in the eye for a moment and then said, “Probably because…You are something like my sister…”

Sophia paused for a moment and remembered something else. “About Nicole’s case… you must know something, do you? I’ve been curious about one thing. Albert asked Benjamin to investigate you in Plain. And Nicole entrusted Benjamin with the stalking case there. Is it just a coincidence?”

Eddie smiled, “You’re really smart. You’re right. I asked Nicole to go to Benjamin. It was because I was annoyed by his investigation and wanted to make trouble for him so he wouldn’t have time to investigate me. But…”

He took a deep breath. “I didn’t expect her to die.”

Sophia came to understand something, “So… was it you she was waiting for the day she died?”

Eddie shook his head. “No. I wanted to make the stalker thing more real, so I sent someone pretending to be the stalker over to her house to mess her house up, then I can ask Benjamin to investigate it. But I didn’t expect the man I sent to have some trouble on the way to her house, which allowed Joseph to take advantage of it.”

There was a chill on Sophia, “So Nicole called the security guard to let the man in the mask in just to fit in with your plan… Well, the one who caught the man you sent and informed Joseph…”

She could only think of one person.

Eddie nodded slowly. “I’m sure it’s the detective Benjamin. He found out the truth and knew we were joining together to tease him. Somehow, he found out about my plan and used it to lead Joseph to Nicole’s house. I had someone look into it but couldn’t find any evidence that he did it. I’ve been telling you, Benjamin is… very dangerous!”

Sophia was petrified. She couldn’t believe that the silly detective who loved to be with her and called her “sister” had such a deep mind beneath his simple and honest appearance.

Besides, Benita had said that he wasn’t Benjamin.

So, who was this person? For what purpose did he come here?

Was he only here for Albert’s commission?

And why did David cooperate with him? Why didn’t he expose him?

All this, Sophia wanted to ask him in person.

“I have to go. Take care!” Eddie gave her a look and walked slowly towards the exit.

Sophia didn’t notice that Eddie looked back at her at the corner and uttered a word.

“Sister…”

***

Sophia stayed for a while at the gravestone, then Kevin came to her, “Sis, are you going back now? You were talking with a gentleman. I didn’t want to disturb you, so…”

He had been waiting not far away, only to notice that Sophia’s complexion had changed somewhat. He was worried about her and hurried over after Eddie left.

“It’s all right. You can go back first. Leave me alone for a moment,” Sophia said.

She didn’t tell him about it. She just wanted to go to Benjamin to verify it immediately.

Kevin nodded, “All right. Just call me if there is anything I can do for you.”

When Kevin left, Sophia immediately called Benjamin.

“What’s the matter, sister?” Benjamin asked, still, in a casual tone.

Sophia frowned, “I’m not your sister. I have something to ask you.”

“I know what you want to ask. Wait a moment. I’m here around.” Benjamin lowered his voice.

Sophia was stunned. He knew where she was?

Soon, she got it. Benjamin could know Eddie’s plan, which meant that he probably listened to Eddie. So, he had heard every word of Eddie.

Sure enough, ten minutes later, Benjamin appeared in front of her.

Still, his clothes were strange. He looked at her with a smile as if nothing had happened.

Sophia frowned and asked, “So, Eddie was telling the truth. About Nicole’s case… did you do it?”

Benjamin took two slow steps towards Sophia, bent down to look straight at her eyes, and smiled, “Are you tricking me? You didn’t set up surveillance to get the evidence, did you?”

“I’m not so bored. There’s no surveillance here. Even if there was, the video couldn’t be evidence.”

Benjamin nodded. “You’re right. Even if you go to the police with the video, I can tell them I’m just joking. Now that you know it, yeah, I did it. You won’t believe me even if I deny it, right?”

“Yeah. But I want to know why. Why did you do that?”

Benjamin smiled bitterly. “Will you believe me if I say I didn’t want that? I did try to investigate Eddie for Albert, but Eddie asked David to arrange me a boring job. So, I made a little mischief. I stopped the man on the way and then called Joseph.”

He sighed, “I just wanted to give them a warning not to mess with me. How did I know that pervert Joseph would kill her?”

Sophia believed him. Joseph’s murder was an impulse, and plenty of evidence was left at the scene to prove it.

So, that was all the truth about Nicole’s death. Benjamin didn’t mean to kill her, but she died because of him.

“So… who are you? You’re not Benjamin, are you?” Sophia asked.

Benjamin smiled, “You know that… You’re right. I’m not Benjamin. It’s more convenient for me to do things in the name.”

Sophia was puzzled. “Why did David cooperate with you? He’s an internationally renowned detective, and since you’re not his son, he doesn’t have to do that, right?”