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Chapter 263

Chapter 263 Lost Contact

I had completely fallen silent, hiding bodies, destroying the scene. The bodies were severely damaged.

One wrong step led to another, and by this point, I was completely on the defensive.

Knowing it was a trap set by Ashley, I still couldn’t avoid it. I couldn’t blame Sebastian for taking matters

into his own hands. Given the circumstances at the time, perhaps all he could think of was to help me

cover it up.

He didn’t know whether or not I was the one who killed Henry, he couldn’t be sure. If he had called the

police at that time, would they have been able to determine that I wasn’t the killer? So, the only thing he

could think of was to destroy the crime scene and hide the body.

Days went by like this, I didn’t know what was happening outside, but I could imagine that the news

about the murder and the hiding of the body must have been flying all over the place.

At first, Captain Lucas personally came to talk to me for a few days. Later on, he didn’t come anymore,

instead, he sent other people.

I learned from the person who interrogated me that the matter had become too big, alarming those in

the capital. They had sent people over to supervise the investigation.

Because no evidence could be found that Ashley had committed murder, and I had personally testified

that the person died in front of me, Lalso admitted that I had held the knife that killed Henry, and

confessed that I had ordered someone to hide Henry’s body.

All signs indicated that I was the murderer.

The situation was dire, I knew it clearly. If the police couldn’t find any evidence in my favor, it meant that

I would have to bear the

responsibility for Henry’s death.

Without a cell phone, I couldn’t contact my mother and Alexander. Helpless, I had no choice but to ask

Captain Lucas to find a way for me to see Cory.

Cory arrived quickly. In the meeting room, his eyes were almost swollen, with dark circles so large that

they seemed to seep in. Without thinking, one could tell that the Conner Group had probably already

fallen apart during this period.

Looking at me, Cory said, “Tabatha, are you okay in there? They didn’t give you a hard time, did they?”

The “they” he referred to, naturally, were the inspectors. I shook my head, looking at him with a bit of

heartache and said, “No, Captain Lucas has been taking care of me. How is the Conner Group doing

now?”

Hearing my question, he sighed deeply, his face full of desolation as he said, “I’m afraid…”

He didn’t continue, falling silent for a moment before saying, “Initially, when you didn’t let me announce

my divorce from the Hinton family, many of our partners didn’t take any action out of respect for the

Hinton family. However, after I released the news, within half a day, most of our partners came

knocking to terminate our cooperation. Fortunately, the president of the Monroe Group sent someone

to discuss the cooperation on several projects in the southern region with me, but I didn’t rush to sign.

The Conner Group, after this commotion, saw a significant drop in their stock. The previous major

shareholders all said they wanted to withdraw their shares, and now they are clamoring to auction off

the Conner Group.”

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I knew things would get serious, but I didn’t expect it to go as far as an auction. I looked at him and

said, “Cory, have you contacted your mother and Alexander?”

The situation has progressed to this point, it is unknown whether Alexander could make it back in time

to prevent further losses.

Cory frowned, saying, “The very reason I came today was to talk to you about this. Your mother and

Mr. Borseth, they’ve lost contact.”

I was stunned, unable to react for a moment, “Lost contact?”

He nodded, “Yes, the day after I announced your divorce from Mr. Hinton, I couldn’t get in touch with

Mr. Borseth and your mother. They… they must be in the mountains, without any signal. I couldn’t Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

reach them.”

I knew there was no signal in the mountains, but I had warned Alexander in advance not to stay in the

mountains for too long, no matter what. According to the time, they should be back by now. Why can’t I

get in touch with them?

Could it be that they really found the skeleton buried by the disaster ten years ago in the mountains?

Thinking about it, I couldn’t help but furrow my brow. This possibility was not non-existent. If we could

really find the bones of the victims from that year, anyone would properly bury their relatives, let alone,

among them were Alexander’s parents.

Thinking of this, I took a deep breath, looked at Cory helplessly and said, “Cory, thank you for all these

years with the Conner Group, and I also want to thank you. I know you’ve been with my father for many

years and have given a lot. I originally planned to wait another two years, until the Conner Group

stabilized. If you were tired, I would let you live your life. If you still planned to fight in the workplace, I

would

hand over the Conner Group to you. But now it seems, I’m afraid I can’t do it.”