Just while he was feeling at a loss, Nathaniel spotted Lionel emerging from the Reynolds mansion, quietly smoking in a corner.
Lionel eventually noticed him and personally escorted him past the security line.
"Why are you here? You're no longer the head of the Special Investigation Department. This kind of major case isn't your business."
Observing the surroundings of the Reynolds mansion, Nathaniel replied calmly, "If the Reynolds family honestly had no enemies, then the last person Umair had a dispute with was me. As the head of the Nicholls family and the former leader of the Special Investigation Department, I would be the prime suspect. You'll eventually want to question me, so it's better for me to come and explain myself."
"Fair point."
Lionel smirked, extinguishing his cigarette.
"Let's go. Elliot is upstairs in Cassie's room conducting an investigation."
With his hands in his pockets, Nathaniel casually trailed behind Lionel.
Yet, his keen eyes were carefully scanning the Reynolds mansion.
The garden was a gruesome sight, with blood stains everywhere and the lingering stench of death, bearing witness to the brutal mass murder that had occurred here last night.
Surveying the scene, Nathaniel observed the busy forensic team.
Covered corpses were being carried out of the mansion on stretchers, leaving behind only bloodstains and distinct white lines where the bodies once lay.
Lionel's demeanor turned serious upon entering, and Nathaniel's expression mirrored his grave mood.
"Have they checked the mansion's surveillance and the street cameras?" Nathaniel inquired.
"They have. All surveillance was destroyed before the incident, and the video chips were removed. There were no fingerprints left at the scene," Lionel replied.
Nathaniel glanced at the white lines marking the positions of the bodies on the floor.
"Have they figured out what weapon was used to kill them?"
"There were no weapons left at the scene. The perpetrator was precise and took away all traceable evidence. However, forensic reports on several bodies have come back, and almost all of them were shown to be killed by multiple slashes with a blade," Lionel explained.
Multiple slashes with a blade indicated a severe level of retaliation.
How deep was the grudge against the Reynolds family?
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The readers' comments on the novel: Wait, She’s a Billionaire (Sheena Lawson)
The novel is too abusive it spoils the joy of reading it. I hate the punishment part between sheena and Eliot....