Chapter 161 The Accident
It was a stormy night. Alisa called Leonard a few times and even sent him suggestive texts. In the end, I picked up the latest call and chewed her out over the phone. Only then did she end
the call.
I could imagine how angry Keenan, who was sitting next to her, was at that moment.
The thought of him forcing Alisa, his own daughter, to do such a heinous thing made my scalp. crawl. How could such vile fathers exist in this world?
It was definitely easier for me to understand why Alisa wanted Keenan imprisoned or dead.
Loving parents would raise loving children. Cruel parents… Well, they’d definitely raise children who would never love them, that was for sure.
The next day, Leonard went to Keenan Corporation to discuss a collaborative deal with Keenan. I went to visit Jill instead.
Last night, I asked her to help me investigate the possibility of car accidents featuring patients who were inflicted with terminal diseases in Melgrove. I didn’t expect to see her to yield actual results.
“Eva, do you think the organizations that are normally seen in dramas exist in real life? The inspiration behind art does come from reality, after all. This can’t be real, right?
“You know, the trope where the antagonists pay patients money and have them kill others. Since the patients are about to die soon, they might as well do it for the sake of leaving behind a huge sum of money to their loved ones.”
Jill stared at me while looking slightly frightened. Meanwhile, I could only stare at the documents, completely scared out of my wits.
Over the course of four years, there were at least four accidents that fit the criteria in Melgrove. Trucks weren’t the only vehicles involved–there were also cars.
As for the culprits, they were often terminally ill patients who only had three months left to live. There were people diagnosed with diseases other than kidney diseases.
After that, Jill produced a few more reports. “Eva, look at these reports. The medical records of these patients come from this hospital. Danika Atkinson happens to be the chief physician of this hospital.”
My hands began trembling as I read the information. What Jill said aligned with my suspicions.
It’d only make sense for rich and powerful clients to hire those patients to kill for them. In return for their services, the clients would pay the patients‘ families a huge sum of money.
That was why the driver who killed my dad had driven so recklessly. Not to mention, he had
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already gotten divorced prior to the accident.
That way, his family wouldn’t have to pay any compensation fees at all. His children wouldn’t be affected by the accident, either.
Besides, there was a chance that the driver had never met my father before. Even if the police were to launch an investigation, they wouldn’t be able to find out anything useful.
Furthermore, my family’s case took place in two different regions.
I could only clutch the documents with trembling hands. At that moment, I had a feeling that I was getting closer to the truth.
“Jill, can you help me investigate if the people who died in the accidents had any bad blood with Keenan Corporation?”
“Or… with Jedidiah himself,” Jill completed my sentence while staring at me.
I knew it. Great minds thought alike.
It was very easy to use the traffic system to investigate such accidents. An hour later, Jill’s subordinates reported back to her.
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Beautiful novel and I hope Eva and Jack get together and they have a kid too. Jack loves her a lot...