Reborn with Nothing but My Farm and Vengeance in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 233

Chapter 233: Chapter 233: The Dust Settles

When Melody Summers saw Roman Rhodes, she asked in surprise, "Officer Rhodes, what brings you here so early in the morning?"

Roman’s face was etched with fatigue; he had barely rested for the past two days.

Ever since receiving Melody Summers’s message the night before last, he had immediately organized the operation to arrest Hector Hayes and his associates.

The arrests went smoothly. The Hayes Family had just returned to their villa after a banquet at the Nimbus Hotel when armed police showed up and took them away.

None of the Hayes Family’s subordinates escaped the raid, either. Even the employees of the Oceanus Hotel were all taken in for questioning.

Then came a full day and night of processing the case.

Just as Roman had expected, the deeper they investigated, the bigger the case became. It even implicated several high-ranking officials in the Anworth Government.

Roman had been under immense pressure to take down the Hayes Family’s protectors, and his nerves had been stretched taut for the past two days.

It wasn’t until this morning, when the dust had settled and everyone who needed to be arrested was in custody, that Roman finally had time to visit the Summers residence. He needed to take a formal statement from Melody Summers, the original informant. After all, she had killed a man in that room in the alley...

Roman gave Melody Summers a resigned look. "I’m here to take your statement, Comrade Summers. You’ve performed another great service."

Melody Summers quickly invited Roman in and poured him a cup of tea.

Seeing Melody’s cheerful grin, Roman tried to hold his tongue but couldn’t. He spoke with a sense of helplessness, "How many times have I told you? If you run into anything suspicious, call the police first. Why can’t you seem to remember that? The situation the other night was so dangerous! Anyone else would have been running for the hills, but you just had to dive in headfirst!"

"You already knew something was wrong with that pregnant woman, yet you insisted on taking her home. You were lucky this time. They only had one man lying in wait, and you could handle him. But what if there are more enemies next time? What would you do then? You’re an only child, the only one your parents have. If something happened to you, how could your family bear it?"

’More people? If there were more people, I’d just enter my space!’ Melody thought to herself.

But facing Roman, she adopted a sincere attitude and said, "I understand, Officer Rhodes. I’ll be more careful next time."

Seeing her expression, Roman knew that not a single word of his advice had gotten through to her. He sighed helplessly.

At this, alarm bells went off in Melody’s head. She was terrified Roman was going to take her gun back. She quickly changed the subject. "Officer Rhodes, was the entire Hayes Family arrested?"

Roman nodded. "Hector Hayes, his son Raymond Hayes, and his mistress Lily Adler were the ringleaders of the criminal organization. They’ve all been arrested and brought to justice."

Melody was taken aback. "What about Hector Hayes’s two daughters? Weren’t Clara Hayes and Sylvia Lancaster arrested?"

Roman shook his head and replied, "Clara Hayes is dead."

Melody exclaimed, "What?! Dead?!"

Roman nodded. "When the bureau went to seal the Hayes family’s villa, they found that Clara Hayes and Sylvia Lancaster had fallen from the building together in the courtyard. Clara died on the spot. Sylvia was taken to the hospital. It seems she hit her head in the fall, and her memories are a bit jumbled. We couldn’t get anything out of her."

Melody was stunned. ’Did Clara go straight home and try to take Sylvia down with her?’

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