The Captain I Married by Chance novel Chapter 345

"What were you doing on the day Evelyn died?"

Inside the first interrogation room, Evelyn's parents were on the hot seat. The middle-aged couple looked deeply resentful of being dragged back to talk about their deceased daughter. Their faces were twisted in annoyance.

"Why are you asking us this again? Officer, we've already told you everything!" Mr. Tate barked.

"We barely saw our daughter after she moved out. We honestly have no idea what she was up to," Mrs. Tate added dismissively.

The detective kept his face blank. "But Liam Jennings stated that you knew she was mentally unwell and that you were actively helping with her treatment. Were you two families not close?"

"That was in the past! Once she started dating Liam, she basically cut us off. Naturally, we assumed Liam was manipulating her into abandoning her own parents. We despised him, and it's perfectly normal that we drifted apart from his family!" Mrs. Tate snapped.

"Then why didn't you intervene and stop her from seeing him?"

"How were we supposed to stop her? Every time we brought it up, she threw a massive tantrum and started smashing things in the house!" Mr. Tate yelled. "That ungrateful brat turned her back on her own flesh and blood. Did you expect us, her parents, to beg for her attention?"

Outside the glass, Nora flipped open the file containing the couple's previous statements.

In their earlier interviews, they had detailed exactly how Evelyn had alienated them. They claimed she was incredibly vain, always promising to buy them a mansion and a luxury lifestyle.

"How is it looking?" she asked Nathan.

Nathan brushed his knuckles against her hand, ensuring she wasn't freezing in the overly air-conditioned hallway, before answering. "About what we expected. Mr. Lawson is still denying that he started the rumors, and his alibi is solid."

Nora looked through the adjacent window. Inside, the wealthy developer was talking animatedly.

"Look, I really liked her at first. She was gorgeous and sweet—it's completely natural I was interested. But every time I made a move, she acted like some untouchable saint. What was I supposed to do? I'm not the kind of scumbag who forces himself on women!"

Lawson patted his protruding stomach. "It wasn't until I heard she was hooking up with married men in my own building that I got pissed off. I might not be a billionaire, but I'm a respected man. If she genuinely believed in true love and just wasn't into me, fine. But to play the virgin with me while she was sleeping around town? Yeah, I was furious. Could you swallow that kind of insult?"