Stanley could best understand Violet's feelings at this moment.
Because he had also seen the death of his parents with his own eyes.
It was just that he had always been emotionally introverted, and even if he was sad and in pain inside, he wouldn't cry out like she did.
"Go ahead and cry, just cry it out." Stanley said softly as he gently patted the shaking quilt.
There was a slight pause in the shaking covers, and the next second the woman's cries grew louder and louder, no longer as subdued as they had been earlier, but audible throughout the lounge.
Stanley leaned down and hugged Violet directly through the blanket.
After an unknown amount of time, he felt no movement beneath him.
Stanley straightened his body and gently lifted the quilt.
The woman under the quilt had her eyes closed tightly and appeared to be asleep.
Yet her wet lashes and furrowed brow showed that she wasn't sleeping well at the moment.
Stanley sighed, put the quilt back on Violet, got up and left the lounge.
Outside the office, Fraser knocked on the door.
Stanley settled on the sofa, "Come in."
Fraser pushed the door in, "Mr. Murphy, I found out a crucial clue about Tora's phone."
Hearing that the second killer was at stake, Stanley's eyes instantly narrowed, "What's the clue?"
Fraser said, "The Ellis family had a Torah phone back in the day."
"What did you say?" Stanley fiercely gripped the teacup in his hand, "The Ellis family you're talking about is Ivy's family?"
"Yes." Fraser nodded, "You asked me to find out who owned Tora phones, and I found out that the Hopkins family once bought two of them, and one of them was given to the Ellis family, and for that reason, I went to the door to seek confirmation from Mr. Hopkins."
Stanley's fists clenched, "And then what?"
He didn't expect that his parents' death would be linked to the Ellis family as well.
"Then Mr. Hopkins told me that this was indeed the case, eighteen years ago the Hopkins family had a crisis of a shortage of capital chain, and Chairman Ellis and Mr. Hopkins were close friends, so Mr. Hopkins brought many gifts to his door to borrow money from Chairman Ellis at that time, and one of the gifts was a Tora mobile phone."
"So it was Ivy who was filming on the roadside, right?" Stanley's face was grim.
Fraser lowered her head, "It should be her, because of all these people I checked, there is no child that matches the age of the little girl who filmed the car accident, only Ivy fits the best."
If the Ellis family didn't have a Tora phone, naturally they wouldn't suspect Ivy.
But the Ellis family happened to own one, and eighteen years ago Ivy was exactly ten years old, the exact age of the little girl filming the car accident on the side of the road.
So, they couldn't think of anyone else but Ivy.
Most importantly, Ivy's natural lack of empathy and sociopathic tendencies did make it possible to see a scene like a car accident and not only was not be afraid, but to calmly film it instead.
Thinking of this, Fraser looked at Stanley, "Mr. Murphy, do you think that the second killer is Chairman Ellis?"
After all, Chairman Ellis was still alive eighteen years ago.
Stanley didn't answer, lowering his eyes so that the look under them couldn't be seen.
It was a while before he stood up with his hands in his pockets, "Even if it's not him, it's still related to the Ellis family, book me an appointment with Mr. Hopkins, I want to see him."
"Yes!" Fraser nodded, and then went out.
Stanley rubbed his brow.
At that moment, footsteps came from behind them.
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