It wasn't until I arrived at the police station that I knew that Caroline had disappeared after meeting me in the afternoon. The search team had been searching for her for a few hours before they found her at about 10 p.m. at the foot of the mountain. At that time, she was already in a coma and seriously injured.
The police guessed that she must have rolled down from the mountain.
The reason why they found me was that I had a call record with her last night. And the last message before her disappearance was sent to me.
The words of the message read, "Caroline, I've arrived. Where are you?"
I was confused and immediately argued, "How could I have a call record with her? Are you kidding me? I've never contacted her. And I haven't contacted her for months!"
Although I denied it, the police directly took out Caroline's call record over the month recently.
The record showed that she and I would call each other every few days.
The police could tell from the call frequency that she and I got along with each other.
"This is fake!" I denied it.
The police questioned me, "We got this from the telecom company. The way you see it, is the telecom company or the police faking it?"
I was dumbfounded.
After I finished recording the confession, Patrick came as soon as I was locked up by the police.
He went straight into the guard room.
It was late. And there was no light in the guard room. But I could still feel his horrifying anger.
"I didn't do it. I don't know why..."
"Shut up."
Before I could finish my words, Patrick interrupted me as he grabbed the collar of my clothes and pulled me to his side, "Charlotte Archer, I indeed underestimated you. Yesterday, Caroline said that she was going to the mountain to pray for blessings. I asked her who she would go with. She said that the counterpart asked her to keep it as a secret!"
I tried my best to explain it to Patrick, "No! She framed me! I didn't contact her at all!"
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