Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia) novel Chapter 1189

"Mom, what are you talking about? You're lying to me! I am a child of the noble Clements family! Not a b*stard of some f*cking jacka*s!"

"It's not real; it's not!"

"He is a murderer! I must avenge Dad! Avenge..."

Mason was losing his mind as he kept squirming, screaming, talking to himself. "No, I'm a Clements, a flesh and blood of the Clements family!"

The two scuffled, fighting over the gun in the blink of an eye. On the other side, Hallie supported Penny; the two were obviously fear- stricken, sobbing as they shouted and flailed. The massive mansion was enveloped in gloominess in the silent night.

A loud bang, and a scream lacerated the night the next second. "Ah..."

Following that, deadly silence!

Penny slowly opened her eyes to see Steve curled up on the ground, moaning in pain. Across him, Mason's face was covered in blood, his hand, midair, shaking non- stop. The gun was thrown far away from them. As her vision expanded, the group of people standing at the door magnified. As the blood drained from her face, Penny slumped to the ground.

Frederick? Ga-Gary? When have they all come?!

No! She was done for!

"Mom!"

Hallie instinctively grabbed her mother as she screamed, fearful, shedding floods of tears. "Mom, don't scare me!"

The glass called silence shattered in a flash, and everyone regained their senses. Mason was the first to speak up as he jerked two steps back, pointing his hand at Steve.

"Uncle Gary, Frederick, he's the one who killed Dad! I saw it with my own eyes! He's a murderer, and he wants to slander me and kill me! Catch him, catch him!"

"Shut up, Mason!"

Propping herself up, Penny roared with trembling lips, shedding floods of tears, "Shut the hell up!"

Just then, Steve was pressing his bleeding arm when the police officers in uniform came in and handcuffed him. At the same time, another office took out leg cuffs to cuff his legs. They'd obviously come prepared, treating Steve a felon. The piercing sound of the chains was particularly harsh against the massive mansion and the silent night. On the other hand, the evidence technicians had got to working, sealing the gun in an evidence bag and taking fingerprints, footprints, and blood samples.

Watching a group of strangers crossing the barricade tape, Penny, Hallie, and Mason's faces changed a few times.

Hallie immediately panicked when she saw them sealing the stairs off. "Hey, what are you guys doing?! This is my home! My room is upstairs!"

How could she go upstairs if they sealed the area off?! Her money and items were still up there!

Just then, a couple of officers stopped her, and a middle- aged man in plain clothes with a work badge hung around his neck went up to her.

"I'm sorry, Miss. This place is now suspected of major kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder. This is the first crime scene, so we have the right to seal off the area to collect evidence! We will collect the evidence as fast as possible and unseal the area. But before that, please don't obstruct us from handling the case, and don't enter, touch, or take anything from there without permission, or we will charge and legally detain you for obstructing justice and tampering with evidence.

The man waved his hand, and several officers sealed off other areas. They got down to work, but Hallie dared not approach the crime scene anymore.