Heiress Unmasked: Shaking the World With Geomancy novel Chapter 758

Shannon arranged for an express delivery the next morning to send the two living souls to Mitchell. She also reported Macey's story about the parallel world.

This matter was too complex and far-reaching for her to handle alone, so she decided to hand it over to the safety agency for further investigation.

The police contacted her with preliminary findings about last night's case. "Brett lived nearby, and he's a local. He's been unemployed for a while and lived off his wife, but even with that, he constantly abused her."

According to Brett's confession, he'd accidentally beaten his wife to death. For fear of imprisonment, he'd dismembered her body, disposed of it in the sewer over time, and told others she'd simply run away.

Everyone in the neighborhood knew he was abusive, so they hadn't questioned it when hearing she'd left. They figured she must have had enough of his beatings.

Plus, his wife was a migrant worker, so no one in the workplace bothered to look into her disappearance. Brett then got away with it.

But after his wife was gone, he still had his needs. He began targeting women in the neighborhood since most of them were migrant workers. He figured no one would investigate even if something happened to them.

"He spotted Quilla that night because she was crying, and he grew irritated. Men like him with violent tendencies often have strange obsessions. They both like and hate seeing women cry," Calvin explained over the phone.

The case had been transferred to their task force overnight as it involved dismemberment. And since Calvin knew Shannon, he thought he'd share the case's progress with her.

"It seems he thought he could bring Quilla home and kill her after getting away with the first murder. If Quilla hadn't met you last night, she probably wouldn't have survived. It's a good thing you were there…"

An ordinary person couldn't have possibly stopped someone as dangerous as this killer, who'd crossed the line. Whoever tried could have easily become another victim.

Shannon thought about Quilla as she heard Calvin's summary of Brett's actions. "How's Quilla doing?"

She remembered how Macey's living soul had been so eager for her death. To Shannon, Quilla was just an ordinary person struggling against life's hardships.

She cursed, complained, and feared trouble. Despite all these, she did what needed to be done. She took care of her family and the bedridden Macey, worked hard, and tried to live a decent life.

Shannon didn't believe she'd done anything wrong that deserved death. If anything, Shannon wished Quilla could escape such a toxic family environment and get away from the cruel Macey.