Chapter 539: Still Hiding a Lot of Things

Chapter 539: Chapter 539: Still Hiding a Lot of Things

Evan Keller thought to himself as his fingers tapped lightly on the table in front of him.

The final verdict now depended on the victim’s decision—whether to let it go lightly or to stand her ground. However, judging by Mrs. Dunn’s attitude, the victim’s stance must have been very resolute before the incident. Now that she had nearly lost her life, she probably wouldn’t compromise.

Just as Evan was pondering, the team member who had left to investigate earlier knocked on the office door, holding a stack of documents.

Evan glanced at Mrs. Dunn, who looked utterly dejected, before walking to the door of the interrogation room and taking the documents from the team member to look through them.

"Captain Keller, the investigation results are all here. I also conducted extra checks on the properties under their names and some of their financial expenses," the team member said.

Evan nodded as he flipped through the pages. "Good job. You go in and keep an eye on her first. Let me read through these files."

With that, the two switched places. The team member went inside to watch Mrs. Dunn, while Evan stood outside the door reading the documents.

The very first page contained Mrs. Dunn’s medical records from major hospitals.

Evan’s expression grew solemn. It turned out that her clamoring about being sick was an objective statement, not just an excuse to escape punishment. Being nearly seventy years old and suffering from cancer, coupled with the fact that the victim hadn’t actually died, the probability of her successfully applying for medical parole would significantly increase.

Back in the reception room, Danny had said he would get his mother out. This was probably the reason why.

"No wonder they were so emboldened. So this was their plan all along!" Evan clenched his fist and slammed it angrily against the adjacent wall.

If they hadn’t intervened in time, Mrs. Dunn would have hacked the victim to death alive. Even with irrefutable evidence later on, Danny, as the deceased’s husband, could still issue a letter of forgiveness for his mother. Once the verdict came down, he could apply for medical parole based on Mrs. Dunn’s condition.

By then, she would be locked up for a few years at most before getting out to enjoy her freedom. Moreover, they could then use the child to threaten Mr. and Mrs. Yorke, truly bleeding the family dry and claiming all their assets.

Zoe Sawyer and the others, who had leaned closer to look at the documents together, quickly understood Evan’s anger upon seeing the information.

"If they had succeeded, the likelihood of this follow-up playing out wouldn’t be low at all!" Sean Hughes said in a low voice.

"Fortunately, Ms. Yorke survived, so these possibilities will never come to pass." Zoe breathed a sigh of relief. Starting with the letter of forgiveness, Danny’s scheme was destined to fail.

The others clearly thought of this as well and collectively breathed a sigh of relief.

Evan continued turning the pages and discovered that a significant portion of Mrs. Dunn’s medical bills had been paid by Mr. and Mrs. Yorke. Additionally, Danny’s account showed transfers to several high-risk accounts.

After reading the document from beginning to end and combining it with the statements recorded today, he had completely figured out the entire case. Before he even closed the file, his phone received a message. He tapped to open it, and his previously grim expression instantly turned into a beaming smile.

"The victim has woken up. Her mental state is quite good, and she volunteered to cooperate with our police investigation."

They originally thought that with such severe injuries, it would take at least a few days for her to regain consciousness. They hadn’t expected her to wake up this quickly.

"Let’s go check on her at the hospital!" Evan waved his hand, calling the team member out of the interrogation room. After giving a few brief instructions, he hurriedly led his people to the hospital.

When Zoe and the rest arrived at the hospital, they found Mr. and Mrs. Yorke standing not far outside the door, constantly craning their necks to look inside, trying to see their daughter’s current condition clearly. Their clothes also looked a bit more disheveled than when they were in the reception room.

Danny’s condition was much worse. Not only were his hair and clothes completely messy, but he was also clutching his arm, glaring indignantly at the elderly couple nearby.

Upon seeing Zoe’s group, one of the two team members guarding the hospital room door walked over and gave them a brief report of what had just happened.

Simply put, when these three first came over, they still remembered Evan’s instructions and kept quiet. However, after Cameron woke up, this Danny suddenly spoke up. In a voice loud enough to be heard both inside and outside the room, he started talking about his arrangements for the child, attempting to agitate Cameron, who was lying inside.

Naturally, Mr. and Mrs. Yorke wouldn’t let his scheme succeed, so they rushed forward to stop him. The three of them got into a scuffle. With the surrounding team members consciously breaking up the fight in a biased manner, it resulted in the scene Zoe and the others were seeing now.

During this time, a nurse had also come over to warn them once, saying that if they disturbed the other patients again, they would all be kicked out of the hospital. The patients and family members in other rooms were also very curious about what exactly was happening here, but out of consideration for the police officers guarding the area, they could only stop a short distance away and watch on their tiptoes.

Once they confirmed the situation was under control, the team member sent a message to Evan, informing him of Cameron’s decision.

After hearing the whole process, Zoe and the others shook their heads in exasperation. Thankfully, it didn’t affect the victim inside.

After instructing them to keep an eye on these three people, the group of four walked into the hospital room. At this moment, a doctor was still standing by Cameron’s bed, observing her condition.

Seeing Evan and the others come in, he said, "The patient’s condition is relatively stable now. A short period of questioning is fine, but for the sake of the patient’s health, I don’t recommend taking too long."

Sean nodded at him and said, "Alright, we understand."

After reiterating his instructions, the doctor took the medical record book and walked out, leaving the space in the room to the five of them. Considering the special nature of Cameron’s situation and the trauma Danny had inflicted on her, Evan thought for a moment and asked Zoe and Sean to go over.

Sure enough, upon seeing two female officers sitting by her bed, Cameron’s initially stiff expression instantly relaxed a lot.

"Thank you for saving me," Cameron said, looking at Zoe and Sean with a face full of gratitude.

Zoe shook her head and said, "This is what we ought to do. Ms. Yorke, can your body hold up right now? Do you need to rest a bit longer?"

Mrs. Dunn had already confessed in the interrogation room, so Ms. Yorke’s statement wasn’t urgently needed right this moment.

Cameron shook her head and said, "Don’t worry, I can hold on. I also want to get this matter resolved quickly. If you have any questions, just ask directly."

Since she put it that way, Zoe and Sean didn’t stand on ceremony anymore. Following the few questions Evan had provided, they smoothly finished recording Cameron’s statement.

After listening to it, the four of them realized that Mrs. Dunn had concealed quite a few things.

Cameron’s tone was full of sarcasm.

"He’s just blindly filial. As long as his mother and I had the slightest conflict, he would say things like ’It hasn’t been easy for my mom’ or ’Just give in to her,’ forcing me to compromise.

"Many times, the truth of the matter was right in front of us. Even if his mother was being completely unreasonable, he would still push all the blame onto me, saying that it was all my fault."