Chapter 171 Evidence Found
Initially, the investigations were going very smoothly, but Daniella’s husband popped up out of the blue and refused to let the investigations continue, saying that Daniella was forced to commit suicide, and all he wanted was to let her rest in peace. When news of this got out, all the media rushed over and supported him.
So once again, the investigations came to a halt.
In the villa belonging to the Gardners, Tony stared at the gloomy faces on the couch, contemplating whether he should say something. Due to the fact that the investigations had reached a deadlock situation, the entire atmosphere in the house was now very stiff.
“President Gardner, actually, Daniella didn’t commit suicide,” Tony said in a timid voice.
After the words left his lips, three pairs of eyes darted toward him simultaneously.
Under their intense stares, he bit the bullet and continued, “Didn’t you tell me to install a hearing bug in Daniella’s room before this? From the bug, it can be heard that someone instigated her to take the sleeping pills.”
With furrowed brows, Colton gradually turned sullen, looking displeased. “Why didn’t you say this earlier?”
It has been two days since the investigations started, and he only brings this up now when the speculations are rampant on the Internet?
“Previously, the people we sent to install the bug didn’t inform us whether it was a success, and then Daniella passed away. As I was busy with suppressing the news for the past few days, I didn’t think of it right away,” Tony explained in a small voice.
He had only received the voice recording this morning and was shocked after listening to it, realizing that it was really murder. Afterward, he had immediately rushed over to report this to Colton.
“May we listen to it now?” Nicole hurriedly asked. I thought this incident could only be investigated through Daniella, but looks like there’s another breakthrough now.
“Yes.” Quickly, Tony took out the USB drive which was previously connected to the bug, while Whitney brought the laptop over and inserted the USB drive into it.
“It was on the afternoon two days before Daniella committed suicide, around 4.00PM. Fast forward to that,” Tony said.
Working on the computer, Whitney fast-forwarded the recording to the time mentioned, and soon, two voices echoed from the computer. One of the voices was more clear while the other was softer, but it was clearly two women speaking.
The conversation was merely a few minutes long, but the idea was obvious, which was to let Daniella stage a suicide by taking the sleeping pills just to crush Nicole under the pressure of public criticisms.
Listening to the voice, Nicole thought that it sounded familiar—like Queenie, actually—but since she had no proof, she didn’t mention anything about it.
After listening to the recording, Whitney was the first to raise her question. “But that doesn’t make sense. Two tablets of sleeping pills is a normal dose and shouldn’t cause death.”
“The autopsy report from the hospital states that Daniella consumed at least twenty tablets, which led to her death,” Colton said next to her.
Suddenly, both of them thought of something and exchanged glances. The next second, Nicole asked, “Were there any traces of sleeping pills in the food that evening?”
Colton nodded. “Yes, but the details haven’t been investigated yet.”
Before this, they assumed that Daniella had taken the pills herself, so they didn’t suspect the food that much, but if she was instigated by someone else, then there was probably something fishy with the food.
After answering, Colton lifted his head to Tony and said in a stoic voice, “You heard everything. Why are you still standing here? Go and get it done quickly.”
Speechless, Tony grumbled silently, He’s always telling me to do everything. I’m just his assistant at work, but I’m more like his personal assistant now…
Resigned to his fate, he answered as he left the room, “I got it, President Gardner.”
“With this recording, it can be proven that Daniella didn’t commit suicide. As long it can be ruled as murder, the investigations will continue,” Nicole said with a smile, surprised that Colton was so far-sighted.
Looking at her delighted face, Colton nodded and smiled softly. For some unknown reason, his bad mood for the past few days had gotten much better when he saw the smile on her face.
“Yes, and we’ll cut out this part of the recording and upload it to the Internet straight away. I’ll pass the USB drive to the police station, and this matter will come to an end soon.”
Nicole breathed in deeply. After listening to the recording, she felt much more relieved. Once this matter was cleared up, she could return to work at least, and she hoped that no more issues would emerge after that.
“Okat, but I hope that it can be uploaded tomorrow. Is that alright?” Nicole asked, looking at Colton.
He gave her a nod and said with a smile, “We’ll do as you say.”
