Chapter 367
The importance of the item was clear to everyone in the Russell family and their subordinates.
Stephan had poured countless efforts into acquiring it, and he had finally succeeded after all his hard work.
But it was stolen on its way back.
Not only was the item gone, but Jacob, the one tasked with transporting it, had also lost his
life.
Now that they had finally found a lead, how could they just give up?
When the subordinate was about to speak again, Stephan shot him a glance.
There was no anger in his eyes, but the subtle pressure of that look weighed like a thousand pounds, silencing the subordinate immediately. Cold sweat ran down his back.
“Understood.” He turned to leave.
However, Stephan spoke again. He demanded, “If Imogen asks about this, you are to say nothing!”
“Yes, Mr. Russell!”
Once the subordinate left, the study was filled with silence again.
Stephan picked up the thick stack of documents and tossed it into the shredder. The whirring sound filled the room as the documents, images, and clues turned to mere scraps.
He wouldn’t make a move on the Fuller family, for now.
But the investigation would not stop.
If the suspicion against Dexter Fuller proved true, then the Fullers‘ downfall would be inevitable.
Stephan stood up and left the study.
Half an hour later, the door of the study opened again. It was a maid entering to tidy up.
As usual, the maid wiped the desk and emptied the shredder, gathering the scraps into a bag to be discarded.
Just as the maid was about to throw the trash away, she ran into Johanna.
The maid stepped aside politely, allowing Johanna to pass.
Johanna took a few steps forward but then turned around suddenly. “What’s that in your hand?
“Oh, just some trash from Mr. Russell’s study. I was only about to throw it away,” the maid. replied, then tossed the bag into the garbage bin.
Johanna’s eyes flickered with curiosity. She waited until the maid had left, then quietly retrieved the trash bag and headed back to her room.
She had a hunch that the bag contained a secret.
A big one.
Otherwise, Stephan would not have stayed in the study for over ten hours.
If she could find even the smallest clue, perhaps she could get closer to Stephan and maybe even help him, bridging the gap between them.
It would be far better than right now. Even though she had come all the way to Khogend, she couldn’t see him even once.
To Stephan, it was as though she didn’t exist.
Johanna locked the door, then opened the bag, only to find that the inside was just a pile of shredded papers.
Was that it?
She felt disappointed.
She casually rifled through the shreds and found that some of the papers had not been completely shredded.
Johanna’s heart raced as she fished them out.
It seemed that the thick stack of documents had jammed the shredder, leaving the bottom of the documents just partially shredded.
The strips of paper could still be readable if it’s flattened.
Johanna scanned the fragments, her shock growing with each line.
The documents turned out to be an investigative report about her brother’s death.
Most of the evidence had been destroyed, but at the bottom of the page, she discovered at suspect list, along with a photograph.
Reading carefully, she saw the name and identity of the culprit.
It was the former wealthiest man in Khogend, Dexter Fuller!
