Chapter 759 Stella, I’ve Always Been Here
Who was that man? Was he a passer-by?
Stella had some doubts, but regardless, she could sleep well that night. However, she knew she had to be cautious the next day.
She thought there might be a big possibility that the police might catch the clown that night. If they caught the clown, Vann would most definitely call her immediately, and she might still be asleep by then.
She didn’t want her sleep to be affected as she would usually get a splitting headache after being woken up.
She turned off her phone and went to sleep.
It was already 6. 15 a. m. when she woke up the next day.
She went to brush her teeth, washed her face, made breakfast, watered the flowers, and then turned on her cell phone.
A lot of notifications appeared, all from Vann, her teammates, Alissa, and two unfamiliar numbers.
She called Vann.
The call was quickly answered.
“Stella, we caught that clown. He’s just like what you described him to be. His car is full of toys and roses. All the toys had hidden cameras inside. He’s Uncle Joker, isn’t he? He wouldn’t say a word when we asked him,” Vann said anxiously.
“Have you found a computer in his car? Ask Edwin to hack into his recordings, he should be able to see a lot of videos of the deceased. He doesn’t need to say anything as the evidence is conclusive,” Stella suggested.
“When he realized that he was pursued by the police, he guessed that he might’ve been discovered. He’s a really cautious person. He burned his computer immediately and destroyed the evidence. The toys and flowers were all saved by us at the last minute too,” Vann explained.
“Alright, I understand. I have a consultation in the morning. I’ll go over to the police station after having breakfast,” Stella said and hung up.
She turned on the TV as she had her breakfast. The news was broadcasting the matter of the clown burning down his car and house.
She glanced at the screen and noticed a photo. She then called Vann and asked, “Vann, there’s a photo in the clown’s car. Did you guys retrieve it?”Belongs to NôvelDrama.Org - All rights reserved.
“Are you talking about the clown’s photo?” Vann asked.
“Go and look into his past. Let me know in detail when I arrive there,” Stella said, she then hung up and continued to eat her breakfast.
She didn’t go grocery shopping after she was done with her breakfast. She thought of heading over to the supermarket at noon and having a good meal after clearing her schedule.
When she arrived at the police station, the other members were also there, with the exception of Alissa.
“You guys are here so early,” Stella said.
“To be exact, we came last night and we hadn’t leave this spot since,” Ray yawned.
“Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Go back and have a rest. Since you have caught him, he won’t be able to escape for now,” Stella advised.
Ray yawned again. “I want to learn psychology from you, so I’ll leave after you’re done with the interrogation. Vann said that he’ll find someone new to join us. I think that person will come a little later.”
“Alright,” Stella nodded. “I’ll head over the evidence room to get some things.”
“I’ll accompany you,” Ray said.
When Edwin saw that Ray was accompanying Stella, he immediately stood up and said, “I’ll go too.”
“Let’s go together,” Stella said. She went to the evidence room and took a look at the evidence collected from the clown. She picked up a very old photo and an old toy.
“Why are you taking these?” Ray asked in confusion.
“These might be things that he cherished a lot and might have left a deep impression on him,” Stella explained.
She went to Vann’s office to find out Uncle Joker’s past.
She poured a cup of coffee, went to the interrogation room, and handed it to the clown.
The clown looked at Stella in surprise, but he didn’t say anything.
Stella sat in front of him and said, “Drink. You should be very sleepy, very thirsty, and very hungry. Tell me, what do you want to eat? I’ll bring it to you the next time I come in here.”
“Don’t think that I’ll thank you just because you’re doing this to me. I didn’t kill them. You’ve got the wrong person. Please let me go. I need to go to work at the next place and give the children toys,” The clown said with his eyes widened.
“There are cameras in the toys. Who is he trying to fool?” Edwin said disdainfully.
Stella was quiet and she continued observing him, “Joker, do you know that Neil misses you a lot? He was assigned to an orphanage and was very unhappy. The director of that orphanage wasn’t a good person. She’s involved in the black market and she sells the organs of little children. When Neil found out about it, she would often hit him. This was broadcasted on the news, but what wasn’t broadcasted was the fact that Neil really did miss you.”
“I don’t know who you are talking about. Who’s Neil? I don’t know him at all,” Joker tried to argue.
“Do you miss your Uncle Joker?” Stella asked.
The clown was stunned and said with his eyes fixed on Stella, “I won’t say anything within these 24 hours.”
“He is still alive. He was released from prison. Do you know that?” Stella said.
“He was released?” Joker was very shocked and went into a daze. He lowered his head and refused to let anyone look at his expression. He frowned and said, “Why are you telling me all these?”
“He said that you two had an excellent relationship. When you were a child, he loved you the most. So, he couldn’t bear to kill you when he saw you smiling at him. He treated you as though you were his own son. If he could, he wanted to see you,” Stella continued.
“Why was he released when he killed my mother, my grandfather, my grandmother, and my brother?” Joker was visibly frazzled and he began asking questions.
“A health check-up showed that he had brain cancer, and he won’t live more than a month. So, since he behaved well during his 20 years of prison, he was given special permission for parole.”
“I won’t forgive him. He made me lose my loved ones, and I don’t want to see him,” Joker said decisively.
“One day, when Neil learned that you pretended to be his father and killed all of his family and relatives, he probably won’t forgive you too,” Stella said calmly.
“I didn’t kill anyone,” Joker denied immediately.
“I came here not to make you admit that you killed someone. You have a habit of retrieving the toys, but not throwing them away, so the fingerprints and blood of the deceased are still on the toys.”
“It’s impossible. I cleaned the toys that I have retrieved at least 3 times. It’s impossible to have any blood or fingerprints on them,” Joker said.
The atmosphere in the monitor room outside the interrogation room immediately livened up.
“He admitted to it! Stella really knows her way around it. She has only entered for a short while, but she has already gotten the answer. She’s awesome,” Edwin said with admiration.
“He refused to spill anything no matter what we did, but Stella got the answer easily just after entering the room for a few minutes. How did she do that?” Ray felt a bit discouraged.
They were all excited. They didn’t notice that a tall man had entered the room.
He looked at Stella, who was on the screen, deeply.
Without him, his woman seemed to be getting better and better.
What should he do so that he could earn a place in her heart again?
“Stella, actually, I’ve always been here,” Jasper murmured in his heart. He looked at Stella with infatuation. The color in his eyes became darker and darker, becoming as deep as the ocean…