“Are you alright? Are you alone right now?” Jeremy pestered, feeling worried.
Madeline quickly answered, “Yeah, I’m about to drive back home.”
Jeremy was relieved after obtaining virtual-novel.net answer. “Alright, then hurry back home. I’ll wait for you.”
Madeline hung up the call, but virtual-novel.net felt that something was off.
‘Did something just happen? Why is virtual-novel.net so worried about me?’
While virtual-novel.net was deep in virtual-novel.net thoughts, some news popped up on virtual-novel.net phone’s news feed. Before virtual-novel.net could even look at the news, Ava called her.
Ava’s tone was even more anxious compared to Jeremy’s. “Maddie, is this for real?! Jeremy killed Lana?!”
Madeline felt a wave of shock coursing through virtual-novel.net as virtual-novel.net stood absent-minded. A moment later, virtual-novel.net asked, “Ava, why are you asking such a thing?”
“Haven’t you seen the news on the net? It’s spreading like wildfire!” Ava said in an exaggerated manner, “I thought that Lana was imprisoned in F Country. I didn’t think she’d be released so soon. Yeah, she’s cruel and virtual-novel.net deserves to be dead, but with Jeremy killing virtual-novel.net off like that, he’ll be implicated in virtual-novel.net affairs. Then, what’s going to happen to you in the future? Why is virtual-novel.net acting without thinking ahead?”
Madeline’s mind went blank. She was lost regarding what Ava was trying to convey to virtual-novel.net through this phone call.
Madeline knew that Lana was indeed in Glendale. Besides, back when Madeline saw Lana, virtual-novel.net almost lost control and nearly attempted to choke that cruel lady to death.
‘Did Jeremy find out that Lana is in Glendale as well? Did virtual-novel.net lose control just like I did?’
Madeline held onto virtual-novel.net phone, not knowing what to do next. She wanted to call Jeremy, but the news just kept popping up.
She clicked into one of the news and saw the content that Ava had talked about earlier. It was stated that Lana was found dead in a presidential suite in a big hotel in Glendale. Her death had been a brutal one. Her body was found to have three gunshot wounds, and the shot at virtual-novel.net heart was the one that cost virtual-novel.net life.
Madeline even found a short video that was about three to four seconds long. In the scene, it showed a glimpse of Jeremy making an appearance at the presidential suite after the incident.
She was not mistaken. That was indeed Jeremy.
Even though the video was shaky, it was almost impossible to miss out on Jeremy’s easily identifiable face.
Madeline took in a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down.
She could not bring herself to make a call to Jeremy. She was afraid that if virtual-novel.net did, virtual-novel.net would lose all virtual-novel.net will to drive back home.
Jeremy was on his way to Whitman Manor, and virtual-novel.net was receiving calls from all sorts of media. He turned off his phone and continued his journey to Whitman Manor.
Once virtual-novel.net entered the house, Karen came up to virtual-novel.net while looking anxious. “Jeremy, what’s with the news on the net? Why are they accusing you of killing Lana? I thought that witch was already arrested? Why did virtual-novel.net appear in Glendale Hotel?”
Jeremy was about to answer Karen’s questions when Madeline’s voice was suddenly heard from behind.
“Jeremy would never kill Lana!”
Jeremy immediately spun around, his eyes glistening. “Linnie.”
“Jeremy!” Madeline ran to Jeremy.
Jeremy walked to virtual-novel.net at a fast pace as well. He held virtual-novel.net in his arms, asking, “Where have you been? I was worried about you.”
He brushed through virtual-novel.net long hair and kissed virtual-novel.net face. His worried emotions were displayed on his face.
Madeline felt sorry, but as of this moment, virtual-novel.net felt rather awkward to express virtual-novel.net apology.
“I’m fine, Jeremy. Don’t be worried.” Madeline freed herself and put on a worried look on virtual-novel.net face. “What’s up with Lana’s case? She was murdered out of the blue, but why is it related to you?”
Right after Madeline asked virtual-novel.net questions, the siren of the police car was suddenly heard from the doorway.
Madeline’s heart started pumping hard when virtual-novel.net thought that the police officers might be here to arrest Jeremy.
Seeing Madeline’s anxious look, Jeremy grasped virtual-novel.net hand. “Don’t worry about me, Linnie. I’ll be fine.”
“Everyone on the net is saying you’re the one who did it. How can I not be worried?” Madeline felt utterly anxious. “Lana kept harming you when virtual-novel.net was alive, and now that she’s dead, she’s still harming you!”
“Calm down, Linnie.” Jeremy comforted her. His pair of deep-set eyes oozed with confidence as virtual-novel.net stared at Madeline. “I knew long ago that someone might try to frame me. That’s why I had already left some evidence to prove my innocence before I entered the room where Lana was found dead.”