“This is the clue I found when I accidentally entered the room where Lana was killed.” Niamh met Ryan’s confused eyes. “On the wall near where Lana collapsed, there were two bloody letters carved on it. Can everyone see what those two letters are?”
As Niamh’s voice fell, the big screen showed a wall stained with blood. There were carvings that wrote the letters ‘RJ’.
RJ?
Everyone was still wondering what those two letters meant when they heard Niamh’s affirmative answer.
“Ryan Jones,” she said confidently. Her eyes were sharp and domineering. “RJ is the abbreviation of Ryan’s name.”
“What…”
There was another wave of gasps from the people at the scene and on the internet.
Ryan looked at Niamh who said these words in disbelief. However, he was even more surprised that Lana had carved such things before she died.
“Objection!” Before Ryan could speak, the prosecutor overturned Niamh’s evidence. “Miss Montgomery, you said you entered the deceased’s room by accident. When did you accidentally enter the room? Was there anyone else at the scene? If there wasn’t, we can assume that you forged evidence in order to exonerate Kendrick Waldburg from the crime.”
“There are bloodstains on the wall as well as those letters. I believe Lana’s fingerprints can be found on the wall as well. If I’m the one who forged this, I would have to wipe my fingerprints away after. Then, the fingerprints left by Lana would be removed and destroyed by me, but I can tell you with certainty that Lana’s fingerprints are still intact.”
“Um…” The prosecutor was startled and saw that the result of Niamh’s forensic appraisal was exactly the same as what Niamh said just now.
Ryan did not know where this was going now, but he knew he could not mess this up.
He furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Niamh tenderly. “Eveline, I know that you still have deep feelings for Kendrick and you really want to save him, but he has killed someone and is not worthy of you helping him falsifying evidence to clear him of the charges. You’ll ruin your life if you do this.”
Most netizens expressed that they were moved after listening to what Ryan said. Then, they started scolding Niamh even more violently for actually giving false evidence in court just to help Kendrick.
Karen and Winston were both shocked. Then, they looked at Niamh who was still calm while feeling puzzled.
“Eveline, don’t make the same mistakes again and again. We’re in court.” It seemed that Ryan was persuading her in such a gentle and kind manner.
Niamh smiled profoundly. “Ryan, I can’t continue this act anymore and you don’t have to as well.”
“…” Ryan was stunned. While looking at Niamh who was proud and arrogant at this moment, he could not associate her with the heartbroken woman who drowned herself with alcohol that night.
It was all an act?
Her vulnerable side, her sadness, and her grief that night were all just an act?
“Ryan, I knew you would say that I’m forging evidence for Kendrick, but a lie is still a lie, after all. Lies will never prosper in the face of the truth.”
Ryan looked dispiritedly at Niamh who was standing not far away from him. Then, he saw her bending down to pick up a bag from Ken’s side.
His pupils shrank as he looked at the bag Niamh picked up in disbelief.
Seeing Ryan’s cracked face, Niamh carried the bag and walked to the witness stand. Then, she opened the bag in front of Ryan and took out the suit from it.
“Ryan, you should be familiar with this, right?”
“…”
“This is the best evidence to prove that you’re the one who murdered Lana.”
“…”
Ryan looked at the suit he had thrown into the river and came to a realization.
It turned out that Niamh was not asleep at that time.
She was only pretending to be asleep. She clearly saw him throwing the handbag into the river!
She had asked someone to salvage it!
“Judging from your face, you should’ve figured it out by now.” Niamh then asked with a chuckle, “This limited-edition tailored suit has your name hand-stitched on it. Why did you want to throw such a good suit into the river, Mr. Jones?”
“…”
“Is it because of the smoke you left on it when you murdered Lana?”
Niamh’s words gradually solved everyone’s doubts.
That was what was going on with the suit.
After Ryan heard that, his elegant face gradually became gloomy. Even the look in his eyes started to change.
Even though he was very upset at the moment, he still remained calm on the surface. However, his cold eyes were staring straight at Niamh.
“Eveline, I only know now that you’ve stolen my clothes. Did Kendrick manipulate you into doing this to help him cover his crimes?”
Since Ryan still wanted to argue, Niamh took out her phone. “Ryan, since you still refuse to admit it, then I will show you an interesting video.
“This is evidence provided by one of the residents living in the building opposite Glendale Hotel. Since he was on a business trip a while ago, he had just returned home yesterday. When he was checking the surveillance footage on his security camera, he accidentally discovered that it had captured the scene of Lana being killed that night.”
“…”
What?
How could such a coincidence happen?
Ryan was in disbelief, but in retrospect, it seemed that he had forgotten to close the curtains when he killed Lana that day.
At this moment, Niamh sent the video to the staff in court. Then, the scene from that day appeared on the big screen…
The woman in the video was wrapped in a bath towel and was standing in front of a slender and elegant man.
It was unknown what they were talking about. Then, the man took out a gun with a silencer all of a sudden and shot the woman on her calf.
The woman immediately slumped to the ground in pain while leaning against the wall.
After that, the man shot the woman on her shoulder again. Finally, he directly shot the woman in her heart.
This scene of the shooting was as clear as day.
Due to the distance between the two buildings, the faces of the man and woman were a little fuzzy, but from the silhouettes and clothes, it could be determined that the man in the black suit was Ryan while the woman was Lana.
“Oh my God!”
“It’s Ryan!”
“I didn’t expect Ryan to be the real murderer!”
“He actually killed someone and still blamed Kendrick for it?”
“This is too insidious!”
The people in the gallery were stunned as the comments online went insane.
Then, Niamh provided another video. “Ryan, although you tricked Kendrick into the hotel room using my name at the time, let me tell you that before Kendrick entered the hotel, he actually left evidence to prove his innocence.”
“…”
“Although the cameras in the hotel were coincidentally not working, he actually started filming the moment he started driving into the hotel until he entered the room. Judging from the time of Lana’s death, she was already dead before Kendrick entered the hotel. Do you know what this means? It means that my husband couldn’t have committed the crime at all!”
Niamh made the final conclusion sternly.
“Ryan, there’s concrete proof now. Do you have anything else to say?”
Ryan laughed suddenly as he watched the evidence that Niamh had thrown out one after another and the testimonies that she prepared beforehand. However, his smile was starting to look a little forceful.
“Eveline, if you think that this can help Kendrick clear the charges of his crimes, then you’re a bit too naive. Your so-called evidence—”
“Ryan, you’re the naive one, not me,” Niamh interrupted, “I knew you wouldn’t confess so easily, so let’s listen to what you had to say.”
What?
Ryan did not understand the meaning of Niamh’s words, but in the next second, he saw Niamh tapping her phone screen. Then, his voice sounded from the speaker of the phone.
“Yes, I killed Lana.
“I shot her three times. One on her calf, one on her shoulder, and finally, one directly in her heart.
“Then, I wiped my fingerprints away from the gun and printed your fingerprints from the coffee cup onto the gun. After everything was executed properly, I called you to the hotel room to be my scapegoat.
“…”
Ryan could not believe that what he said that night would actually be recorded!
Everyone who heard what he said began to change their opinions about him after being utterly shocked.
Compared to the evidence provided by Niamh, the so-called evidence against Kendrick had all become extremely weak.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
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