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Chapter 505 The Murderer
Cordell noticed Shirley's panicked reaction and patted her shoulder. "Don't worry, you're one of Nancy's
friends. If anything happens to you, Nancy will be unhappy too, so I won't say anything rashly."
Shirley's eyes were complicated, and she took a deep breath, looking seriously at the man. "You have
to keep this secret, not telling anyone. As for the mistake I made, when the time is right, I will make
amends."
"Ms. Wilson, you don't need to promise me anything. Amelie brought this upon herself. I don’t think you
did anything wrong. Let's just pretend that this never happened and keep it a secret between us."
Cordell touched on the topic briefly, his eyes filled with coldness and determination.
Shirley didn't doubt Cordell's honesty because this kind of indifferent expression could only come from
someone who was truly cold-hearted.
However, she became more confused. Did men become so cold and ruthless after changing their
hearts?
Remember, Amelie was Cordell's unattainable love, the one he was willing to deceive Nancy for and
become a scoundrel!
"Cordell, I don't understand you. Isn't Amelie your true love? You know her death is related to me, but
why are you so calm? Not only do you not seek revenge, but you're even willing to help me cover it
up?"
Shirley hesitated for a long time before asking Cordell this question.
She wasn't afraid that Cordell was playing a trick. After all, this matter was her own burden to bear, and
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If he wanted to call the police or blackmail her, she was prepared to face it.
"What true love? It's just an obsession with someone I couldn't have..."
Cordell narrowed his eyes and said with emotion, "Amelie did many malicious things. She brought her
fate upon herself. You were just serving justice; there's no need for you to feel guilty."
"Believe it or not, I never intended to kill her. It was all an accident. But if I could go back in time, I
would still do the same. I won't let her hurt Nancy, and I won't let her target my two children!"
Shirley's emotions began to spiral out of control.
Recalling that stormy night, her heart tightened, and her expression was full of pain.
This incident had happened three months earlier.
After being missing for a long time, Amelie suddenly contacted her with a strange number, requesting
to meet and have a good talk.
Originally, Shirley didn't want to have anything to do with this woman anymore.
After all, they were both victims of the grudges from the past, and continuing to entangle would only
result in mutual destruction with no purpose.
However, this malicious and insane woman actually sent her a video.
The video was precisely of Nancy and Cordell having sex in their bedroom.
"If you don't come, I'll immediately post this video online, and your best friend will lose face and never
be able to live it down!"
Amelie used this as blackmail, demanding that Shirley meet with her at a remote cliff on Saipan.
That night, the wind was strong, and the rain was heavy, accompanied by thunder and lightning.
Shirley was not a fool. Amelie asking her to meet under such circumstances surely had ill intentions.
However, for the sake of Nancy’s future, she had no choice but to go.
"When I saw her that day, I was shocked. She was disheveled, so thin that only skin and bones
remained. I even felt pity for her..."
Shirley tightened her fingers, her throat tightened, and she felt an indescribable discomfort.
"All that was just a facade. This woman is used to playing the innocent to gain sympathy, but her heart
is truly malicious and cold. She has no emotions. I once thought I could use my sincerity to heal and
save her, but in the end, I was the one dragged into the abyss."
"You really know how to clear yourself of any responsibility. You men are all the same. Since you
couldn’t control her, you became angry and ashamed. From this point of view, Amelie is quite pitiful. All
the men who claimed to love her eventually gave up on her."
Shirley shook her head, sighing.
Perhaps all men were the same. So even though she and Amelie were enemies, at some point, she
could empathize with her.
"Just because she used the video of Nancy and me to blackmail you is enough to prove that this
woman is rotten to the core and not worthy of sympathy. You pushing her off the cliff can't be blamed
on you; she went too far!"
Cordell said calmly.
"So that night, you were there too, witnessing the whole conflict between her and me, and seeing how I
pushed her off the cliff?"
Shirley was now very calm, able to face the accident once again.
Strictly speaking, she was a murderer.
That night, Amelie said many ugly things. In the end, her goal was simple: either hand over Ben or she
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One was her close relative, and the other was her close friend.
Neither could be harmed in the slightest.
So, in a moment of irrationality, she rushed forward to snatch the evidence from Amelie's hand. In the
struggle, she accidentally pushed Amelie off the cliff...
"Actually, I'm not sure whether she's still alive or not, but I think she's probably no longer in this world.
Her body is likely lost in the sea, or else I wouldn’t have been so peaceful these past three months
without anyone causing me trouble."
Shirley said with a bitter smile.
In these three months, she spent every day in fear, waiting for the police to come and investigate her.
Even when she saw a passing police car, she felt the urge to turn herself in.
However, thinking of the two children, both not yet five years old, their future, and the future of the
Wilson family, she could only keep this matter buried in the deepest part of her heart, never revealing it
to anyone.
She never imagined that there would actually be a third person present.
Indeed, nothing stayed secret forever. Once something happened, it was a fact, not something that
could be undone by pretending it never happened...
"I saw the whole thing, but I don't think it's your fault. Even if the police were to find out, you wouldn’t be
heavily punished. However... still, this matter is only known to you and me, and I will keep it to myself."
Cordell reiterated his stance.
He glanced at Nancy's hospital room, his eyes filled with guilt. Silently, he took something out of his bag
and handed it to Shirley. "This is the original video of me and Nancy. Please make sure to destroy it.
Hopefully, Amelie really sank to the bottom of the ocean. If so, this matter can come to an end, and
Nancy's reputation will be preserved!"
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