"I won't go." Karen declined.

Aunt Mary raised her head. At this time, her eyes were a little red and she said, "Go, I want to drink tonight, and you are the only adult man in the house who is suitable to accompany us."

Karen suggested: "I can call you uncle."

Aunt Mary almost lost her temper and roared: "I won't give him the chance to put the two of us drunk into bed together!"

"Okay, I'll go."

"Wait for me for a moment, I'll go down and finish up those guests first."

"Okay, Mary."

Aunt Mary stood up, wiped her tears with a tissue and walked towards the basement. After walking down the ramp, she heard a shout from below:

"***, poor old Darcy!!!"

Mrs. Hughes on the sofa breathed a long sigh of relief, even winked at Karen and said:

"Thank you for your hard work Mary. By the way, Karen, where is the watch I gave you? Why didn't you wear it? Don't you like it?"

Mrs. Hughes found Karen's wrist empty.

"I like the watch my wife gave me very much, but I haven't developed the habit of wearing a watch yet. I forgot about it when I got up in the morning. Maybe I will get used to it later."

"That's good. I thought you disliked the piece of Monroe I gave you."

"How is it possible? That is the most precious gift I have received besides my family."

At this time, the phone rang.

Karen walked over and answered the phone.

"Hey, is this the Immelais family? I'm looking for Karen." Sheriff Duke's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hello Sheriff Duke, I'm Karen."

"We have found out the identity of the body under the stage of the Crown Ballroom. His name is Cole. He is from the city next door. He came to Luojia three months ago to look for a job. This is the news given to us by the police station of the city next door.

I have asked my police officers to visit the neighborhoods where he has been active, and we should soon be able to get specific information, such as where he works and who he comes in contact with."

"It should be easier to find if it's in the newspaper," Karen said.

"I submitted an application, but it was rejected. The reason given to me was that the death of the deceased would cause panic in society and would also trigger protests from the Berry Church.

I really want to use my leather boots to kick the butts of those politicians out of the second hole!

Are they just busy with the election, so they are eager to suppress the matter? If we can publish the newspaper and publish the photo of the deceased as soon as possible, we may have found him by now without the help of the police station in the next city.

The network in this city.

Now, I can only pray that it can be faster.

I have already listed Old Darcy’s relationship network clearly, and I am just waiting for that unlucky guy named Cole. As you said, if the two relationship networks overlap, we can lock in the scope of the murderer, right?"

"Yes."

"I still want to ask you one more thing, Karen, is the murderer really that stupid? He specifically looks for people around him to attack. Wouldn't he be discovered soon?"

"My feelings and experience tell me that this is the case. And the reality is that you haven't discovered him yet."

"Haha, you mean it's because our police are so stupid that it reflects the murderer's intelligence?"

"I didn't say that."

"Alas..." Sheriff Duke sighed, and the sound of matches rubbing against each other came from the other end of the phone. He must have been lighting a pipe, "As you said, that guy will kill another person soon to complete his task."

That shit-like artistic creation, I hope I can find him and catch him before he kills the next person."

"I hope so too."

"Okay, I'll hang up now. I'll let you know when there's news. I don't know why I have a hunch that your judgment is right."

"Thanks."

After hanging up the phone, Karen smiled at Mrs. Hughes and pointed in the direction of the basement:

"Madam, I'm going to go down and help my aunt first."

"OK."

Karen came to the underground studio. There were three bodies lying in the studio. One of the two deceased from the Crown Ballroom was Mr. Seymour, and the other was a deceased person sent from the hospital.

The three corpses were all well taken care of and looked natural, as if they were sleeping soundly.

Aunt Mary was sitting on a round stool with her legs crossed, a cigarette in her hand, and she was smoking very angrily.

It's just that this posture accidentally caused the skirt to be sandwiched between the legs, causing almost the entire thigh to the root to be exposed.

Karen closed her eyes,

Coughed.

Then, when he opened his eyes, Aunt Mary had already changed her sitting position and straightened her skirt.

"Karen, you already knew that old Darcy has turned into dozens of pieces, didn't you?"

"Yes." Karen admitted.

"Do you know how difficult it is to put dozens of pieces together again? I have to rummage piece by piece in a large basin like a bathtub, piece it together, and sew it piece by piece.

I'd rather do Lunt's puzzle than do this!"

"I know it's hard, Auntie, but only you can do it."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Do you know how much this job would cost if we negotiated it in advance? I just agreed to her, and the price will be calculated based on the welfare bill!

Damn, damn, damn!

Aunt Mary pulled her hair,

According to previous prices, the starting price for this kind of repair would be tens of thousands of rupees!"

Then Aunt Mary added:

“It’s still the embalmer’s own difficult performance!”

"Thank you for your hard work, Auntie, but I think this bill can be included in the bid for acquiring the Hughes Cremation Society."

After hearing this, Aunt Mary's face looked much better, but soon, she thought of something again and asked:

"No, what I just asked you is, you knew it already, why didn't you tell me in advance?"

"That's what grandpa ordered."

"grandfather?"

"I asked grandpa if he needed to inform aunt in advance about the difficulty of this order. Grandpa said no need to. He said that aunt, you are the best make-up artist he has ever seen in his life."

"Grandpa, do you really mean that?"

"Yes."

The expression on Aunt Mary's face finally returned to its original state, but she immediately glanced, clenched her fists, and said:

"We will discuss the acquisition or not later. Tonight, I will order a few more bottles of good wine to make her heartbroken."

"Didn't you say eating barbecue?" Karen asked.

"Yes, that's right, but it's barbecue at a winery."

"But I don't know how to drink."

"You can drink grape juice, but I don't dare to let you come back drunk, and then be responsible for sending us drunk people home.

in addition,

Your grandpa is not at home today and will probably come back tomorrow, so this is a real good opportunity."

At half past four in the afternoon,

Karen and Aunt Mary got into Mrs. Hughes' car together and drove to the east district of Luojia City.

Because she was going east, Mrs. Hughes turned a corner at Mink Street, and next she had to pass through the row area.

Karen wanted to ask Mrs. Hughes not to go there, because he still felt uneasy about 128 Mink Street, the townhouse where Uncle Mason's first love and his family lived.

But Mrs. Hughes drove very fast and had already driven directly over. Karen hesitated for a moment, but still did not ask for a change of route.

"This family has moved."

The road ahead was blocked by a truck, and Mrs. Hughes had to slow down.

Karen saw that the one who moved was No. 128.

Uncle Mason said that because of Jeff's incident, Chu Love's family would move in the near future, and it seems that they finally moved out today.

Karen's eyes subconsciously looked towards the floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, but the curtains there were completely closed and nothing could be seen.

"Karen, what's wrong with you?" Aunt Mary looked at Karen curiously, "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"No, I'm fine."

"Mary, what do you think about buying a house here after I sell the cremation society, so that I can be your neighbor and live very close to you."
To be continued...