Chapter 103

Zoey said helplessly, "Fine, whatever you guys want."

She let out a sarcastic laugh. "You've done your duty, had two sons. So have Hugh and Evan done their part and had kids for the family?"

Ava retorted, "What's the rush? Men can have kids even when they're seventy or eighty. But women hit menopause in this age."

"So, they haven't yet."

Ava was speechless.

Zoey deliberately provoked her. "Your son has had three wives and not a single child. Could it be that..."

Ava cut her off. "Hugh's just unlucky! Married three pretty but useless women. The more I think about it, the more it annoys me!"

Zoey felt like Ava was hiding something and asked, "Olivia can't have kids either?"

"Give her two more years. If she can't, Hugh'll divorce her!"

Robert sensed something was off. "Is it possible that the problem is with Hugh..."

Zoey interrupted Robert. "Because Hugh's unlucky, married several women, and still no kids, so you want Evan to hurry up and get married and have kids, right?"

"Whoever has kids, they're still part of our family. It doesn't matter who."

Zoey pressed her lips together. "May I ask, do you still keep in touch with Hugh's two ex-wives?"

Ava's face was full of irritation. "They're divorced, why would we keep in touch? They couldn't have kids, wasted Hugh's youth for years!"

"No marriage certificate? What about Olivia?" Robert asked, puzzled.

These people were not only superstitious but also ignorant of the law.

"What do you think?" Ava thought she was in the right. "If she had given us a son, we would have gotten the certificate, even if Hugh didn't want to. Look, she's been with us for four years! Not a single sign of pregnancy!"

Robert was speechless.

Zoey despised people who adhered to male chauvinism, and Ava was a prime example.

Thinking having a son was a big deal.

Thinking her son was the best, and no woman was good enough for him.

She sneered. "Do you know Hugh messes with prostitutes?"

"Prostitutes? Watch your words. Hugh just likes to go to bars and drink. How is that messing with prostitutes?" Ava not only knew but thought it was fine.

Zoey's eyes darkened with resentment, but Ava continued, "Men are like that. Olivia hasn't gotten pregnant. I hope some woman gets pregnant and gives me a grandson!"

Zoey didn't want to hear any more of her trivial life stories.

She coldly interrupted, "Just answer my question. What were you doing from 11 PM to 3 AM on the 20th?"

"11 PM to 3 AM?" Ava was indifferent. "Is that even a question? What do you think I was doing? I was sleeping, of course."

"Do you remember what time Hugh came home?"

"How could I remember? I take care of Evan all day, I'm exhausted. Hugh is so great, he comes home at different times every day. I can't stay up waiting for him!" Ava connected Zoey's earlier comment about Hugh messing with prostitutes. She seemed to guess what they were getting at and added, "Hugh often goes to bars. He's energetic, and women like him. I can't follow him all the time, can I?"

Robert suddenly thought that  Parents' values could really influence their children.

Ava, as a parent, didn't correct Hugh's behavior and even saw it as his charm.

No wonder Hugh acted so arrogant.

Growing up in such a family, it was hard to develop proper values.

Robert was both angry and frustrated, not at Ava as a mother, but at the backwardness of the village that caused all this.

Seeing Ava's smug and proud demeanor in front of him, Robert couldn't hold back and directly asked, "If Hugh is so charming and excellent, then explain to me why the police found Hugh's DNA in the bodies of three victims?"

"What?" Ava's mind went blank, cutting off all connection to the outside world.

After a moment of shock, she swallowed. "No way, what do you mean? Slandering Hugh? Hugh has money, he can get any woman he wants!"

"We're the cops, remember that. Before coming to Willowbrook Village, we had never met you or Hugh. We don't falsely accuse people. We rely on evidence!" Robert explained seriously. "The forensic team used advanced techniques and found Hugh's DNA in all three bodies!"

"Nonsense!" Ava's furious reaction was just like Hugh's.

She slammed the table, echoing Hugh's response. "Hugh has money! He's a big factory owner! How could he rape them? If this is true, those three sluts must have seduced Hugh!"

Robert looked at her coldly. "If you have evidence that they seduced Hugh, I'll apologize right now."

Ava was at a loss. The victims were dead, where could she find evidence?

But she didn't care. "Evidence? I can imagine it. They must have seduced Hugh, begging him to sleep with them!"

"Ms. Davis! Watch your language! Show some respect for the victims!" Robert said. "We cops work based on evidence. Since you have no evidence, and the victims are dead, we can only consider Hugh a prime suspect for their murder and rape."

"What are you talking about? Just because they seduced Hugh, he's a suspect? Why?" Ava's unreasonable attitude flared up again. "They must have seduced Hugh, and when he refused, they killed themselves out of anger!"

Robert and Zoey were stunned by her response.

Robert couldn't stand her voice anymore, but to maintain his police image, he tried to appear gentle. "Ms. Davis, should I repeat myself? Forensic tests show the victims were violated after death. There's no way they seduced Hugh!"