Chapter 34

Alexander noticed Brian's agreement with his words, and the smile on his face deepened slightly.

Alexander said, "It seems like your relationship has been quite strong lately, even to the point of life and death. He can make you willingly help him dispose of a body."

Brian was stunned. "What?"

Brian looked bewildered. "He killed someone? No, what does his killing someone have to do with me? With his reclusive personality, it's a character flaw that he could commit murder, but not me! I'm a normal person; don't accuse me!"

After responding to Alexander, he muttered under his breath, "Oh my God, I've been with a murderer for so long, so terrifying. Damn, I'm glad I'm okay."

Alexander ignored his poor acting and continued to ask, "How can it have nothing to do with you? Don't you spend every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday together? How could you not have noticed anything?"

Brian realized that Alexander's questions were pressing him step by step.

He pretended to think for a moment, then he said, "I really didn't notice anything... Every time, he would clean the house spotless over the weekend. He told me he had OCD and couldn't stand any dirt. He also had a bit of a compulsive disorder. If there was anything strange..." He thought for a moment and then answered Alexander, "It would be his guest bedroom."

He continued, "Whenever we stayed up late playing games, he wouldn't allow me to sleep in the guest bedroom, insisting that I sleep on the couch instead."

"Guest bedroom." Alexander remembered what Zoey had said and looked sharply at Brian, continuing to ask, "Didn't you ever look in the guest bedroom out of curiosity, or did you hear any sounds coming from it?"

Brian replied, "Officer, since you've investigated this far, you should know that those old houses have poor soundproofing, right? There were no sounds from the guest bedroom, but I often heard the neighbors next door making noise in bed, which was really annoying. It disturbed me so much I wanted to yell at them. They don't care about anyone else's feelings at all!"

Alexander could tell that his last two sentences were genuine, as his expression was too real.

He recorded everything Brian said and continued to ask, "Tell me, what do you and Lawrence do when you spend several days together?"

Brian said, "What else can we do? We usually indulge in games, eat when hunger strikes, and sleep when fatigue sets in!"

Alexander asked a few irrelevant questions to make Brian relax a bit.

He responded and immediately brought the topic back to the fake license plate car, "You said you've been using this car, so explain why the victim's blood was found in it."

"Blood?" Brian shook his head frantically. "I don't know about that. I always drive the car alone, and there's no one else in it. Aren't there surveillance cameras along the way? Can't you check them?"

As he spoke, his eyes kept darting between the two officers.

Brian noticed that Alexander's gaze was fixed on him and continued, "Maybe Lawrence deliberately put it in the car to frame me. With his reclusive personality, it's not hard to understand why he would do something like that, right?"

Then Brian cursed, "Damn it, no wonder he kept asking me to go to his house, so he wanted me to take the fall for him!"

Alexander sneered, "Alright, don't be so quick to say that. Our police won't wrongfully accuse anyone, but we also won't let any guilty person go. You say you don't know anything, but you should know this."

He pulled out a photo and handed it to Brian.

Brian looked at the black plastic bag in the photo.

Alexander asked, "Does this black plastic bag look familiar? Explain why your fingerprints were found on it, and not just one. Do you need me to remind you what was inside?"

"It was the victim's dismembered body parts." Alexander saw Brian shudder uncontrollably and continued, "There was also the victim's head. Do you need me to describe it in detail?"

"Impossible!" Brian almost blurted out. "Are you trying to trick me, so you lead me in this direction on purpose?"

"Why are you suddenly so agitated?" Alexander looked at him in confusion. "You said you spent so much time with Lawrence, so helping him take out the trash is a normal thing, right? Why use the word 'impossible' to answer me? It's strange; could it be that you were also involved in the murder and dismemberment?"

"I did not!" Brian visibly tensed up. He seemed to be thinking, but only he knew what he was thinking.

After a few seconds of hesitation, Brian seemed to have calmed down, and he answered,"I think I remember helping him take out a trash bag once. Maybe that's when my fingerprints got on it."

Alexander heard Brian admit it and deliberately glanced at the files on the table. "I was mistaken; sorry, the trash bag didn't have your fingerprints."

"Are you messing with me?" Brian suddenly stood up, his eyes bloodshot, staring at Alexander as if he was about to kill him.

Alexander looked at the anxious Brian and smiled even more deeply, but quickly returned to his previous expression. "Mr. Scott, don't be in such a hurry. Why are you so anxious? After all, you didn't kill anyone, right? I just said that our police won't let any bad person go, nor will we wrongfully accuse any good person. And I didn't say the corpse was in the trash bag. You were just helping Lawrence take out his household trash, so why are you so anxious?"

Brian shouted, "No, you just said it!" He remembered that Alexander had clearly mentioned the murder and dismemberment.

He anxiously looked at Dennis next to Alexander, as if seeking confirmation. "Sir, you can't play tricks on an innocent person. He clearly said it just now, how can he deny it now? Isn't this wrongfully accusing me?"

"Cooperate properly; don't shout!" Dennis pounded the table forcefully. "Whether you're wrongfully accused or not, you have the right to request the interrogation footage. What are you afraid of?"

Brian fell silent.

Brian thought that seeking confirmation from Dennis just now was really stupid!

Dennis and Alexander were both police officers; of course, Dennis would side with his colleague.

Thinking of this, Brian suppressed his anger and said, "Whether you mentioned it or not, I'm just an ordinary citizen. If you really had evidence, you wouldn't be wasting your time here and making up lies. I'm telling you, I didn't kill anyone! As for the trash bag, if you visit someone's house and they ask you to take out the trash, isn't that normal? Want to arrest me? Come on, if you can show the real evidence.""