chapter fifteen

Surveillance showed that Vanessa had never left the villa since she entered.Oswald sat deep in the study room, flipping through the surveillance videos over and over again. There was no way Vanessa would disappear out of thin air. There must be a place that he had accidentally forgotten.Oswald closed his eyes exhaustively and took a nap. Oswald, who closed his eyes, went into darkness again and became even more irritated.Oswald clenched his fists tightly, wanting to break free from the nightmare.Suddenly opening his eyes, Oswald struggled out of his nightmare. Looking at the French window, he held a coffee cup in his hand and pondered. Where in the villa was it scorching hot?The greenhouse!The glass greenhouse that cultivated vegetation was definitely a warm and moist place. Oswald raised the curtain and looked carefully, but he didn't find any traces of Vanessa.It was a dark and hot place. Thinking back and forth, the only thing left was the basement. It was midsummer and the basement was sultry. If Vanessa really stayed there for a week …The consequences were simply unthinkable!"Go lock up Elvira," Oswald rubbed his temples exhaustively, "Come with me to the basement."Opening the door to the basement, a rotten smell spread out."Mr. Simon, be careful!" The bodyguard stopped Oswald and turned on the light.The darkness swept away. Oswald looked at the highly rotting corpse on the ground. White maggots were already growing on the corpse and were wriggling.The stench was really unbearable. Oswald stepped forward to carefully identify the corpse.Seeing that the corpse was indeed covered with Vanessa's clothes, Oswald collapsed. He stretched out his hand and examined the corpse.Without even caring about the stench, Oswald saw that Vanessa was holding a sharp dagger in her hand. Judging from the wound, Vanessa had committed suicide.Being stimulated by this scene, Oswald did not know who to blame.Why did Vanessa commit suicide?Elvira had been in the villa for so many days, claiming that Vanessa was in good health. If Elvira hadn't lied, how could he have found Vanessa's body so late?When Elvira found out that Oswald had brought someone to the basement, she knew that something was wrong. She quickly sent a message to Elena asking for help."When did Vanessa disappear?"Oswald looked at Elvira who had taken care of him since he was young, and his eyes were cold."This … I don't know …" Elvira stammered. Before Elena gave her instructions, she didn't dare to say anything.Oswald closed his eyes in exhaustion, giving her an ultimatum, "You've taken care of me for so many years, I don't want to ruin our relationship.""Oswald!"Elena was still wearing a hospital uniform, standing outside the villa and shouting Oswald's name.Oswald felt a headache when he asked the bodyguard to bring her here. Elena was really too annoying. Now that he was troubled by Vanessa's death, and he had no time to care about her.However, it was Vanessa's fault that Elena had become like this. He wanted to atone for Vanessa's sins."Oswald, you want to leave me? Elena is so scared in the hospital alone," Elena sobbed, "I walked a long way to the villa by myself."When Elvira saw Elena, it was as if she saw hope."Where's Vanessa?" Elena innocently opened her eyes wide, "Why isn't Vanessa here?"Oswald was deeply saddened, but he was unwilling to admit the news of Vanessa's death. He deceived himself and said, "She has something to do. Elena, don't ask anymore, okay?"Elena nodded and sat beside Oswald with admiration in her eyes, "Oswald, I want to eat the steamed egg custard cooked by Elvira."Elvira, who was still kneeling on the ground, was reminded and hurriedly kowtowed to Oswald, "Young Master, please spare me this time. I was afraid that you would blame me so that I concealed Mrs. Simon's disappearance. I thought Doctor Norton had taken her away. I didn't know she was in the basement!"Oswald was angry. Elvira was lying. She cleaned the entire villa by herself. How could she not go to the basement for a week?"Elena, go out and play for a while." Oswald said.Seeing Elena close the door, Oswald's expression became serious. With anger, he signaled for the bodyguard to hold Elvira up."Since you don't want to tell the truth, don't blame me for being ruthless." Oswald's voice was filled with exhaustion and ruthlessness, "Take her nails off."Elvira opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She cried until tears ran down her face, "Young Master, Young Master, you can't treat me like this!""Even if I don't like her, Vanessa is still my wife. Her death will definitely not be so easily covered. No matter what, I must find out who the real culprit is." Oswald was extremely cold and unmoved.Hearing the miserable screams in the room, Elena was worried that Elvira would not be able to withstand and sell her out. She was so anxious, then she saw a group of bodyguards carrying stretchers out of the basement and rushing forward...."Mr. Simon," the bodyguard anxiously knocked on the door of the study, "Miss Martha accidentally knocked down the stretcher. The highly rotting corpse frightened Miss Martha to the point of becoming ill."

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