Chapter 657 Fall into a trap
The shadow carefully observed Martin for a while, making sure he was really asleep, then stealthily walked over to Ryan. After confirming that both were asleep, he began searching for things in the ward. Afraid of waking Martin and Ryan who were sound asleep, his voice was very soft.
In line with everyone's routine, he began by opening the bedside table drawer. It contained various everyday items. After searching through it, he didn't find what he was looking for. Then he checked the coffee table, wardrobe, sofa, and every possible place in the ward. Still, he couldn't find it.
What was going on? Was the item not in the ward?
He took a deep breath, thinking about what he might have have overlooked, when his eyes inadvertently caught a small corner peeking out from under the pillow. A shiver ran down his spine as he approached cautiously, lifting a corner of the pillow to reveal a file and a metal phone.
He had finally found it.
The shadow grasped a corner of the phone and easily pulled it out from under the pillow. He put the phone back in his pocket and went to get the folder.
Unfortunately, the folder was partially pressed down by Martin's head, so he didn't dare to use too much force, afraid of waking Martin and ruining everything, revealing the truth he wanted to conceal.
The shadow held a corner of the folder and tried to pull it out little by little. Due to being too nervous, his face was covered in a dense sweat.
What was he supposed to do?
He couldn't move it at all.
After a while, the folder lay undisturbed in its original place. Holding onto one corner of the file, he attempted to nudge Martin's head to the side. Martin, seemingly in a deep slumber, shifted slightly with a gentle push, rolled over, adjusted his position, and resumed sleeping with his back turned towards him. With Martin settled in a new position, he smoothly retrieved the file.
The shadow let out a heavy sigh, opened the folder, and gMartinced roughly at its contents by the moonlight.
Yes! That was it!
With both items found, the shadow breathed a sigh of relief, closed the folder, and prepared to leave. However, as soon as he turned around and took a step, the light in the ward turned on, instantly illuminating the previously dark room as bright as day.
The shadow was startled, almost dropping the folder in his hand.
The closed ward door had opened at some point, and Kaleb and Joe stood expressionless at the door, looking at him coldly, with a mix of heartache and incredulity in their eyes.
Martin and Ryan, who were originally sound asleep, had sat up at some point. Martin leaned against the bed. Ryan instinctively stood by the bed, ready to protect Martin in case of any rush to harm him, taking the first step.
The ward fell into a dead silence. The silence was suffocating. No one spoke first. Everyone stared at the shadow standing just a step away from the bed in the ward.
Time passed by second by second.
It was unknown how long had passed when Joe broke the silence and spoke first, ""Billy, why is it you? Why did you do this? Why did you do this?""
He looked at his son, whom he had always thought highly of, with deep sorrow. He couldn't believe that his son would do such a thing.
Kaleb also looked at him sadly. ""Maximilian grew up with you since childhood, our families have had decades of friendship, why would you harm him? Martin said he could find the culprit who harmed Maximilian for me. I never thought it would be you.""
Martin found him and when he met with the Hill family, he deliberately revealed to Ryan that he had found Maximilian's phone and evidence that someone had tampered with Maximilian's car. He actually suspected that the Hill family was involved in this. Otherwise, why deliberately let the Hill family know?
Despite his suspicions, he continued to deny the possibility. He couldn't imagine the Hill family would harm Maximilian. He never anticipated that it was indeed someone from the Hills. It was Billy, whom he had seen grow up and was like a nephew to him.
Joe walked up to Billy, raised his hand, and slapped Billy hard. Billy's face turned to the side. His mouth was cut, and blood trickled out.
"Tell me, why did you do this? During dinner, when you said Ryan found evidence of harming Maximilian, I noticed something was off about you, so I kept an eye on you and followed you secretly."
He really couldn't believe it. He never expected to see such a scene. When he saw Kaleb peeking inside the ward from outside, he knew something was wrong. He didn't expect it to be true.
Billy held his sore face and still tried to deny, "Dad, things are not as they seem"
Joe roared, "Then tell me, how is it? If you didn't harm Maximilian, why did you steal the evidence?"
Billy was at a loss for words, looking at Joe in confusion.
Seeing him silent, Martin slowly smirked. "If I'm not mistaken, you're the one who killed Linda and her son, right? You orchestrated their deaths to mimic Margaret and her child, who were of a similar age to Kaleb's child! You then manipulated the situation, making it appear as if it was Margaret and her child, and used your father to inform Kaleb about it. With decades of friendship between your families, Kaleb would never doubt Joe's words. Billy, you are quite the schemer."
Billy vehemently denied, "No, I didn't! Maximilian and I grew up together, we had a deep bond, how could I harm him?"
Mentioning this, Ryan was furious. He, Charles, and Randy had a deep bond, willing to risk their lives for each other. But Billy actually laid hands on his good brother.
"Why? What do you think? Of course, it's to take over the Taylor family's position in the market, you want to become the country's business leader. Kaleb is getting old and not managing things. Besides Maximilian, the Taylor family has no other heir. Once Maximilian is gone, you can control the entire business lifeline of the country. Am I right, Mr. Billy?"
When he said the last five words, he deliberately raised his voice, dragging out the ending.
Billy continued to deny, "No, I didn't! I, Billy, am upright and would never harm family for so-called benefits."
Ryan sneered, "The evidence is clear, yet you still try to wriggle out of it! You have no shame."
Billy fell silent.
Martin, with a thin smile, took out a full-metal phone from under the covers and said, "Did you really think I would leave the evidence in such an obvious place? The real phone is here! The fake phone you're holding is the same one I got from Kaleb."
"What?" Billy's breath caught in his throat.
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