Chapter 249

In a blink, New Year's Eve had arrived. Richard Lewis and his wife were once again seen at a restaurant in Xiaoyang City. Isabella Lane had flown out herself to investigate, while David Spencer ran into trouble with his overseas firm and had to fly out suddenly that night. Ella was still staying at James Bennett’s place; she had daily video calls with Ethan and said she was well taken care of. Maria Lewis hadn’t heard from Mark Moon—probably still no new leads. The police were still digging into the case. Detective Gary Flores eventually took Maria’s advice and started looking into the concentrated aconitine angle, but all they found was a migrant worker completely unrelated to the poisoning. Turns out, he'd bought it to kill his cheating wife but never had the guts to go through with it. The guy was not well-educated, looked pretty plain honestly. When he walked into the station, his legs were shaking like crazy—clearly not the brightest bulb. The cops asked how he found out aconitine