But he didn’t overthink, at least not to Yvonne.
"May I know how Mr. Smith found out about the accident that occurred during the day?” Henry held the phone tighter.
Of course, Sam could tell that he was being skeptical. He smiled without bothering much. Then, he repeated the things that he told Shane and Yvonne.
It sounded sensible and reasonable. Henry was unable to point out the problem, so he stopped holding on.
Not sure what Sam was thinking, he suddenly said, “M r. Lancaster, I'm so sorry about Miss Frey. My deepest condolences."
Henry's eyes became cold and he uttered in a gloomy voice, "She's not dead!”
Sam raised his eyebrows, pretending to be shocked." She’s not dead? But I heard Miss Frey was caught in the fire...”
"She just went missing!” Henry shouted and interrupted him, "I’ll find her!"
Sam was slightly moved by how certain and determined Henry was. As such, he almost blurted out that he had her with him.
Luckily, he came to his senses and managed to hold himself back. He swallowed the words he was about t o say and changed them. "In this case, I wish Mr. Lancaster will be able to find Miss Frey soon."
Henry's cold expressions softened a little because of Sam’s words.
But he didn't reply and directly hung up.
"What did you want to report earlier? Let's hear it." Henry threw his phone on the bed. Then he looked at Joe who he always thought was invisible.
Joe was a little excited. All this time whenever he had something to report, Mr. Lancaster would hold his tongue as soon as he spoke.
Now that Mr. Lancaster had finally figured it out, he was willing to listen to his reporting.
Joe was deeply moved, but he was still reporting in a serious manner and said, "Mr. Lancaster, the fireman called earlier and said that they found a corpse at the scene."
"A corpse?" Henry's face changed instantly and his breathing became abnormal.
Was it Yvonne?
He could tell what Henry was thinking, Joe shook his head and said, "Mr. Lancaster, the corpse isn’t madam but a man."
"A man?" As soon as Henry heard that it was not Yvonne, he became a little calm but his face was still tense.
"Where's the man from?" he frowned and asked.
Joe titled his glasses. "Mr. Lancaster, have you forgotten about Jason Frey?”
"You mean that corpse is Jason?" Henry’s eyes flashed with surprise.
Joe nodded. "Yes. When the fireman told me that it was a man, I suspected that it was him. I remember before the explosion that madam said that Jason might still be there. So, I especially sent someone to get his toothbrush from the Frey family. After comparing the DNA of the corpse and his toothbrush, the result matches. He was tied up and burned alive."
"Well." Henry didn’t react much after knowing the tragic death, although there was a moment of surprise when he first learned that Jason was dead.
For him, a person like Jason’s death was not worth the pity.
"Notify the Frey family and let them go to the police station to collect the corpse!" Henry pressed his eyebrows and ordered.
Joe immediately replied, "I've already notified them."
"That’s good." Henry put down his hand and his eyes flickered then asked, "There's only one corpse?"
Joe was taken aback for a moment then reacted quickly and replied, "Yes, they've searched the entire ruins thoroughly and only found Jason, not madam. That is to say, madam may still be alive."
He knew very well that Mr. Lancaster would never believe that madam would be burned to death. He could see this from the phone call earlier. So he went along with Mr. Lancaster's thoughts.
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