Three Years After They Abandoned Me novel Chapter 187

Chapter 187

After Stella picked up, she said to Jordan, “I’ve got something to take care of right now, so I can’t talk. I’ll catch up with you later.” She didn’t even give Jordan a chance to say anything before hanging up.

Stella walked up to the hotel front desk and asked, “Hi, could you tell me if someone named Monroe Johnson is staying here?”

The clerk checked the name and shook her head. “No, there’s no one by that name.”

“What about Anna Hayes?” Stella asked.

“No Anna Hayes either, but we do have a Stella Hayes,” the clerk replied.

The clerk glanced at the photo on the ID and then looked at Stella. “Wait, that’s you! Didn’t you check in here yourself?”

Stella suddenly felt a wave of unease rise up inside her. She said, “Can you tell me which room I’m in? I forgot my room key when I stepped out, and I left my phone behind, too.

“There’s someone in my room, but I can’t get in touch with him right now.”

“Oh, it’s room 2608,” the clerk replied.

“Alright, thank you,” Stella said. Then she made a beeline for the elevator.

She thought, ‘There’s no doubt Anna is inside, but how did she manage to use my ID? ‘I’ll have to go to the police station and look into this

later.‘

When she reached the 26th floor and stepped out of the elevator, she heard a group of women screaming. Stella immediately sensed something was wrong, and she hurried over.

“It was her. I just saw her go in with that man. She must have killed him,” a maid shouted as she pointed at Stella.

Monroe was there, too. When he turned to look at Stella, his face was full of surprise. “Stella, what are you doing here?” Monroe asked.

“Who’s dead?” Stella asked.

Almost everyone instantly assumed Stella was the murderer. People stumbled away from her in fear, and some had already taken out their phones and called the police.

Stella arrived at the door. “It’s him?” she said. Even though the man was already dead, Stella recognized him at a glance.

Monroe stared at her in disbelief. “Wait, you know him? Weren’t you just at the restaurant? There’s no way you could’ve done this. So why is everyone saying you’re the killer?”

As soon as Stella saw that the man lying on the floor was that doctor, she instantly put the pieces together. She said, “Mr. Johnson, you’ve already said it all. What more do you want me to say?”

“What do you mean?” Monroe asked,

“You know the truth,” Stella said.

Of course, the hotel security noticed right away when someone died. They rushed upstairs and started clearing out everyone nearby.

It wasn’t long before the police arrived. They began gathering evidence at the scene and questioning people, and in the end, all the evidence seemed to point straight at Stella. Then Stella was taken to the police station.

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Chapter 187

Monroe followed them to the station and said, “I can prove she didn’t do it. We were together the whole time.”

Stella shot Monroe a strange look and thought, ‘He knows full well this was probably Anna’s doing. Doesn’t he like Anna? Shouldn’t he be covering for her? So why is he standing up for me?‘

With a brief word, the police took Stella away.

On his way home, Monroe caught a news report. “At 12:36 p.m. today, a neurosurgeon from the General Hospital was found dead at the Phoenix Hotel. The suspect has already been taken into custody. It’s Stella Hayes, the CEO of Hayes Group.

“The relationship between the victim and the suspect is still unclear, but with Hayes Group’s supermarket about to open, this shocking incident might have a major impact on the launch. We’ll be watching closely for any updates.”

Not long after, another news update came through. “Breaking news! Andrew Hayes, the former CEO of Hayes Group, is preparing to return and take back control of the company. What will happen next? Stay tuned for more updates.”

Monroe couldn’t shake the feeling that Stella was getting caught up in some invisible web. At the same time, he had this nagging suspicion that there was more to Anna and Andrew than met the eye.

Monroe asked a maid and learned that Anna was at home, so he hurried over right away. Not far away, he saw Andrew and Anna arguing.

Andrew shouted, “You said you had nothing to do with that doctor, Anna. Why did you do this? I worked so hard to raise you, hoping you’d marry a good person one day, but you and that doctor… Have you no shame?”

Anna shot back, “What was I supposed to do? I was so young. He tricked me and threatened me. I was too scared to go to the police or tell

you.

“I had to pretend like I enjoyed it, but inside, I was miserable. What’s the point of blaming me now? Didn’t I already help you out?”

“But you-” Andrew started.

“Anyway, he’s dead now. Talking about it won’t change anything. The cops will never pin this on me, anyway,” Anna said.

Monroe tuned out the rest of their conversation. Everything he’d suspected was now confirmed. He couldn’t believe that the girl he was into was actually so terrifying. She killed someone, a full–grown man.

Both of them seemed to realize Monroe was there. Then Andrew shot Anna a look. Anna was shocked.

When the doctor died, Andrew immediately suspected Anna. She had no way to hide it from him, so she had no choice but to admit it. Anyway, as long as she spun any story for Andrew, he’d believe it without question.

But now that Monroe knew the truth, Anna was totally panicking inside.

Monroe walked up to the two of them and asked, “Did you kill that doctor on purpose?”

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