Chapter 109 - 109: Use Adam

"Things are not good." Albert explained, "He has just changed his mind. He wants to kill the hostage."

"No! How is that possible?" Sophia cried out, "Doesn't he want the money? How is he going to get the money if he kills Kevin?"

Albert was silent for a moment and said, "Don't you know who Adam is?"

He elaborated on what had happened to the police station after Sophia left.

Soon after Sophia left the police station, Adam cowardly came to report that his mother, Linda, had kidnapped and tried to kill Kevin.

"I thought they just wanted money." Adam cried, "And I helped. I thought with the money, and I could live a better life and buy everything I wanted. Even if Kevin discovered we did it later, he wouldn't dare to say anything if I threatened him. But I just had a call with my mum, and she said she accidentally leaked that my sister has a few patents, which are worth over one million dollars. That bad guy… He said he'd kill Kevin after he got the money. Then I will be the only brother of my sister, and I can inherit all the property, houses, and patents. He also said that… If he hadn't been in a hurry to use the money, he would not have waited for the two hundred thousand dollars before he began to kill."

The more he cried, the sadder he became. "I hate Kevin, but he's my brother, I don't want him to die. That bad guy has been haunting my mom. I hate him. I… I don't want mom to be a murderer. I want my mom. I don't want the money anymore."

Sophia could have stayed calm, but after hearing the news, her heart was in complete confusion.

It seemed that even if she gave Scale the money, he was not going to let go of Kevin.

In other words, Kevin would die anyway.

Of course, Scales didn't know that his identity was already exposed. Sophia could not expose him, which only made him eager to kill and destroy the body.

Albert's voice came from the phone. "I have an idea."

Hearing that, Sophia felt that she saw a sudden light in the dark. Her voice trembled, "What's that?"

"Use Adam."

The answer was short, but Sophia didn't go on asking.

She understood him.

"Fine." She said.

***

Walking on the road, Linda was very nervous. She had to do what scales said. She had gone too far to turn back.

Killing a person, she had never thought about that. No matter how much she hated Kevin, she never wanted him dead.

On the other hand, she thought there was a reason for Scales.

There were several patents in Sophia's legacy, and she would never have to worry about money if she sold them out.

Scales did everything. She just made a few calls. She didn't kill anyone, right?

Suddenly, her phone rang.

She had used this phone for a long time, and many people know her number. She took a look at the number. It's Adam.

The kid was scared to hide since he heard that Scales would kill. She had been looking for him but could not find him. She called, but he didn't answer. After all this time, he finally made a call.

She answered the phone but heard a strange woman's voice.

"Hello, this is the Hall Hospital. The owner of this mobile phone had a car accident and our doctors are saving him now. I saw your missed call on his phone. It says, "Mom." You're his mother, aren't you? Can you come over now? "

Linda panicked, "What are you talking about? Adam had a car accident? Is he all right?"

"Not very well. He needs an operation right now and there is a certain risk. We can save him only when his family member sign the paper."

Linda was not so knowledgeable that he couldn't find out any loopholes in this girl's words. She nodded at once. "I'm on my way."

She jumped into a taxi and got to the hospital soon.

A nurse went to her, "Ms. Barber?"

"Yes." Linda asked at once, "How's my son?"

"Follow me, please." Said the nurse, leading her to award.

Linda entered but saw no one else there. She was a little confused, and turned to ask the nurse, "Where's my son?"

The nurse took off her mask and pointed to the folding screen on one side.

Then several people came out from behind the folding screen.

"Mom!" Adam cried out and his eyes were red.

Before Linda Barber could react, the nurse next to her slammed the door.

"You…" Linda was stunned.

But she seemed to have realized something.

Adam ran to Linda, hugged her and cried, "I'm sorry, mom, I called the police. I can't let you be a murderer."

Freddy came forward at this time. After giving a self-introduction, he went straight to the theme, "You have long been exposed. If you take the initiative to cooperate with the rescue of the hostage, the court may consider a lighter sentence by then. If we failed to rescue Kevin. You are an accomplice to kidnapping and intentional crime, and you will get a sentence of at least twenty or thirty years. Think about it yourself."

He said things seriously to scare Linda.

Linda was scared, "It… Is it so serious? My son is still so young… No…"

Then, something occurred to her, "If Kevin died, my son could get over one million dollars."

"You wish!" Freddy said in a cold voice, "Adam had confessed that he was involved in this case. Now the property belongs to Kevin, in accordance with the law, those who kill heirs for the sake of inheritance are not eligible to inherit the estate. If Kevin dies, the property won't fall into the hands of either you or your son."

Linda froze, "Well… what am I doing these for?"

"The best way to do this now is for you to call Scales and get him to let go of Kevin." Freddy said, "Then you both can get off lightly."

Linda hesitated, "He... He won't necessarily listen to me.. He told me that if things were exposed, he would just kill Kevin and destroy the evidence.