CH 106

Evan and Duke Wilson hurriedly stood up and greeted her.

“Mrs Mel.” Duke Wilson spoke first.

At this time, Mrs Mel didn’t look as radiant as she did when they first met. Her face was sallow and panic-stricken, and her figure was not as tall as when they first met and she was covering half of her face.

“Your Excellency the Duke.” She raised the corner of her skirt and saluted Duke Wilson, speaking in a slightly hoarse voice.

Duke Wilson frowned when he saw her like this. The event just happened for a day and this Mrs Mel already became like this.

“Are you okay?” Duke Wilson asked in a slightly blunt tone.

Mrs Mel gave a wry smile and said in a low voice, “Such a terrible thing happened, I really…”

Duke Wilson sighed, with a look of sympathy in his eyes, “I understand your situation very well. Mel is really ridiculous this time.” Speaking of this, Duke Wilson changed the subject, glanced at Mrs Mel who had a sad look and said, “It’s just that, I still can’t believe that he will kill someone. It’s too ridiculous.”

Mrs Mel bit her lower lip, with a look of forbearance in her eyes, “I don’t believe he would do such a thing.” Her voice was very soft, if Evan hadn’t listened carefully, he would not have heard.

Duke Wilson nodded in satisfaction, as long as Mrs Mel thinks so because he is afraid that this woman will become hateful and do something irrational.

“In that case, then I want to ask you, does Colonel Mel have any enemies? This time, it’s almost like he is being framed.” Duke Wilson said very cautiously. Just before coming here, Kevin had reported to him. After reporting the results of the investigation in the past few days, it was very unexpected that they found almost nothing. This is almost unbelievable for Duke Wilson who has almost completely mastered Delanlier’s ins and outs, so he is very sure that this time there must be some kind of force targeting him.

Mrs Mel pondered for a while, a trace of hesitation flashed in her eyes, she hesitated to speak and glanced at Duke Wilson, it seemed a little difficult for her to speak.

Duke Wilson caught her expression, and immediately said, “Have you thought of anything? Please tell me whatever it is.”

Embarrassed, Mrs Mel pursed her lips and finally opened her mouth, “I…I I don’t know if this is considered an enemy. Before…I saw Charlie and a gentleman quarreling in the study before. It seemed that the situation was very intense. The gentleman looked very angry. It was only lucky that Charlie called the housekeeper in. There were no more serious consequences.” The Charlie Mrs Mel refers to is Colonel Mel’s Christian name.

Duke Wilson squinted his eyes. Colonel Mel is not the kind of person who is prone to having conflicts with others. It is really unusual that he would quarrel with someone this time. He never performs some kind of dirty trick of his own. When doing tasks, they are all done with a gentleman’s attitude, even more particular than what he does. For so many years, Duke Wilson has never seen Mel quarrel with anyone.

“Do you know the gentleman’s name?” Duke Wilson looked at Mrs Mel with a burning expression. Maybe this person was the breakthrough point of this matter.

Mrs Mel pondered for a moment, and finally said, “I…I don’t know too well, but I heard Charlie call him Ederson or something, I really can’t remember clearly.”

Ederson?! Duke Wilson’s eyes widened and Evan also looked at Mrs Mel in surprise. It turned out to be that Ederson. Evan doesn’t have a good impression of this gentleman.

“Did you hear it right?” Duke Wilson looked at Mrs Mel with a serious expression, as if he was going to ask her something in the next moment.

“I…I…” Duke Wilson’s attitude made Mrs Mel flustered for a moment, she looked around helplessly and stammered, “Maybe…maybe I was wrong, right?” Her tone became lower and lower, completely unconvincing.

Duke Wilson sighed and touched his temple with his hand, but he was already somewhat convinced by Mrs Mel’s statement in his heart. There was indeed a big rift between Ederson and Mel. This time, Ederson even made a move to conceal the matter from himself and what’s even more weird is that their underground forces have hardly gained anything in this incident, which only makes people wonder whether Ederson really did something.

“Okay, don’t worry, I understand what you said and I will free Colonel Mel as soon as possible.” Duke Wilson comforted a little dryly.

Mrs Mel heaved a sigh of relief, “Thank you very much. Charlie is really lucky to have a friend like you.”

Duke Wilson nodded, but he had no desire to speak.

The atmosphere became a little awkward for a while and Mrs Mel hurriedly invited Duke Wilson and Evan to sit down in the living room, and the servants brought tea.

Evan took a sip and put the cup on the table. Duke Wilson wants to know more about what she said just now, but he(E) wants to know more than that.

“Mrs Mel.” He looked at the slightly nervous woman with a gentle expression and said softly, “If you have anything to do, the doors of the Church of Delanlier will always be open for you.” Mrs Mel is his newest congregant, she used to come to church with Colonel Mel before and Evan hoped to use this method to calm her emotions and get more information from her words.

“Oh, Reverend.” Mrs Mel’s expression was almost a little surprised, as if she hadn’t noticed that Evan was there before, “Thank you for your generosity, I understand.” She nodded a little uncomfortably. It seemed like she was being perfunctory.

Evan frowned in confusion. Although Mrs Mel is a new believer, if Evan remembers correctly, she is still very enthusiastic about the church. Anyway, she is 10,000 times more enthusiastic than Colonel Mel. Looking at her from time to time now, she seemed a little weird.

“Is there anything difficult for you?” Evan asked tentatively.

Mrs Mel subconsciously glanced at Evan, tightened her hands that were originally on her knees, forced a smile on her face and said in a low voice, “No, no, thank you for your invitation.”

Evan nodded, but the doubts in her heart did not dissipate.

Afterwards, they talked a lot about Colonel Mel. Duke Wilson hardly made a sound. He did such a terrible thing but when Mrs Mel talked about him, the expression on her face was still flat but there was even a hint of tenderness flashing at certain moments, completely unaware of her anger towards her husband’s cheating. But when talking about him being wronged, her tone became excited.

This kind of weird emotion made Evan sigh for Mrs Mel. It seems that she may love Colonel Mel to the bottom of her heart. She would be so tolerant of her feelings and her marriage being betrayed. This made Evan feel a little guilty about the question he was about to ask.

But Evan will not give up his questioning because of this at all, because he knows very well in his heart that Colonel Mel’s imprisonment will hit the Duke, so he stopped going around in circles and asked directly, “Did you know before about Colonel Mel and Sister Eliza?” Evan tried to make his expression as cold as possible, and he knew very well in his heart that as a victim in this marriage, Mrs Mel was very likely to know Colonel Mel’s betrayal and after that, make drastic moves.

As soon as Evan finished speaking, Mrs Mel’s face quickly turned pale, her lips trembled slightly and she looked at Evan in a panic.

“You…you…” She could hardly speak, “How can you say such a terrible thing!” She covered her face with her hands, and big drops of tears slipped through her fingers .

Evan was a little embarrassed for a while, not knowing what to say.

“Mrs Mel, you…” Evan wanted to comfort her but didn’t know where to start.

Mrs Mel raised her head abruptly, tears were still raging on her face, but her eyes looked clear and simple at this moment.

“I really don’t know, please believe me.” She said these words, as if grasping the last straw.

Evan was speechless for a moment, he glanced at Duke Wilson who was sitting aside with a cold expression, he could only grit his teeth and nod, “My lady, I’m sorry I said something that made you sad, of course I believe you. Yes, please rest assured, I just want to confirm what Colonel Mel said, so that I can find out who really killed Sister Eliza.”

But when Evan said the word “killing”, Mrs Mel’s whole body trembled, and she buried her face in her palm again and murmured, “Oh, this is really terrible, terrible, I hope all of this can pass.”

Evan looked at her behaving like this and his expression flickered slightly, but his words were still very gentle, “Please rest assured, it will pass.”

“Thank you for your hospitality today.” Duke Wilson suddenly interrupted Evan’s gentle persuasion and said, “It’s getting late, let’s leave first.” He stood up from the sofa and gave an urging look to Evan.

Although Evan was taken aback by him, he would not confront him, so he stood up with him and said goodbye to Mrs Mel politely.

Surprised, Mrs Mel looked at Duke Wilson, the tears on her face were still clearly visible, she nodded in a daze and then sent the two of them all the way to the carriage before going back.

After Evan and Duke Wilson sat in the carriage, he asked, “What do you think? Is there anything suspicious?”

Duke Wilson frowned, “I didn’t think about Ederson at all. It seems that I have no idea about him. It’s still a little underestimated.” Before, he just thought that Ederson’s concealment was a heinous crime, but Mrs Mel’s words today made him think of another possibility.

Evan nodded, “This point does need to be paid attention to, but I am very puzzled because Mrs Mel seems to be a little bit strange, I feel like she was behaving a little weird.” Although Evan said this, in fact, he and Mrs Mel didn’t get along with each other before, but it just felt a little weird.

Duke Wilson raised his eyebrows. If Evan is just a little unfamiliar, then he(DW) has never met her except for a few times.

“If you have any doubts about her, then I will find someone to monitor her for a while to see if any flaws can be found, but I think the most important thing at this time is Ederson.” Speaking of Ederson, the expression on the Duke’s face was very cold.

Although Evan had doubts in his heart, he still nodded at this time. What the Duke said was indeed correct. Ederson. As long as he thinks of this name, he would feel a little cold in his heart.