CH 119

“Why?” Sheriff Chandler stared blankly at Colonel Mel and Elisa, “Why did you do such a terrible thing?” He asked in disbelief.

Colonel Mel hugged Elisa tightly. He seemed to find Sheriff Chandler’s question funny and he curled his lips mockingly.

“Why? Don’t you think it’s funny to ask this question at this time?” He seemed to have given up at this time and the expression on his was that of completely undisguised indifference and sarcasm.

“If I want to be with Elisa, then someone has to make a sacrifice. Do you think it’s such a simple thing for a nun to leave the church?”

Sheriff Chandler looked at him with a very complicated expression.

But Evan chuckled at this moment, “You killed poor Mrs Mel so that you could be with Sister Elisa. Is this what you call sacrifice?”

Colonel Mel turned his face to look at Evan, with an expression of obvious cold indifference.

“She’s just a country bumpkin from a small place. I gave her status and wealth, so of course she has to give up something.” His cold words made Sheriff Chandler’s heart, which was already on the verge of rage, burst out and he rushed up to Colonel Mel, lifted his collar viciously and punched him in the stomach.

“Scum!” he cursed viciously.

Colonel Mel curled up in pain, clutching his throbbing abdomen and he couldn’t stand up straight.

“You are such a beastly person, I misjudged you before!” Sheriff Chandler scolded with disgust.

Colonel Mel started laughing at this moment, “Hahahahaha…”

His laughter was so exaggerated that everyone looked sideways, away from him.

“Sheriff Chandler.” He turned his face to look at the Sheriff, “This world is like this, what is right or wrong? If my crimes were not exposed today, then in your heart I will still be that venerable colonel, and my wife is still a poor-born Katrina. You only condemn me because my crimes have been discovered, but how would you know if there are others worse than me? You may never find out about his crimes.”

When he said this, he glanced at Duke Wilson standing behind Evan with a serious face and he felt very heavy in his heart. Maybe others don’t know about Duke Wilson’s character, but he knows it better than anyone.

Sheriff Chandler didn’t notice Colonel Mel’s little move, he still gave him a contemptuous look and said in a cold voice, “I advise you to put away your rhetoric, the crimes you committed are enough for you to be hanged ”

Colonel Mel didn’t seem to hear the blatant threats from Sheriff Chandler as his expression remained normal.

Seeing his appearance, Evan smiled, “Sheriff, I don’t think you can forget about Sister Elisa’s involvement in this matter. As I said, Colonel Mel had an alibi before the killing but Sister Elisa did not, I am afraid there is still the matter of finding who killed poor Mrs Mel.”

Hearing Evan’s words, Elisa couldn’t help shivering. Colonel Mel also hurriedly stood up and said coldly, “Reverend Bruce, you don’t need to sow discord anymore. The one who killed Katrina is really me, and it has nothing to do with Elisa.”

His anxious appearance made him look even more suspicious and Sheriff Chandler looked suspiciously at the weak-looking Elisa, as if he was unable to believe Evan’s words.

“Are you sure, Reverend Bruce?” He couldn’t help asking.

Evan nodded, a glint of light flashed in his eyes, “If you conduct an in-depth investigation, you will find that during the period of Mrs Mel’s death, Colonel Mel was going to a farmhouse on the road to the monastery. Because of a sudden bout of kindness, he helped a poor farmer get rid of the little squire’s rent pursuit.”

When Evan said these words, he kept his eyes on Colonel Mel’s movements and seeing him frowning, he sneered. He is not a noble person but he did treat Colonel Mel as a good friend before and he got involved in the investigation, not only for Duke Wilson, but also because of his self-righteous friendship, but he did not expect that in the end, he would suffer from such a betrayal.

Evan will never let anyone who treats him like this go easily.

“Although…even so…” Colonel Mel’s face showed a look of anger, “but would I do this kind of thing myself? I asked Ederson to do it, and it has nothing to do with Elisa.”

“Ederson?” Evan looked at Colonel Mel with a sneer, “Before the Duke and I came back, I believe you didn’t try to bribe Mr Ederson or make Mr Ederson your scapegoat. I believe you would not have involved him in this matter so early on, otherwise, based on my knowledge of Mr Ederson’s, he would never cooperate with you. The reason why he committed suicide under your coercion in the end was because he completely lost the trust of the Duke, he had nowhere to go and his son’s illness was completely hopeless, so he fell into your trap, not to mention…” Evan looked at Colonel Mel and smiled as he said the most important part of this matter.

“What’s more, if you could really bribe Mr Ederson so easily, why did you design such a complicated scheme? Wouldn’t it be easier for Mr Ederson to kill her and then be arrested?”

When Colonel Mel heard this sentence, he seemed to have suffered some kind of heavy blow, and his originally straight back collapsed completely.

“You…you…” He pointed at Evan with trembling hands, his face turned pale and he couldn’t say a word for a while.

Sheriff Chandler finally came to his senses at this time and looked at Elisa, who was curled up in Colonel Mel’s arms in disbelief.

“This…” He was speechless for a moment. He couldn’t believe that the person who did such a terrible thing would be such a weak-looking lady. Thinking about the tragic state of the corpse, Sheriff Chandler felt chills in my heart, it’s just…just so…

“She didn’t do it.” Colonel Mel said with a livid face and gritted his teeth, “I sent someone else to do it. She just followed my instructions and exchanged identities with Katrina.”

Colonel Mel refused to admit it, but Evan just sneered, the more Colonel Mel denied it, the more real it would prove to be.

“Charlie.” Suddenly a cold female voice came from Colonel Mel’s arms.

Everyone was attracted by the voice and looked towards Colonel Mel’s arms.

Elisa raised her head slowly, the tears in her eyes that made people feel distressed were gone now and the only thing left was boundless desertedness.

“Charlie, don’t say any more.” She seemed to be enduring some kind of pain and there was a look of struggle on her face, “I did that thing.” She said this sentence slowly.

Colonel Mel’s expression changed, he grabbed Elisa’s arm and said sharply, “What nonsense are you talking about!?”

Elisa turned to look at Colonel Mel and there was a desolate smile on her lips, “Charlie, don’t hide it for me, I want to tell the truth about it.” Her face was as soft as the warm spring sun, but there was desolation and sadness hidden in her eyes.

Colonel Mel pursed his lips in pain, as if he wanted to say something, as if some kind of emotion was brewing in his chest, but in the end he didn’t say a word and slowly let go of his hand.

Elisa turned her head to look at Sheriff Chandler again. She raised her hand and stroked the hair behind her ear, revealing the earlobe that she had been covering all along. There was a red mole on the earlobe. Against the background of the skin color, it looks unusually dazzling.

“This is the only difference between me and Katrina.” Elisa said softly, “I have a mole on my earlobe but she doesn’t. In order to cover it up, I destroyed her face. That’s the only way, so no one pays attention to why her earlobe is rotten.”

She said such cruel words, but the expression on her face was still gentle and pure.

“I thought so too at the beginning, you know? When Charlie told me about this plan, I was very opposed to it. I don’t think we should treat a poor woman like this. It’s really cruel.” Maybe recalling something, she was smiling.

“But as this matter progressed, I found that my feelings about the plan changed.” She looked straight into the void, as if she could see something from there.

“Obviously I am the one Charlie loves, but Katrina is the one who gets married to him, Katrina is the one who gets his endless tenderness and Katrina is the one who can be called a husband and wife with him, and I can only nestled in that small monastery, nestled in that boundless dark corner, walking alone. Why? Why?” Her tears flowed down his fair cheeks, but at this time she did not look as weak as she did before, all that was left was pure sadness and endless pain, “Obviously the person he loves the most…is me!”

She said such words as if accusing the dead, making everyone present silent.

“So, when I was facing her cold body, I told myself that I was trying to prevent people from discovering the difference between us but when her blood splashed on my face, I realized that, it turns out that I have been looking forward to this day, looking forward to killing her, killing this person who has taken my position, my love and my identity!” Elisa’s expression turned crazy, and in her eyes was the deepest darkness.

Evan watched her silently without saying a word, but Sheriff Chandler was already extremely shocked at this time. He couldn’t do or say anything rude to a lady, so in the end, he could only ask with a trembling voice, “Are…are you crazy?”

Elisa suddenly raised her head to look at Sheriff Chandler, she hooked the corners of her mouth, as if she wanted to laugh, but the tears on her face and the madness in her eyes made her look so weird.

“I should be crazy.” She replied softly, “Staying in that place for so many years, I should have been crazy long ago.”

“Elisa.” Colonel Mel hugged Eliza from behind and he buried his head tightly in Elisa’s neck, grief flashing across his face, “Stop talking, Elisa, it’s over, it’s over…” He murmured soothingly.

Evan watched this scene, with a light that others could not understand in his eyes. He turned around and said, “I want to leave this place.”

After speaking, he strode outside.

T/N: Elisa is really crazy. She’s actually jealous? Jealous of an innocent woman? How dare she blame poor Katrina? In my opinion, the fact that she even agreed to this messed up plan in the first place shows that she is a psychopath, she just wasn’t aware. I also don’t think she’s as in love with Mel as she is with herself. ‍️‍️