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Making 162
Making 162
The next day was the day of Mr. Emerson’s funeral.
Before nine o’clock in the morning, cars had consecutively arrived at the Palmer family’s manor.
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After all, before Emerson died, he was the patriarch of one of the 10 wealthiest families and enjoyed prominent status.
Now that he was dead, all the heavyweights in the business circle of Oakhaven came to pay their respects.
In the funeral hall of the villa, sad music was playing.
The guests who came to pay their respects walked into the funeral hall, took the incense handed over by the servants of the Palmer family, and bowed to Mr. Emerson’s tablet on the altar.
They also offered words of comfort to the members of the Palmer family.
Everything went on in an orderly and calm manner. Suddenly, there was a sound of a car outside, and then someone said, “The master and young master of the Weston family are here!”
A commotion started outside because of the appearance of these two men.
The young master, of course, was Tobias.
As for the master, he was in his 70s. His glossy grayish–white hair was combed neatly.
The old man wore a pair of silver–framed glasses, a black suit, a tie, and a pair of black leather shoes. He held a crutch in his hand.
He looked energetic like a gentle and elegant old gentleman.
The master of the Weston family was Tobia’s grandfather, Norman Weston.
The business heavyweights who came to pay respects to Mr. Emerson all came forward to shake hands with Norman. They respected him because the Weston family topped the list of the 10 richest families in Oakhaven.
As the patriarch of the Weston family, he was respected by all the businessmen.
Norman shook hands with the people and walked into the funeral hall with Tobias.
Russel and Herbert stood up to greet Norman when they saw him coming in.
“Mr. Norman, I didn’t expect you to see my father off in person. Thank you for coming,” Russel said respectfully to Norman.
Norman replied, “Russell, your father and I have been business friends for decades. Now that he’s passed away, how can I not send him off for the last time? My condolences for your loss!”
Russel and Herbert both nodded with gratitude.
The maids then offered incense to Norman and Tobias.
Norman and his grandson bowed and lit the incense to show their respect.
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At this moment, another car was heard arriving outside.
Someone said, “It’s Mr. Denton and his granddaughter, Claire!”
Russel and Herbert frowned when they heard that Mr. Denton was there.
The reason why they frowned was that the Palmer family’s Gastronova Ventures had folded because of the Evermore Group.
So to a certain extent, the Palmer and Carter families were enemies.
Although Russel and his brother were prejudiced against the Carter family, they had no choice but to swallow their displeasure as Mr. Denton and his granddaughter had come to pay their last respects to Mr. Emerson.
At this moment, Denton walked in with Claire and Gilmore.
Upon seeing Gilmore, not only were the Palmer brothers furious, but even Tobia’s eyes flashed with a cold glint, even though it was his first time seeing Gilmore in person.
He had seen Gilmore before in surveillance footage of the Langford Tower and from photocopies of his ID.
Hence, he recognized Gilmore the moment he appeared.
Gilmore naturally saw Tobias as well and immediately sensed his hostility.
He knew that Tobias had returned to the hotel room and saw the gift Gilmore had left for him, the blood streaks og sheets.
Therefore, Gilmore was not surprised that he was hostile toward him.
After all, he didn’t get Elaine, but Gilmore did..
After placing the incense on the altar, Mr. Denton went to comfort the members of the Palmer family.
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Many cars and people continued to arrive.
“Denton, please wait a moment.” At that moment, someone called out to Denton.
Denton stopped and turned around, only to see Norman walking over with Tobias.
“Norman, it’s been a while since we last met!” A smile appeared on Denton’s face.
Norman nodded. “Yes, it’s been a while. How are you?”
Denton sighed and said, “I have an old problem with my leg that has never been cured.”
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“Then you have to take care of yourself, Denton. When Norman said this, a hint of sadness appeared on his face. “I didn’t expect that Emez would leave before us.” Denton also sighed with emotion. “Yes, I was very close with Emez. Now that he has left so suddenly, I’m also very sad.”
Norman looked at him and said, “Denton, who do you think killed Emez?”
Denton was at a loss “It’s hard to say. I can’t guess who would attack Emez.”
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Gilmore, who was standing nearby, felt a little awkward. If they knew that the murderer was just a few steps away from them, he wondered whether they would be very surprised.
While the two old men were chatting. Tobias walked over to Claire.
Claire, long time no see. You’ve gotten prettier.”
“Thank you for your compliment,” Claire replied plainly.
Gilmore was right next to her. She would not pay attention to Tobia’s attempt to get into her good books.
Tobias glanced at Gilmore and asked her with a smile, “Claire, is this your boyfriend next to you?”
She replied, “Yes.”
“Haha, I think I’ve seen your boyfriend somewhere?” Tobias pretended to be deep in thought.
Claire smiled politely and said, “We’re in the same city. Isn’t it normal for us to have seen each other?”
Tobias suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed to Claire, “Oh, I remember! I saw your boyfriend at the Langford Hotel last night. You’re right, it’s normal for me to see your boyfriend, but strangely, he took a girl to a hotel room last night. And that girl didn’t seem to be you.”
This caused the smile on Claire’s face to freeze.
As a woman, she was very sensitive when hearing about her boyfriend showing up in a hotel; not to mention that Tobias had said that Gilmore had brought a girl with him.
It was really impossible for her not to jump to conclusions.
“Tobias, you must have mistaken him for someone else. Gilmore and his family ate at my place last night.” In front of outsiders, Claire naturally had to protect Gilmore first.
After all, Tobias was not related to her. Who knew if he was trying to frame Gilmore?
Tobias smiled and said, “Claire, it looks like you don’t believe me
“Whatever. I happen to have the video on my phone of your boyfriend and a girl entering a hotel room. Since there are so many people here, I won’t show it to you now.”
“I’ll send it to your WhatsApp. You can watch it slowly in private and see if the person in the video is indeed your boyfriend.” After that, Tobias picked up his phone, clicked on it a few times, and sent the video to her WhatsApp.
Although she wanted to know if Tobia’s video had truly captured Gilmore, she didn’t look at her phone immediately.
“Okay, I’ll take a good look at your video,” she said calmly with a smile.
Just then, Norman and Denton had finished chatting.
“Denton, the party for the top 10 wealthiest families will be held at the Weston family’s manor in three days. Let’s have a good drink and chat when you get there.” Norman waved to Denton and was ready to leave.
Denton said, “Okay, let’s have a good drink together in three day
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Tobias smiled and waved at Claire. “Goodbye, Claire.”
1. e. She was still smiling politely,
When Tobias left, he arrogantly glanced at Gilmore and thought “That’s for sleeping with my woman, brat!”
“After Claire watches the video I shot, you’ll have to bear the wrath of that fierce lady! Haha!”
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However, at this moment, Gilmore did not notice Tobia’s scheming eyes at all. That was because he was looking at someone.
It was a man wearing a cap, sunglasses, and a mask, which covered all his features.
This man wore a black trench coat and had both hands in his pockets. He kept his head lowered and walked toward Claire and Gilmore.
There was a glint in Gilmore’s eyes. The murderer had finally appeared!
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